Recommending to donate is rather misleading. Most of the work on Wikipedia is done by unpaid editors. On the other hand, Wikimedia Foundation (the one that co

Recommending to donate is rather misleading. Most of the work on Wikipedia is done by unpaid editors. On the other hand, Wikimedia Foundation (the one that collects donations and manages the project) is accumulating donations and increasing spendings at ever-increasing rates, way above its maintenance and development needs. Just google a bit. Something like this: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/9qqds7Z3Ykd9Kdeay/should-you-donate-to-the-wikimedia-foundation https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/9qqds7Z3Ykd9Kdeay/... Their history of being wasteful and not transparent about their spending is rather long.