Bonus Challenges are weekly contests with cash prizes that any charity can win no matter its size or ranking in the Challenge. They are such a great way to rally your supporters through the Challenge. And, they're really fun.
Gear Up Bonus Challenge: February 27 - March 13
Every charity that has at least 2 team members join their DuckDuckGo Challenge page before the Challenge launches on Tuesday, March 13th at 11:59:59am will get $1,000.
Start time: 12:00am ET
End time: 11:59:59am ET
Rules. No Purchase Necessary.
Conditional Winners (15): Terms of Service; Didn't Read, Tails- Usable Digital Security, Riseup Labs, Demand Progress, The Tor Project, Restore the 4th, Center for Democracy and Technology, Access Now, New Media Rights, Calyx Institute, Bits of Freedom, Fight for the Future, Freedom of the Press Foundation, OSTIF and Internet Freedom Festival
Donation Match Bonus Challenge: March 13 - April 10
Every donation received online by each Challenge charity will be matched up to $3,000.
Start time: 12:00pm ET
End time: 1:59:59pm ET
Rules. No Purchase Necessary.
Conditional Winners (21): OSTIF, Access Now, Calyx Institute, World Privacy Forum, Bits of Freedom, Center for Democracy and Technology, Fight for the Future, Demand Progress, Tails - Usable Digital Security, New Media Rights, Restore the 4th, Freedom of the Press Foundation, The Tor Project, Let's Encrypt, Internet Freedom Festival, Emerald Onion, ACLU Foundation, Terms of Service; Didn't Read, Riseup Labs, Freenet Project and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
Bonus Challenge #1: March 13 - March 20
Part 1: Every charity that raises at least $500 online this week will get entered to win $500. And, there will be 10 winners.
Part 2: Every charity that raises at least $1,000 online this week will get entered to win $1,000. And, there will be 5 winners.
Part 3: Every charity that raises at least $2,500 online this week will get entered to win $2,500. And, there will be 2 winners.
Part 4: Every charity that raises at least $5,000 online this week will get entered to win $5,000. And, there will be 1 winner.
Part 1 Conditional Winners (10): Freedom of the Press Foundation, Demand Progress, Center for Democracy and Technology, Restore the 4th, Calyx Institute, Tails, The Tor Project, Terms of Service; Didn't Read, Fight for the Future and New Media Rights
Part 2 Conditional Winners (5): Freedom of the Press Foundation, Demand Progress, Terms of Service; Didn't Read, Fight for the Future and New Media Rights
Part 3 Conditional Winners (2): Freedom of the Press Foundation and Demand Progress
Part 4 Conditional Winner (1): New Media Rights
Bonus Challenge #2: March 20 - March 27
Every charity that raises at least $500 online this week will get $2,000.
Start time: 2:00pm ET
End time: 1:59:59pm ET
Rules. No Purchase Necessary.
Conditional Winners (X):
Bonus Challenge #3: March 27 - April 3
Part 1: The 2 charities that raise the most online this week will play Rock, Paper, Scissors. The winner will get $10,000 and the loser will get $5,000.
Part 2: The first 1,000 online donations to Challenge charities of at least $20 will get a $20 match.
Every charity that raises at least $500 online this week will get $2,000.
Start time: 2:00pm ET
End time: 1:59:59pm ET
Rules. No Purchase Necessary.
Conditional Winners (16): Center for Democracy and Technology, Fight for the Future, Demand Progress, Tails - Usable Digital Security, New Media Rights, Restore the 4th, Freedom of the Press Foundation, The Tor Project, Let's Encrypt, Internet Freedom Festival, Emerald Onion, ACLU Foundation, Terms of Service; Didn't Read, Riseup Labs, Freenet Project and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
Winner Information
We'll be posting the winners in this tab so check back weekly after each Bonus Challenge is over. Please note: All winners are ‘conditional winners’ until they are verified and declared ‘official winners’ at the end of the Challenge by the Sponsor and Administrator. During the verification process, conditional winners will be required to sign paperwork re-confirming their eligibility to participate and win. Contact Us for a winners list or for any reason and we'll get back to you fast.
DuckDuckGo is excited to announce The $500,000 DuckDuckGo Privacy Challenge 2018, a friendly fundraising campaign for organizations committed to protecting the privacy of personal information on the internet. Participating organizations will compete for $500,000 in grand prizes and Bonus Challenges to help further their missions.
Everything launches on March 13th, 2018 at 12pm ET and runs through April 10th, 2018 at 1:59:59pm ET.
• The team that raises the most during the Challenge wins a $50,000 donation
• Second place gets $40,000
• Third gets $35,000
• Fourth gets $30,000
• Fifth gets $25,000
• Sixth gets $20,000
• Seventh gets $15,000
• Eighth gets $10,000
• Ninth gets $5,000
• Tenth gets $5,000
• Eleventh gets $3,000
• Twelfth gets $3,000
• Thirteenth gets $3,000
• Fourteenth gets $3,000
• Fifteenth gets $3,000
• Sixteenth gets $3,000
And, there will be weekly Bonus Challenges for organizations to win another $247,000.
And, the best part of the Challenge is that even if you don't win any of the grand prize money, you get to keep the money you raise during the campaign. So, so great.
DuckDuckGo is excited to announce The $500,000 DuckDuckGo Privacy Challenge 2018, a friendly fundraising campaign for organizations committed to protecting the privacy of personal information on the internet.
