[tor-project] Tor's Bug Smash Fund: Fundraising Campaign

[Al Smith]

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 at 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/
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