Software development & maintenance
Historically the largest use of Sympify’s funding. Keeping the application running, accurate and free to use — hosting, engineering work, and the ongoing curation of the condition and symptom data behind it.
Donate
Keep Sympify free
Sympify costs nothing to use and carries no advertising. That is a decision, and donations are what make it possible.
Why donate?
Sympify is run by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and built largely by students. There is no subscription, no paywall, no advertising, and no selling of user data — which means the tool has no revenue of its own.
A donation keeps a free health-information tool running, and funds the research that keeps it honest about what it can and cannot do.
Where it goes
What donations actually pay for
Donations help sustain software development and maintenance — the largest historical use of Sympify's funding — alongside research, community outreach, chapter support and educational programs.
Research
Studying diagnostic error and evaluating how the Sympify system behaves, including the tooling and review work that keeps research claims honest.
Community outreach
Events, presentations and awareness work with schools, hospitals and community organizations.
Chapter support
Funding requested by chapters for local programs, materials and events.
Educational programs
The internship program, research opportunities, and the mentoring that makes them work.
These are listed in no particular proportion beyond the note above. Sympify does not publish a percentage breakdown, because no audited allocation figures have been prepared — and inventing them would be worse than omitting them.
How
How to donate
Donate to Sympify
Donations are handled by PayPal, which accepts cards as well as a PayPal balance. You will leave sympify.org to complete the donation — this site never handles a payment itself and never sees your card details.
Tax status
Fueling Futures Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 99-1955121). Donations may be tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Consult an appropriate tax professional regarding your individual circumstances.
Other ways to help
- Start a chapter — chapters run their own fundraising.
- Volunteer your time — engineering, research, design and outreach.
- Share Sympify with someone who is stuck without an answer.
Or just try it first.
If you want to know what your donation supports, spend five minutes in the tool itself.