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And the only one. Who needs to beg every other year for money and risk going under even if they falter in being able to gather 2 years' of runway at any given p
by unity1001 4y ago
And the only one. Who needs to beg every other year for money and risk going under even if they falter in being able to gather 2 years' of runway at any given point. Precisely how the non-profits were designed to be.
- jefftk 4y agoWikipedia is nowhere near faltering: they beg for money because this gets them money which they can use to run interesting things, but the basic work of operating the primary site is very easy to keep funded. Many non-profits don't need to fundraise publicly because they've lined up some sort of stable funding, but then you're naturally much less aware of their funding situation.
- unity1001 4y agoMozilla was also nowhere near faltering until a few years ago. Then suddenly they are on shaky ground. Such a model can work for stuff that people's lives dont depend on. But its not viable for people trusting their livelihood on them.
- __derek__ 4y agoThe Signal Foundation, Mozilla, and the EFF are other prominent examples.
- ryanbrunner 4y agoPlenty of successful business models rely at least partially on "begging for money". Universities and hospitals are two notable ones that rely pretty significantly on philanthropy.