DuckDuckGo Donations

Advancing Privacy Worldwide

Since 2011, DuckDuckGo has donated over $8,050,000 to organizations that align with our vision of raising the standard of trust online.

Beyond these annual donations, we work with policymakers and advocates to make online privacy simple and accessible for all. These efforts include strengthening privacy standards, drafting privacy legislation, and conducting related research.

2025

$1,100,000

$100,000 Public Knowledge
$75,000 ARTICLE 19
$75,000 Digital Progress Institute
$50,000 Electronic Frontier Foundation
$50,000 European Digital Rights (EDRi)
$50,000 Foundation for American Innovation
$50,000 Open Home Foundation
$50,000 Signal
$50,000 Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.)
$50,000 Tech Policy Press
$50,000 Tech Oversight Project
$30,000 Internet Security Research Group
$25,000 Algorithmic Justice League (AJL)
$25,000 British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)
$25,000 Bull Moose Project
$25,000 Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project
$25,000 Consumers International
$25,000 Demand Progress
$25,000 Digital Rights Watch
$25,000 Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF)
$25,000 noyb
$25,000 Internet Archive
$25,000 Open Rights Group (ORG)
$25,000 Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF)
$25,000 Perl and Raku Foundation
$25,000 Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
$25,000 Restore the Fourth
$25,000 Tor Project
$20,000 The Markup

2024

$1,100,000

$100,000 Electronic Frontier Foundation
$75,000 Public Knowledge
$50,000 Article 19
$50,000 Demand Progress
$50,000 European Digital Rights (EDRi)
$50,000 Fight for the Future
$50,000 The Markup
$50,000 Open Media
$50,000 Restore the Fourth
$50,000 Signal
$50,000 Surveillance Technology Oversight Project
$50,000 Technology Oversight Project
$50,000 Tech Policy Press
$25,000 Algorithmic Justice League
$25,000 Bits of Freedom
$25,000 Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2)
$25,000 Competition Law Forum - BIICL
$25,000 Creative Commons
$25,000 Digital Rights Watch
$25,000 Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF)
$25,000 European Center for Digital Rights (noyb)
$25,000 Open Home Foundation
$25,000 Open Rights Group
$25,000 Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF)
$25,000 Perl & Raku Foundation
$25,000 Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
$25,000 Proof News
$25,000 Tor Project

2023

$1,100,000

$125,000 Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
$125,000 The Markup
$125,000 Public Knowledge
$50,000 Article19
$50,000 Common Crawl
$50,000 European Digital Rights (EDRi)
$50,000 Fight for the Future
$50,000 Signal
$50,000 Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP)
$50,000 Technology Oversight Project
$25,000 Access Now
$25,000 Algorithmic Justice League
$25,000 Bits of Freedom
$25,000 British Institute for International and Comparative Law
$25,000 Center for Critical Internet Inquiry
$25,000 Creative Commons (CC)
$25,000 Digital Rights Watch
$25,000 Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF)
$25,000 OpenMedia
$25,000 Open Rights Group (ORG)
$25,000 Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF)
$25,000 Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
$25,000 Restore the Fourth
$25,000 Tactical Tech
$25,000 Tor Project

2022

$1,100,000

$125,000 Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
$125,000 Fight for the Future
$125,000 The Markup
$125,000 Public Knowledge
$125,000 Signal
$25,000 Access Now
$25,000 Algorithmic Justice League
$25,000 Article19
$25,000 Australia Institute's Centre for Responsible Technology
$25,000 Bits of Freedom
$25,000 British Institute for International and Comparative Law
$25,000 Detroit Community Technology Project (DCTP)
$25,000 Center for Critical Internet Inquiry
$25,000 European Digital Rights (EDRi)
$25,000 Freiheitsrechte (GFF)
$25,000 Internet Economy Foundation (IE.F)
$25,000 Open Media
$25,000 Open Rights Group
$25,000 Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF)
$25,000 Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
$25,000 Restore The Fourth
$25,000 Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP)
$25,000 Technology Oversight Project
$25,000 Tor Project

2021

$1,000,000

$200,000 Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP)
$150,000 Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
$75,000 European Digital Rights (EDRi)
$75,000 The Markup
$75,000 Public Knowledge
$25,000 Access Now
$25,000 Algorithmic Justice League
$25,000 Australia Institute's Centre for Responsible Technology
$25,000 Bits of Freedom
$25,000 British Institute for International and Comparative Law
$25,000 CERRE
$25,000 Detroit Community Technology Project (DCTP)
$25,000 Fight for the Future
$25,000 Freiheitsrechte (GFF)
$25,000 Open Rights Group
$25,000 Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF)
$25,000 Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
$25,000 Restore The Fourth
$25,000 Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP)
$25,000 Tor Project

2020

$750,000

$200,000 Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP)
$150,000 Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
$50,000 European Digital Rights (EDRi)
$50,000 Public Knowledge
$50,000 The Markup
$25,000 Algorithmic Justice League
$25,000 Bits of Freedom
$25,000 Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2)
$25,000 Competition Law Forum
$25,000 Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA)
$25,000 Freiheitsrechte (GFF)
$25,000 Open Rights Group
$25,000 Restore The Fourth
$25,000 TechFreedom
$25,000 Tor Project

2019

$600,000

$200,000 Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP)
$110,000 Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
$85,000 Freedom of the Press Foundation
$30,000 Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
$25,000 CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (CUPS)
$25,000 Tor Project
$25,000 European Digital Rights (EDRi)
$25,000 TechFreedom
$25,000 Demand Progress Education Fund
$25,000 European Center for Digital Rights (noyb)
$25,000 Cracked Labs

2018

$500,000

$76,571 Demand Progress
$68,012 Freedom of the Press Foundation
$48,022 Center for Democracy & Technology
$44,664 Fight for the Future
$38,081 Tails
$33,810 New Media Rights
$32,904 Restore the Fourth
$22,816 Tor Project
$18,895 Terms of Service; Didn’t Read
$14,325 The Calyx Institute
$14,236 Let’s Encrypt
$11,561 Riseup Labs
$11,533 Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF)
$11,089 Internet Freedom Festival
$10,903 Access Now
$10,401 Emerald Onion
$9,079 Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
$6,634 Freenet Project
$6,929 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
$5,273 Bits of Freedom
$4,265 World Privacy Forum

2017

$400,000

$200,000 Freedom of the Press Foundation
$75,000 World Privacy Forum
$29,000 Open Whisper Systems
$25,000 Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
$25,000 Tor Project
$25,000 The Electronic Frontier Foundation
$5,000 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
$5,000 Access Now
$2,500 The Calyx Institute
$2,500 Center for Democracy & Technology
$1,000 Restore the Fourth
$1,000 Center for Digital Democracy (CDD)
$1,000 Patient Privacy Rights
$1,000 Online Trust Alliance (OTA)
$1,000 Tech Freedom
$1,000 Demand Progress

2016

$225,000

$25,000 SecureDrop
$25,000 Freenet
$25,000 OpenBSD Foundation
$25,000 CrypTech
$25,000 Tor Project
$25,000 Fight for the Future
$25,000 VeraCrypt
$25,000 LEAP
$25,000 GPGTools

2015

$125,000

$25,000 SecureDrop
$25,000 Privacy Badger
$25,000 GPGTools
$25,000 Tails
$25,000 Girl Develop It

2014

$40,000

$10,000 SecureDrop
$10,000 NoiseTor
$5,000 Lavabit
$5,000 Riseup
$5,000 Mailpile
$5,000 I2P

2013

$20,000

$5,000 OpenStreetMap Foundation
$5,000 Electronic Frontier Foundation
$2,000 Riseup
$2,000 F-Droid
$2,000 NoScript
$2,000 Cryptocat
$2,000 Javascript Blocker

2012

$10,000

$6000 Multiple Perl Events
$940 Tor Project
$940 Wikimedia foundation
$940 unhosted.org
$940 Diaspora Project
$940 Freenet
$940 friendica

2011

$1,909

$482 nginx
$475 FreeBSD
$238 Tor Project
$238 Clamwin
$238 Tahoe-LAFS
$238 OpenSSH