[op03]

So the gist seems to be when people are willing to donate to you dont raise cash. Instead wait for god knows what situation in this unpredictable world to strike and then start your fund raising.

The only reason Fuckerberg or Ellison or Murdoch or Google dont already own Wikipedia is Wikipedia has enough cash to tell them to fuck off. Not to mention dealing with all kinds of orgs, govt beauracrats, politicans all over the globe exerting pressures.

In this world if you dont have Financial Independence what path you chart out will never be under your control.

This article would have been useful if there were suggestions about how to go about fund raising better.

[ramraj07]

If their run rate is a few mill a year and they already have an endowment for hundreds of millions more why do they need to ask for more?

[lostinquebec]

By that logic, if the run rate > earnings on endowment... fundraise?

[ramraj07]

With zero sarcasm, yes?

[Asymmetryk]

Exactly.

Then the Wikipedia Foundation should calibrate their appeals accordingly and the problem is solved.