Wikimedia, Wales and Wool
This entry was posted on 03-05-2008 and is filed under uncategorized.
"So I'm going to make one simple statement: Jimmy has never used Wikimedia money to subsidize his personal expenditures. Indeed, he has consistently put the Foundation's interests ahead of his own, and has erred on the side of personally paying for his own Wikimedia-related expenditures, rather than the reverse." Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner
She was responding to accusations by ex-Wikimedia Foundation employee Danny Wool. Then we have:
"This questionable use of Foundation funds stopped in 2006, largely because Jimbeau's credit card was taken away." -
Danny WoolOK, so we don't have perfection from Wales or Wikipedia. I do see the possibility of some un-reported income for taxpayer Wales though. If your employer pays for your personal expenses, that is generally taxable income. The next question might be, what were the auditors doing? The question after that would be, does this impact the Foundation's non-profit status? I'd have to assume that wouldn't be too big of a deal, since any amounts would be relatively insignificant.
