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Which is 3% of their total expenses that year. Considering how much exposure and grants conferences can bring to a non-profit, it seems fair.
I can understand that, but the more surprising thing was that hosting is even less...
I didn't know my Wikipedia donations funded parties in Accra, Berlin and Chandigarh. I think that should be been in the fundraising statement.
I have no connection to and don't know Wikimedia Foundation, and the context for these references is not totally clear. (Maybe it was related to these https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Events .) Regardless, do you really begrudge the CEO visiting these places? I get where you're coming from: it's easy to roll your eyes and dismiss this kind of thing as political correctness, pointless "diversity and inclus…
What kind of people do you want to attract? Do you think the best writers are attracted by the best parties?
Wikipedia has loads of contributors in Germany. That is because of a long history of German intellectualism, it is not because Wikimedia is throwing parties. If Wikimedia were as global as you suggest, where are the parties in Iran and Russia? Are these parties without alcohol? I hope so, because we wouldn't want to exclude the muslim world, right?
I say this as a Wikipedia contributor since 2005 with 16k edits.
I didn't know my Wikipedia donations funded parties in Accra, Berlin and Chandigarh. I think that should be been in the fundraising statement.
I've been involved with some non-profit organizations that do work in post conflict countries, mostly Africa. From my experience, these organizations throw parties because they have to. This is how non-profits fundraise. I don't think there is a non-profit organization on the planet that has a significant impact and is funded only by small individual donations. Money is raised by throwing a party, presenting all the…
You get many more people to participate by giving them hope for a better future, whatever form you’re pandering to.
Asking people to help divert a disaster smells of lack of planning, too. Even if it’s not your disaster you’re cleaning up, people start to wonder if they need to go up the chain to prevent the next one instead of fixing the current one.
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When I hear “Foundation” and “stable financial position” I think endowment. They seem to be making the same mistake as the Mozilla foundation. You’re living on your nest egg instead of the interest. Spending 4 times as much as you should.
The foundation set up a Wikipedia Endowment some five years ago, which has now reached 90MM of a 100MM goal. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment
> We have a deep and stable financial position that will help us grow and protect us from any storm, and the trust in our projects has never been higher. They earned 9 millions more than last year, from 120 millions to 129 millions, and spent 21 millions more, from 91 millions to 112 millions [1], with an increase of 10 millions in "awards and grants". The donations grew by 10 millions. If I read the financial statem…
Most nonprofits can't last long "if donations stop". Why would they stop? I give every year and so do many others.
> We have a deep and stable financial position that will help us grow and protect us from any storm, and the trust in our projects has never been higher. They earned 9 millions more than last year, from 120 millions to 129 millions, and spent 21 millions more, from 91 millions to 112 millions [1], with an increase of 10 millions in "awards and grants". The donations grew by 10 millions. If I read the financial statem…
It depends on the company and the industry.
One industry I worked in, six months was considered the minimum cushion.
In a post-COVID world, though, I bet a lot of those industries will increase their padding.
> We have a deep and stable financial position that will help us grow and protect us from any storm, and the trust in our projects has never been higher. They earned 9 millions more than last year, from 120 millions to 129 millions, and spent 21 millions more, from 91 millions to 112 millions [1], with an increase of 10 millions in "awards and grants". The donations grew by 10 millions. If I read the financial statem…
I think a loss of 100% of one's income is probably a risk so deep into the tails that planning for it is by definition a little stupid. Edit: For a company - apart from Welfare you should have a plan as an individual
Sad to see him go. I use wikipedia all the time. I imagine not much will change?
I didn't know my Wikipedia donations funded parties in Accra, Berlin and Chandigarh. I think that should be been in the fundraising statement.
I mean, if you really want to see the schedule for WikiIndaba 2017 that took place in Accra, here you go. http://2017.wikiindaba.net/index.php/Programme Try not to tear the armrests off your chair in rattles of indignation.
> There will be live performances, karaoke and some pleasant taste of good music. This night promises to be super fun filled. Are you ready to sing and dance in representation of your country at a thrilling battle with the Ghanaians?
Yes, please invite me to your next party. I am a fun person.
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If you read the book of the book Work Rules! of Laszlo Bock (HR in google) you will learn that parties and group binding is appreciated more than salary by workers. So if you see from the money side of things, you can get/keep (more) highly talented people for less money.
>parties and group binding is appreciated more than salary by workers I'd be surprised if this is true for more than a tiny fraction of workers. Given the high salaries at Google, maybe it's more true there than at other places.
People quit because nothing at the company is enough to make them stay. “Enough” is a complex thing and often the oddest details can be the last straw.
I like to go to going away parties for people and listen to their reasons for leaving. I doubled down on better onboarding experiences when I noticed how often people were uncomfortable from day one on the job and they never shook that feeling. At a good employer, the only one who expects anything from you in your first week is yourself, but those feelings of alienation can stick around.
You don’t have to go to the parties, but other people need to. And really, you should go too. You’re missing out and driving yourself to burnout.
In nonprofits, burnout is the boogeyman.