On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 3:53 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
2009/1/1 Sue Gardner sgardner@wikimedia.org:
To put that in context: In 2008-09, prior to the launch of the fundraiser, we had received just under two million dollars in donations and commitments from a mix of foundations, individual donors and business development revenues. (That includes the 08-09 1m from Sloan, which will arrive this month.) Since its launch, the fundraiser has brought in a little over four million dollars. This means we currently have received in 08-09 a total of 6.1 million dollars, which will fully cover our projected 08-09 costs.
Isn't there still another $1.9m needed to meet this year's planned budget?
(This means: Keep going! Full steam ahead! All the way to January 10th!)
The total expense budget for 08-09 is only $6M, so we are already fully funded for fiscal 08-09. And that's not counting donor and non-donor income still expected during the rest of fiscal 08-09.
We are going to exceed the revenue targets by a significant margin. Moving to a thank you stance is an appropriate change.
-Robert Rohde