{{Short description|Way of collecting donations}} {{Expand German|date=August 2025}} [[File:RNLI donation box, Portrush - geograph.org.uk - 1363113.jpg|thumb|right|Outdoor donation box for the RNLI at Portrush, Cornwall, UK]] [[File:FR Petersburg, sobor Kazanski, in, 2013.08.18, fot. I. Nowicka (8).jpg|thumb|180px|right|Indoor donation box "For the restoration of the Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg]] A '''donation box''' or '''collecting box''' is a receptacle for receiving donations. These are typically found in public places, as a means of generating additional revenue in small increments. Churches, libraries, museums, and many non-profit organizations make use of donation boxes.<ref>Artikel ''Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger'' im ''Brockhaus Konversationslexikon'' um 1895</ref><ref>[http://www.armeedusalut.ch/swi/www_SWI_de.nsf/0/88E7596F658E5C4580256F5C003A2BFD/$file/sal-d-03_23.pdf Publikation der Schweizer Heilsarmee (pdf)]</ref>

In churches it is common to find a Mite box or Alms Box, and in Shinto shrines a Saisen-bako. == References == {{Reflist}}

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