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Weird; they have anual drives to raise money to keep the site running; would not expect that the'd have 2.5m lying around to do pet projects like this...
by NKCSS 11y ago
Weird; they have anual drives to raise money to keep the site running; would not expect that the'd have 2.5m lying around to do pet projects like this...
- marincounty 11y agoMost non-profits, especially the ones that are always asking, usually have a lot of funds. Before I give, I go to guidestar, hit free preview(they try to trick you into a paying membership), download last few years of 1040's, and see if everything looks copacetic. I look at who is making the most money. Their is usually one person making a very good living. California non-profits are much easier to scrutinize than Deleware non-profits.
- ryacko 11y agoThey are required to give you the 990 form if you email them usually. In anycase, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Financial_reports https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Financial_reports And the internet archive is a lot more deserving.
- rpgmaker 11y agoI believe in internet's archive mission even if I don't use the site that often but I use wikipedia too much, I can't justify not donating to them when they need it.
- greglindahl 11y agoFWIW the archive has a lot of 990s archived at [1]. We love Wikipedia, why not donate to both? :-) [1] https://archive.org/details/IRS990 https://archive.org/details/IRS990
- merb 11y agothe same thing I was thinking.
- exDM69 11y agoIf you look at the papers in the link, a private foundation is donating 850k solely for this purpose. I didn't read all the legalese in the paper, not sure where the rest is coming from. So apparently it's not money of the Wikimedia foundation funding this project.