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Jonathan Kamens

@futurebird @gleick I haven't brought this up before, so I think perhaps you're confusing me with someone else.
They've got ~1.5 years worth of operating expenses in the bank. If their finances get worse we'll have plenty of time to donate then. Whereas trans and abortion rescue organizations e.g. are desperate for cash _now_.
The pleas for donations that display constantly on the site, which don't mention their huge cash reserves, don't seem particularly transparent to me.

25 December at 1:35 | Wall-to-wall | Open on federate.social
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myrmepropagandist

@jik @gleick

The only non-profits that are durable and get things done have big endowments. It is the correct way to operate.

25 December at 1:38 | Open on sauropods.win
Jonathan Kamens

@futurebird @gleick 🤷 if you are aware of how much money Wikipedia has in the bank and you want to donate to help them grow their endowment, sure.
I brought it up because I think people deserve the transparency you mentioned, and (as I said) I don't think Wikipedia is proactively transparent about this.
Personally, my charity dollars will go to orgs that are much more desperate and whose work more directly impact people's literal survival under a fascist regime.

25 December at 1:50 | Open on federate.social
Dan Shick

@jik @futurebird @gleick all too frequently people who point out the WMF's state of funding fail to include this link: wikimediafoundation.org/suppor

what they have in the bank goes to fund projects and chapters when fundraising comes up short. (they also catch flak for what they spend on fundraising.)

as for ED salary: the WMF is not a charity, it's a nonprofit. for better or worse, what it takes to retain an executive with actual skills is regulated by the market.

@jik @futurebird @gleick all too frequently people who point out the WMF's state of funding fail to include this link: wikimediafoundation.org/suppor

what they have in the bank goes to fund projects and chapters when fundraising comes up short. (they also catch flak for what they spend on fundraising.)

25 December at 10:09 | Open on xoxo.zone
Adam van Sertima

@futurebird @gleick @datn @jik You could add(the current desperation of other charities needs considering, too) 1 or 2 years of operating funds isn’t so much if you have the government of a $20 T/yr nation actively trying to subvert or destroy it.
If Musk gets to remove its charitable status, those funds effectively evaporate.
And yes, it absolutely needs more Women, BIPOC, and Trans people for editing and admin. Guys like me need to support that.

25 December at 15:49 | Open on mastodon.world
Jeff Mitchell

@futurebird @jik @gleick

A couple things occur when I read this article.

1. If Musk is telling his supporters not to donate, regardless if it has an impact on donations, it means that it is a target. Dude is now the king of disinformation attacking anything trying to maintain reality. Definitely requires support.

2. People in these articles talk as if "woke" is a bad thing, an insult. It isn't to me. Diversity and inclusion being used as negatives. I refuse to allow up to be down.

25 December at 2:46 | Open on mastodon.coffee
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