On 28/12/06, Brad Patrick bradp.wmf@gmail.com wrote:
Donations to WMF from 12/15/06 to 12/28/06: 2 people have given very large gifts ($25,000 and our anonymous matching donor) 49 people have given 500-10,000 USD ($67,594) 739 people have given 100 - 499 USD ($96,222) 1184 people have given 50-99 USD ($68,728) 2346 people have given 25-49 USD ($70,106) 5340 people have given 10-24 USD ($77,189) 4204 people have given 1-9 USD ($19,059) 891 people have given less than 1 USD ($481)
Yes. One thing very few people understand about fundraising is that it works on a power law. A graph of donations per donor will show a very few donors donating a substantial fraction of the takings.
And it is *usual* to thank them publicly and not to shy away from or try to play down doing so.
- d.