Major gifts
The Wikimedia Foundation classifies as major gifts all individual donations of over $1000. Per the Wikimedia Foundation's Guiding Principles, the Foundation deliberately chose a revenue strategy in which a large majority of its funding comes from a large number of small donors, in order to preserve independence.
Major gifts, which make up a minority of the WMF's revenue, are managed by the Wikimedia Foundation Foundations and Major Gifts team, which is part of the Advancement department. Each year, the Foundations and Major Gifts team receives contributions that are a mix of unrestricted general-support funding and funding for specific programs. The mix varies each year, but generally speaking, more than 50% has been unrestricted.[1] Donors of major gifts are listed on the Wikimedia Foundation website.
For Wikimedia Deutschland, major gifts are managed by WMDE's Manager of major donation acquisition (Managerin Großspenden-Akquise), currently Susan Röhlig.[2]
History[edit]
| Year | Major gifts | Total fundraising | % | Report | List of major donors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | $40,000 | $729,840 | 5% | Report | List (to May 31, 2008) |
| 2006 | >$417,000 | $1,040,000 | >40% | Report | |
| 2007 | >$787,000 | $2,162,000 | >36% | Report | |
| 2008 | >$637,000 | $4,711,041.38 | >13% | Report | List (June 1, 2008 to April 30, 2009) |
| 2009 | $877,923 | $8,691,995 | 10% | Report | List (May 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010) |
| 2010 | $1,179,069 | $15,026,289 | 8% | Report | List (July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011) |
| 2011 | ? | $24,018,004 | ? | Report | List (July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012) |
| 2012 | ? | $35,188,200.29 | ? | Report | List (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013) |
| 2013-14 | ? | $51,070,659 | 12% | Report | List (July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014) |
| 2014-15 | $10,700,000 | $75,000,000 | 14% | Report | List (July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015) |
| 2015-16 | $9,500,000 | $77,000,000 | 12% | Report | List (July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016) |
| 2016-17 | $10,200,000 | $91,000,000 | 11% | Report | List (July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017) |
| 2017-18 | $9,860,000 | $100,000,000 | 10% | Report | List (July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018) |
| 2018-19 | $14,130,163 | $112,900,000 | 12% | Report | (Not yet posted.) |
| 2019-20 | $14,879,276 | $124,131,047 | 12% | Report | List (from July 1, 2019) |
See also[edit]
- WMF Gift policy, established in 2007 and amended in 2016
- Grants given to Wikimedia Foundation
References[edit]
- ↑ [1] Caitlin Virtue, Foundations and Major Gifts team
- ↑ https://wikimedia.de/en/people/staff