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  1. 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.)
  2. A table of "Salaries and wages" totals from the WMF financial statements, broken down according to different categories.

Trend:

  • 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.

Executive

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Year Sue Gardner (ED/advisor) Lila Tretikov (ED) Katherine Maher (ED) Maryana Iskander (ED/CEO)
2006
2007 75,000[partial 1]
2008 168,700
2009 222,550
2010 196,878
2011 201,678
2012 202,095
2013 201,685
2014 301,341[partial 1][2] 308,149[partial 1]
2015 344,336
2016 390,273[partial 1][severance 1] 307,141
2017 358,871
2018 374,658
2019 387,770
2020 406,339
2021 789,495[partial 2][severance 2]
2022 512,179
2023 472,629

Communications

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Year Katherine Maher (CCO) Heather Walls (CCO)
2015 166,353
2016
2017
2018 204,204
2019 212,528
2020 257,361
2021 343,996[partial 3][severance 3]
2022
2023
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Year Bradford Patrick (GC, int-ED) Mike Godwin (GC) Geoff Brigham (GC) Kelly Kay (DGC) Stephen LaPorte (SLC) Eileen Hershenov (GC) Anthony Sebro (DGC) Amanda Keton (GC+Sec) Stephen LaPorte (GC+Sec) Rebecca MacKinnon

(VPGA)

2006 118,500
2007 40,625[partial 1] 56,667[partial 1]
2008 120,450
2009 124,184
2010 140,122
2011 153,456
2012 188,551 153,074
2013 199,470
2014 228,114
2015 258,972
2016 157,195[partial 1] 134,541[partial 1] 0[partial 1]
2017 186,176
2018 281,743[partial 1] 204,291[partial 1]
2019 212,977 77,054[partial 4]
2020 220,393 315,364
2021 396,514
2022 376,362[partial 1] 230,141 276,218
2023 383,048[severance 4] 333,919 290,118

Finance

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Year Veronique Kessler (CFO) Garfield Byrd (CFA) Jaime Villagomez (CFO) Anthony Le (Controller)
2008 105,527
2009 124,574
2010 135,194
2011 166,832 58,956[partial 1]
2012 155,625
2013 165,336
2014 177,154
2015 161,063[partial 1]
2016 237,665
2017 264,341 172,292
2018 275,495 183,252
2019 289,356 191,603
2020 308,943
2021 386,433
2022 374,813
2023 391,202

Culture

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Year Cyn Skyberg (CTCO) Gayle Young (CTCO) Joady Lohr (CTCO) Robyn Arville (CTCO) Joanna McQuade/

Anna Stillwell (CDA)

2011 145,346
2012 163,127
2013 174,550
2014 183,486
2015 183,725[partial 1][severance 5]
2016 178,934
2017 190,856 193,970
2018 205,256
2019 202,482[3]
2020 278,335
2021 368,800[partial 5]
2022 373,692[severance 6]
2023

Product & Technology

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Year Selena Deckelmann (CPTO)
2022 173,623[partial 1]
2023 437,941

Product

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Year Erik Moeller (DD/VPP) Tomasz Finc (PD) Terry Chay (DFE) Toby Negrin (DE/SDE/CPO[4]) Margaret Novotny (SDD) Denny Vrandečić (HSP) Carol Dunn (VPPM) Joshua Minor

(PM)

2010 125,719 103,598
2011 140,354
2012 155,095
2013 167,439 164,605
2014 192,140 153,699
2015 302,046[partial 1][severance 7] 177,720
2016 192,018
2017 214,504
2018 228,023
2019 237,992 193,557
2020 290,056 220,573
2021 389,948[partial 6][severance 8] 242,379 299,940 241,438
2022 111,383[severance 9] 266,783[partial 1] 312,965 290,139[partial 1][severance 10]
2023 354,778[severance 11] 327,588 301,320[partial 1][severance 12]

Technology

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Year Brion Vibber (KE) Danese Cooper (CTO) CT Woo (DTO) Rob Lanphier (DPE/DE) Stanislav Malyshev (SSE) Damon Sicore (VPE) Weston Moran (VPE) Trevor Parscal (DOE) Victoria Coleman (CTO) Dario Taraborelli (Eng. D) Erika Bjune (int-CTO/VPE[5]) Grant Ingersoll (CTO) Tajh Taylor (VPE)
2007 62,473
2008
2009
2010 153,578
2011
2012 146,202
2013 159,644 144,845
2014 153,469
2015 180,499 281,766[partial 1][severance 13]
2016 245,433[partial 1][severance 14] 183,146 221,576
2017 184,277 193,176[partial 1][severance 15] 256,399
2018 186,579 268,132[partial 7] 183,940[partial 8]
2019 184,729[partial 9]
2020 220,049 319,337
2021 214,935[partial 10] 254,678
2022 311,369
2023 313,033

Organisational

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Year Carolyn Doran (COO) Terence Gilbey (COO) Janeen Uzzell (COO) Lynette Logan (Dir of Admin)
2006 45,914
2007 34,500[partial 1]
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015 250,231[partial 1][severance 16]
2016
2017
2018
2019 282,752
2020 314,718
2021 503,844[partial 11][severance 17] 242,889[partial 12][severance 18]
2022
2023

Fundraising

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Year Zack Exley (CCO) Lisa Seitz-Gruwell (CRO/CAO[6])
2010 120,500
2011 186,177
2012 184,261
2013
2014
2015 168,067
2016 209,706
2017 216,556
2018 229,170
2019 252,117
2020 281,713
2021 368,301
2022 364,257
2023 387,568

Grantmaking

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Year Barry Newstead (CGDO) Sheree Chang (VPSP)
2011 184,510
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016 184,540
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023

Community

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Year Luis Villa (SDCE) Angela Reid (CCE/VPCRS[7]) Valerie D'Costa (CCE)
2014 152,202
2015
2016
2017 156,101
2018 163,037
2019 273,080[severance 19][partial 13]
2020 221,945
2021
2022
2023

Abbreviations

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Title abbreviations and notes:

  • CAO: Chief Advancement Officer
  • CCE: Chief of Community Engagement
  • CCO: Chief Community Officer
  • CDA: Chargée d'affaires
  • CEO: Chief Executive Officer
  • CFO: Chief Financial Officer
  • CGDO: Chief Global Development Officer
  • COO: Chief Operating Officer
  • CPO: Chief Product Officer
  • CPTO: Chief Product and Technology Officer
  • CRO: Chief Revenue Officer
  • CTCO: Chief Talent and Culture Officer
  • CTO: Chief Technology 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[8]
  • PD: Project Director
  • PM: Product Manager
  • SDCE: Senior Director of Community Engagement
  • SDD: Senior Director of Design
  • SDE: Senior Director of Engineering
  • Sec: Secretary
  • SLC: Senior Legal Counsel
  • SSE: Senior Software Engineer
  • VPCRS: Vice President of Community Resilience & Sustainability
  • VPE: Vice President of Engineering
  • VPGA: Vice President of Global Advocacy
  • VPSP: Vice President of Strategic Partnerships
  • int-: Interim

Total salaries per financial statements

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Year Total Programs General and administrative Fundraising
2004-05 16,930 16,043 - 887
2005-06 107,122 67,974 25,895 13,253
2006-07 415,006 242,635 117,659 54,712
2007-08 1,147,679 575,956 479,078 92,645
2008-09 2,257,621 1,189,115 481,643 586,863
2009-10 3,508,336 2,378,652 531,616 598,068
2010-11 7,312,120 4,860,808 1,618,534 832,778
2011-12 11,749,500 8,021,895 2,407,832 1,319,773
2012-13 15,983,542 11,744,168 2,700,060 1,539,314
2013-14 19,979,908 15,026,534 3,516,451 1,436,923
2014-15 26,049,224 19,893,528 4,272,568 1,883,128
2015-16 31,713,961 24,189,343 4,917,307 2,607,311
2016-17 33,731,089 25,873,873 5,058,508 2,798,708
2017-18 38,597,407 29,415,088 5,785,743 3,396,576
2018-19 46,146,897 36,125,042 6,278,186 3,743,669
2019-20 55,634,912 42,155,739 8,722,777 4,756,396
2020-21 67,857,676 52,020,082 9,732,820 6,104,774
2021-22 88,111,412 69,371,450 11,531,675 7,208,287
2022-23 102,027,791 62,621,583 10,320,441 6,875,601

Footnotes

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  1. ↑ Wikimedia Foundation 2015 Form 990, Part VII: "Report compensation for the calendar year ending with or within the organization's tax year."
  2. ↑ A detailed breakdown of Sue's salary was provided on wikimedia-l.
  3. ↑ Director, Human Resources
  4. ↑ DE in 2014-15, SDE in 2016, CPO in 2019-21
  5. ↑ int. CTO in 2019-20, VPE in 2020-21
  6. ↑ CAO in 2019-21
  7. ↑ VPCRS from July 2021
  8. ↑ 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

Partial years

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Partial year.
  2. ↑ Through April 2021
  3. ↑ Though July 2021
  4. ↑ From September 2019
  5. ↑ Through April 2022
  6. ↑ Through November 2021
  7. ↑ Through February 2019
  8. ↑ Through March 2019
  9. ↑ From July 2019
  10. ↑ Through August 2021
  11. ↑ Through June 2021
  12. ↑ Through October 2021
  13. ↑ Through November 2019

Severance

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  1. ↑ Includes $262,500 in severance
  2. ↑ Includes $623,286 in severance
  3. ↑ Includes $153,612 in severance
  4. ↑ Includes $248,228 in severance
  5. ↑ Includes $98,446 in severance
  6. ↑ Includes $111,383 in severance
  7. ↑ Includes $208,306 in severance
  8. ↑ Includes $70,920 in severance
  9. ↑ Includes $111,383 in severance
  10. ↑ Includes $94,738 in severance
  11. ↑ Includes $140,260 in severance
  12. ↑ Includes $162,766 in severance
  13. ↑ Includes $100,000 in severance
  14. ↑ Includes $101,116 in severance
  15. ↑ Includes $64,127 in severance
  16. ↑ Includes $80,000 in severance
  17. ↑ Includes $324,748 in severance
  18. ↑ Includes $74,645 in severance
  19. ↑ Includes $83,819 in severance

See also

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