Donations to the FSFE

There are as many reasons as ways for people to support the work and goals of the Free Software Foundation Europe. The most direct one is to help us as a volunteer by writing free software or free documentation. We also need people to help us with other tasks like manning tradeshow booths and such. If you are interested, you can take a look at the "What needs to be done?" page.

Another crucial way of supporting the FSFE is by donating money that will allow us to cover our expenses and pay people to work on and for Free Software. Of course you can decide by your own if you want to support the FSFE on a regular basis or with an one-time donation.

The FSFE is a Europe-wide organisation that seeks official recognition by local authorities as a charity whenever possible. Depending on local laws, this may allow deducing your donation from taxes. Please refer to the list below for details.

Become a patron of the FSFE

The Free Software Foundation Europe wants to acknowledge its supporters and contributors in a visible fashion. We provide some titles and sponsoring buttons which you could get for a specific minimum donation within one year. Therefore we would like to ask you to send mail to <office@fsfeurope.org> and let us know where to send the receipt and thank-you letter. Also we'd like to list you on our "Thank GNUs" page. Even if you prefer to remain anonymous, please let us know how to reach you, so we can thank you privately.

If you are interested in announcing your contribution publicly, the FSFE also provides some sponsoring buttons for its donors.

If you donate:

• EUR 10 every month OR EUR 120 in a year, you'll become a Supporter of the FSFE.
• EUR 50 every month OR EUR 600 in a year, you'll become a Contributor of the FSFE.
• EUR 100 every month OR EUR 1200 in a year, you'll become a Sustaining Contributor of the FSFE.
• EUR 500 every month OR EUR 6000 in a year, you'll become a Patron of the FSFE.

Monthly donors starting late in the year will get a "(mm/yy-)" suffixed to their listing, monthly donors stopping early in the year get a "(-mm/yy)." Late-starting, early-stopping donors are suffixed with a "(mm/yy-mm/yy)."

How to donate

The Free Software Foundation Europe is still growing and there may not yet be a local bank account that is capable of accepting tax-deductable donations even if your local laws allow for them. In this case you can donate to the central bank account (see below) or contact our office for information on how to donate in the most convenient way.

Please understand that tax-deductability is only possible when stated explicitly below.

If you live outside Europe, you might also consider donating to our sister organisations, the Free Software Foundations in the United States, in India or in Latin America.

You can donate by credit card via PayPal, information about ways to donate in the following countries can be found on the following pages:

• Germany [tax-deductable donations possible]
• Switzerland [tax-deductable donations possible]

Donations from other countries can be transferred by credit card via PayPal or directly to the following bank account:

Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.
IBAN (international): DE 69 36020030 000 3004732
National-Bank Essen, Germany
SWIFT/BIC-No: NBAG DE 3E

If you prefer to mail a check instead, you can send it to

Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.
Talstraße 110
40217 Düsseldorf
Germany

The FSFE thanks all donors. Your contribution allows us to work.

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