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?
I try to support all the open source projects I regularly use with small but recurring (ie predictable) amounts. Liberapay is great for this, but not everybody is on it yet unfortunately.
Some of the projects:
I’m not sure this last one counts as an NPO but it’s relevant here so I’m including it anyway: @dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world puts out the best OC I’ve come across on lemmy so sometimes I throw money his way to help pay for knives lmao.
For anyone else who wants to support the projects they use and keep the internet free, definitely check out liberapay. It’s still a bit clunky, but it lets me budget a monthly amount I can afford and then split it however I want among all the projects I use no matter what that overall amount is. Smaller donations can be paid in lump sums for many months to cut down on processing fees, and liberapay tracks it for you and more importantly lets the recipient know what the giving schedule is so the project/person you support can have a clear budget rather than unpredictable bursts of money with no guarantee there’ll ever be more coming.
If it’s not clear yet I’m super passionate about liberapay and also donate to them 😂