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(a)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
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