Donation Information for Free Content Projects

If you're taking advantage of companies and organizations that provide or facilitate the use of free (libre) content such as information (Wikipedia) or software (Linux), you often enjoy their services to the community for free (gratis). Though this is very good, the fact remains that they often can't exist without monetary support. To that end, I've put together a small list of projects and how you can donate to them. I started this list because I'm a student without a credit card, and I wanted to know which projects accepted checks. I hope you will find it useful. Don't hesitate to contact me with corrections.

Fine print: I don't represent or vouch for the legitimacy of any of these organizations, and the information here is subject to change without notice. Always check the organization's web site for the most up-to-date information.

Organization Financial Info Donation Methods Info
Non profit Tax deductible (USA) Bank transfer Credit card Google Checkout Moneybookers Money order PayPal Personal check Stock
Arch Linux Unknown Unknown No Yes No No No Yes No No Info
Audacity Unknown Unknown No Yes No No No Yes Yes No Info
CentOS Unknown Unknown No Yes No No No Yes No No Info
Creative Commons Yes Unknown No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Info
Damn Small Linux Unknown Unknown No Yes No No No Yes Yes No Info
Debian Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes No Info
FreeBSD Foundation Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Info
Free Software Foundation Yes Unknown Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Info
Freespire No No No Yes No No No Yes No No Info
Gentoo Linux Yes Unknown No Yes No No No Yes No No Info
GIMP Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Info
GNOME Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Info
KDE Unknown Unknown Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Info
KNOPPIX No No No Yes No No No Yes No No Info
Linux Kernel Organization Yes Unknown No No No No No No No No Info
Linux Mint Unknown Unknown No Yes No No No Yes No No Info
MEPIS No Unknown No Yes No No No No No No Info
Mozilla Foundation Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes No Info
OpenDocument Fellowship Unknown Unknown No Yes No No No Yes No No Info
OpenOffice.org Unknown Unknown Yes Yes No No No Yes No No Info
PCLinuxOS No Unknown No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Info
Puppy Linux Unknown Unknown No Yes No No No Yes No No Info
Sabayon Linux Unknown Unknown No Yes No Yes No Yes No No Info
Slackware Linux Unknown Unknown No Yes No No No No No No Info
Ubuntu Unknown No No Yes No No No Yes No No Info
Wikimedia Foundation Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Info
Zenwalk Unknown Unknown No Yes No No No Yes No No Info

Last updated December 26, 2007
Created December 25, 2007