[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising mysteries

[Andrew Gray]

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 at 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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