Wikimedia Foundation salaries
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- A table of Wikimedia Foundation salaries based on the public Form 990s, for easy comparison over the years. The amounts reported are for calendar year, not fiscal year.[1] (Salaries are in United States dollars and base salaries only, excluding "other compensation", which can add as much as $30,000 or more.)
- A table of "Salaries and wages" totals from the WMF financial statements, broken down according to different categories.
Trend:
- The WMF's "Salaries and wages" total more than doubled over the four most recent years for which statements are available, from $33,731,089 in 2016/2017 to $67,857,676 in 2020/2021.
PeopleEdit
| Group[2] | Person | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive | Sue Gardner (ED/advisor) | 75,000[3] | 168,700 | 222,550 | 196,878 | 201,678 | 202,095 | 201,685 | 301,341[3][4] | |||||||
| Lila Tretikov (ED) | 308,149[3] | 344,336 | 390,273[3][5] | |||||||||||||
| Katherine Maher (ED) | 307,141 | 358,871 | 374,658 | 387,770 | 406,339 | |||||||||||
| Communications | Katherine Maher (CCO) | 166,353 | ||||||||||||||
| Heather Walls (CCO) | 204,204 | 212,528 | 257,361 | |||||||||||||
| Legal | Bradford Patrick (GC, int-ED) | 118,500 | 40,625[3] | |||||||||||||
| Mike Godwin (GC) | 56,667[3] | 120,450 | 124,184 | 140,122 | ||||||||||||
| Geoff Brigham (GC) | 153,456 | 188,551 | 199,470 | 228,114 | 258,972 | 157,195[3] | ||||||||||
| Kelly Kay (DGC) | 153,074 | |||||||||||||||
| Stephen LaPorte (SLC) | 134,541[3] | |||||||||||||||
| Eileen Hershenov (GC) | 0[3] | 186,176 | 281,743[6] | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Sebro (DGC) | 204,291[7] | 212,977 | 220,393 | |||||||||||||
| Amanda Keton (GC+Sec) | 77,054[8] | 315,364 | ||||||||||||||
| Finance | Veronique Kessler (CFO) | 105,527 | 124,574 | 135,194 | 166,832 | |||||||||||
| Garfield Byrd (CFA) | 58,956[3] | 155,625 | 165,336 | 177,154 | 161,063[3] | |||||||||||
| Jaime Villagomez (CFO) | 237,665 | 264,341 | 275,495 | 289,356 | 308,943 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Le (Controller) | 172,292 | 183,252 | 191,603 | |||||||||||||
| Culture | Cyn Skyberg (CTCO) | 145,346 | ||||||||||||||
| Gayle Young (CTCO) | 163,127 | 174,550 | 183,486 | 183,725[3][9] | ||||||||||||
| Joady Lohr (CTCO) | 178,934 | 190,856 | 205,256 | 202,482[10] | ||||||||||||
| Robyn Arville (CTCO) | 278,335 | |||||||||||||||
| Joanna McQuade/ Anna Stillwell (CDA) |
193,970 | |||||||||||||||
| Product | Erik Moeller (DD/VPP) | 125,719 | 140,354 | 155,095 | 167,439 | 192,140 | 302,046[3][11] | |||||||||
| Tomasz Finc (PD) | 103,598 | |||||||||||||||
| Terry Chay (DFE) | 164,605 | |||||||||||||||
| Toby Negrin (DE/SDE/CPO[12]) | 153,699 | 177,720 | 192,018 | 214,504 | 228,023 | 237,992 | 290,056 | |||||||||
| Margaret Novotny (SDD) | 193,557 | 220,573 | ||||||||||||||
| Technology | Danese Cooper (CTO) | 153,578 | ||||||||||||||
| Victoria Coleman (CTO) | 256,399 | 268,132[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Grant Ingersoll (CTO) | 319,337 | |||||||||||||||
| CT Woo (DTO) | 146,202 | 159,644 | ||||||||||||||
| Erika Bjune (int-CTO/VPE[13]) | 184,729[14] | 220,049 | ||||||||||||||
| Rob Lanphier (DPE/DE) | 144,845 | 153,469 | 245,433[3][15] | |||||||||||||
| Trevor Parscal (DOE) | 193,176[3][16] | |||||||||||||||
| Brion Vibber (KE) | 62,473 | |||||||||||||||
| Stanislav Malyshev (SSE) | 180,499 | 183,146 | 184,277 | 186,579 | ||||||||||||
| Damon Sicore (VPE) | 281,766[3][17] | |||||||||||||||
| Weston Moran (VPE) | 221,576 | |||||||||||||||
| Dario Taraborelli (Eng. D) | 183,940[18] | |||||||||||||||
| Organisational | Carolyn Doran (COO) | 45,914 | 34,500[3] | |||||||||||||
| Terence Gilbey (COO) | 250,231[3][19] | |||||||||||||||
| Janeen Uzzell (COO) | 282,752 | 314,718 | ||||||||||||||
| Fundraising | Zack Exley (CCO) | 120,500 | 186,177 | 184,261 | ||||||||||||
| Lisa Seitz-Gruwell (CRO/CAO[20]) | 168,067 | 209,706 | 216,556 | 229,170 | 252,117 | 281,713 | ||||||||||
| Grantmaking | Barry Newstead (CGDO) | 184,510 | ||||||||||||||
| Sheree Chang (VPSP) | 184,540 | |||||||||||||||
| Community | Luis Villa (SDCE) | 152,202 | ||||||||||||||
| Angela Reid (CCE/VPCRS[21]) | 156,101 | 163,037 | 221,945 | |||||||||||||
| Valerie D'Costa (CCE) | 273,080[22][23] |
AbbreviationsEdit
Title abbreviations and notes:
- CAO: Chief Advancement Officer
- CCE: Chief of Community Engagement
- CCO: Chief Community Officer
- CDA: Chargée d'affaires
- CFO: Chief Financial Officer
- CGDO: Chief Global Development Officer
- COO: Chief Operating Officer
- CPO: Chief Product Officer
- CRO: Chief Revenue Officer
- CTCO: Chief Talent and Culture Officer
- CTO: Chief Technology Officer
- DD: Deputy Director
- DE: Director of Engineering
- DFE: Director of Features Engineering
- DOE: Director of Engineering
- DPE: Director of Platform Engineering
- DTO: Director of Technical Operations
- DGC: Deputy General Counsel
- ED: Executive Director
- Eng. D: Engineering Director
- GC: General Counsel
- KE: Key Employee (note: this is a legal term with a specific meaning in this context; for more information see https://www.nonprofitaccountingbasics.org/form-990-core-form/definition-key-employee)
- PD: Project Director
- SDCE: Senior Director of Community Engagement
- SDD: Senior Director of Design
- SDE: Senior Director of Engineering
- Sec: Secretary
- SLC: Senior Legal Counsel
- SSE: Senior Software Engineer
- VPCRS: Vice President of Community Resilience & Sustainability
- VPE: Vice President of Engineering
- VPSP: Vice President of Strategic Partnerships
- int-: Interim
Total salaries per financial statementsEdit
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 16,930 | 107,122 | 415,006 | 1,147,679 | 2,257,621 | 3,508,336 | 7,312,120 | 11,749,500 | 15,983,542 | 19,979,908 | 26,049,224 | 31,713,961 | 33,731,089 | 38,597,407 | 46,146,897 | 55,634,912 | 67,857,676 | 88,111,412 |
| Programs | 16,043 | 67,974 | 242,635 | 575,956 | 1,189,115 | 2,378,652 | 4,860,808 | 8,021,895 | 11,744,168 | 15,026,534 | 19,893,528 | 24,189,343 | 25,873,873 | 29,415,088 | 36,125,042 | 42,155,739 | 52,020,082 | 69,371,450 |
| General and administrative | - | 25,895 | 117,659 | 479,078 | 481,643 | 531,616 | 1,618,534 | 2,407,832 | 2,700,060 | 3,516,451 | 4,272,568 | 4,917,307 | 5,058,508 | 5,785,743 | 6,278,186 | 8,722,777 | 9,732,820 | 11,531,675 |
| Fundraising | 887 | 13,253 | 54,712 | 92,645 | 586,863 | 598,068 | 832,778 | 1,319,773 | 1,539,314 | 1,436,923 | 1,883,128 | 2,607,311 | 2,798,708 | 3,396,576 | 3,743,669 | 4,756,396 | 6,104,774 | 7,208,287 |
FootnotesEdit
- ↑ Wikimedia Foundation 2015 Form 990, Part VII: "Report compensation for the calendar year ending with or within the organization's tax year."
- ↑ Broad area of work, for comparison.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Partial year.
- ↑ A detailed breakdown of Sue's salary was provided on wikimedia-l.
- ↑ Includes $262,500 in severance
- ↑ a b Through February 2019
- ↑ Through June 2019
- ↑ From September 2019
- ↑ Includes $98,446 in severance
- ↑ Director, Human Resources
- ↑ Includes $208,306 in severance
- ↑ DE in 2014-15, SDE in 2016, CPO in 2019-21
- ↑ int. CTO in 2019-20, VPE in 2020-21
- ↑ From July 2019
- ↑ Includes $101,116 in severance
- ↑ Includes $64,127 in severance
- ↑ Includes $100,000 in severance
- ↑ Through March 2019
- ↑ Includes $80,000 in severance
- ↑ CAO in 2019-21
- ↑ VPCRS from July 2021
- ↑ Includes $83,819 in severance
- ↑ Through November 19th