Finances 2017
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V.

Balance sheet — Assets

31.12.2017 31.12.2016 31.12.2015
Fixed assets
Intangible assets 66,929 € 24,460 € 1,789 €
Tangible assets 338,408 € 222,560 € 174,976 €
Investments 25,655 € 25,655 € 25,655 €
Current assets
Claims for forwarded funds 1,667,383 € 1,581,856 € 3,040,732 €
Accounts receivable 67,435 € 64,567 € 101,241 €
Other assets 180,326 € 97,152 € 219,790 €
Securities 104,198 € 107,164 € 265,665 €
Cash and bank deposits 3,453,485 € 2,552,120 € 1,263,264 €
 
Deferred items 55,459 € 48,322 € 28,548 €
 
Balance sheet total 5,959,277 € 4,723,856 € 5,121,660 €

Balance sheet — Liabilities

31.12.2017 31.12.2016 31.12.2015
Unused donations 4,968,500 € 4,349,061 € 4,238,145 €
of which fiscal reserves according to §62 of the Fiscal Code 4,968,500 € 605,246 € 605,246 €
 
Accrued liabilities
Tax accruals 54 € 198 € 187 €
Other accruals 222,110 € 143,626 € 149,257 €
 
Accounts payable
Payments received 280,206 € 0 € 0 €
From trade payables and other accounts payable 289,630 € 111,057 € 195,969 €
Other accounts payable 198,777 € 99,701 € 517,889 €
 
Deferred items 0 € 20,213 € 20,213 €
 
Balance sheet total 5,959,277 € 4,723,856 € 5,121,660 €

Profit and loss statement

31.12.2017 31.12.2016 31.12.2015
Donation revenue 2,339,176 € 3,218,133 € 3,530,014 €
Membership fees 2,542,663 € 1,632,360 € 1,196,638 €
Other income 1,891,880 € 265,760 € 443,686 €
Other operational income 34,044 € 61,096 € 195,256 €
Income from others investments and other interest 2,367 € 360 € 7,411 €
Total revenue 6,810,129 € 5,177,709 € 5,373,004 €
 
Personnel expenditures -3,510,509 € -3,095,159 € -2,916,042 €
Depreciation -115,931 € -78,572 € -50,584 €
Other operational expenditures -3,183,689 € -2,003,978 € -1,923,667 €
Total expenses from ordinary business activity -6,810,129 € -5,177,709 € -4,890,293 €
 
Taxes on income and earnings 0 € 0 € -4,099 €
 
Annual surplus 0 € 0 € 478,612 €
Allocation to reserves 0 € 0 € -478,612 €
 
Net profit 0 € 0 € 0 €

Use of funds

Mittelverwendung Diagramm 2017
2017
26%
74%
Indirect project expenditures 1,745,439 €
Direct project expenditures 5,064,690 €
Total 6,810,129 €
Mittelverwendung Diagramm 2016
2016
22%
78%
Indirect project expenditures 1,116,153 €
Direct project expenditures 4,061,556 €
Total 5,177,708 €
Mittelverwendung Diagramm 2015
2015
22%
78%
Indirect project expenditures 1,058,727 €
Direct project expenditures 3,835,666 €
Total 4,894,393 €
31.12.2017
Topic 1: Attract and retain new volunteers for Wikimedia projets 230,119 €
Topic 2: Support Wikimedia project volunteers 1,189,857 €
Topic 3: Expand Wikidata and further develop MediaWiki 1,848,354 €
Topic 4: Strengthen political and legal work efforts aimed at promoting Free Knowledge 523,731 €
Topic 5: Work together with the communities to get content released through collaborations with institutions 490,186 €
Programme support functions (e.g. communication, event management, etc.) 782,443 €
Indirect project expenditures (rent, personnel, accounting, IT, etc.) 1,745,439 €
 
Total 6,810,129 €
More information about our 2017 areas of focus
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