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		bombcar on May 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Severance payments at Wikimedia Foundation The fundraising part is the completeness of it. I could probably COO on the non-fundraising side, but I'd be an absolute fundraising failure. Non-profit C level execs are fundraisers.

bdidbdidhdidh on May 22, 2023 [–]

even when all the money is from a banner?

bombcar on May 22, 2023 | | [–]

Not sure what the percentages are but many non profits live or die on a few large donors.

AdamN on May 24, 2023 | | [–]

The banner probably drives enough small donors to give the big donors confidence that they are force multipliers and not just propping up a one-off thing.

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