With less than two days to go to the end of our 2013 fundraising drive, we have successfully raised over $100,000 for women in open technology and culture!

This means the Ada Initiative can continue our important work, making conferences safer and more welcoming, teaching women to overcome Impostor Syndrome, and running AdaCamp unconferences for women in open tech/culture. We thank you, and so do the thousands of women we will be able to help in the upcoming year.

You can still donate in the two days remaining for the fundraising drive! If we raise even more than $100,000, we could:

• Run AdaCamps in Europe, South America, or India
• Expand our Impostor Syndrome training
• Create an example community code of conduct

And if you need one more reason to donate now, the Ada Lovelace pendant is only available for two more days!

Thank you to our generous matching donors, who challenged their communities to support women in open tech/culture with matching grants of $500 to $10,000:

• PalominoDB
• Sumana Harihareswara and Leonard Richardson
• Leigh Honeywell
• Galois
• Jacob Kaplan-Moss
• Lincoln Loop

And to all our donors during the 2013 fundraising drive.

Thank you so very much for your support for women in open tech/culture! We absolutely could not do this without you.

Valerie and Mary
Ada Initiative co-founders & Very Tired fundraisers

Donors to our 2013 fundraising drive so far (listed by permission):

@duckasaurusss @elwing @KathleenLD Ada Lavee Fox Adam C. Foltzer Adam DiCarlo aimeeble Alan Coopersmith Alex Gaynor Alex Payne Alison Cichowlas Allison Morris Amanda Skellenger Amber June Blahnik Amelia Greenhall Amy Hendrix Amy Rich Andrea J. Horbinski Andy Dirnberger Annalee Flower Horne Arthi Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson Barbara Hui Ben Chapman Ben Combee Betsy Haibel Bill Nottingham Brad Montgomery Brenda Moon Brian DeRocher Brian Kung Brian Neal Brian Nisbet Brion Vibber Britta Gustafson Bro. Dave Lister Carl Trachte Carol Willing Caroline Simard carols10cents Celeste Chris Ford Chris McDonough Chris Minn Chris Tierney Christine Spang Colleen Penrowley CV Harquail Dana Caulder Daniel Lindsley Daniel Quinn (@searchingfortao) Daniel Ross Daniel Trembath David Comay Deb Nicholson Decklin Foster Denys Howard Derek Willis Dominic Mazzoni Dorothea Salo Dwayne Litzenberger Echa Schneider Eirik Nilsen Elizabeth Lorang Elizabeth Ragavanis Eric Grosse

Eric Palakovich Carr Esa Vesalainen Ethan Glasser-Camp Fredrik Larsson Gayle Karen Young geeksdoitbetter Glenn Siegman Glenn Street Greg Hilliard Heath Anderson Heidi Cautrell hjwp Holden Karau Holly French Hooshyar Naraghi Ian Bolf India Amos Isobel Hadley-Kamptz Jack Moffitt James E. Pace James Turnbull Jane Hammons Jason Thibeault Jean Kaplansky Jed Davis Jed Hartman Jeffrey Wear jen smith Jenny Dybedahl Jenny Gardiner Jerome D’Acquitaine Jess Hamrick Jim Blandy Jiten Vaidya Joe Murphy John Bennetts John Jacobsen John McNamara Julia Elman Justin Husted Kaitlin Devine Kalina Wilson Kalle, from Helsinki Karl A. Krueger Katherine Elliott Katherine Scott Katie Bechtold Kellie Brownell Kent Crispin Kevin S. Clarke Kim Stone Kim Varnell Kimberly Munoz Kris Howard Kristal Pollack Kristina Kerr Bergman Kurt Van Etten Kym Maxham Lacey Powers Larissa Shapiro Laura Dragan Lisa Seeman lizTheDeveloper Lord Darkraven Fierce-Eyes Louis Wasserman and Jennifer Mace Luis Villa Lynn Root

Mackenzie Morgan Marcel Marcus J. Ranum Marie Brennan Marina Zhurakhinskaya Marius Gedminas Mark Pilgrim Marta Maria Casetti Matt Zimmerman Maximilian Klein Meg Molloy Megan DiVall Meredith Tupper Merlin Havlik Michael Marineau Michelle Yaiser Mike & Claire Shaver mimbles Mindy Mistress of the Dorkness Mora Nancy E. Shaffer Nathan Bosch Nick Popoff Nóirín Plunkett PalominoDB Pam Chestek Paul A. Paul Bailey Paul Smith Peter Geoghegan Peter van Hardenberg Pierre Phaneuf Preston Holmes PZ Myers, for Skatje Myers Quim Gil Rachel Chalmers Raucous Indignation Reed Mangino Robin L. Zebrowski Rosita Ty Derecho Ryan Kennedy Sally Ahnger Sarah Sharp Scott Rosenberg Selena Deckelmann Shiny Shuying Liang Siobhan McKeown Stef Maruch Steve Adamczyk Susan Tan Tammy Anderson Tanya Reilly tfkreference Till Schneidereit Tim Chevalier Tim Johnson (tojo2000) Tom Smith Tyler Breisacher Tyler Laing Valerie Fenwick (Bubbva) Veronica Vergara Vibragiel Victoria Zenoff Career Strategies Will Thompson Wired