Supporting the Open Knowledge Foundation
The Open Knowledge Foundation is a not-for-profit organization. All our services and software are provided openly and for free. Running and developing projects costs both time and money (for example, our hosting costs alone run to around a €1000 (£700/$1500) a year). Your support helps the Foundation to continue and expand its work.
You can support the Foundation in a variety of ways from donating money to donating your time. You may wish to take a look at a summary of the Foundation's activities or its projects to get an idea what your contribution would be used for and if you wish you can specify that your contribution go to a particular area of the Foundation's work.
Donating Time
One of the biggest ways you can support the Foundation is by volunteering your time and effort. If you would like to get involved please visit the participate page.
Donating Money
You can make a donation via Paypal, Nochex, direct bank transfer or by setting up a standing order.
If you wish your money to be used for a particular purpose or for a particular area of the Foundation's work please specify that when you make your payment or email info [at] okfn [dot] org. Similarly any problems with donating please let us know via email on info [at] okfn [dot] org.
Standing Order
If you would like to instruct your bank to make a standing order, please complete and return our standing order form.
PayPal
Donate via PayPal by clicking on the button:
Nochex
Nochex is limited to the UK but does not require an account to donate. To send money either click on this link or on this button:
Direct Bank Transfer
If you wish to arrange a direct bank transfer our bank details are as follows:
Bank: Barclays Country: United Kingdom Account Name: Open Knowledge Foundation Ltd Account No: 90771511 Sort Code: 20-17-22 IBAN: GB81 BARC 2017 2290 7715 11 SWIFTBIC: BARCGB22
Donating Resources
An alternative to donating money is to donate resources such as equipment, hosting, printing etc. If you would like to make such a donation please email us at info [at] okfn.org with the details.