> "charity" was a tough sell internally I've been saying this for decades: For-profit companies are expected to generate profit for the shareholders. As such,

> "charity" was a tough sell internally I've been saying this for decades: For-profit companies are expected to generate profit for the shareholders. As such, donations are hard to justify. - Most technical teams have pre-approved budgets for licenses, SaaS, consultancy services. - Most teams do not have pre-approved budgets for donations. Managers need to go through bureaucracy and justify it. - Donating to organizations that are not famous charities can look suspicious (think bribery & so on). Donating to an informal group more so. Donating to some person on GitHub even more so. Imagine lawyers and accountants having to explain it to some tax agency. - Many countries don't have the tax relief and loopholes that encourage donations