Donate
Quick Donations
The quickest and easiest way is to visit our general fund direct donation page and use your bank card.
general fund direct donation page →Other Ways to Donate
For larger and corporate donations, the following ways may be more suitable:
Bank Check
Payable to Yet Another Society, mailed to:
YET ANOTHER SOCIETY
(DBA) THE PERL AND RAKU FOUNDATION
440 N BARRANCA AVE
#6055 COVINA, CA
91723
UNITED STATES
Wire Transfer
Contact treasurer@perlfoundation.org for wire transfer details. Please provide:
- Your name and address (must match the account receiving the money)
- Name and address of your bank
- Either an IBAN #, or a Swift code with routing and account numbers
Employer Paycheck Deductions ↗
If your employer uses Benevity for charitable giving (Google, Microsoft, and hundreds of other businesses use Benevity), you can have donations (and possibly employer-matches) made to TPRF directly through your paycheck. Apple has a similar program, which we also participate in.
Invoices & Payment Requests
If you require an invoice for your donation, contact treasurer@perlfoundation.org.
For bills, reimbursements, or accounts payable requests, email payments@perlfoundation.org. Invoices may also be mailed to the address above.
How Your Donation Helps
Perl is part of the technology stack running many of today’s businesses.
Here’s how your support makes a difference:
- 01 TPRF holds conferences that bring together the Perl and Raku community. Speakers give technical talks and the community gets together to discuss approaches to solving the latest technical problems.
- 02 TPRF provides grants directly in support of projects that benefit Perl and Raku users.
- 03 TPRF will take new steps to reach out to the community, training new programmers in Perl. It will create an online beginner video training course and provide beginner training scholarships.
- 04 Outreachy: This internship program supports diversity in free and open source software. TPRF sponsors this both financially and by providing the interns with a mentor.
- 05 We provide a job posting website where employers can share information about their open positions.
- 06 Support for CPAN and MetaCPAN.
- 07 TPRF hosts events across the world to encourage the formation of new local groups as well as re-invigorate existing groups.
- 08 Through online efforts and open-source conferences, TPRF will continue to advocate Perl and Raku to the world.
Want to ask your employer to donate? Share our annual reports with them, this will explain how we use our funds.