Inkscape and GIMP
I give money to Gimp and Inkscape because they are creating free open source alternatives to Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. The developers behind these projects are amazing people.
I also want Inkscape and GIMP to be great so more photographers and artists can switch to Linux.
The Guardian
I give money to The Guardian.
It’s the largest non-profit newspaper in the world. They have reporters around the world. Their environmental coverage is impressive. They also refuse to display gambling advertising,.
Independent journalism is costly and supporting them is the least I can do. I’m so tired of people whining about “corporate media” but refusing to fund non-profit media.
When The Guardian exposes scumbags, I feel my money is super useful.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/02/christopher-booth-far-right-youtube-channel
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/michigan-university-gaza-surveillance
Actions meet consequences.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/09/university-of-michigan-surveillance-students
Libre Office
I give money to LibreOffice. They are creating a free open source alternative to Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel. This is a very important project.
Fuck Microsoft Office overcharging people and communities.
Ukraine
I started giving money to Ukraine. What the Russians are doing is just horrific
It’s literally a democracy fighting against Russia + Iran + China + North Korea.
Yale Professor Timothy Snyder is a great historian:
He is fundraising to help Ukrainians acquire armored medical ambulances equipped with anti-drone devices.
Professor Snyder is a great author and thinker. I would trust him with my own life.
So I decided to give money to his fundraising campaign. In fact, I felt guilty and gave again and again:
https://snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is-action-a-campaign-for
Lemmy.world
I give money to Lemmy.world in order to support them. Reddit advertising executives absolutely hate Lemmy. My message to them: We aren’t going anywhere.
What are non-profit organizations that you actually give money to? And why?
If I had money to spend on that, I would strongly consider donating to the Free Software Foundation and Electronic Frontier Foundation. Our digital rights are vanishing rapidly and these two are specifically attempting to fight back.
If I had spare cash I’d definitely be donating to Archive.org (The Internet Archive), so instead, I try to mention them when topics like this come up.
I’d probably also donate to Linux Mint, who I assume are also non-profit, because I’ve been using their offerings for a long while at this point.
I give a little money to the Piefed project every month, it’s the least I can do since I’m not a programmer, otherwise I’d contribute that way too.
archive.org and my co matches up to $1k.
Wikipedia
Cat welfare because I like cats, and animal welfare as I consider it my meat tax.
NPR for me
Central Texas Pig Rescue - One year they put on a pig pageant, and it was the cutest thing ever.
My local animal shelter. They brought me my best friend.
I had to pay extra tax and labelled the payment “charity” in my bank app.
Jokes aside: Wikipedia. Half of what I know comes from there.
ACLU
Given the large amount of civil liberties at risk, fighting via the court seems to be our best way to prevent the worst from sticking.
NORML of Illinois and recently the ACLU
KDE. 3 EUR / month for the past year, maybe a little longer
Animal Welfare League
Wikipedia! Though…I only have a couple bucks to spare right now, I’m still proud to be able to contribute a tiny droplet to them.
