Editing History of Wikipedia (section)

===Fundraising===
[[File:WMF Support and Revenue, Expenses and Net Assets at Year End.jpg|thumb|400px|Financial development of the Wikimedia Foundation (in US$), 2003–2023<br />Black: Net assets (excluding the Wikimedia Endowment, which currently stands at $100m+)<br />Green: Revenue (excluding third-party donations to Wikimedia Endowment)<br />Red: Expenses (including WMF payments to Wikimedia Endowment)<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 October 2023 |title=Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, Financial Statements, June 30, 2023 |url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Wikimedia_Foundation_FS_FY2022-2023_Audit_Report.pdf |access-date=1 January 2024 |pages=3, 14 |archive-date=1 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101235700/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Wikimedia_Foundation_FS_FY2022-2023_Audit_Report.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>]]

Every year, the Wikimedia Foundation runs fundraising campaigns on Wikipedia to support its operations. These generally last about a month and happen at different times of the year in different countries. In addition to the fundraising banners on Wikipedia itself, there are also email campaigns; some emails invite people to leave the Wikimedia Foundation money in their wills.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fundraising – Meta |url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising#Current_fundraising_activities |access-date=18 May 2022 |archive-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525020516/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising#Current_fundraising_activities |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=James Lileks |date=2 May 2021 |title=Lileks: Wikipedia wants me to do what? |url=https://www.startribune.com/lileks-wikipedia-wants-me-to-do-what/600052774/ |website=Star Tribune |access-date=24 May 2022 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503001943/https://www.startribune.com/lileks-wikipedia-wants-me-to-do-what/600052774/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Revenue has risen every year of the Wikimedia Foundation's existence, reaching {{US$|180.17 million}} as of 30 June 2023, versus expenses of {{US$|169.1 million}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2021 |title=Wikipedia is swimming in money{{snd}}why is it begging people to donate? |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/wikipedia-endownemnt-fundraising/ |website=[[The Daily Dot]] |access-date=23 September 2021 |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524121107/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/wikipedia-endownemnt-fundraising/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Wikimedia2023">{{Cite web|title=File: Wikimedia_Foundation_FS_FY_2022-2023_Audit_Report.pdf – Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki|date=5 October 2023|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_FS_FY2022-2023_Audit_Report.pdf|access-date=1 January 2024 |website=Foundation.wikimedia.org |archive-date=1 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101140450/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_FS_FY2022-2023_Audit_Report.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, the Wikimedia Endowment, an organizationally separate fundraising effort begun in 2016, reached $100 million in 2021, five years sooner than planned.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 September 2021 |title=The Wikimedia Endowment reaches $100 million milestone and welcomes three new members to its Board: More on what these developments mean for the projects and movement |url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/22/the-wikimedia-endowment-reaches-100-million-milestone-and-welcomes-three-new-members-to-its-board-more-on-what-these-developments-mean-for-the-projects-and-movement/ |access-date=23 September 2021 |archive-date=24 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924014012/https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/22/the-wikimedia-endowment-reaches-100-million-milestone-and-welcomes-three-new-members-to-its-board-more-on-what-these-developments-mean-for-the-projects-and-movement/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Source
! Revenue
! Expenses
! Asset rise
! Total assets
|- align=right
| '''2022/2023'''
|
[https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Wikimedia_Foundation_FS_FY2022-2023_Audit_Report.pdf PDF]
| <span
style="color:green;">$180,174,103</span>
| <span
style="color:red;">$169,095,381</span>
| <span
style="color:blue;">$15,619,804</span>
|$254,971,336
|- align=right
| '''2021/2022'''
|[https://foundation.wikimedia.org/?title=File%3AWikimedia_Foundation_FY2021-2022_Audit_Report.pdf&page=6 PDF]
| <span
style="color:green;">$154,686,521</span>
| <span
style="color:red;">$145,970,915</span>
| <span
style="color:blue;">$8,173,996</span>
|$239,351,532
|- align=right
| '''2020/2021'''
|[https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AWikimedia_Foundation_FY2020-2021_Audit_Report.pdf&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$162,886,686</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$111,839,819</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$50,861,811</span>
| $231,177,536
|- align=right
| '''2019/2020'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AWikimedia_Foundation_FY2019-2020_Audit_Report.pdf&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$129,234,327</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$112,489,397</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$14,674,300</span>
| $180,315,725
|- align=right
| '''2018/2019'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AWikimedia_Foundation_Audit_Report_-_FY18-19.pdf&page=6 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$120,067,266</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$91,414,010</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$30,691,855</span>
| $165,641,425
|- align=right
| '''2017/2018'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AFY17-18_-_Independent_Auditors%27_Report.pdf&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$104,505,783</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$81,442,265</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$21,619,373</span>
| $134,949,570
|- align=right
| '''2016/2017'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AWikimedia_Foundation_Audit_Report_-_FY16-17.pdf&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$91,242,418</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$69,136,758</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$21,547,402</span>
| $113,330,197
|- align=right
| '''2015/2016'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AWikimedia_Foundation_Audit_Report_-_FY15-16.pdf&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$81,862,724</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$65,947,465</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$13,962,497</span>
| $91,782,795
|- align=right
| '''2014/2015'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AAudit_Report_-_FY_14-15_-_Final.PDF&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$75,797,223</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$52,596,782</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$24,345,277</span>
| $77,820,298
|- align=right
| '''2013/2014'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AAudit_Report_-_FY_14-15_-_Final.PDF&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$52,465,287</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$45,900,745</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$8,285,897</span>
| $53,475,021
|- align=right
| '''2012/2013'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AFINAL_12_13From_KPMG.pdf&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$48,635,408</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$35,704,796</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$10,260,066</span>
| $45,189,124
|- align=right
| '''2011/2012'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AFINAL_11_12From_KPMG.pdf&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$38,479,665</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$29,260,652</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$10,736,914</span>
| $34,929,058
|- align=right
| '''2010/2011'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AFINAL_10_11From_KPMG.pdf&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$24,785,092</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$17,889,794</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$9,649,413</span>
| $24,192,144
|- align=right
| '''2009/2010'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AFINAL_09_10From_KPMG.pdf&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$17,979,312</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$10,266,793</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$6,310,964</span>
| $14,542,731
|- align=right
| '''2008/2009'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AFINAL_08_09From_KPMG.pdf&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$8,658,006</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$5,617,236</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$3,053,599</span>
| $8,231,767
|- align=right
| '''2007/2008'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AWikimedia_20072008_fs.pdf&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$5,032,981</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$3,540,724</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$3,519,886</span>
| $5,178,168
|- align=right
| '''2006/2007'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AWikimedia_2007_fs.pdf&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$2,734,909</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$2,077,843</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$654,066</span>
| $1,658,282
|- align=right
| '''2005/2006'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AWikimedia_2006_fs.pdf&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$1,508,039</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$791,907</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$736,132</span>
| $1,004,216
|- align=right
| '''2004/2005'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AWikimedia_2006_fs.pdf&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green;">$379,088</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$177,670</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$211,418</span>
| $268,084
|- align=right
| '''2003/2004'''
| [https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AWikimedia_2006_fs.pdf&page=5 PDF]
| <span style="color:green> $ 80,129</span>
| <span style="color:red;">$23,463</span>
| <span style="color:blue;">$56,666</span>
| $56,666
|}