Framasoft is a not-for-profit which can **only** keep running thanks to your donations. Do you like what we do? Do you think we’re going in the right direction? If so, and you’re able to make a donation, we’d very much appreciate it!
Your donations ensure our independence ({percent}% of our income in {year}). Because creating and maintaining ethical digital tools requires time and human talent, the bulk of our time and talent is spent on the budget is used to compensate (as fairly and equitably as possible) our employees and service providers. Each year, our accounts are audited and validated by a statutory auditor. independent accounts (we publish [reports on this page](https://framasoft.org/association/)).
**Maintain the technical tools**<br /> Framasoft is about fifty open source sites and services, deployed on about thirty servers. Our members ensure the maintenance, the support, the animation and the update. Your donations ensure that it is free of charge for everyone.
To finalize your donation, please complete your cheque to the order of <b>“Association @:txt.soft”</b> and note this <b>payment reference at the back</b>:
For [practical reasons](@:(link.contact)/faq/#dons-alternatifs), we do not accept donations from micro-payment platforms (Lilo, Flattr, Tipeee…) except Liberapay
**Promoting popular education**<br /> Framasoft is committed to popularizing digital emancipation towards the by contributing to concrete tools made by and for a greater number of people, by contributing to concrete tools made by and for people involved in popular education. [[1](https://framablog.org/2019/12/14/les-metacartes-numerique-ethique-un-outil-qui-fait-envie/)], [[2](https://framablog.org/2020/06/27/resolu-un-pas-de-plus-dans-contributopia/)], [[3](https://framablog.org/2019/11/30/mon-parcours-collaboratif-presenter-des-outils-numeriques-ethiques-a-lesse/)]