www.makeuseof.com/…/wikipedia-millions-bank-beg/
Interesting article, ignore the clickbait title. Even the former executive director thinks the foundation spends too much on chapters and other outreach
meta.wikimedia.org/…/What_is_a_Wikimedia_Chapter%…
If you support these things that’s great, but it’s a bit disingenuous for them to beg like they’re barely keeping the lights on when they have record gains every year.

Wikipedia Has Millions in the Bank–Why Beg for More?
You might've seen Wikipedia's large and frequent notices asking for donations when using it. But why does it need money, with millions in the bank?
MakeUseOfWikipedia is a backbone of society, and is constantly under attack by people who want the world where you can’t find unbiased information. Their former whatever is a right wing grifter and full of shit, but even if he wasn’t (he is though) they can spend whatever the fuck they want on whatever the fuck they want, they earned it