Ask HN: Where exactly does wikimedia spend $28M+ this year?

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15 years ago

I was looking at wikimedia's projected spending for current financial year and was quite surprised to see it is $28.3 Million. I have uploaded a screenshot here:

http://i.imgur.com/WvBlY.png

Original here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/3/37/2011-12_Wikimedia_Foundation_Plan_FINAL_FOR_WEBSITE_.pdf

I understand the server/bandwidth cost, but thats quite low as compared to the total spending for the year. I can't find any details on each type of spending... e.g. $13.3 Mil on employee wages alone, how many employees? What salaries?

I trust HN that somebody here would know better. Can somebody help me understand what are the expenses, considering its a non-profit org after all?

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