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=== Why is there a minimum donation? ===
=== Why is there a minimum donation? ===
Our donations range widely in size, and we try to offer as low a minimum as possible. The minimum donation is helpful in deterring unauthorized uses of financial information.
We receive small donations from people who don't have much money, and we are really, really grateful to those donors.

Unfortunately it is not uncommon for people to use donation mechanisms such as ours to test stolen credit cards to see if they work. Those people typically use a very small amount for their testing: a $1 minimum donation amount seems to deter them.


=== What is your donor privacy policy? ===
=== What is your donor privacy policy? ===

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