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Tell Us! Why Did You Donate To The Haskell Foundation?...And If You're Holding Out, What Would Make You A Regular Donor?

Haskell Community [Unofficial] March 10, 2026
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Especially with the recent issues with hackage, I feel like I want to start donating to the Haskell Foundation (not that I expect my contribution to solve the issues!). However, I think that one thing that has made me reluctant to give a donation is a lack of a sense of scale or worth. Take an animal shelter, for example. They can concretely say “Donating £10 a month means that you are providing toys and food to dogs like Spot; £20 means we can get professional medical care”, and so on. Obviously, Haskell doesn’t have that kind of heart-string pulling, but something like “A monthly £10 donation keeps Hackage running for an hour” or “Over the course of a year of your donations, you’ll help sponsor projects like these: X, Y, Z”. Personally, I wouldn’t even want some kind of donator’s newsletter like other charities seem to do; once I know the worth of my donation, I’m happy for it to keep going. Maybe this is just my odd perspective, but putting a value on what my donation means would help me decide what to donate.

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