Mastodon Joins Forces with WE AID
The Mastodon Team
Building a better social web
We are happy to announce fiscal sponsorship via WE AID, a German nonprofit organisation that supports charitable projects within an established legal framework. This move is part of Mastodon’s transformation.
This partnership offers donors tax-deductible contributions in Germany and ensures verified integrity through WE AID’s oversight. It also enables Mastodon to operate as a nonprofit entity, strengthening our commitment to a user-first, community-driven platform, free from algorithmic manipulation and corporate control.
With WE AID’s support, Mastodon joins the ranks of nonprofit tech pioneers we have long admired, like Wikipedia, Signal, and Tor. This move reinforces the digital commons as a shared resource: not a corporate asset.
Through this partnership, WE AID provides Mastodon with the infrastructure to continue to thrive as a public-benefit project, rooted in Europe. Together, we’re proving that social media can be community-owned, ethically governed, and globally accessible.
Mastodon’s home, the Fediverse, mirrors Europe’s own decentralised ethos. Just as the European Union is home to diverse cultures, languages, and jurisdictions, the Fediverse empowers communities to connect across barriers, fostering unique spaces, no matter their size, for linguistic, cultural, and technical diversity. This alignment embodies the EU’s vision of unity in diversity, ensuring the digital commons remain open, inclusive, and resilient.
Thank you for supporting Mastodon
We develop and maintain the free and open-source software that powers the social web. There is no capital behind this—we rely entirely on your support.
