Well, because Tides Foundation is a Donor Advised Fund[1], which is the Dark Money PAC equivalent in the non-profit world. That means when you donate to Wikimed

Well, because Tides Foundation is a Donor Advised Fund[1], which is the Dark Money PAC equivalent in the non-profit world. That means when you donate to Wikimedia because you think you're supporting their infrastructure costs, what is actually happening is your donations are being funneled to other causes that you may or may not agree with by the Tides Foundation. Why would anybody support that? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Donor-advised_fund https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Donor-advised_fund