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Also related, in the Signpost, Wikipedia's community newspaper: Special report: "Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"? https://en.wikipedia
by akolbe 4y ago
Also related, in the Signpost, Wikipedia's community newspaper:
Special report: "Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2022-06-26/Special_report https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2...
Opinion: The Wikimedia Endowment – a lack of transparency
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2022-05-29/Opinion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2...
- mschuster91 4y agoLooks like dealing with IRS bureaucracy is the reason why the endowment is not a separate legal entity yet [1]. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment/Updates/2021-22_Q4_Update https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment/Updates/...
- akolbe 4y agoCorrect, the application is pending. However, the application was made years later than originally promised. Over the past six-and-a-half years, the endowment has accumulated over $100 million, with not a single audited financial statement ever published.
- mschuster91 4y agoIs that necessary (or even legally possible) as long as Tides itself passes its financial audits and files appropriate documentation? (Note, I don't have any stakes in that debate, besides occasionally uploading drone photography to Commons)