[Foundation-l] Board letter about fundraising and chapters

[John Vandenberg]

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 9:31 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6 August 2011 00:26, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> And in doing so, the WMF wont have the benefit of the donations that
>> are made because the donor responds well to the fact they know in
>> advance that the money goes to a local organisation - an organisation
>> which is accountable to the local regulatory system.
>
>
> I know that some people do donate because of the local factor. Others
> donate because they want to give money to "Wikipedia". Do we have
> actual numbers (e.g. survey results) as to proportions?

These are only preliminary numbers, but I think it is clear that local
chapters are receiving better fundraising growth than the WMF is in
the US.

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:John_Vandenberg/Fundraising_growth

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John Vandenberg