Megan can certainly correct me if I've got the wrong end of the stick, but I think these are probably once-off payments rather than the result of a good day of banner-based fundraising.
The October report estimates $2.7m fundraising through the month, but the spreadsheet data totals $3.8m. The discrepancy is around a million dollars, and the monthly report mentions "a $1m grant from the Sloan Foundation", which tallies nicely.
I couldn't spot a specific grant for September, but there was a provisional estimate of approximately $2m, and the data totals $2.5m. The blip on 2/9 is about half a million dollars, roughly the same as the discrepancy, and I would not be surprised if this is again a large donation/grant.
Sadly, daily Sloan grants are probably not a sustainable approach...
A.
On 25 November 2013 11:51, James Salsman jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Megan,
Per the attached graph of the https://frdata.wikimedia.org/yeardata-day-vs-sum.csv data, your announced October 4th fundraising test on 100% of anonymous users was anticlimactic. But what the heck did you do on September 2nd and October 22nd, and would you please do that every day? Even if it falls off at the same rate as the July test, that still means you could produce an endowment sufficient to do away with fundraising at current spending levels in less than eight months.
Best regards, James Salsman
Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe