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Electronic Frontier Foundation Survives on $5M/year

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Re: Electronic Frontier Foundation Survives on $5M/year

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Post by xbryanx »

andrewcooke wrote: post #18

many years ago both me and my partner decided we should donate 1% of our earnings to some good cause (there seems to be a common 'meme' of giving one percent of earnings - googling turns up a lot of different ideas). it was a good idea, and we did it once, i think, before forgetting. then a few years passed, we remembered, and did it once again. and then a few more years passed and we felt bad and got our acts togeth…

Yes, it's a very old meme.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithe

And I'd consider putting 10% of my income towards social good a much better goal. It's not one that I always hit, but I think almost all of us could stand to carve this portion of our income out of our budgets, especially when it can so greatly benefit the causes we really care for. EFF is certainly one of mine.

Re: Electronic Frontier Foundation Survives on $5M/year

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Post by AYBABTME »

Recurrent, 10$/m setup here. I'm a student so I can't afford to give more.

In Canada, I also give 10$/m to Open Media who fights for online rights and against the telecom monopoly. If you're Canadian, you should check them out:

https://openmedia.ca/donate

They did plenty of very effective things in the recent years, like pushing back the Usage-Based-Billing big-telco were trying to bring, which would have killed resellers that have better offerings.

Re: Electronic Frontier Foundation Survives on $5M/year

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Post by incongruity »

slacka wrote: post #4

EFF has been warning us about our government abusing our trust long before this scandal broke. Imagine that EFF had the membership and money that the NRA has. You can be sure our privacy rights would be much stronger now. There is something you can do about it: https://supporters.eff.org/donate

This.

There are roughly 8 million people employed in science and technology in the U.S. Imagine if we each donated just $5 a month. While that's completely unrealistic to expect, what if we could average $1 a month for each of those workers?

Re: Electronic Frontier Foundation Survives on $5M/year

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Post by gwern »

StavrosK wrote: post #8
onecommentonly wrote: post #6

It's a disgrace. Not to pick on any particular person, considering that Silicon Valley has dozens of billionaires and thousands of filthy rich people, but Sean Parker got lucky with Facebook and spent like $12.5m in a wedding (including a fine). It's their money and all, but can't these rich people also write a $1 million check to an org as important as EFF ?

Can you write a $5 check to "an org as important as EFF", or are you just complaining that rich people don't donate?

I certainly can write a check for $5 (and have donated more than that), but the thing is, a $1m donation from a rich person does a lot more than my $5 - specifically, it does 200,000x more.

The widow's mite is, in the end, still just a mite.

Re: Electronic Frontier Foundation Survives on $5M/year

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Post by StavrosK »

gwern wrote: post #24
StavrosK wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you write a $5 check to "an org as important as EFF", or are you just complaining that rich people don't donate?

I certainly can write a check for $5 (and have donated more than that), but the thing is, a $1m donation from a rich person does a lot more than my $5 - specifically, it does 200,000x more. The widow's mite is, in the end, still just a mite.

Not if 200,000 people write it.

Re: Electronic Frontier Foundation Survives on $5M/year

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Post by homeomorphic »

I'd love to begin making small monthly payments to the EFF, but here's my hurdle: I don't like authorizing anybody (not even the EFF) to charge my VISA more than once. And I don't like having PayPal take a cut when the money's going to a charity.

In my home country, I do regular donations to charities by setting up an automated transfer in my bank, hence "pushing" the money. I prefer having nothing "pulled", even by such privacy oriented a group as the EFF. Is there any solution to this problem internationally? A monthly e-mail linking to a payment page (using VISA, for example) would count as a crude but satisfactory solution!

Re: Electronic Frontier Foundation Survives on $5M/year

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Post by jrockway »

homeomorphic wrote: post #26

I'd love to begin making small monthly payments to the EFF, but here's my hurdle: I don't like authorizing anybody (not even the EFF) to charge my VISA more than once. And I don't like having PayPal take a cut when the money's going to a charity. In my home country, I do regular donations to charities by setting up an automated transfer in my bank, hence "pushing" the money. I prefer having nothing "pulled", even by…

I'm sure if you have your bank mail them a check every month, they'll cash it.

Re: Electronic Frontier Foundation Survives on $5M/year

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Post by chill1 »

argumentum wrote: post #17

Wow, such an impactful NGO deserves a lot more. Just joined as a "gold" member for a mere $100. For full disclosure, I will receive some schwag in return.

You can uncheck the box next to the gift options, so that you don't waste their time/money on sending you a gift.

Re: Electronic Frontier Foundation Survives on $5M/year

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Post by antoviaque »

homeomorphic wrote: post #26

I'd love to begin making small monthly payments to the EFF, but here's my hurdle: I don't like authorizing anybody (not even the EFF) to charge my VISA more than once. And I don't like having PayPal take a cut when the money's going to a charity. In my home country, I do regular donations to charities by setting up an automated transfer in my bank, hence "pushing" the money. I prefer having nothing "pulled", even by…

You can donate through Flattr, too: https://flattr.com/profile/EFF
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