The issue is the WMF VP of engineering estimate from 2013 says it costs about $10 million to run Wikipedia for a year. They have (according to this article) $300 million in the bank, and look to have taken $142 million more this year ... but are making desperate sounding pleas for cash.
The article says maybe they have enough and could ease up on the tearful-sounding begging. They're being the corporate equivalent of a beggar king that begs all day and drives back to their mansion in a brand new car in the evening.
From the Kolbe's article:
>WMF’s job advertisement [...] says the WMF employs a team of over 500. Top-tier managers earn $300,000 – $400,000 a year. Over 40 people work exclusively on fundraising.
The page is basically an abstract to https://www.dailydot.com/debug/wikipedia-endownemnt-fundrais....
The issue is the WMF VP of engineering estimate from 2013 says it costs about $10 million to run Wikipedia for a year. They have (according to this article) $300 million in the bank, and look to have taken $142 million more this year ... but are making desperate sounding pleas for cash.
The article says maybe they have enough and could ease up on the tearful-sounding begging. They're being the corporate equivalent of a beggar king that begs all day and drives back to their mansion in a brand new car in the evening.
From the Kolbe's article:
>WMF’s job advertisement [...] says the WMF employs a team of over 500. Top-tier managers earn $300,000 – $400,000 a year. Over 40 people work exclusively on fundraising.