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<p><em>by <a rel="nofollow" href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fniemannross.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7CDavid.M.Smith%40microsoft.com%7C18a04ddf8e794626c76d08d64930147c%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636776868202427390&sdata=zVBfTisF8%2FvMhlOaR77IzlLA1jRoqnv4bw%2Bu%2FPGO%2FjI%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Mark Niemann-Ross</a>, </em><em>an author, educator, and writer who teaches about R and Raspberry Pi at <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/mark-niemann-ross" target="_blank">LinkedIn Learning</a></em></p>
<p>I spend a LOT of time at <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-project.org/" target="_blank">r-project.org</a>, in particular the sections for documentation and CRAN. But I hadn’t spent much time in the other areas: R Project, R Foundation, and links. When I recently wandered into the foundation area, I discovered something worth talking about: donations to the R Foundation.</p>
<p>I benefit from the work of the R Foundation. They oversee the language, but also encourage a healthy ecosystem. CRAN happens because of them. Updates to R happen because of them. useR! happens because of them. Every day, you and I are the recipients of some part of their time.</p>
<p>The least we can do is show them some appreciation. If you point your web browser at <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-project.org/foundation/donations.html" target="_blank">https://www.r-project.org/foundation/donations.html</a> you’ll find a convenient (and surprisingly inexpensive) place to express your appreciation. As an individual, you can send these kind folks twenty-five euros to tell them you’re in favor of what they do.</p>
<p>You can send them more if you like. You can make your twenty-five euros an annual event. If you’re an institution, you can give 250 euros. If you’re really suave and sophisticated, you can give 500 euros. I suspect you could give more, but you may have to warn the R Board of Directors so they aren’t wondering what you’re up to. (kidding!)</p>
<p>Best of all – for your minimum of twenty-five euros you get listed on the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-project.org/foundation/donors.html" target="_blank">R Donors Site</a>. Look close – you’ll even see my name listed amongst the R glitterati.</p>
<h2>Tax Deductible?</h2>
<p>For those of us in the United States, donations to charitable organizations are tax deductible. However, The R Foundation is not recognized as such in the US. But take heart — The <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.siaaus.org/" target="_blank">Society of Indian Academics in America</a> has stepped in to provide a method for earmarking donations — and making donations deductible. Look at the very bottom of the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-project.org/foundation/donations.html" target="_blank">foundations donor page</a> for details on how to make this happen.</p>
<h2>Take Action</h2>
<p>Calculate the difference in time spent between working with R — and working without R — then divide twenty-five euros by that amount of time. If you’re like me, that becomes a pretty good value. I think it’s well worth the time to make a donation and keep the R Foundation feeling appreciated.</p>
<p>R Project: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-project.org/foundation/donations.html" target="_blank">Membership Fees and Donations</a></p>
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