Looking at what they claim to be working on, maybe the money is just being spent on stuff that americans don't see.
The last few years, the annual plans seem focussed on making Wikipedia relevant in India, South America, and the Middle East.
When I was at EE school, the chip manufacturers gave the school devboards students go to know their stuff. Matlab was cheap too.
I suspect Wikimedia is funding a bunch of journalism and research training in these countries, so that every highschool kid gets pointed to wikipedia at school.
If they are as a charity collecting money ostensibly needing it for their online encyclopedia they should disclose all this explicitly with dollar amounts.
The last few years, the annual plans seem focussed on making Wikipedia relevant in India, South America, and the Middle East.
When I was at EE school, the chip manufacturers gave the school devboards students go to know their stuff. Matlab was cheap too.
I suspect Wikimedia is funding a bunch of journalism and research training in these countries, so that every highschool kid gets pointed to wikipedia at school.