In short
- The full €32,500 is shared among the four organisations, although the festival has not said how much goes to each, and the figure is lower than the €42,500 raised in 2025.
- The money comes from the €10 paid by those entering with a free-access pass: children under 13, people over 65 and people with disabilities, who also chose which project their contribution went to.
- The funds go to four specific projects: brain injury rehabilitation in Castelló, hospital clowns, humanitarian aid in Gaza and training in Jamaican prisons.
- Organisations wishing to join the 2027 campaign have until 15 November, and the festival has already announced that it will return to Benicàssim in August 2027, with exact days yet to be confirmed.
The €32,500 that Rototom Sunsplash festival-goers left at the box office last August now has a destination. The festival and Fundación Exodus, which runs its social and cultural areas, handed it over on Thursday 22 October at the Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castelló (EACC) to Payasospital, Fundación Ateneu Castelló, UNRWA España and Stand Up for Jamaica.
According to the statement published by the festival itself, the funds are shared in full among the four, two with projects in the Valencian Community and two outside Spain.
A distribution decided by the public
The official statement does not specify how much goes to each organisation. It does explain how the money was divided: it was not decided by the festival, but by each attendee, who chose which project their contribution would go to when collecting their pass.
The figure is lower than last year's. In 2025, the same campaign raised €42,500 for Human Call, A la Par, AIPHYC and Conquistando Escalones, at the 30th anniversary edition, which the festival said drew more than 218,000 attendees. In 2026, according to the review of the 31st edition, there were almost 169,000.
Where the money comes from: the €10 payment for free-access passes
Rototom lets three groups in without a festival pass: children under 13, people over 65 and people with disabilities. In return, those collecting this pass at the box office make a symbolic payment of €10, which the festival gives in full to the organisations selected through a prior call for applications. It is the same formula the festival was already using when it opened the call for social projects for 2025.
That payment has a practical benefit for those who made it: they can ask their chosen NGO for a donation certificate for their income tax return by presenting their receipt or festival ticket. The addresses set up for this are unrwa@unrwa.es (UNRWA), administracion@ateneocastellon.org (Ateneu Castelló), administracion@payasospital.org (Payasospital) and actua@exodus.ong (Stand Up for Jamaica).
What it will fund: Castelló, Valencian hospitals, Gaza and Jamaica
- Fundación Ateneu Castelló supports people with acquired brain injury. With its share it will fit out a therapy room at the new Centre for Rehabilitation, Personal Autonomy and Social Participation (CRAPPS) in Castelló, which, according to the organisation, will serve 200 people a year.
- Payasospital brings professional clowns to public hospitals in the Valencian Community, in coordination with healthcare staff. According to the statement, its programme reaches around 20,000 paediatric patients each year.
- UNRWA España is the Spanish committee supporting the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees. The money raised will go to its ‘Humanitarian Emergency in Gaza’ project, to maintain shelters, distribute aid and sustain health, education, water and sanitation services. María Zarauza, from its Valencia office, explained at the event that all of it will translate ‘directly into humanitarian aid’.
- Stand Up for Jamaica is a non-profit organisation founded in 2007 by Amnesty International volunteers in Italy that works in Jamaica. It will upgrade the training computer equipment in three prisons on the island, St. Catherine, Tower Street and the South Camp women's prison, for 200 people deprived of their liberty.
Applications open until 15 November and a return in August 2027
Fundación Exodus has already opened the call for social organisations wishing to receive funds from the campaign at the next edition. The form is on the festival's website and accepts applications until 23:59 on 15 November.
As for the festival itself, Rototom has announced that its 32nd edition will return to Benicàssim in August 2027, but it has not yet published the days or put festival passes on sale. Last time, the pre-sale began in mid-December. Dates and tickets will be updated on the Rototom Sunsplash page.
Sources: Rototom Sunsplash, statement of 22 October 2026; La Ganzúa, 23 October 2026; Fundación Exodus, on the 2025 campaign; Rototom Sunsplash, review of the 2026 edition and presentation of the charity campaign (24 December 2025); Stand Up for Jamaica.
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