I'd love to understand the costs associated with a project like this. Do you have a breakdown anywhere of where money goes each month?
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Done. OP please let me know yearly (i never do subscriptions but i'm willing to manually repeat yearly)
I also need to be reminded now and then,
Happy to pitch a tenner when reminded, you guys and Wikipedia.
I recommend writing a log of donations. Then you can look at where you donated, when and how much, and remind yourself of where you want to send money again.
Now, I am pretty lazy. So it's just my_donations.txt, open with Vim and whip out that calculator. Should probably be a spreadsheet instead. I don't know if Calc let's me do math based on key (place of donation).
I guess I could have separate columns per key (to maintain log nature), then do subtotal per key to specific cells, then grand total from those cells.
Still begs the question of how I would do that per year.
Sperate columns each year?
Just make range selection at the end of year?
To be honest, I never actually used any spreadsheet software. I suppose there might be some logic, if so, there sure would be a way to check the date column on same row as amount.
But anyway, Vim + calculator. π
I would recommend reconsidering Wikipedia (ie. the Wikimedia foundation) since they have large reserves of money and their fundraising is misleading.
Wikipedia editors even sort of had a βrevoltβ against the foundation because of the misleading fundraising banners.
2β¬/mo. Sorry it can't be more. Thank you for all you do.
Reddit never got a cent out of me.
Can't donate money but are you still looking for
β Technical / infra people , for helping run all the instances and plan for the future. (We use linux/docker/terraform/ansible, so either you need to know about them, or want to learn about them).
Yes we are, can you contact me at info@fedihosting.foundation about this?
Sure! It'll be a tuta mail address. What timezone are y'all targeting for collab?
Hey, are you still looking for moderators at Lemmy, or are you covered? Interested, because It could be another way to help.
Just gave a β¬30 dono. I get way more value out of my Lemmy account than that. Thanks for all you do to provide an alternative to big tech
Is there a financial summary of sorts? That outlines expenses and categories?
I was honestly pretty surprised to open this and realize the call for donations doesn't have an included transparency report.
It's probably a heavy lift, but something like that can bring considerable confidence to users who want to support you financially.
Agreed, I am more than happy to donate to keep this going if I get a summary of where the money is going π
Their blog has a break-down of their expenses from August 2025. It's about 1700β¬ per month, mostly for server-related costs.
Is the foundation's BUNQ account still active? I have a recurring bank transfer pointed at it and I just want to make sure I'm not throwing money into a black hole. That's the NL78 BUNQ 2108 3219 85 account.
If it's still active, maybe consider putting it in the post? I'm sure direct bank transfers could save the foundation on processing fees.
Have stopped a subscription I don't have a use for anymore so I'll jump on your ko-fi at the end of this month as the replacement for that. Absolutely deserved, hope you get all that's needed! (Does ko-fi have reoccurring payments? Haven't used it before, and I'd like to have an automatic monthly donation)
I have now paid for shitposts thank you for your service
Threw in a small recurring donation on Kofi. Thanks for your hard work. :D
I've been donating monthly for almost 3 years, and I'm gonna doubble my donation amount! (1β¬ -> 2β¬)
I'd love to donate since this is just a superior reddit imo
It's not just superior but mostly... humane... and still much more trusted to invest your finite life time into, I believe...
There's love, empathy, and reason I feel...
...not just "shadow banned" as on Reddit...
Though, I was already banned for utterly unexpected reasons at !womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone and !privacy@lemmy.ml , and though these are still not Lemmy.World, there were at least appreciated reasons stated (in the Modlog), and not just "shadow banned" as on Reddit for utterly unknown reasons with no official responses with money sent into their Vault and Awards I do regret know being shadow-banned myself...
No one cares who you are there and how much you've done for tens of years; it's an empty void and sorrow...
Regardless...
Thank you, heartfelt, dear Lemmy and PieFed Developers, Artists, Community... for the ineffably magnificent Marvel... Art you do...
Please stay safe, and I wish you success, prosperity, achievements to treasure, reach new horizons, stability... and peace...
Can't I just set up a SEPA transfer? Is NL78 BUNQ 2108 3219 85 your IBAN?
Yes it is, or use https://bunq.me/fhf
That's where I got the IBAN from. You link this in your sidebar but not this post.
Maybe a stupid question but how would be Ko-Fi preferable to a simple recurring SEPA transfer to anybody in the SEPA region? Bank to bank is as straightforward as it gets, never any fees,...
Huh ?! tnx @ Ruud maybe add this link to the main post? this one doesn't require email etc (I used the Kofi link already).
Does using KoFi make accounting easier for you compared to direct transfer? Otherwise I'd highly recommend putting that bunq.me link way up there as well.
Just wired β¬10 π
I just signed up for a β¬7/mo recurring. I used to buy reddit gold, but now I'm here on Lemmy, so thank you for putting the call out there. And the only reason I mention the amount and post this comment is to encourage others to donate as well. Especially a recurring amount.
i am trying to donate but it requires me to enter email, how to bypass this.
I support a bunch of creators on Patreon, so have added you guys too. Thanks for being awesome.
I'll donate $100 when you guys finally ban JordanLund for breaking so many rules as an power mod with at least 3 warnings from the admins to stop.
Any options to pay in crypto?
Only Ada at the moment addr1qyacucygjuc8lnnk76vxax6wejghhlvkq4t6cs0mxx49drwxef63ye5wqjeu2pd0afj8ytz2ty24rgzq96mlfyhdxdwq9xr45u
In the instance panel (on the right side,) it shows the following ways you can donate. Paypal isn't listed.

Can you add a SEPA number to your post? I have zero interest in handing my account information to some middleman. Or in paying a random middleman, even, for that "service".
https://bunq.me/fhf Will edit the post later today
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