Ars readers gave almost $40,000 in our 2023 Charity Drive

Final month, we requested readers to donate to a few good causes in our 2023 Charity Drive sweepstakes. And boy, did you ship. With the drive now full and the donations all tallied, we will report that Ars Technica readers gave an unbelievable $39,830.36 to Kid’s Play and the Digital Frontier Basis on this 12 months’s drive. That does not set a brand new document, but it surely beats final 12 months’s complete and raises our lifetime Ars Charity Drive donation haul since 2007 to over $506,000. Nicely achieved, Arsians!

Due to everybody who gave no matter they may. We’re nonetheless early within the course of of choosing and notifying winners of our swag giveaway, so do not fret if you have not heard when you’re a winner but. Within the meantime, take pleasure in these fast stats from the 2023 drive.

• 2023 fundraising complete: $39,830.36
  • Whole given to Kid’s Play: $21,747.74
  • Whole given to the EFF: $18,038.04
• Variety of particular person donations: 318
  • Kid’s Play donations: 143
  • EFF donations: 174
• Common donation: $125.25
  • Kid’s Play common donation: $152.08
  • EFF common donation: $103.67
• Median donation: $51.69
  • Median Kid’s Play donation: $50.00
  • Median EFF donation: $66.95
• Prime single donation: $10,0000 (to Kid’s Play)
• Donations of $1,000 or extra: 7
• Donations of $100 or extra: 110
• $5 or much less donations: 3 (each little bit helps!)
• Whole charity donations from Ars Technica drives since 2007 (approximate): $506,613.26
  • 2023: $39,830.36
  • 2022: $31,656.07
  • 2021: $40,261.71
  • 2020: $58,758.11
  • 2019: $33,181.11
  • 2018: $20,210.66
  • 2017: $36,012.37
  • 2016: $38,738.11
  • 2015: $38,861.06
  • 2014: $25,094.31
  • 2013: $23,570.13
  • 2012: $28,713.52
  • 2011: ~$26,000
  • 2010: ~$24,000
  • 2009: ~$17,000
  • 2008: ~$12,000
  • 2007: ~$10,000