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It's all public, so in their financial reports: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/43/Wikimedia_Foundation_Audit_Report_-_FY15-16.pdf https://u
by dahdum 10y ago
It's all public, so in their financial reports:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/43/Wikimedia_Foundation_Audit_Report_-_FY15-16.pdf https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/43/Wikim...
For 2016:
2.3M on travel/conferences
11.3M on grants (2x 2015 levels)
31.7M on salaries/wages
Their plan is here:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2015-2016_Annual_Plan https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2015-2016_Annual_Plan
If you check the staffing plan:
Engineering +9%
Community Engagement +15%
Advancement (fundraising) +35%
Legal +35%
HR/Finance +23%
Communications +175%
It's not a struggling organization. People are giving them barrels of cash so they expand their scope to spend it, then ask for even more the next year.