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This topic keeps coming up. Mozilla is viewed as a bloated entity whose only legitimate activity is maintaining Firefox. No-one cares about the other initiatives they spend money and resources on, and they especially don't want their donations going toward Mozilla's overpaid leadership.

People would like to donate directly to Firefox, but as things stand, this isn't an option. This isn't because Firefox falls under the Mozilla brand, it's because Mozilla choose not to accept Firefox-specific donations.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24141852

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24129794

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24129926

>>MaxBar+(OP)
Mozilla Foundation can't accept Firefox specific donations because the Mozilla Foundation does not develop Firefox. The Mozilla Corporation does and the foundation cannot give money to the corporation (only the other way around). So you'd need to redo a whole lot of things for this to be possible.

>>marcin+U8
> Mozilla Foundation can't accept Firefox specific donations because the Mozilla Foundation does not develop Firefox. The Mozilla Corporation does and the foundation cannot give money to the corporation (only the other way around).

Does that mean that not only it is impossible to make Firefox specific donations but also that it is guaranteed that none of the money donated to Mozilla can ever end up being used for Firefox development?

>>weinzi+co
As GoOnThenDoTell pointed out, they could probably independently pay for Firefox developers but it'd probably be a messy approach.

Keep in mind that the Mozilla foundation gets something like $10 million in donations per year while the Corporation gets $500 million per year from Firefox search deals. So donations are a drop in the bucket compared to the existing revenue streams.