Whistleblower Aid

We rely on your donations

To hold our government accountable, our country needs patriotic whistleblowers. To support whistleblowers, we need you.

Whistleblower Aid is a public charity that relies entirely on donations for all operations.

We must raise $350,000 by the end of 2018. That might sound like a lot. But its not much compared to the costs of government lawbreaking and corruption.

All donations are tax deductible. Whistleblower Aid is a 501(c)(3) public charity, tax ID 26-4716045.

If there is a chance you may become a whistleblower or seek our legal services, you should not donate to us.

Our donations currently run through PayPal. Please click the button below to get started.

Goal

$350,000 Is A Big Number for An Ambitious Project

What we’re doing is not easy. And it’s not cheap — even as a not-for-profit law firm that does everything at cost.

Here’s where your donation goes:

Free legal representation

Our clients are already risking their careers to come forward on behalf of their country. They shouldn’t have to pay private firm legal fees. We depend on your donations for everything we do.
Premier legal team

We pay highly experienced national security attorneys whom we deeply trust. These lawyers charge $660/hour or more to their private clients, but they have agreed to give us huge discounts — we pay only $225/hour — because they support our mission. Nevertheless, even their discounted fees are very expensive.
State of the art security

We refuse to cut any corners with our proprietary digital and physical security systems. We insist on the latest hardware, and invest significant time hardening every device against penetration by foreign intelligence services trying to steal our clients’ secrets. Security is our top priority.
Extended support services

Beyond legal representation, we hope to provide some clients with temporary rent or mortgage assistance, psycho-social counseling, and other services as needed. Our goal is to eliminate as many barriers as possible for courageous whistleblowers to come forward.

Expenses

What your donation will provide.

Whistleblower Aid accepts tax-exempt donations as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation headquartered in Washington, D.C. We are seeking large grants from foundations. And eventually, with successful lawsuits, we hope to win attorneys’ fees.

But that won’t be enough.

Without a huge wave of direct donations from supporters all over the country and all over the world, we may have to close our doors by the end of 2018.

	Pays for us to evaluate a single prospective client’s inquiry
	Pays for a new, secure communication device for one of our clients.
	Pays to equip and secure one of our lawyers.
	Pays the discounted attorney fees for a single, straightforward whistleblower case including an Inspector General complaint, meetings with Congress, and pre-publication review of a client’s writings, but no litigation.
	Pays the discounted attorney fees for us to litigate a First Amendment lawsuit in federal court — so a client can legally publish their allegations of government wrongdoing, without risking prison.