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In late October, 2010, when the Management Council (MC) came into being and began getting organized, it was found that there were no longer any funds available to us for paying the cost of hosting our services. That situation was explained in the announcement made in [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,3600.0.html this forum posting] on November 12, 2010. Therefore, the MC began a donation drive in early November. Our financial history from November 2010 to date is shown in the table below:
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== Current financial status ==
 
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|+ Financial history (see archives for details of prior years)
! Year!!Donations<br/>during year, $!!Expenses<br/>during year, $!!Funds on hand<br/>at years's end, $


{| class = "wikitable" style="border: 3px solid gray;"
|+ Financial history as of January 22, 2012
! Month!!Donations<br/>during month, $!!Total donations<br/>at month end, $!!Monthly<br/>hosting cost, $!!Paid by!!Funds on hand<br/>at month end, $
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|- align=center
| November 2010 ||2,776.09||2,776.09||709.85||Tides Foundation<sup>(a)</sup>||2,776.09
|2023||&nbsp; <big>'''$1,713.39'''</big>||
$539.38 - server<br />
$1,167.18 - system administration<br />
$227.74 - domains and email<br />
<hr>
<big>'''$1,934.30'''</big> - total expenses
||&nbsp;<big>'''$2,981.68'''</big>
 
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|- align=center
| December 2010 ||&nbsp; 934.33||3,710.42||&nbsp; 559.85<sup>(b)</sup>||Donation funds||3,150.57
|2022||&nbsp; <big>'''$3,433.66'''</big>||
$1,875.08 - server hosting (overpaid, see below)<br />
$669.23 - programmer<br />
$285.02 - software<br />
$34.05 - temp domain name<br />
<hr>
<big>'''$2,863.38'''</big> - total expenses
||&nbsp;<big>'''$3202.59'''</big>
 
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|- align=center
| January 2011 ||&nbsp; 101.55||3,811.97||&nbsp; 611.45<sup>(c)</sup>||Donation funds||2,640.67
|2021||&nbsp; &nbsp;-||- ||&nbsp;$2707.26
 
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|- align=center
| February 2011 ||&nbsp; &nbsp;48.41||3,860.38||&nbsp; 319.90<sup>(d)</sup>||Donation funds||2,369.18
|2020||&nbsp; &nbsp;-||- ||&nbsp;$3247.85
|- align=center
 
| March 2011 ||&nbsp; &nbsp;42.89||3,903.27||319.90||Donation funds||2,092.17
|- align=center
| April 2011 ||&nbsp; &nbsp;134.88||4,038.15 ||319.90||Donation funds||1,907.15
|- align=center
| May 2011 ||&nbsp; &nbsp;72.22||4,110.37 ||319.90||Donation funds||1,659.47
|- align=center
| June 2011 ||&nbsp; &nbsp;33.68||4,144.05 ||319.90||Donation funds||1,373.25
|- align=center
| July 2011 ||&nbsp; &nbsp;216.57||4,360.02 ||319.90||Donation funds||1,269.92
|- align=center
|August 2011 ||&nbsp; &nbsp;143.55||4,503.57 ||319.90||Donation funds||1,093.57
|- align=center
|September 2011||&nbsp; &nbsp;602.64||5,106.21 ||319.90||Donation funds||1,056.41
|- align=center
|October 2011||&nbsp; &nbsp;1,388.87||6,495.08 ||319.90||Donation funds||2,125.38
|- align=center
|November 2011||&nbsp; &nbsp;764.56||7,259.64 ||319.90||Donation funds||2,570.04
|- align=center
|December 2011||&nbsp; &nbsp;9.68||7,269.32 ||319.90||Donation funds||2,259.82
|- align=center
|January 2012 #1||&nbsp; &nbsp;133.63||7,402.95 ||319.90||Donation funds<sup>(e)</sup>||2,073.55
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|January 2012 #2||&nbsp; &nbsp;243.74(f)||7,646.69 ? ||319.90||Donation funds<sup>(g)</sup>||2,317.29 ?
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|colspan=6|Notes:<br/>(a) Donations via the Tides Foundation paid for all costs while Larry Sanger was Editor-in-Chief of Citizendium.<br/>
|colspan=5|&nbsp;<br/>
(b) Lower cost negotiated by Dan Nessett.<br/>
* As of April 2024, the monthly server cost is $103.95.  This will go up annually adjusted for cost-of-living increases.  The bank account balance currently stands at around $4100.
(c) Includes $51.60 additional cost for time spent moving Citizendium to new 3-server configuration.<br/>
* In March of 2022, there was a major hardware and software upgrade, and we paid for two servers through May. The old server cost $74.95/mo, and the newer one $99/mo.  This major upgrade was generously supported by free technical work by Sergei Chekanov.
(d) Further cost lowering for 3-server configuration negotiated by Dan Nessett.<br/>
* We were overcharged for about six months of server costs during 2022. '''This overpayment will be used in 2023 to pay for the first six months of server costs.'''
(e) See Larry Sanger's [[/Sanger notes|notes]] for details concerning Sept. 2011 through January 2012.<br/>
<br/>
(f) PayPal apparently charges approximately a 4.12% fee on donations made to the Citizendium account. The gross sum of donations during this period was actually $250.00.<br/>
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(g) Hayford Peirce replaces Larry Sanger as Treasurer in late January. Additional donations are collected but the previous balance of funds has not yet, as of January 31st, been transferred to Hayford's dedicated Citizendium account.
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Our fiscal months start and end on the 20th (until Sept. 2011, the 16th) of each month because that is when we pay server costs for the coming month.
== Regular donations appreciated ==
'''We would appreciate it if our members could make regular donations, starting with as little as $5 per month, as shown just below:


The MC is making every effort to find some university, or philanthropist or charitable non-profit organization to help us with free server facilities or with additional funds. However, we have had no success to date. It appears that we must continue to raise our own funds by donations.
:20 members pledging $5 per month ($60/year) would be enough to keep the servers running for a year, or
<br/>
:15 members pledging $6.77 per month ($81/year) would be enough to keep the servers running for a year, or
:10 members pledging $10 per month (100/year) would be enough to keep the servers running for a year'''


'''What we will urgently need is for a small number of our members to pledge  monthly donations ranging from $11 per month to $17 per month, as shown just below:
In Southern California, the cost of seeing a movie at the cinema is $15.  Please '''[[CZ:Donate|make your donations here]]'''.


:20 members pledging $17.00 per month would raise $340.00 (which would be $323 after deducting PayPal's fee, sufficient for hosting cost) or
== Archives ==
:25 members pledging $13.50 per month would raise $337.50 (which would be $320 after deducting PayPal's fee, sufficient for hosting cost) or
:30 members pledging $11.25 per month would raise $337.50 (which would be $320 after deducting PayPal's fee, sufficient for hosting cost)'''


In Southern California, the cost of seeing a movie at the cinema is $15.
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== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[CZ:Donate|Donate]]
*[[CZ:Donate|Donate]]

Latest revision as of 12:20, 17 March 2024

Current financial status

Financial history (see archives for details of prior years)
Year Donations
during year, $		 Expenses
during year, $		 Funds on hand
at years's end, $
2023   $1,713.39

$539.38 - server
$1,167.18 - system administration
$227.74 - domains and email

$1,934.30 - total expenses

 $2,981.68
2022   $3,433.66

$1,875.08 - server hosting (overpaid, see below)
$669.23 - programmer
$285.02 - software
$34.05 - temp domain name

$2,863.38 - total expenses

 $3202.59
2021    - -  $2707.26
2020    - -  $3247.85
 
  • As of April 2024, the monthly server cost is $103.95. This will go up annually adjusted for cost-of-living increases. The bank account balance currently stands at around $4100.
  • In March of 2022, there was a major hardware and software upgrade, and we paid for two servers through May. The old server cost $74.95/mo, and the newer one $99/mo. This major upgrade was generously supported by free technical work by Sergei Chekanov.
  • We were overcharged for about six months of server costs during 2022. This overpayment will be used in 2023 to pay for the first six months of server costs.


Regular donations appreciated

We would appreciate it if our members could make regular donations, starting with as little as $5 per month, as shown just below:

20 members pledging $5 per month ($60/year) would be enough to keep the servers running for a year, or
15 members pledging $6.77 per month ($81/year) would be enough to keep the servers running for a year, or
10 members pledging $10 per month (100/year) would be enough to keep the servers running for a year

In Southern California, the cost of seeing a movie at the cinema is $15. Please make your donations here.

Archives

Financial Report Archives
Archive 1, 6-26-2020: Financial_report/Archive1 (pre-2019)
Archive 2, 1-11-2021: Financial_report/Archive2 (2019-20)
Archive 3, 12-31-2022: Financial_report/Archive3 (2021-22 partial)

See also

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