Awesome Donations: A repository of FLOSS donation options
github.com
github.com
NumFOCUS has Sponsored Projects: https://numfocus.org/sponsored-projects and Affiliated Projects: https://numfocus.org/sponsored-projects/affiliated-projects
Datasette-lite is another way to support client-side search and faceting of data like a list of open source projects with attributes, in YAML-LD in git, but SQLite with sqlite-utils.
FUNDING.yml is the GitHub Sponsors way to support donations:
"How to add a FUNDING.yml to github orgs and org/repos" https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-reposi...
Open source projects can link to a "Custom URL" in a GitHub organization or project's FUNDING.yml file to add a "Donate" button.
From https://github.com/sponsors :
> Support the developers who power open source
> button text: See your top dependencies
> button text: Get sponsored
Open Source sponsoring organizations like NumFOCUS, LFX Platform, and LF Charities (Linux Foundation) could crawl GitHub Sponsors FUNDING.yml documents to build Donate pages.
Test as a normal human customer in through the front door like everyone else;
I want to donate with a DAF or a QCD,
How do I find the EIN for a nonprofit corporation in the US?
/? "$project" "EIN"
/? ein donor advised fund :
DAF: Donor Advised Fund
QCD: Qualified Charitable Donation (from an IRA)
DAF pros and cons: [ https://smartasset.com/investing/donor-advised-funds-pros-an... , ]
"Ten of America’s 20 Top Public Charities Are Donor-Advised Funds" (2024) https://inequality.org/article/top-public-charities-dafs/
From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30189240 :
- CharityVest: https://www.charityvest.org/ :
>> Donate cash, stock, crypto, or complex assets to your giving account when it's most tax-efficient. It’s all tax-deductible upon receipt and on one tax statement at year-end.
>> Make employees the authors of your impact story with personal and corporate donor-advised funds.
>> Provide tax-smart charitable stipends to employees, automate matching gifts, and enable equity donations.*
- TheGivingBlock handles (crypto) charitable donations to and for nonprofits: https://thegivingblock.com/
W3C Web Monetization could solve for nonprofit donations too, I think. https://WebMonetization.org/
Web Monetization handles micropayments with low fees (with ILP Interledger Protocol, like FedNow) with an open standard;
Web Monetization > Monetizing a web page: https://webmonetization.org/specification/#monetizing-a-web-... :
<link
rel="monetization"
href="https://example.com/pay"
onmonetization="sayThanks(this)"
>
<script>
function sayThanks(monetizedLink) {
// Do something here
}
</script>
Charitable organization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charitable_organization
Philanthropy in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philanthropy_in_the_United_Sta...
Philanthropy > Criticism, Differences between traditional and new philanthropy > Promoting equity through science and health philanthropy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philanthropy#Promoting_equity_...
Nonprofit organization > Fundraising, Problems, tech support: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonprofit_organization#Fundrai...
Non-profit technology > Uses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-profit_technology#Uses :
> [Computers and Internets,;] volunteer management and support, donor management, client tracking and support, project management, human resources (paid staff) management, financial accounting, program evaluation, research, marketing, activism and collaboration. Nonprofit organizations that engage in income-generation activities, such as ticket sales, may also use technology for these functions.