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I wonder if Archive.org could set up a similar scheme. I'd much rather let them have this kind of money than Wikipedia honestly.

by justaj 4y ago

akolbe 4y ago
They're certainly more in need of the money and are actually vital to Wikipedia, ensuring continued access to cited sources that are no longer online for whatever reason.
kayxspre 4y ago
I remember seeing the IA banner at around Q4 of each year. Sometimes they noted that the amount will be 100% or 200% matched by other generous donors, so any amount donated will have more impact. [1] is an example of the banner. [1] https://archive.org/details/jenica-jessen-jason-buckner https://archive.org/details/jenica-jessen-jason-buckner
- akolbe 4y ago
  Also worth noting that people at the Internet Archive are paid far less than what people at Wikimedia Foundation are paid. Internet Archive (2019 figures): https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/943242767/202013219349323056/full https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/943... 169 employees, total salary costs $10.9 million. Average per head: $70K. Wikimedia Foundation (2019 figures): https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/200049703/202101319349300105/full https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/200... 291 employees, total salary costs $55.6 million. Even if you allow that the WMF salary costs total will include some non-US employees in addition to the 291 US employees, per Schedule F in the Form 990 the non-US employees can at most have numbered 71 and were probably considerably less (many of those 71 will have been independent contractors rather than employees). Even if you assume that all non-US "employees, agents, and independent contractors" in Schedule F were employees whose salaries are included in the $55.6M total, you arrive at a per-head figure of $154K, more than twice the average of Internet Archive. They are both located in San Francisco.

I wonder if Archive.org could set up a similar scheme. I'd much rather let them have this kind of money than Wikipedia honestly.

by justaj 4y ago

I wonder if Archive.org could set up a similar scheme. I'd much rather let them have this kind of money than Wikipedia honestly.

akolbe 4y ago

They're certainly more in need of the money and are actually vital to Wikipedia, ensuring continued access to cited sources that are no longer online for whatever reason.

kayxspre 4y ago

I remember seeing the IA banner at around Q4 of each year. Sometimes they noted that the amount will be 100% or 200% matched by other generous donors, so any amount donated will have more impact. [1] is an example of the banner. [1] https://archive.org/details/jenica-jessen-jason-buckner https://archive.org/details/jenica-jessen-jason-buckner

akolbe 4y ago
Also worth noting that people at the Internet Archive are paid far less than what people at Wikimedia Foundation are paid. Internet Archive (2019 figures): https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/943242767/202013219349323056/full https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/943... 169 employees, total salary costs $10.9 million. Average per head: $70K. Wikimedia Foundation (2019 figures): https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/200049703/202101319349300105/full https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/200... 291 employees, total salary costs $55.6 million. Even if you allow that the WMF salary costs total will include some non-US employees in addition to the 291 US employees, per Schedule F in the Form 990 the non-US employees can at most have numbered 71 and were probably considerably less (many of those 71 will have been independent contractors rather than employees). Even if you assume that all non-US "employees, agents, and independent contractors" in Schedule F were employees whose salaries are included in the $55.6M total, you arrive at a per-head figure of $154K, more than twice the average of Internet Archive. They are both located in San Francisco.