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Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by dannyw on Saturday July 18, 2026 @09:50PM (#48964300)
Doesn’t WMF hold hundreds of million and growing on their foundation balance sheet, and raise $150M+/year through donations when hosting expenses are $4M/year?

Obviously they need staff and more costs than just hosting, but something isn’t adding up for me, so I stopped donating.

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Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by throwaway2037 on Sunday July 19, 2026 @12:39AM (#48965026)
I feel exactly the same. I think I saw a blog post on HN with a deep analysis of their financial state of affairs. They don't need my money. They can run for a long time by (1) reducing unnecessary headcount (the org is way too big) and (2) carefully managing their endowment.
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