| ▲ | icepush 6 hours ago | |
You can make donations to a for-profit business. You just can't deduct it from your taxable income. | ||
| ▲ | spelk 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
I don't have any input on direct user funding for Firefox, but Thunderbird is also developed by a for-profit entity and accepts direct user funding with no charitable tax deductions as well. [0] https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/donate/ | ||
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| ▲ | fhd2 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Exactly, and to my knowledge the receiving party needs to pay profit tax on them. It's called a donation, but technically more of a pay-what-you-want model. Several businesses do that. | ||