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Z. Blace On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 10:33 PM Jaime Villagomez <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I’m writing to let you know that the Wikimedia Foundation’s audit report > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/financial-reports/> (audited > financial statements) are now available for the fiscal year ending 30 June > 2024. The audit report for the Wikimedia Endowment > <https://wikimediaendowment.org/#reports>’s inaugural audit is also > available for the same timeframe–as the Wikimedia Endowment became a > standalone 501(c)(3) in fiscal year 2023-2024, it will now have its own > audit report going forward. The Wikimedia Enterprise financial report > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/11/07/wikimedia-enterprise-financial-report-fiscal-year-2023-2024/> > for the same period is also available today. > > The audit report is one of many financial reports we release every year. > It contains statements about an organization’s financial position and > activities; those statements are audited by a third party (in our case, > KPMG) for accuracy. > > KPMG issued their opinions that both the Wikimedia Foundation’s and the > Wikimedia Endowment’s financial statements for FY 2023-2024 are presented > accurately. This marks the 19th consecutive year of clean audits for the > Wikimedia Foundation since the Foundation’s first audit in 2006 and the > first year of clean audits for the new Wikimedia Endowment entity. > > We have also shared key highlights from the reports on Diff > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/11/07/highlights-from-the-fiscal-year-2023-2024-wikimedia-foundation-and-wikimedia-endowment-audit-reports/> > along with frequently asked questions (FAQs) on Meta-Wiki for the > Foundation > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_reports/Financial/Audits/2023-2024_-_frequently_asked_questions> > and for the Endowment > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment_reports/Financial/Audits/2023-2024_-_frequently_asked_questions> > to help give a sense of what the numbers mean. > > For those who are interested in diving deeper into the financials for > Wikimedia Enterprise, we have also published the third annual financial > report for Enterprise on Diff > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/11/07/wikimedia-enterprise-financial-report-fiscal-year-2023-2024/>. > The principal information is already included in the Foundation’s audit > report, but this extra documentation is consistent with our commitment to > ensure that this commercial revenue is also detailed separately – for > maximum transparency. > > If you have any questions, please contact me via email, or ask a question > directly on the talk pages for the Foundation > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_reports/Financial/Audits/2023-2024_-_frequently_asked_questions&action=edit&redlink=1> > and the Endowment > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikimedia_Endowment_reports/Financial/Audits/2023-2024_-_frequently_asked_questions&action=edit&redlink=1> > . > > Best regards, > > Jaime > > > Jaime Villagomez > > Chief Financial Officer > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate. > <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/RJLXDAUBFVROSEJHZ4I3XHWZU2LJV3DC/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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