Fundraising

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See the corresponding page on the Foundation wiki for details on ongoing fundraisers, and statistics about amounts raised. This page is for discussion of carrying out fundraising drives, and gathering related information on meta.

Contents 1 Fundraising 2009 2 Fundraiser 2008 3 Coordinating fundraising 3.1 Future discussions 3.2 October 2005 3.3 General issues 4 Current and past drives 4.1 September/October 2007 4.2 December 2006 4.3 February/March, 2005 4.4 September, 2004 4.5 July 2004 4.6 December/January 2003/2004 4.7 Earlier drives 5 Other information

[edit] Fundraising 2009

• Fundraising_2009
• Fundraising Survey 2009

[edit] Fundraiser 2008

• Fundraising 2008

[edit] Coordinating fundraising

• Fundraising meeting, September 2004 - the discussion in September of what to do for future drives.

  Log of the discussion on IRC

• discussion in September 2005 after the late-August fund

A proposed fundraising committee is being discussed as of mid-2006, to coordinate the Q2 2006 and future foundation fund drives.

[edit] Future discussions

[edit] October 2005

A meeting to discuss the dates and goals for the next fund drive. The first week or two of October?

Agenda

• Follow up on conclusions reached at Sept. 18 meeting

  How to deal with underage/overage in donation messages

  Better translation updates, people responsible for each language

  Increased prominence of donation links outside of formal fund drives

• Historical rate of donations outside fund drives?

  Other trends from past donations reports

• New initiatives for next fund drive?
• What exactly can we offer corporations in exchange for sponsoring specific days of the funddrive?

[edit] General issues

Some issues to consider:

• How to translate donation messages, How to announce the fund drive in many languages at once
• Where to put translation messages on the main page, on other pages, on talk/user pages?
• How to promote the fund drive outside the wikiverse
• Generate Fundraising ideas

[edit] Current and past drives

[edit] September/October 2007

• Fundraising 2007

[edit] December 2006

• Fundraising/2006

[edit] February/March, 2005

We are planning a three-week fundraising drive starting Friday, February 18.

See the Q1 budget for details.

[edit] September, 2004

The September fundraiser, hot on the heels of the 1 million article press release, raised 60,000 USD in 2 weeks.

[edit] July 2004

A mid-summer fundraiser for new machines.

[edit] December/January 2003/2004

Following a server catastrophe, the first fundraiser brought in ~30,000 USD in about one week.

[edit] Earlier drives

In ages past, The Brion Vibber Laptop Fund brought in more than enough to get Brion a new machine.

Other developers have their own personal funds set up, if you want to say 'thank you' personally.

[edit] Other information

Fundraising committee 

A fundraising committee has been proposed to coordinate fundraisers. Discussion of specific committee proposals are starting as of late May 2006.

Budget 

You can also find Wikimedia budget information here, up to forecasts and budget items for Q1 2005.