On 25/10/2007, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
On this subject, here is something to think about.
Which is worse in terms of COI risks?
Funded 100% by donations by 50% of the donation money comes from only 1-3 people/groups.
Funded 90% through ads but with no advertiser accounting for more than 1% of the income.
It's a serious and important question.
Neither is a good situation to be in. Are we in the first situation? I thought small donations made up a very large proportion of our income. I know we got a fair bit through matching schemes during the last fundraiser, but I think it was 1:1 matching, so it can't have been more than 50% (and not all donations were matched, so surely much less).