At Tails, we build a liberating operating system that puts people in control of their digital lives:
Tails is and will remain Free Software because the most vulnerable and oppressed people are the most in need of privacy and security.
Donations from passionate people like you are our most valuable source of funding because they guarantee our independence. We are a very small non-profit and our yearly budget is ridiculously small compared to the value of Tails.
If you need a donation receipt, contact us at
tails-fundraising@boum.org.
Monthly and yearly donations, even the smallest, are the most valuable for the sustainability of Tails. They require a [[!img paypal-inline.png link="no" class="paypal-inline" alt="PayPal"]] account.
Does not require a [[!img paypal-inline.png link="no" class="paypal-inline" alt="PayPal"]] account.
Your donation goes entirely to Tails
and will be handled by Riseup Labs which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
in the USA.
Donations are tax-deductible to the full extent
permitted by law.
If you need a donation receipt, contact us at tails-fundraising@boum.org.
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Supporting more cryptocurrencies implies more work for us: learning how they works, installing the software in a secure place, monitoring their value and trading them, etc.
To make a good use of our time, we focus on the cryptocurrencies that are the easiest for us to accept and the most popular.
Until now, cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Monero represent less than 1% of our donations in cryptocurrencies. We want to see other cryptocurrencies gain real popularity before spending more time on them.
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Account holder: Center for Cultivation of Technology gGmbH
IBAN: DE65 4306 0967 4111 9411 01
BIC: GENODEM1GLS
Bank: GLS Gemeinschaftsbank eG
Bank address: Christstrasse 9, 44789, Bochum, Germany
Please make sure to mention the purpose of transfer:
Purpose of transfer: TAILS-R43NGFR9
Your donation goes entirely to Tails and will be handled by the
Center for the Cultivation of Technology (CCT) which is a non-profit
organization in Germany.
Donations are tax-deductible to the full extent permitted by law.
You can send us cash in any currency and US checks by post:
Riseup Labs
PO Box 4282
Seattle, WA 98194
Please add a note that your donation is for Tails.
Checks should be made payable to Riseup Labs.
Search for Riseup Labs and donate to Tails via Riseup Labs.
If you cannot specify that your donation to Riseup Labs is for Tails, please let us know so we can attribute your donation to Tails specifically. Riseup Labs is a 501(c)(3) non-profit in the USA.
If you have any question or problem regarding your donation, our fundraising team is here to help you:
tails-fundraising@boum.org ([[OpenPGP key|tails-fundraising.key]])
Tails is an endless work of updates and maintenance: publishing a new release every 4 weeks to fix security vulnerabilities, adapting to new versions of the underlying software, keeping our website and development infrastructure secure and reliable, etc.
In 2019–2020, we simplified the installation procedure for Windows and macOS, added support for Secure Boot, improved the upgrade process, and made it possible to persist the settings of the Welcome Screen.
Even the most secure software is worthless if the people who need it cannot use it. We work hard to understand our users, make it easy to use Tails, and help them make informed security decisions.
We make the most of the money that we receive because we prefer spending our time improving Tails for our users.
Our biggest satisfaction comes from the growing popularity of Tails.
From the number of automatic upgrades, we know that Tails was used by around 30 000 people every day in 2020. This number has been steadily growing by 15% each year on average since 2012.
We keep people safe more than 10 million times every year, for a budget under $300 000.
See our [[financial records|doc/about/finances]].
Daily users since 2012
All donations, grants, and awards of more than $1 000 appear in our [[list of sponsors|sponsors]].
Come talk to us and [[become a sponsor|sponsors/become]] yourself!