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submitted 5 days ago by I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I'm not sure if what I'm looking for exists, or if it's even possible to build.

I would like to have a central place where I can donate some monthly amount. I set up my profile and say, from my monthly donation, I want x percent to go to this project, y percent to that project, and so on. So instead of setting up some number of donations for all the projects I use and want to support, I have a single donation to support multiple projects.

Is there already a platform like this?

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[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The platform that works closest to this is https://www.liberapay.com/

It used to allow making 1 monthly payment and spreading it between projects. But they had to change to comply with banking/payment platform rules so each money transfer is directed to one beneficiary from the get go. Meaning you setup a recurring payment per project.

There's also the nlnet foundation https://nlnet.nl/

It's possible to give them 1 recurring payment to support OSS projects. But they manage how the money is split between projects and their own overhead. You don't pick the projects.