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		gwern on June 8, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Electronic Frontier Foundation Survives on $5M/yea... I certainly can write a check for $5 (and have donated more than that), but the thing is, a $1m donation from a rich person does a lot more than my $5 - specifically, it does 200,000x more. The widow's mite is, in the end, still just a mite.

stavros on June 8, 2013 [–]

Not if 200,000 people write it.

gwern on June 9, 2013 | [–]

I doubt even 200,000 people have ever donated to the EFF over its entire lifetime from 1990 to today.

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