On 14/08/17 11:25, Jonas Oberg wrote: > Hi Daniel, > >> I feel there is a bit of a gap between these two pages and it does not >> reveal how fellowship contributions relate to other revenue. > > That's surprising to me, because if you click down to 2016 as an example, > you will find the answer to your first question: > >> - what is the total sum from the fellowship program and what is it as a >> percentage of total revenue? > > https://fsfe.org/about/funds/2016.en.html gives fellowship contributions > of 187,247.70 EUR compared to a total income of 649,194.75, so the > percentage of total income is ca 29%. >
Clicking the year wasn't obvious, it only underlines the "2016" link when the mouse moves over it. While looking at a laptop screen it is particularly easy not to notice the year is clickable. >> - how many fellows contribute to the program? > > That information is typically not published, but it's available to our > core team internally, and you should have that information in the weekly > reports you receive. > Is there a strong reason not to publish that? >> - what is the total percentage of funds from the top 5 corporate donors? >> - list the top 20 donors by percentage, without their names perhaps > > We list information about our donors according to the German Transparency > International's initiative "Transparent Civil Society". You can find more > information here: > > https://fsfe.org/about/transparency-commitment.en.html > > This also means we list publicly those who contribute more than 10% of our > annual budget. If you propose we go further in our transparency than this, > I believe you should make a proposal for this to the members. > As fellowship representative, I'm keen to see how the top donors relate to the fellowship contributions: which group is donating more, or is it equal for example? >> - are there any revenue sources other than direct donations to FSFE, for >> example, revenue from the summit and legal network/workshop? Have these >> already been included in the public revenue figures? Are the total >> receipts or only the profit from such events counted as part of the >> revenue total? > > As mentioned, on the detailed page for each fiscal year, you can find a > breakdown of the income in more details including our income from merchandise > and paid services. The latter is typically income rendered from speaker's > fees and similar. > Could you provide a better breakdown of "Paid services"? > People then donate to the FSFE for a variety of reasons: some do it because > they appreciate our internship program, others because they would like to > support our legal work. I'm not aware of any donation which is earmarked for > a specific purpose, and so regardless of *why* people donate, we list it > as a donation. > > Then, separately, we of course also list our expenses for our areas of > work, including our legal work which then includes management of the legal > network and our annual Legal & Licensing Workshop. > I agree that there are many different reasons for donations and it is not always possible to work out what they are. However, if somebody makes a payment that is directly connected with participation in the summit, the legal network or the Legal & Licensing Workshop, is that money counted as part of the regular donations too? Or does it go under paid services? Or are any of those things accounted for through a different legal structure or set of accounts? Regards, Daniel _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
