Tails is their strongest protection

At Tails, we build a liberating operating system that puts people in control of their digital lives:

  • Journalists and whistleblowers use Tails to denounce the wrongdoings of governments and corporations.
  • Activists use Tails to avoid surveillance and organize their struggles for liberatory social change.
  • Domestic violence survivors use Tails to escape surveillance at home.
  • Privacy-concerned citizens use Tails to avoid online tracking and censorship.

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 nonprofit and our yearly budget is ridiculously small compared to the value of Tails.

Monthly and yearly donations, even the smallest, are the most valuable for the sustainability of Tails. They require a PayPal account.

We will use the email address provided in the PayPal form.

If you need a donation receipt, contact us at
tails-fundraising@boum.org.

Donate in dollars

Recurring donation

Monthly and yearly donations, even the smallest, are the most valuable for the sustainability of Tails. They require a PayPal account.




One-time donation

Does not require a PayPal account.



Your donation goes entirely to Tails and will be handled by Riseup Labs which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit 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.

Other ways to donate

Bitcoin

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1BvBMSEYstWetqTFn5Au4m4GFg7xJaNVN2

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Monero

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Ethereum

0xD6A73051933ab97C38cEFf2abB2f9E06F3a3ed78

Other cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin Cash

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Ethereum Classic

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Litecoin

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Supporting more cryptocurrencies implies more work for us: learning how they work, 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.

Bank transfer

German bank account (preferred)

These instructions also work with Wise.

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 nonprofit organization in Germany.
Donations are tax-deductible to the full extent permitted by law.

Cash and US check

You can send us cash in any currency and US checks by post:

Riseup Labs
PO Box 3027
Lacey, WA 98509

Please add a note that your donation is for Tails.

Checks should be made payable to Riseup Labs.

Corporate matching donation programs

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) nonprofit in the USA.

Contact

If you have any question or problem regarding your donation, our fundraising team is here to help you:

tails-fundraising@boum.org (OpenPGP key)

How we spend our money

  • Releases, maintenance, and infrastructure
    (38%)

    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.

  • New features and major improvements
    (26%)

    In 2022, we restructured the installation instructions, fixed many usability issues in the Tor Connection assistant, and redesigned the Persistent Storage.

  • User experience, documentation, and support
    (19%)

    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.

  • Administration and fundraising
    (17%)

    We make the most of the money that we receive because we prefer spending our time improving Tails for our users.

Where our money comes from

  • Passionate people like you
    (69%)
  • Entities related to the US government
    (20%)

    like the US Department of State and Internews
  • Foundations & NGOs
    (6%)

    like Tor and RIPE NCC
  • Private companies
    (5%)

    like ProtonMail and ThinkPenguin

Our sponsors

All donations, grants, and awards of more than $1 000 appear in our list of sponsors.

Come talk to us and become a sponsor yourself!