27 Aug
2021
27 Aug
'21
5:20 p.m.
Hello all,
We're in our final five days of Tor's annual Bug Smash Fund campaign.
We're about $15,000 behind last year's donations--so we could use your help to tweet, share, boost, and donate (if you can)!
Here's our latest tweet, for easy sharing: https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1431303358116028419?s=20
Thank you, and happy weekend,
Al
--
Al Smith (they/them)
Fundraising Director
The Tor Project
https://www.torproject.org |
http://2gzyxa5ihm7nsggfxnu52rck2vv4rvmdlkiu3zzui5du4xyclen53wid.onion/
On 8/2/21 3:33 PM, Al Smith wrote:
>
> Hello Tor!
>
> Today, the Tor Project is launching our *third* annual *Bug Smash
> Fund*,[1] a month-long fundraising campaign (8/1 - 8/31). The goal of
> the Bug Smash Fund campaign is to raise unrestricted funds that we
> allocate to finding and fixing bugs / doing maintenance / and
> addressing issues that aren’t flashy or exciting for most funders, but
> totally necessary for the health of Tor and all of the third-party
> apps that rely on Tor to provide privacy, security, and anonymity to
> their users.
>
> Unrestricted funding, like what we’re raising for the Bug Smash Fund,
> is key for the Tor Project to improve our agility and stop relying on
> the slow, piecemeal process of grant funding in order to accomplish
> our goals and respond to emergent issues.
>
> _*In the last two years, we’ve used the Bug Smash Fund to close 370
> tickets*_ ranging from anti-censorship development, onion services
> changes, improvements to documentation, Tor Browser UX changes, and
> creating tooling for development. We posted two updates over the past
> year where you can read more about what we were able to do with this
> fund.[2][3]
>
> We need your help to amplify the campaign!
>
> How to help:
>
> * Tweet about the Bug Smash Fund using the #TorBugSmash and a link
> to our launch blog post.
> * Quote tweet @torproject posts about the Bug Smash Fund with your
> own take about why unrestricted funds are so important for the
> health of Tor.
> * Forward this email to those who might be able to amplify the campaign.
>
> How you can contribute:
>
> * Make a one-time donation https://donate.torproject.org/ (and get
> swag like Tor stickers and t-shirts in return)
> * Donate in ten different cryptocurrencies
> https://donate.torproject.org/cryptocurrency/
> * Become a monthly donor and your own Defenders of Privacy patch
> https://donate.torproject.org/monthly-giving/
> * Make a contribution of $1,000 and join the major donor group
> Champions of Privacy
> https://donate.torproject.org/champions-of-privacy/
> * Transfer your Open Collective gift card
> https://opencollective.com/thetorproject
>
> If you have any questions about or ideas for the Bug Smash Fund
> campaign, please email me or Isabela or grants@torproject.org, we
> would be happy to discuss.
>
> Thanks everyone!
>
> Al
>
> [1] https://blog.torproject.org/tor-bug-smash-fund-2021
> [2] https://blog.torproject.org/tor-bug-smash-fund-2020-final-update
> [3] https://blog.torproject.org/tor-bug-smash-fund-yr2-progress
>
> --
> Al Smith (they/them)
> Fundraising • Communications
> The Tor Project
> https://www.torproject.org |
> http://2gzyxa5ihm7nsggfxnu52rck2vv4rvmdlkiu3zzui5du4xyclen53wid.onion/