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The current Executive Director and Deputy Director had a [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/41/FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF reported compensation budget] of $472,000, which was excessive for an organization of its size.  At the same time as the above report, publicly-funded '''KUHT-TV''' in Houston had 71 employees, revenue of $11.5 million, and CEO John Hesse made $158,628 in salary, benefits, and compensation.  Wikipediots might protest, "But, but, but Houston has such a lower cost of living than San Francisco!"  Okay, let's look at San Francisco, then.  

The current Executive Director and Deputy Director had a [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/41/FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF reported compensation budget] of $472,000, which was excessive for an organization of its size.  At the same time as the above report, publicly-funded '''KUHT-TV''' in Houston had 71 employees, revenue of $11.5 million, and CEO John Hesse made $158,628 in salary, benefits, and compensation.  Wikipediots might protest, "But, but, but Houston has such a lower cost of living than San Francisco!"  Okay, let's look at San Francisco, then.  

'''Earth Island Institute''' at the time of the report had revenue of about $6.5 million, 15 employees (practically the same size as the Wikimedia Foundation at the time, and headquarters in the very same city of San Francisco), but the CEO made only $67,423.  The Northern California chapter of the '''Arthritis Foundation''' had revenue of $5.1 million, but the CEO was paid only $45,050.  '''Child Family Health International''' in San Francisco had revenue of $4.0 million and apparently 11 employees, but the CEO earned only $82,000.  Embarrassingly, when audited by a neutral party, the Wikimedia Foundation receives only [http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=11212 1 star] out of a possible four in Charity Navigator's ''Organizational Efficiency'' category.  The money that people donate to the Wikimedia Foundation is almost exactly two times more likely to be spent on an item that doesn't address the charitable mission of the organization than to be spent on something that does.

'''Earth Island Institute''' at the time of the report had revenue of about $6.5 million, 15 employees (practically the same size as the Wikimedia Foundation at the time, and headquarters in the very same city of San Francisco), but the CEO made only $67,423.  The Northern California chapter of the '''Arthritis Foundation''' had revenue of $5.1 million, but the CEO was paid only $45,050.  '''Child Family Health International''' in San Francisco had revenue of $4.0 million and apparently 11 employees, but the CEO earned only $82,000.  Embarrassingly, when audited by a neutral party, the Wikimedia Foundation receives only [http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=11212 1 star] out of a possible four in Charity Navigator's ''Organizational Efficiency'' category.  The money that people donate to the Wikimedia Foundation is almost 1.5 times more likely to be spent on an item that doesn't address the charitable mission of the organization than to be spent on something that does.

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