You can choose to donate money to Instant Messaging Freedom, Inc. We'll use this
money to further free instant messaging software as we see fit. This generally
means supporting Adium, Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple as needed, but could be
used for other related purposes in the future.
In the interests of full disclosure we think it's worth mentioning a few points:
* We are a USA registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, we have
historically not accepted donations and we have never given anyone a receipt
for a donation. It's possible that we're required by law to provide receipts
for donations above certain amounts. If you're familiar with this process
and would like to offer advice, or if you would like a receipt, then please
[
discussion mailing list](
http://lists.imfreedom.org/listinfo/discussion).
* We currently have some money in the bank, but it is not enough to fund
developers. You can learn more about our current funding via the
[
minutes](
minutes) of our board meetings.
* While the corporation itself does not currently have a strong need for money
some of the developers are accepting donations. See
[
Individual Developer Donations](
{{< relref "#individual-developer-donations" >}})
* The officers and directors of Instant Messaging Freedom are unpaid volunteers,
just like all of the developers of the Adium, Finch, libpurple, and Pidgin
projects. We have no paid staff and this will likely remain true unless
drastic changes in our funding happen in the future.
* Pidgin and IMFreedom are both generously provided with free hosting from
[
Digital Ocean](
https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=b69e5dddf595&utm_campaign=Referral_Invite&utm_medium=Referral_Program&utm_source=badge).
If you would like to donate we have a number of options you may choose from.
You can purchase Pidgin merchandise directly from our
[
spreadshirt store](
https://shop.spreadshirt.com/imfreedom) where a portion from
every purchase will be received by Instant Messaging Freedom.
If you use [
Amazon](
https://amazon.com), Amazon will donate 0.05% of elligible
purchases to a charity of your choosing when you use
[
Amazon Smile](
https://smile.amazon.com). You can set your charity to Instant
Messaging Freedom using the link below.
Finally, if you would like to donate directly, you can do so via the PayPal link
## Individual Developer Donations Directly donating to developers is encouraged as it gets the donations to them
faster. However, if you would like to donate a large amount to a developer and
run it through Instant Messaging Freedom for tax reasons, please reach out to us
[
discussion mailing list](
http://lists.imfreedom.org/listinfo/discussion). If
you would rather discuss privately you can reach out to
[
treasurer@imfreedom.org](
mailto:treasurer@imfreedom.org?subject=Developer%20Donation)
to discuss the situation.
Gary is the current lead developer and maintainer of both Pidgin and libpurple.
He is also the responsible for both the Pidgin and IMFreedom infrastructure.
He streams a lot of his work live on his Twitch.tv channel
[
twitch.tv/rw_grim](
https://twitch.tv/rw_grim).
* [
Patreon](
https://patreon.com/rw_grim) Additional perks for donating.
* [
PayPal Donations](
https://streamlabs.com/rw_grim/tip) These donations will
appear live on stream if Gary is streaming.
* [
1up Coin](
https://1upcoin.com/donate/rw_grim) Cryptocurrency donations that
will appear live on stream if Gary is streaming.
* [
GitHub Sponsors](
https://github.com/sponsors/grimmy)
Eion Robb is the protocol wizard. If you've used a modern protocol from a
libpurple based client he has most likely helped in no small way even when he
isn't the primary author. On top of that he's usually the first to respond to
people looking for support across all of our support channels!
* [
PayPal Donations](
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=PZMBF2QVF69GA)
* [
GitHub Sponsors](
https://github.com/sponsors/eionrobb)
