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		HarryHirsch on Feb 25, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lila Tretikov Has Resigned from Wikimedia Foundati... It's not about small-time donors - Wikipedia solicits these only as a PR measure, the real money invariably comes in form of large grants, such as the Knight Foundation grant, and it's inevitably with strings attached. Think Obama's 2008 campaign.

huskyr on Feb 25, 2016 | [–]

That's nonsense. Small-time donors are what makes up more than 75% of the total budget. Major gifts are only 13%.

See: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2014-2015_Fundraising_R...

chris_wot on Feb 25, 2016 | [–]

I know. My comment also applies to large donors.

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