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== '''Please donate to Citizendium''' ==
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== Current financial status ==


We are in urgent need of funds to pay for hosting our servers. We have set up a [https://www.paypal.com PayPal] account to receive and accumulate your donations. The account was seeded on November 10, 2010, with $203 donated by members of the [[CZ:Management Council|Management Council]]. '''Please join them with your donations'''.  You do not need a PayPal account — credit cards are accepted.
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|2023||&nbsp; <big>'''$1,713.39'''</big>||
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$539.38 - server<br />
default [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=citizendium%40ymail%2ecom&lc=US&item_name=Citizendium&no_note=0&currency_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHostedGuest Donate to Citizendium]
$1,167.18 - system administration<br />
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$227.74 - domains and email<br />
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<big>'''$1,934.30'''</big> - total expenses
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||&nbsp;<big>'''$2,981.68'''</big>


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|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 />
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<big>'''$2,863.38'''</big> - total expenses
||&nbsp;<big>'''$3202.59'''</big>


For the moment, your contributions will ''not'' be income tax deductible because we are not (yet) registered as a non-profit organization.
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|2021||&nbsp; &nbsp;-||- ||&nbsp;$2707.26


==Our current total==
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|2020||&nbsp; &nbsp;-||- ||&nbsp;$3247.85


Our total donations now amount to $'''2425''' .... keep them coming!! We still need much more help (see [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,3600.0.html '''Message to the Citizendium Community'''] ).
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* 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.'''
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We have now had 29 donations which includes 2 from non-Citizens and 2 donations from 2 Citizens. Thus, we have had donations from 25 Citizens plus 2 non-Citizens. The individual donations range from less than $5 to more than $500.
== 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 '''[[CZ:Donate|make your donations here]]'''.
 
== Archives ==
 
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| style="padding: 0.25em;"|'''Archive 1, 6-26-2020:''' [[Financial_report/Archive1]] ''(pre-2019)''
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| style="padding: 0.25em;"|'''Archive 2, 1-11-2021:''' [[Financial_report/Archive2]] ''(2019-20)''
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| style="padding: 0.25em;"|'''Archive 3, 12-31-2022:''' [[Financial_report/Archive3]] ''(2021-22 partial)''
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== See also ==
*[[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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