Advancing Privacy
Worldwide

Since 2011, DuckDuckGo has donated over $5,850,000 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.

2023

$1,100,000

$125,000Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
$125,000The Markup
$125,000Public Knowledge
$50,000Article19
$50,000Common Crawl
$50,000European Digital Rights (EDRi)
$50,000Fight for the Future
$50,000Signal
$50,000Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP)
$50,000Technology Oversight Project
$25,000Access Now
$25,000Algorithmic Justice League
$25,000Bits of Freedom
$25,000British Institute for International and Comparative Law

$25,000Center for Critical Internet Inquiry
$25,000Creative Commons (CC)
$25,000Digital Rights Watch
$25,000Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF)
$25,000OpenMedia
$25,000Open Rights Group (ORG)
$25,000Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF)
$25,000Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
$25,000Restore the Fourth
$25,000Tactical Tech
$25,000Tor Project

2022

$1,100,000

$125,000Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
$125,000Fight for the Future
$125,000The Markup
$125,000Public Knowledge
$125,000Signal
$25,000Access Now
$25,000Algorithmic Justice League
$25,000Article19
$25,000Australia Institute's Centre for Responsible Technology
$25,000Bits of Freedom
$25,000British Institute for International and Comparative Law
$25,000Detroit Community Technology Project (DCTP)

$25,000Center for Critical Internet Inquiry
$25,000European Digital Rights (EDRi)
$25,000Freiheitsrechte (GFF)
$25,000Internet Economy Foundation (IE.F)
$25,000Open Media
$25,000Open Rights Group
$25,000Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF)
$25,000Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
$25,000Restore The Fourth
$25,000Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP)
$25,000Technology Oversight Project
$25,000Tor Project

2021

$1,000,000

$200,000Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP)
$150,000Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
$75,000European Digital Rights (EDRi)
$75,000The Markup
$75,000Public Knowledge
$25,000Access Now
$25,000Algorithmic Justice League
$25,000Australia Institute's Centre for Responsible Technology
$25,000Bits of Freedom
$25,000British Institute for International and Comparative Law

$25,000CERRE
$25,000Detroit Community Technology Project (DCTP)
$25,000Fight for the Future
$25,000Freiheitsrechte (GFF)
$25,000Open Rights Group
$25,000Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF)
$25,000Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
$25,000Restore The Fourth
$25,000Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP)
$25,000Tor Project

2020

$750,000

$200,000Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP)
$150,000Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
$50,000European Digital Rights (EDRi)
$50,000Public Knowledge
$50,000The Markup
$25,000Algorithmic Justice League
$25,000Bits of Freedom

$25,000Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2)
$25,000Competition Law Forum
$25,000Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA)
$25,000Freiheitsrechte (GFF)
$25,000Open Rights Group
$25,000Restore The Fourth
$25,000TechFreedom
$25,000Tor Project

2019

$600,000

$200,000Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP)
$110,000Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
$85,000Freedom of the Press Foundation
$30,000Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
$25,000CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (CUPS)

$25,000Tor Project
$25,000European Digital Rights (EDRi)
$25,000TechFreedom
$25,000Demand Progress Education Fund
$25,000European Center for Digital Rights (noyb)
$25,000Cracked Labs

2018

$500,000

$76,571Demand Progress
$68,012Freedom of the Press Foundation
$48,022Center for Democracy & Technology
$44,664Fight for the Future
$38,081Tails
$33,810New Media Rights
$32,904Restore the Fourth
$22,816Tor Project
$18,895Terms of Service; Didn’t Read
$14,325The Calyx Institute
$14,236Let’s Encrypt

$11,561Riseup Labs
$11,533Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF)
$11,089Internet Freedom Festival
$10,903Access Now
$10,401Emerald Onion
$9,079Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
$6,634Freenet Project
$6,929American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
$5,273Bits of Freedom
$4,265World Privacy Forum

2017

$400,000

$200,000Freedom of the Press Foundation
$75,000World Privacy Forum
$29,000Open Whisper Systems
$25,000Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
$25,000Tor Project
$25,000The Electronic Frontier Foundation
$5,000American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
$5,000Access Now

$2,500The Calyx Institute
$2,500Center for Democracy & Technology
$1,000Restore the Fourth
$1,000Center for Digital Democracy (CDD)
$1,000Patient Privacy Rights
$1,000Online Trust Alliance (OTA)
$1,000Tech Freedom
$1,000Demand Progress

2016

$225,000

$25,000SecureDrop
$25,000Freenet
$25,000OpenBSD Foundation
$25,000CrypTech
$25,000Tor Project

$25,000Fight for the Future
$25,000VeraCrypt
$25,000LEAP
$25,000GPGTools

2015

$125,000

$25,000SecureDrop
$25,000Privacy Badger
$25,000GPGTools

$25,000Tails
$25,000Girl Develop It

2014

$40,000

$10,000SecureDrop
$10,000NoiseTor
$5,000Lavabit

$5,000Riseup
$5,000Mailpile
$5,000I2P

2013

$20,000

$5,000OpenStreetMap Foundation
$5,000Electronic Frontier Foundation
$2,000Riseup
$2,000F-Droid

$2,000NoScript
$2,000Cryptocat
$2,000Javascript Blocker

2012

$10,000

$940Diaspora Project
$940Freenet
$940friendica

2011

$1,909

$482nginx
$475FreeBSD
$238Tor Project

$238Clamwin
$238Tahoe-LAFS
$238OpenSSH