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It's not about small-time donors - Wikipedia solicits these only as a PR measure, the real money invariably comes in form of large grants, such as the Knight Fo
by HarryHirsch 11y ago
It's not about small-time donors - Wikipedia solicits these only as a PR measure, the real money invariably comes in form of large grants, such as the Knight Foundation grant, and it's inevitably with strings attached. Think Obama's 2008 campaign.
- chris_wot 11y agoI know. My comment also applies to large donors.
- huskyr 11y agoThat's nonsense. Small-time donors are what makes up more than 75% of the total budget. Major gifts are only 13%. See: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2014-2015_Fundraising_Report#KEY_STATS https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2014-2015_Fundraising_R...