The question you should ask yourself is who you trust more. If it's the NSA then there's no basis for donating. Lavabit was trusted by many, I will trust them in this effort.
It's not about trust. It's about whether I believe that this is a good investment of money or whether I feel that donating to another entity is a better choice. There's many fights to be fought and so little money to go around. I trust them that they have only the best intentions, but what happens if they don't collect enough funds to go all the way? Did anybody win anything if they have to fold midways because money ran out? 40k wasted that could have been used somewhere else?
