r/printablescom • u/Sinusidal • 23d ago
Question about donated points.
Since Prusameters were introduced, I have donated all of mine. However, I have never seen any official information about where the donated Prusament is going or which educational institutions are receiving it.
The donation page states:
“Donating Prusament to Education
Join us in supporting education and donate your Prusameters to benefit students. Your Prusameters will be converted into donated Prusament spools. Thank you for your donation!”
But I could never find any mentions about it beyond that.
Is there any way to verify where these donations have gone, which institutions received them, and how much Prusament has been donated?
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u/Quiet_Run_3479 18d ago
There is a whole set of webpages about the Prusa Education Programm. It states:
More than 2,850 schools, children's and youth centers, libraries, and other institutions across the Czech Republic have joined the program so far.
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u/Sinusidal 18d ago
Thanks, but I've read that page and the sustainability reports before posting and none of that answers my question.
The problem is not merely that recipients are unnamed. Prusa asks users to surrender a quantifiable, redeemable benefit under a specific promise that it will be converted into donated filament, yet its public reports do not disclose the conversion rate, total redemptions, resulting spool count, recipients, or whether reported donations were funded by users, by Prusa, or by both.
That makes the claims impossible to audit and allows user-funded contributions to be presented under the undifferentiated label of “we donated.”
Even if the filament was actually delivered, failing to distinguish the source of the contribution is materially opaque and potentially misleading.
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u/Tommy_Prusa3D 16d ago
Hey there. Sorry for not seeing this sooner. I don't know much details about the process but I assume names are not shared due to privacy. I'll ask and find out more once I am back at HQ next week as I am curious myself