Welcome to a society for free software advocates, supporting the ethical cause of computer user freedom!


When you donate to the FSF as an associate member, you support the essential freedoms for all computer users, with a sustaining contribution. Associate membership is $140 annually or $12 per month. For students, the rate is just $70 or $6 per month. To help make the membership more accessible to all our supporters, and to accommodate people who are on a tighter financial budget, people from countries with a tough exchange rate, or those who have been affected by inflation and current economic challenges, we also offer a friends membership that comes with a selection of the benefits. Offering this more inclusive associate membership at lower cost.
will help us increase diversity in the FSF community. For more information, please visit https://www.fsf.org/associate/. Over 90% of our funding comes from individuals — your contribution matters! Join with over 5,000 active members in 86 countries, and all 50 US states representing a diverse membership of computer users, artists, software engineers, hackers, students, and activists.

Why become an associate member?

When you donate as an associate member, you are part of an informed society working together to make a better world: respectful of individual freedom, social solidarity, personal privacy, and democracy — built on free software.

Benefits of the full associate membership level include:

Plus you support our work on the GNU Project and campaigns for free software adoption and development.

The Free Software Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so your member donation is tax-deductible in the US.