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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 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>


==Financial Report==
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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>


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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|2021||&nbsp; &nbsp;-||- ||&nbsp;$2707.26


{| class = "wikitable" style="border: 3px solid gray;"
|+ Financial history as of June 19, 2011
! 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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| November 2010 ||2,776.09||2,776.09||709.85||Tides Foundation<sup>(a)</sup>||2,776.09
|2020||&nbsp; &nbsp;-||- ||&nbsp;$3247.85
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| December 2010 ||&nbsp; 934.33||3,710.42||&nbsp; 559.85<sup>(b)</sup>||Donation funds||3,150.57
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| January 2011 ||&nbsp; 101.55||3,811.97||&nbsp; 611.45<sup>(c)</sup>||Donation funds||2,640.67
* 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.
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* 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.
| February 2011 ||&nbsp; &nbsp;48.41||3,860.38||&nbsp; 319.90<sup>(d)</sup>||Donation funds||2,369.18
* 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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| March 2011 ||&nbsp; &nbsp;42.89||3,903.27||319.90||Donation funds||2,092.17
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| April 2011 ||&nbsp; &nbsp;134.88||4,038.15 ||319.90||Donation funds||1,907.15
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| May 2011 ||&nbsp; &nbsp;72.22||4,110.37 ||319.90||Donation funds||1,659.47
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| June 2011 ||&nbsp; &nbsp;33.68||4,144.05 ||319.90||Donation funds||1,373.25
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| July 2011 ||&nbsp; &nbsp;96.80||4,240.85 ||319.90||Donation funds||1,150.15
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|colspan=6|Notes:<br/>(a) The Tide Foundation paid all costs while Larry Sanger retained control of Citizendium.<br/>(b) Lower cost negotiated by Dan Nessett.<br/>(c) Includes $51.60 additional cost for time spent moving Citizendium to new 3-server configuration.<br/>(d) Further cost lowering for 3-server configuration negotiated by Dan Nessett.
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Our fiscal months start and end on the 16th of each month because that is when we pay server costs for the coming month. As shown in the table above, our current remaining funds amount to $1,053.35 which will be adjusted if and when further donations are received during the current 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:


Since the current monthly cost for hosting our servers is $319.90, our current funds are sufficient to last us 3.6  months beyond July 16, 2011.
: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'''


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.  
In Southern California, the cost of seeing a movie at the cinema is $15. Please '''[[CZ:Donate|make your donations here]]'''.
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'''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:
== Archives ==


: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
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: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
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:30 members pledging $11.25 per month would raise $337.50 (which would be $320 after deducting PayPal's fee, sufficient for hosting cost)'''
| style="text-align: center;" | '''<big>[[Financial Report Archives]]</big>'''
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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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In Southern California, the cost of seeing a movie at the cinema is $15.
== 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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