[Wikimedia-l] The world's most efficient charity?

2013-05-07 Thread Chris Keating
In the light of some of the discussion about overhead and fundraising cost ratios on this list, I would like to congratulate the Arrythmia Alliance, a UK registered charity, for two remarkable feats revealed in its annual return to the Charity Commission:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The world's most efficient charity?

2013-05-07 Thread Fae
Interesting case of a low percentage of common sense. At the moment, I believe that none of our chapters publish figures or estimates for the ratio between admin, fundraising and admin work, even if we publish detailed annual reports. Personally, I don't feel we are in a strong position to be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The world's most efficient charity?

2013-05-07 Thread Jan Ainali
Well, It might be a little hard to penetrate and realise what is what in this huge page, but we do have our accounting public here: https://donera.wikimedia.se/en/wmse/audit/public/3 If you have any specific questions, please direct them to me or User:Prolineserver, our treasurer and Master of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The world's most efficient charity?

2013-05-07 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Chris Keating, 07/05/2013 18:28: These figures are literally unbelievably good, and I hope we see nothing similar in the Wikimedia movement in the future. That seems a rather standard example of semi-empty container entity whose (administrative) costs are on some other orgs' shoulders and