Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan/2017-2018/Draft/Financials

FDC questions: upcoming year financials

Revenues: upcoming year

Advancement's detailed description of their revenue goals can be found at Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan/2017-2018/Draft/Non-Programs/Advancement.

Expenses: upcoming year's annual plan

1. Expenses by program (excludes staff and operations).

Please see tables below.

2. Total expenses. Please use this table to summarize your organization's total expenses overall.

Please see tables below.

Wikimedia Foundation financial tables

All tables below are in thousands of USD.

Table #1: Consolidated Financials: Program and Non-Program Expenses
Description FY16-17 Budget FY16-17 Forecast[a 1] FY17-18 Plan
Program Expenses
Staffing 26,017 31,467
Non-Staffing
Data Center Expenses 4,689 4,269
Grants 5,460 7,360
Endowment Contribution - 5,000
Outside Contract Services 2,399 2,741
Legal Fees 1,018 918
Travel & Conferences 1,561 2,290
Other expenses (Wikidata, data center property taxes, etc.) 1,882 4,864
Sub Total Program Expenses 43,026 - 58,909
Non Program Expenses
Staffing 10,222 8,636
Non-Staffing:
Donation Processing Fees 2,240 3,228
Outside Contract Services 2,214 2,013
Legal Fees 622 404
Travel & Conferences 289 418
Other expenses (Facilities, Insurance, FF&E, All Hands, Recruiting, Staff Development, Personal Property Taxes, etc.) 4,387 3,192
Sub Total Non-Program Expenses 19,974 - 17,891
Total Annual Operating Expenses 63,000 - 76,800
Board Designated Expenses[a 2]
Movement Strategy - 453
Brand Strategy - - 850
Office Move - - 697
Total Board Designated Expenses - 2,000
  1. In progress and will be available no later than Friday 14 April.
  2. These expenses are funded from our surplus designated or conditioned by the Board of Trustees for specific and non-recurring investments.
Table #2: Cross-Department Programs - Expenses by Type
Description FY17-18 Plan
Community Health New Readers Privacy and Security Structured Data Movement Strategy[b 1] Wikimedia Brand and Identity[b 1] Total
Staffing Expenses 849 1,239 1,081 1,365 - - 4,534
Non Staffing Expenses - - - - - - -
Data Center Expenses - - - 16 - - 16
Grants - 40 - - - - 40
Endowment Contribution - - - - - - -
Donation Processing Fees - - - - - - -
Outside Contract Services - 263 121 - 445 850 1,679
Legal Fees 150 - 60 - - - 210
Travel & Conferences 22 88 52 35 8 - 205
Other expenses (Wikidata, data center property taxes, etc.) 7 49 140 259 - - 455
Total Program Expenses 1,028 1,679 1,454 1,675 453 850 7,140 
  1. a b Movement Strategy and Wikimedia Brand and Identity will be funded with Board Designated Funds.
Table #3: Departmental Programs
Description FY17-18 Plan
Community Engagement Product Technology Communications Advancement: Global Reach and Other Program Exp Legal Governance Finance & Administration Total
Staffing 4,589 11,337 8,041 1,229 697 402 539 98 26,933
Non-Staffing - - - - - - - - -
Data Center Expenses - - 4,253 - - - - - 4,253
Grants 7,320 - - - - - - - 7,320
Endowment Contribution - - - - 5,000 - - - 5,000
Donation Processing Fees - - - - - - - - -
Outside Contract Services 335 379 322 835 76 198 212 - 2,357
Legal Fees - - - - - 708 - - 708
Travel & Conferences 632 580 523 74 83 36 158 6 2,093
Other expenses (Wikidata, data center property taxes, etc.) 933 1,520 587 23 134 74 36  1,102 4,410 
Total Program Expenses 13,810 13,816 13,726 2,161 5,991 1,417 944 1,206 53,073 
Table #4: Departmental Non-Programs
Description FY 17-18 Plan
Legal Finance & Administration Talent & Culture Fundraising (Advancement and Fundraising Tech) Office Move[d 1] Total
Staffing 1,318 2,525 1,582 3,211 - 8,636
Non-Staffing: - - - - - -
Data Center Expenses - - - - - -
Grants - - - - - -
Endowment Contribution - - - - - -
Donation Processing Fees - - - 3,228 - 3,228
Outside Contract Services 21 357 155 1,480 66 2,079
Legal Fees 404 - - - - 404
Travel & Conferences 40 88 62 228 - 418
Other expenses (Facilities, Insurance, FF&E, All Hands, Recruiting, Staff Development, Personal Property Taxes, etc.) 161 2,048 640 343 631 3,824
Total Non-Program Expenses 1,944 5,018 2,439 8,490 697 18,588 
  1. The Office Move expenses will be funded with Board Designated Funds
Table #5: Expenses by Departments
Description FY16-17 Budget FY16-17 Forecast[e 1] FY17-18 Plan
Advancement 6,722 13,398
Community Engagement 11,188 14,286
Product 15,078 17,854
Technology 13,983 15,487
Communications 2,344 2,391
Legal 3,724 3,716
Talent & Culture 2,493 2,439
Finance & Administration 6,593 6,285
Governance 875 944
Total Annual Operating Expenses 63,000 76,800 
  1. In progress and will be available no later than Friday 14 April.