As far as I know, WMF has done one or two small fundraising events most
years. It is a minor part of overall fundraising strategy. We have some
donors who like to give at social events, instead of online, and these
events are for largely initiated and organized by them. They have all been
held a
2013/8/30 Renata St :
> Hi Lisa,
>
> Thanks for the reply, I never doubted it's WM event -- it just majorly
> surprised me and I still have a bunch of questions:
>
> 1) is this the first fundraising event? I have never heard of them before...
FWIW, here is a Signpost article about a previous fundr
Hi Lisa,
Thanks for the reply, I never doubted it's WM event -- it just majorly
surprised me and I still have a bunch of questions:
1) is this the first fundraising event? I have never heard of them before...
2) what's going to happen at that event and why should I go? Invitation had
not a peep a
Hi Renata St and Dan-
I just wanted to assure you that there is no change in fundraising
strategy. WMF raises that great majority of its funds from online
donations, with most of them being under USD $30.
We also raise approximately $6 million from foundations and major donors.
The guidance for t
To quickly respond such that people are not terribly confused -- our major
gifts team is hosting a fundraising event at the Dillon Gallery in NY
sometime in the future. I don't have any further details myself (not my
area of what we do); but I'll direct the attention of that team to this
thread/que
What are you talking about? A quick Google reveals no evidence that the
Wikimedia Foundation and the Dillon Gallery have any association, apart
from we have a wiki page on them. Who is the mail from - WMF or a chapter?
Do you often receive snail mail from them? If not, do you have any evidence
that
Hi, so I got this snail mail with an invitation(?) to an event(?) at Dillon
Gallery on Oct 1 for a suggested(?) donation of $500... and it left me
confused more than anything else.
What's the event about? I can't find anything anywhere else (not that I
looked very hard). I understand it's a fundra
