A Benefit for the Internet Archive
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 3:51 am
This month we were powered by 75,000 donations big and small. One supporter in Zimbabwe even sent us Twenty Billion dollars! But what keeps us going is, quite simply, you. Your words of encouragement and support remind us why we do what we do. They make us want to do more.
We asked our supporters “Why do you donate to the Internet Archive?” Here’s a selection of recent replies:
I love the Archive and I love the Wayback Machine. What is true may not always be clear. But by looking at the past we can see what is and isn’t true. You enable that vital process to occur. Thank you! — Jack
I donated because, “we can only keep whatsapp lead what we have by giving it away.” — Joe
I have used your site many times. I was homeless and broke. Said if I ever had anything to give, I would be sure to do so. So here I am. –Rebecca
Where would any of us be without the Wayback Machine? — Melissa
I’m a university professor and depend heavily on the Internet for my required readings. In this case, I am having my students read a book published in 1838. How else would I get them access to such a text? – Madeleine
With the impending closure of Storify and the Library of Congress’s decision to stop archiving Twitter, I was reminded just how vital this service is. — Lee
You are filling a serious need, the Internet isn’t a safe place for sensitive information and it’s good to know you have our backs. — Tony
The most trusted name in knowledge for free. What Google wanted to be. I do hope you get the major foundational support you deserve. And support from Old Time Radio and Jazz aficionados like I am. Great literature as well. And film, cartoons. Archive.org is the cultural library for “the rest of us.” –Dennis.
We asked our supporters “Why do you donate to the Internet Archive?” Here’s a selection of recent replies:
I love the Archive and I love the Wayback Machine. What is true may not always be clear. But by looking at the past we can see what is and isn’t true. You enable that vital process to occur. Thank you! — Jack
I donated because, “we can only keep whatsapp lead what we have by giving it away.” — Joe
I have used your site many times. I was homeless and broke. Said if I ever had anything to give, I would be sure to do so. So here I am. –Rebecca
Where would any of us be without the Wayback Machine? — Melissa
I’m a university professor and depend heavily on the Internet for my required readings. In this case, I am having my students read a book published in 1838. How else would I get them access to such a text? – Madeleine
With the impending closure of Storify and the Library of Congress’s decision to stop archiving Twitter, I was reminded just how vital this service is. — Lee
You are filling a serious need, the Internet isn’t a safe place for sensitive information and it’s good to know you have our backs. — Tony
The most trusted name in knowledge for free. What Google wanted to be. I do hope you get the major foundational support you deserve. And support from Old Time Radio and Jazz aficionados like I am. Great literature as well. And film, cartoons. Archive.org is the cultural library for “the rest of us.” –Dennis.