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== '''Please donate to Citizendium''' ==
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We are in continuing 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.
== Current financial status ==


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At this time, your contributions will ''not'' be income tax deductible because we are not as yet registered as a non-profit organization.
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|2023||&nbsp; <big>'''$1,713.39'''</big>||
$539.38 - server<br />
$1,167.18 - system administration<br />
$227.74 - domains and email<br />
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<big>'''$1,934.30'''</big> - total expenses
||&nbsp;<big>'''$2,981.68'''</big>


==Our current total==
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Our total donations now amount to '''$3,903''' .... keep them coming!! We still need help (see [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,3600.0.html '''Message to the Citizendium Community'''] ). Our current funds, after paying for hosting services, are $2,092.
|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>
 
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|2021||&nbsp; &nbsp;-||- ||&nbsp;$2707.26
 
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|2020||&nbsp; &nbsp;-||- ||&nbsp;$3247.85
 
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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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== 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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