JabRef is entirely run by volunteers in their leisure time.

You can use our IBAN listed here:

 JabRef e.V.
 Vereinigte Volksbanken e.G.
 IBAN DE35 6039 0000 0579 6860 19

Since September 2020, we are a non-profit organization. Thus, at least in Germany, your donations can be deducted from your tax. Until €200 you do not need any receipt from our side. See https://www.vlh.de/kaufen-investieren/spenden-beitraege/bei-spenden-bis-200-euro-reicht-ein-einfacher-nachweis.html for details.

JabRef e.V.
Eingetragener Verein mit den satzungsmäßigen Voraussetzungen zur Gemeinnützigkeit
Registereintrag: Nummer VR 724867, Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Stuttgart
Steuernummer: 56002/44536 vom Finanzamt Böblingen (wird trotz Gemeinnützigkeit zugeteilt)

Please use this Amazon link to start your Amazon ordering. This gives us funding without any additional costs for you! Alternatively, visit our sponsors.

To donate regularly, please visit either,

• https://github.com/sponsors/JabRef
• https://www.jabref.org/paypal

GitHub sponsors also offer one-time donation possibilities and is preferred over PayPal due to lower processing fees.

If every reader donated €5, the developers would only have to invest their leisure time and not any material goods for JabRef development.

• Hosting expenses
• Payment of developers for adding features. Currently, there is not enough money to do that. See How to proceed with the development of the Docear4LibreOffice add-on for a similar discussion.
• JabCon
• Design of new icons for Material Design Icons. See #260 for a discussion