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It's all public, so in their financial reports: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/43/Wikim...

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.




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