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- A table of Wikimedia Foundation salaries based on the public Form 990s, for easy comparison over the years. The amounts reported are for calendar year, not fiscal year.[1] (Salaries are in United States dollars and base salaries only, excluding "other compensation", which can add as much as $30,000 or more.)
- A table of "Salaries and wages" totals from the WMF financial statements, broken down according to different categories.
- A table of the "Salaries, other compensation, employee benefits" figures reported in the public Form 990s vs. the reported number of employees in each year, along with the average total per employee for each year.
Trends:
- The WMF's "Salaries and wages" total more than doubled over the four most recent years for which statements are available, from $33,731,089 in 2016/2017 to $67,857,676 in 2020/2021.
- The "Salaries, other compensation, employee benefits" total per WMF employee increased by 38% over the four most recent years for which Form 990s are available, from $138,487.10 per employee in 2015 to $191,185.27 per employee in 2019.
People[edit]
| Group[2] | Person | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive | Sue Gardner (ED/advisor) | 75,000[3] | 168,700 | 222,550 | 196,878 | 201,678 | 202,095 | 201,685 | 301,341[3][4] | ||||||
| Lila Tretikov (ED) | 308,149[3] | 344,336 | 390,273[3][5] | ||||||||||||
| Katherine Maher (ED) | 307,141 | 358,871 | 374,658 | 387,770 | |||||||||||
| Communications | Katherine Maher (CCO) | 166,353 | |||||||||||||
| Heather Walls (Chief Creative Officer) | 204,204 | 212,528 | |||||||||||||
| Legal | Bradford Patrick (GC, int-ED) | 118,500 | 40,625[3] | ||||||||||||
| Mike Godwin (GC) | 56,667[3] | 120,450 | 124,184 | 140,122 | |||||||||||
| Geoff Brigham (GC) | 153,456 | 188,551 | 199,470 | 228,114 | 258,972 | 157,195[3] | |||||||||
| Kelly Kay (DGC) | 153,074 | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen LaPorte (SLC) | 134,541[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Eileen Hershenov (GC) | 0[3] | 186,176 | 281,743[6] | ||||||||||||
| Anthony Sebro (DGC) | 204,291[7] | 212,977 | |||||||||||||
| Amanda Keton | 77,054[8] | ||||||||||||||
| Finance | Veronique Kessler (CFO) | 105,527 | 124,574 | 135,194 | 166,832 | ||||||||||
| Garfield Byrd (CFA) | 58,956[3] | 155,625 | 165,336 | 177,154 | 161,063[3] | ||||||||||
| Jaime Villagomez (CFO) | 237,665 | 264,341 | 275,495 | 289,356 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Le (Controller) | 172,292 | 183,252 | 191,603 | ||||||||||||
| Culture | Cyn Skyberg (CTCO) | 145,346 | |||||||||||||
| Gayle Young (CTCO) | 163,127 | 174,550 | 183,486 | 183,725[3][9] | |||||||||||
| Joady Lohr (CTCO) | 178,934 | 190,856 | 205,256 | 202,482[10] | |||||||||||
| Joanna McQuade/ Anna Stillwell (CDA) |
193,970 | ||||||||||||||
| Product | Erik Moeller (DD/VPP) | 125,719 | 140,354 | 155,095 | 167,439 | 192,140 | 302,046[3][11] | ||||||||
| Tomasz Finc (PD) | 103,598 | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Chay (DFE) | 164,605 | ||||||||||||||
| Toby Negrin (DE/SDE[12]) | 153,699 | 177,720 | 192,018 | 214,504 | 228,023 | 237,992 | |||||||||
| Margaret Novotny (Senior Director, Design) | 193,557 | ||||||||||||||
| Technology | Danese Cooper (CTO) | 153,578 | |||||||||||||
| Victoria Coleman (CTO) | 256,399 | 268,132[6] | |||||||||||||
| CT Woo (DTO) | 146,202 | 159,644 | |||||||||||||
| Erika Bjune | 184,729[13] | ||||||||||||||
| Rob Lanphier (DPE/DE) | 144,845 | 153,469 | 245,433[3][14] | ||||||||||||
| Trevor Parscal (DOE) | 193,176[3][15] | ||||||||||||||
| Brion Vibber (KE) | 62,473 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanislav Malyshev (SSE) | 180,499 | 183,146 | 184,277 | 186,579 | |||||||||||
| Damon Sicore (VPE) | 281,766[3][16] | ||||||||||||||
| Weston Moran (VPE) | 221,576 | ||||||||||||||
| Dario Taraborelli (Eng. D) | 183,940[17] | ||||||||||||||
| Organisational | Carolyn Doran (COO) | 45,914 | 34,500[3] | ||||||||||||
| Terence Gilbey (COO) | 250,231[3][18] | ||||||||||||||
| Fundraising | Zack Exley (CCO) | 120,500 | 186,177 | 184,261 | |||||||||||
| Lisa Seitz-Gruwell (CRO) | 168,067 | 209,706 | 216,556 | 229,170 | 252,117 | ||||||||||
| Grantmaking | Barry Newstead (CGDO) | 184,510 | |||||||||||||
| Sheree Chang (VPSP) | 184,540 | ||||||||||||||
| Community | Luis Villa (SDCE) | 152,202 | |||||||||||||
| Angela Reid (CCE) | 156,101 | 163,037 | |||||||||||||
| Valerie D'Costa | 273,080[19][20] |
Abbreviations[edit]
Title abbreviations and notes:
- CCE: Chief of Community Engagement
- CCO: Chief Community Officer
- CDA: Chargée d'affaires
- CFO: Chief Financial Officer
- CGDO: Chief Global Development Officer
- CRO: Chief Revenue Officer
- CTCO: Chief Talent and Culture Officer
- CTO: Chief Technical Officer
- DD: Deputy Director
- DE: Director of Engineering
- DFE: Director of Features Engineering
- DOE: Director of Engineering
- DPE: Director of Platform Engineering
- DTO: Director of Technical Operations
- DGC: Deputy General Counsel
- ED: Executive Director
- Eng. D: Engineering Director
- GC: General Counsel
- KE: Key Employee (note: this is a legal term with a specific meaning in this context; for more information see https://www.nonprofitaccountingbasics.org/form-990-core-form/definition-key-employee)
- PD: Project Director
- SDCE: Senior Director of Community Engagement
- SDE: Senior Director of Engineering
- SLC: Senior Legal Counsel
- SSE: Senior Software Engineer
- VPSP: VP of Strategic Partnerships
- int-: Interim
Total salaries per financial statements[edit]
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 16,930 | 107,122 | 415,006 | 1,147,679 | 2,257,621 | 3,508,336 | 7,312,120 | 11,749,500 | 15,983,542 | 19,979,908 | 26,049,224 | 31,713,961 | 33,731,089 | 38,597,407 | 46,146,897 | 55,634,912 | 67,857,676 |
| Projects | 16,043 | 67,974 | 242,635 | 575,956 | 1,189,115 | 2,378,652 | 4,860,808 | 8,021,895 | 11,744,168 | 15,026,534 | 19,893,528 | 24,189,343 | 25,873,873 | 29,415,088 | 36,125,042 | 42,155,739 | 52,020,082 |
| General and administrative | - | 25,895 | 117,659 | 479,078 | 481,643 | 531,616 | 1,618,534 | 2,407,832 | 2,700,060 | 3,516,451 | 4,272,568 | 4,917,307 | 5,058,508 | 5,785,743 | 6,278,186 | 8,722,777 | 9,732,820 |
| Fundraising | 887 | 13,253 | 54,712 | 92,645 | 586,863 | 598,068 | 832,778 | 1,319,773 | 1,539,314 | 1,436,923 | 1,883,128 | 2,607,311 | 2,798,708 | 3,396,576 | 3,743,669 | 4,756,396 | 6,104,774 |
Salaries, other compensation, employee benefits and number of employees as reported in Form 990[edit]
The figures in this table reflect the data in line 5 (Total number of individuals employed in calendar year) and line 15 (Salaries, other compensation, employee benefits) of the Form 990's Part I Summary.
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2,073,313 | 3,303,543 | 7,312,120 | 11,749,500 | 16,023,637 | 19,979,908 | 26,125,610 | 31,713,546 | 33,733,998 | 38,598,155 | 46,057,613 | 55,634,913 |
| Number of employees | 26 | 36 | 72 | 107 | 134 | 158 | 192 | 229 | 230 | 229 | 255 | 291 |
| Cost per employee* | 79,742.81 | 91,765.08 | 101,557.22 | 109,808.41 | 119,579.38 | 126,455.11 | 136,070.89 | 138,487.10 | 146,669.56 | 168,550.90 | 180,618.09 | 191,185.27 |
- Cost per employee: It's been claimed that certain contractors listed in Part V, line 1a of the Form 990 (there were a total of 82 in 2019, e.g.) might be included in the salary total. This would reduce these figures somewhat. The WMF has refused to answer related questions. (See mailing list discussion and Form 990 talk page.) Input from experts on Form 990 financial reporting welcome.
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ Wikimedia Foundation 2015 Form 990, Part VII: "Report compensation for the calendar year ending with or within the organization's tax year."
- ↑ Broad area of work, for comparison.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Partial year.
- ↑ A detailed breakdown of Sue's salary was provided on wikimedia-l.
- ↑ Includes $262,500 in severance
- ↑ a b Through February 2019
- ↑ Through June 2019
- ↑ From September 2019
- ↑ Includes $98,446 in severance
- ↑ Director, Human Resources
- ↑ Includes $208,306 in severance
- ↑ DE in 2014-15, SDE in 2016
- ↑ From July 2019
- ↑ Includes $101,116 in severance
- ↑ Includes $64,127 in severance
- ↑ Includes $100,000 in severance
- ↑ Through March 2019
- ↑ Includes $80,000 in severance
- ↑ Includes $83,819 in severance
- ↑ Through November 19th
See also[edit]
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