I will echo what many seem to be saying. It is the layman's understanding that donations to Wikipedia are directly for the operations of this obviously great r

I will echo what many seem to be saying. It is the layman's understanding that donations to Wikipedia are directly for the operations of this obviously great resource. If they had a separate foundation for data gathering and social justice, or if they said in their pledge drives "5% of your donation will be redistributed to causes for equity in journalism and encyclopedic knowledge" this wouldn't be a story.