2018 Revenue strategy/Past/Historical data

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2003[edit]

Source data from foundation:PayPal_donations/2003. The spreadsheet version may contain more detailed information. In 2003, the only donation channel was PayPal. Donations were accepted from August to December 2003.

Currency Gross donations Fees Fees (% of gross) Net donations Conversion rate to USD on 2003-12-31[1] Net donations in USD Equivalent buying power in January 2018 USD[2]
CAD 1028.95 -78.17 7.6% 950.75 0.77244 794.80 1067.93
EUR 7308.32 -383.78 5.2% 6924.54 1.25520 9173.40 12325.74
GBP 1430.15 -76.91 5.4% 1353.24 1.77790 2542.66 3416.42
JPY 43250.00 -1967 4.5% 41283.00 0.00934 403.96 542.77
USD 28992.83 -1295.55 4.5% 27697.28 1.00000 28992.83 38955.89
2003 total 41907.65 56308.75

2004[edit]

Source data from foundation:PayPal_donations/2004. The spreadsheet version may contain more detailed information. Only one fund drive was held in 2004, from September 20 to October 3. The goal to raise USD $50,000 was met and then exceeded.

By currency[edit]

Currency Donations Conversion rate to USD on 2004-10-03[1] Donations in USD Equivalent buying power in January 2018 USD[2]
CAD 2576.12 0.79183 2039.85 2652.18
EUR 10785.72 1.23980 13372.14 17386.22
GBP 2765.47 1.79850 4973.70 6466.72
JPY 285180.00 0.00905 2580.88 3355.61
USD 37756.56 1.00000 37756.56 49090.42
2004 total 67636.12 87939.31

By donation channel[edit]

Donation channel Donations Equivalent buying power in January 2018 USD[2]
PayPal 60723.12 78951.14
Moneybookers 714.90 929.50
Mail/Post 6198.10 8058.66

2005[edit]

Source data from foundation:Fund drives/2005. The spreadsheet version may contain more detailed information.

Three fund drives were held in 2005:

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By currency[edit]

By donation channel[edit]

Combined numbers[edit]

(Directly from database queries. Numbers have not been adjusted for inflation yet.)

Year Number of donations Amount raised Average donation Average donation (<$1000 only) Geometric mean donation Mode donation
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006 13695 436145 31.85 29.00 15.60 10.00
2006-2007 40972 1592359 38.86 25.04 8.72 10.00
2007-2008 56814 4329923 76.21 30.43 11.19 50.00
2008-2009 151119 7185983 47.55 31.19 17.35 30.00
2009-2010 261392 15076495 57.68 31.29 17.37 35.00
2010-2011 575796 18930934 32.88 25.77 16.08 20.00
2011-2012 1208605 35359058 29.26 20.32 12.82 10.00
2012-2013 2089726 43270911 20.71 16.53 9.88 5.00
2013-2014 2669059 51066895 19.13 14.22 8.36 3.00
2014-2015 4967190 75497601 15.20 11.93 7.18 3.00
2015-2016 5389433 78357124 14.54 11.55 6.85 3.00
2016-2017 6156601 91088953 14.79 11.93 7.05 3.00
2017-2018

Notes and references[edit]

  1. a b Historical currency conversion rates from OandA
  2. a b c Yearly inflation adjustments are calculated based on "CPI-All Urban Consumers (Current Series)" data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.