Wikimedia raises an order of magnitude more funding than it needs to cover basic hosting and operating costs. Losing some of those funds to further it's mission

Wikimedia raises an order of magnitude more funding than it needs to cover basic hosting and operating costs. Losing some of those funds to further it's mission seems very much a net gain for it's mission. >Wikipedia has costs and needs to raise money to cover those costs. Hosting cost Wikimedia $2 million last year. It raised $120 million. It spent more on fundraising than it did on hosting. >Because when the Google and other search engines eliminate the last of Wikipedia's donations People, amazingly, go to Wikipedia independent of search engines and only a fraction of Wikimedia donations go to hosting costs. Wikipedia can likely survive indefinitely on organic views and their donations.