Wikipedia is a precious thing. I want to support wikipedia. The vast majority of the money that goes to the WMF supports salaries and wages for 'programs' but there is no further breakdown publicly available, other than to say that those are not general, administrative, or fundraising wages related to the core mission.
The WMF does a lot of interesting and good work, and I have no doubt much of it is vital to the mission of wikipedia, but they amount of money it consumes with zero transparency makes me wonder if it's being spent effectively. They need to open the books of the foundation so that people can be confident again that they're supporting useful work and not vanity projects of fund administrators who have an enormous pile of money to throw around.
The WMF does a lot of interesting and good work, and I have no doubt much of it is vital to the mission of wikipedia, but they amount of money it consumes with zero transparency makes me wonder if it's being spent effectively. They need to open the books of the foundation so that people can be confident again that they're supporting useful work and not vanity projects of fund administrators who have an enormous pile of money to throw around.