Keeping food knowledge open: Join our annual donation campaign
Since 2012, Open Food Facts has been on a mission:making food information accessible, free, and open to all.
Why your support matters
This year, every time you scanned a product, reused our data, or explored our database, you benefited from a non-profit project built by hundreds of thousands of volunteers and supported by a dedicated team of around 10 employees.
Thanks to this digital community, we enable:
- Consumers to decipher food labels with a simple scan and make healthier and more sustainable choices.
- Researchers to access data that is essential for public health research.
- Advances in data transparency in the food industry by encouraging manufacturers to share their data via the Pro platform.
- Journalists and consumer associations to conduct in-depth investigations into what is on our plates (e.g., shrinkflation, nitrites in ham, etc.)
Everything we produce, from data to software, is a freely reusable common good. And it will always remain free.
But running Open Food Facts requires more than good will: servers, maintenance, community support, data engineering, partnerships, representation, new features… All of this takes a lot of time and resources.
That’s why we’re launching our annual donation campaign, and we’re inviting you to be part of it.
And we need your help to amplify the impact:
1. The opportunity to become a “Major Donor” to Open Food Facts with matching donations
Individual donors and companies can now amplify the impact of their contribution through the matching donation principle.
How does it work?
- A donor makes a donation to Open Food Facts.
- A Major Donor commits to matching that donation, and donating the same amount.
- Thanks to this matching, the association receives a double donation.
This mechanism allows us to communicate widely to the general public by announcing that their donations will be automatically doubled thanks to Major Donors. It’s an effective way to encourage even more participation in our campaign!
Would you like to become a Major Donor?
Simply set a maximum amount up to which you agree to match donations. We will then publish the list of Major Donors on our website and social media.
To join the Major Donors, write to us at contact@openfoodfacts.org.
2. Start Your Own Peer-to-Peer Fundraiser for Open Food Facts
You can now support Open Food Facts by creating your own fundraising page through Donorbox’s Peer-to-Peer feature.
How does it works ?
- Create your personal fundraising page
- Add your message and goal
- Share it wherever you want
- Watch your collective impact grow
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Whether you donate €5 or €20, or set up a recurring donation, your contribution helps us keep Open Food Facts alive, independent, and growing. Regular monthly donations provide stability and long-term support.
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We know not everyone can give, but if you can, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making this possible.