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Thank you for supporting ProleWiki, comrade!
Donations such as yours is the only revenue ProleWiki makes. Everyone that works on ProleWiki is a volunteer who gives a lot of their free time to improve our pages and manage the encyclopedia, it is thanks to them that we now have more than 3000 pages on our encyclopedia!
We use donations to pay for the hosting costs (216 USD per year, with a reserve of 2 years), and any use of the excess is voted on democratically.
Please find our various ways to donate by clicking here.
Our financials are transparently logged here.
Terms of sending donations
Donations made to ProleWiki are normally not tax deductible -- check if they can be in your legislature.
Any donations sent to ProleWiki are subject to the platform's Terms of Service that the donation was made on.
Additionally, ProleWiki does not normally refund donations once received. However, if a donation was mistakenly entered in good faith, please contact us as soon as possible.
When making a donation to ProleWiki, you agree that it is your responsibility to make sure the funds were not obtained in an unlawful manner. The recipient of the funds denies all responsibility in regards to the provenance or nature of such donations.
By sending any amount of money through the various methods listed below, you agree to the above terms.
Democratic intent on the excess
If you contribute to ProleWiki, you can join our Discord and democratically decide on how we spend our funds. You will be able to get the contributor role which gives you access to a specific channel without having to go through vetting.
Please do note that receiving the contributor role does not make one immune to rule violations.
Our current strategy is to hold 2 years worth of hosting (currently 432 USD) in a bank account expressly created for ProleWiki. Any excess past that amount can be discussed and voted on as for what to do with it.
Donation methods
These are sorted by most recommended first.
Recurring payments
Liberapay
Liberapay is similar to Patreon, but it allows donators more control over their spending (choosing their amount as well as a weekly or monthly donation) and respects privacy. As such, we recommend it over Patreon.
Patreon
Patreon is easy to use, but since it's closed source and US-based, we might risk becoming deplatformed for ideological reasons. But please support us there while you can!
One time transactions
Paypal
Our PayPal is prolewiki AT yandex.com. We are in the process of setting up a paypal.me link to make payments easier, as you need a PayPal account to donate directly through the email address.
Pix
Pix is a direct payment processor found in Brasil. With it, you can make donations in Brazilian Real (BRL) directly without fees. This is the random key to send it to:
6d2deee5-4cc4-4d22-9fd5-ce5bbc9eccfc
Redbubble store
We now have a Redbubble store where you can get stickers, pins, tote bags, t-shirts and other items with our logo.
Cryptocurrencies
Our current crypto strategy is to sell everything as soon as we receive crypto, so that we receive exactly the value of your donation.
Monero
Monero is a privacy cryptocurrency, which is is used to keep donors anonymous.
Donation address:
44BsTH5AVfqKrTTQjLsSwoTUv6iNYqaj8hEqUdmrKFbf23AqxYTRKsg1mphJXbMADS8oqdWnfrdi5USC2Sph7jb5VaiJYyt
Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a little less anonymous if you're not careful,[1] so donate at your own risk. Due to Bitcoin's transparency, anyone is able to verify how much is in the wallet.
Donation address:
bc1q8k83tj80rfes007k7juxm3rzhyvyx3dnn90fx9
You can verify this address and its transaction activity here. Again, donors' addresses are publicly visible on the blockchain, so if you'd like to avoid that, please use Monero.
Current contributors
Patreon
Comrade
- CaesarNK ($10/month)
- Kaza ddum ($11.76/month)
Fellow traveller
- Dmitri ($5.56/month)
- Nikhil Sharma ($5/month)
- AT42 ($5/month)
One time transactions
- Comrade Deogeo ($200)
- Edward ($50)
- commiewithoutorgans (€27.73)
- Christopher ($25)
- Luke (€10)
- Ronan ($10)
Liberapay
- Comrade Al-Andalusian ($2.5/week)
- dessalines ($1/week)
- ksynwa ($0.48/week)
- Clark ($0.25/week)
- AsleepInspector ($0.96/week)
Income and expenses
The following table is populated from ProleWiki:Donate/Financial, only showing records for the past 12 months. Previous records are in the linked page. If you've got ideas of how this information could be better organized, please add your thoughts to the talk page.
Disclaimer: The bank balance is what we have available to be used, all other donations listed are awaiting to be processed by the respective payment services and cannot currently be used by us.
Balance (last updated August 1st 2024)
| Bank balance | R$6855.6 BRL (~$1234.01) |
|---|---|
| Recurring Patreon donations | $30 USD |
| Recurring Liberapay donations | $0 USD |
| Monthly expenses | $0 USD |
(exchange rates may be outdated)
Financial record
| Date | Item Description | Item Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Payments made | Expense | 0 BRL |
| July 2024 | Donations received | Donation | 150.84 BRL |
| June 2024 | Payments made | Expense | 0 BRL |
| June 2024 | Donations received | Donation | 388.24 BRL |
| May 2024 | Payments made (hosting, domain name) | Expense | 1010.24 BRL |
| May 2024 | Donations received | Donation | 128.48 BRL |
| April 2024 | Payments made | Expense | 0 BRL |
| April 2024 | Donations received | Donation | 148.82 BRL |
| March 2024 | Payments made | Expense | 0 BRL |
| March 2024 | Donations received | Donation | 146.44 BRL |
| February 2024 | Payments made | Expense | 0 BRL |
| February 2024 | Donations received | Donation | 624.61 BRL |
| January 2024 | Payments made | Expense | 0 BRL |
| January 2024 | Donations received | Donation | 167,86 BRL |
| December 2023 | Payments made | Expense | 0 BRL |
| December 2023 | Donations received | Donation | 144.62 BRL |
| November 2023 | Payments made | Expense | 0 BRL |
| November 2023 | Donations received | Donation | 301.54 BRL |
| October 2023 | Payments made | Expense | 0 BRL |
| October 2023 | Donations received | Donation | 197.37 BRL |
| September 2023 | Payments made | Expense | 113.14 BRL |
| September 2023 | Donations received | Donation | 420.79 BRL |