[Foundation-l] Fundraising totals as of Nov. 15, 2007 @ 12:20 PM (EST)

Brian Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu
Sat Nov 17 22:01:48 UTC 2007


They do not accept letters of inquiry or unsolicited proposals. I'm not sure
what you mean by "convincing them."

On Nov 15, 2007 1:58 PM, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org> wrote:

> From reading http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ForGrantSeekers/ I'd say the
> Foundation falls under their "United States Program". The messages from
> existing donors should be compelling enough to convince them this is a
> project that is furthering self-education across the U.S.
>
>
> Brian McNeil.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Brian
> Sent: 15 November 2007 20:23
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Fundraising totals as of Nov. 15,2007 @ 12:20
> PM
> (EST)
>
> Which of their Charitable Sector Support initiative guidelines does the
> Foundation fall under?
>
> On Nov 15, 2007 10:58 AM, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Are there any plans for donation matching this campaign?
> >
> > I know a lot of people would be unhappy to see something like "Microsoft
> > matches today's donations" in the sitenotice, but it'd be an incentive
> to
> > take money off a company people don't like. :) I'm sure the Gates
> > Foundation
> > could be persuaded to support a few days if you pitch it as, among other
> > things, providing a resource for people in the 3rd world who end up with
> > OLPC machines.
> >
> >
> > Brian McNeil
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> > [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Cary Bass
> > Sent: 15 November 2007 18:25
> > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> > Subject: [Foundation-l] Fundraising totals as of Nov. 15,2007 @ 12:20 PM
> > (EST)
> >
> > Hi all, weekly updated totals.
> > >
> > > *Fundraising totals as of Nov. 15, 2007 @ 12:20 PM (EST)*
> > >
> > > *Contributions Summary
> > > <http://donate.wikimedia.org/en/forward/emailref/22>*
> > >
> > > *Note:* Dates begin and end at 0:00 (UTC + 2), or 5:00 PM (EST).
> > > Donation figures are based on raw data and may not accurately match up
> > > with sitenotice on the various Wikimedia projects. Also, the totals do
> > > not include donations totalling less than US$1.
> > >
> > > Date  Number of
> > > Contributions         Amount of
> > > Contributions
> > > in USD        Average
> > > in USD
> > > Total         22763   681,388.14      29.93
> > > 2007-10-22    2       100.00  50.00
> > > 2007-10-23    1676    43,092.26       25.71
> > > 2007-10-24    1392    39,062.56       28.06
> > > 2007-10-25    1029    26,993.66       26.23
> > > 2007-10-26    1146    29,702.43       25.92
> > > 2007-10-27    967     27,984.23       28.94
> > > 2007-10-28    931     26,788.93       28.77
> > > 2007-10-29    785     22,096.44       28.15
> > > 2007-10-30    732     19,993.76       27.31
> > > 2007-10-31    765     24,634.37       32.20
> > > 2007-11-01    670     18,957.87       28.30
> > > 2007-11-02    592     28,661.97       48.42
> > > 2007-11-03    525     19,038.52       36.26
> > > 2007-11-04    1180    36,447.15       30.89
> > > 2007-11-05    1414    40,499.57       28.64
> > > 2007-11-06    1192    38,292.60       32.12
> > > 2007-11-07    1350    39,084.81       28.95
> > > 2007-11-08    1063    34,930.17       32.86
> > > 2007-11-09    971     30,310.51       31.22
> > > 2007-11-10    912     28,355.23       31.09
> > > 2007-11-11    858     26,979.58       31.44
> > > 2007-11-12    784     23,748.94       30.29
> > > 2007-11-13    675     17,891.55       26.51
> > > 2007-11-14    656     22,015.78       33.56
> > > 2007-11-15    496     15,725.26       31.70
> > >
> > >
> > > Currency      Number of
> > > Contributions         Amount of
> > > Contributions
> > > in USD        Average
> > > in USD
> > > Total         22763   681,388.14      29.93
> > > AUD   479     13,694.51       28.59
> > > BGN   3       29.18   9.73
> > > CAD   712     22,477.91       31.57
> > > CHF   258     11,913.00       46.17
> > > CZK   95      1,458.75        15.36
> > > DKK   140     3,006.30        21.47
> > > EEK   1       1.83    1.83
> > > EUR   6081    153,580.00      25.26
> > > GBP   1259    37,918.27       30.12
> > > HKD   53      1,488.71        28.09
> > > HUF   18      345.50  19.19
> > > ILS   1       8.69    8.69
> > > JPY   548     19,901.50       36.32
> > > NOK   105     3,578.51        34.08
> > > NZD   49      1,229.84        25.10
> > > PLN   114     1,886.56        16.55
> > > RON   5       45.26   9.05
> > > SEK   172     4,842.41        28.15
> > > SGD   68      1,623.20        23.87
> > > TWD   1       2.17    2.17
> > > USD   12600   402,249.80      31.92
> > > ZAR   1       106.24  106.24
> > >
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> >
> >
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> >
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