Huh? There's a big difference between 'never publicly disclose their financials' and 'gotta dig around wikimediafoundation.org for details'. It only takes a few clicks and searches to find lots of detail about their past and plans.

Also, as a 501(c)3 nonprofit, Wikimedia's annual '990' tax form from prior years is a public record, available (among other places) at nonprofit directory site GuideStar.org.

They could make the info more prominent -- but what if including a link to deep detail results in fewer donations, whether because it distracts people or somehow convinces them their donation is insignificant?

As long as they're being honest and the info is available somewhere, their fund-raising campaigns should be free from other prominent requirements.

Agreed. I'm glad they're at least posting these findings, it's pretty interesting data.

it was a pretty quick google search: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Financial_reports

Yeah... but if you're going to put up your face and ask for money, it would make people a lot more comfortable if you explained how much of that goes directly in your pocket and what you do to earn it.