> Wikipedia isn't spending more because of high costs of hosting, bandwidth and development. They are spending on executives, administration, grants, travel/conferences, and other mostly unrelated expenditures
What is that based on?
What is that based on?
For 2016:
2.3M on travel/conferences
11.3M on grants (2x 2015 levels)
31.7M on salaries/wages
Their plan is here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2015-2016_Annual_Plan
If you check the staffing plan:
Engineering +9%
Community Engagement +15%
Advancement (fundraising) +35%
Legal +35%
HR/Finance +23%
Communications +175%
It's not a struggling organization. People are giving them barrels of cash so they expand their scope to spend it, then ask for even more the next year.