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2025 Fundraiser February 21st - 23rd
Update: The 2025 Fundraiser was a success! Check out the Post-Fundraiser update that includes our recent financial update and a poll requesting feedback for the this year and your thoughts on next year's fundraiser! Post Fundraiser update!
Nerd.nu was founded on the concept of fair play and the idea that when it comes to gaming, everyone should start with equal footing — and after thirteen years of operation, we haven't strayed from these important values. Many online gaming services allow users to pay for in-game perks or specialized access, but here at Nerd, we firmly believe that money should be given not for the in-game rewards it might bring, but as a way of showing your appreciation for and supporting the costs of the services we provide.
Back in the Ancient Times, before Minecraft saw its official release, our community had a tradition of a late-year donation drive to Child's Play. This charity provides toys, video games, and more to children in hospitals worldwide. Just like our previous fundraiser, we'd like to give 50% of the upcoming 2025 fundraiser's donation total to Child's Play.
By contributing to nerd.nu, you will be helping to pay for the hardware our servers are run on. You will not receive any personal in-game rewards or prizes for contributing, but you will be recognized with an announcement in-game and a permanent place on our contribution list below.
If you decide you'd like to contribute, you may be wondering how much money to give. The contribution amount we've received most often has been $20, but we recognize that our users come from a broad range of varying backgrounds with differing levels of financial means, especially this year. We've received contributions of amounts from less than five dollars to several hundred dollars in the past, so it's difficult for us to recommend a single amount to contribute. Instead, we'd like to encourage you to contribute whatever amount you feel comfortable with. No matter what amount you choose, all contributions are greatly appreciated.
Our goal at nerd.nu is to provide a high-quality multiplayer gaming experience embedded in a genuine, friendly community. However, hosting the servers needed to provide you with this experience is not cheap. We are currently spending $210 per month for a cost of $2,522 annually.
This includes the following costs:
- Forums: $80 per year
- Domain: $90 per year
- Email: $24 per year
- Servers: $2,328 per year
For our 2025 Fundraiser a portion of donations will go to Child's Play and a portion of the contributions will go towards supporting our servers. While most of the server contributions money will be used to pay our monthly hardware bill, some of it may also be used to advertise our servers in order to help grow the community or to expand our services into games other than Minecraft. Our budget for these additional expenses will be determined by the amount of money we raise; we will keep you up-to-date on how this money is being spent.
We value your privacy. That's why we don't collect any personal information about you if you make a contribution. Once you have contributed, your username(that you enter below), the amount of money you contributed, and the time at which you contributed will appear in the table below; that is the only information other people will be able to see about your contribution.
The only other information about your contribution which we retain for our records includes specific information about your PayPal transaction and your email address to uniquely identify you. This data will not be distributed to anyone.
If you would like your username changed as it appears in the contribution list, or if you have any questions about contributing, please contact an admin.
Help Nerd.nu pay its hardware bill and donate to Child's Play!
2025 Contribution Drive Progress
We've raised 7,724.90 so far with in 300.52 fees, leaving 3,561.93 for us and 3,862.45 for Child's Play!
| Username | Amount |
| DOWNSBRI000 | 20.00 |
| Aethelstan2 | 27.00 |
| totemo | 420.69 |
| defiex | 250.00 |
| PlNG | 500.00 |
| I miss cujo | 100.00 |
| WyndySascha | 20.00 |
| defiex | 50.11 |
| Tood and Wolfie’s Dad | 20.00 |
| TemporarilyAlive & Spook6 | 50.00 |
| Enture | 40.00 |
| amtrak | 20.00 |
| winthethings | 250.00 |
| _vektor_ | 25.00 |
| nels_nelson | 500.00 |
| defiex | 98.42 |
| r00tcmmdr | 10.00 |
| Odd Geometry (ty for all the years of fun :) | 100.00 |
| Challenger2 | 100.00 |
| cujobear | 200.00 |
| Layla_Moon | 40.00 |
| Oxion_ | 69.71 |
| I did not want to donate, but I was forced to! | 20.00 |
| buzzie71 | 150.00 |
| Hordsak | 20.00 |
| Treppich | 20.00 |
| papilexiii | 50.00 |
| XeTrain | 5.00 |
| Zahldar | 10.00 |
| Armas_DSasi | 40.00 |
| Tood | 20.00 |
| CaptainWolfgang | 20.25 |
| fazaden | 420.69 |
| tiC and iCe | 50.00 |
| aniomis | 100.00 |
| defiex | 63.02 |
| https://place-an-ice-cube-on-a-burger.tumblr.com/ | 1.00 |
| §3Azumarill | 1.00 |
| Azumarill | 1.00 |
| Ulyn | 42.00 |
| WyGuy | 2.28 |
| defiex | 99.75 |
| defiex | 143.64 |
| JMcP | 100.00 |
| defiex | 32.02 |
| FiddlersViridian | 70.00 |
| Cheezychicken | 100.00 |
| defiex | 28.02 |
| Paws | 10.00 |
| Bookey42 | 100.00 |
| tunfy | 64.00 |
| Oxion_ | 30.30 |
| defiex | 27.12 |
| marting11 | 50.11 |
| ghrey303 | 303.00 |
| defiex | 20.99 |
| Za_Zaa | 204.99 |
| azumarill | 78.78 |
| Bardidley | 500.00 |
| Ranarith | 20.00 |
| tompreuss | 200.00 |
| King_of_queso | 100.00 |
| icebberg | 20.00 |
| Muskogee_Red | 100.00 |
| Jabble | 100.00 |
| jchance | 100.00 |
| Antilles | 250.00 |
| LadyCailin | 200.00 |
| FiddlersViridian | 30.00 |
| Aethelstan2 ... Glory To Nerd.nu | 75.00 |
| nolanater1735 | 50.01 |
| TOOFLASS | 500.00 |
| defiex | 10.00 |
| Old_Rock_ | 10.00 |
| Za_Zaa | 50.00 |
| Username | Amount |
| defiex | 823.09 |
| WyGuy | 512.28 |
| nels_nelson | 500.00 |
| PlNG | 500.00 |
| Bardidley | 500.00 |
| totemo | 420.69 |
| fazaden | 420.69 |
| ghrey303 | 303.00 |
| Za_Zaa | 254.99 |
| winthethings | 250.00 |
| Antilles | 250.00 |
| tompreuss | 200.00 |
| cujobear | 200.00 |
| LadyCailin | 200.00 |
| buzzie71 | 150.00 |
| Aethelstan2 | 102.00 |
| Oxion_ | 100.01 |
| jchance | 100.00 |
| aniomis | 100.00 |
| Odd Geometry (ty for all the years of fun :) | 100.00 |
| Muskogee_Red | 100.00 |
| King_of_queso | 100.00 |
| Jabble | 100.00 |
| JMcP | 100.00 |
| I miss cujo | 100.00 |
| FiddlersViridian | 100.00 |
| Cheezychicken | 100.00 |
| Challenger2 | 100.00 |
| Bookey42 | 100.00 |
| https://place-an-ice-cube-on-a-burger.tumblr.com/ | 81.78 |
| tunfy | 64.00 |
| marting11 | 50.11 |
| nolanater1735 | 50.01 |
| tiC and iCe | 50.00 |
| papilexiii | 50.00 |
| TemporarilyAlive & Spook6 | 50.00 |
| Ulyn | 42.00 |
| Tood and Wolfie’s Dad | 40.25 |
| Layla_Moon | 40.00 |
| Enture | 40.00 |
| Armas_DSasi | 40.00 |
| _vektor_ | 25.00 |
| icebberg | 20.00 |
| amtrak | 20.00 |
| WyndySascha | 20.00 |
| Treppich | 20.00 |
| Tood | 20.00 |
| Ranarith | 20.00 |
| I did not want to donate, but I was forced to! | 20.00 |
| Hordsak | 20.00 |
| DOWNSBRI000 | 20.00 |
| r00tcmmdr | 10.00 |
| Zahldar | 10.00 |
| Paws | 10.00 |
| XeTrain | 5.00 |