Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, reached out to the world last year and asked for volunteer donations in support of his massive online encyclopedia operations. He did this with hopes of funding 6 million USD for their 2009 fiscal operations. They made it. And it was no small feat [for a non-profit] considering costly requirements like these-
- Nearly three million USD in projected technology costs
- Almost two million USD in projected accounting and administration costs
- Salary for 23 folks on staff
- 300+ servers on the farm
- And more
One of the most respectable moves a company can make in gaining outside interest and support is to display their operations as transparent as possible. Wikipedia [does] and did a great job conveying their transparency through info pages like their annual fiscal plan document or their frank Q&A page.
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