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A table of Wikimedia Foundation salaries based on the public Form 990s , for easy comparison over the years. The amounts reported are for calendar year, not fiscal year.[ 1] United States dollars and base salaries only, excluding "other compensation", which can add as much as $30,000 or more.)
A table of "Salaries and wages" totals from the WMF financial statements , broken down according to different categories. Trend:
The WMF's "Salaries and wages" total more than doubled over the four most recent years for which statements are available, from $33,731,089 in 2016/2017 to $67,857,676 in 2020/2021.
Year
Sue Gardner (ED/advisor)
Lila Tretikov (ED)
Katherine Maher (ED)
2006
2007
75,000[ 2]
2008
168,700
2009
222,550
2010
196,878
2011
201,678
2012
202,095
2013
201,685
2014
301,341[ 2] [ 3]
308,149[ 2]
2015
344,336
2016
390,273[ 2] [ 4]
307,141
2017
358,871
2018
374,658
2019
387,770
2020
406,339
2021
789,495[ 5] [ 6]
Year
Katherine Maher (CCO)
Heather Walls (CCO)
2015
166,353
2016
2017
2018
204,204
2019
212,528
2020
257,361
2021
343,996[ 7] [ 8]
Year
Bradford Patrick (GC, int-ED)
Mike Godwin (GC)
Geoff Brigham (GC)
Kelly Kay (DGC)
Stephen LaPorte (SLC)
Eileen Hershenov (GC)
Anthony Sebro (DGC)
Amanda Keton (GC+Sec)
2006
118,500
2007
40,625[ 2]
56,667[ 2]
2008
120,450
2009
124,184
2010
140,122
2011
153,456
2012
188,551
153,074
2013
199,470
2014
228,114
2015
258,972
2016
157,195[ 2]
134,541[ 2]
0[ 2]
2017
186,176
2018
281,743[ 2]
204,291[ 2]
2019
212,977
77,054[ 9]
2020
220,393
315,364
2021
396,514
Year
Veronique Kessler (CFO)
Garfield Byrd (CFA)
Jaime Villagomez (CFO)
Anthony Le (Controller)
2008
105,527
2009
124,574
2010
135,194
2011
166,832
58,956[ 2]
2012
155,625
2013
165,336
2014
177,154
2015
161,063[ 2]
2016
237,665
2017
264,341
172,292
2018
275,495
183,252
2019
289,356
191,603
2020
308,943
2021
386,433
Year
Cyn Skyberg (CTCO)
Gayle Young (CTCO)
Joady Lohr (CTCO)
Robyn Arville (CTCO)
Joanna McQuade/
Anna Stillwell (CDA)
2011
145,346
2012
163,127
2013
174,550
2014
183,486
2015
183,725[ 2] [ 10]
2016
178,934
2017
190,856
193,970
2018
205,256
2019
202,482[ 11]
2020
278,335
2021
368,800[ 12]
Year
Erik Moeller (DD/VPP)
Tomasz Finc (PD)
Terry Chay (DFE)
Toby Negrin (DE/SDE/CPO[ 13] Margaret Novotny (SDD)
Denny Vrandečić (HSP)
Carol Dunn (VPPM)
2010
125,719
103,598
2011
140,354
2012
155,095
2013
167,439
164,605
2014
192,140
153,699
2015
302,046[ 2] [ 14]
177,720
2016
192,018
2017
214,504
2018
228,023
2019
237,992
193,557
2020
290,056
220,573
2021
389,948[ 15] [ 16]
242,379
299,940
241,438
Year
Danese Cooper (CTO)
Victoria Coleman (CTO)
Grant Ingersoll (CTO)
CT Woo (DTO)
Erika Bjune (int-CTO/VPE[ 17] Rob Lanphier (DPE/DE)
Trevor Parscal (DOE)
Brion Vibber (KE)
Stanislav Malyshev (SSE)
Damon Sicore (VPE)
Weston Moran (VPE)
Dario Taraborelli (Eng. D)
Tajh Taylor (VPE)
2007
62,473
2008
2009
2010
153,578
2011
2012
146,202
2013
159,644
144,845
2014
153,469
2015
180,499
281,766[ 2] [ 18]
2016
245,433[ 2] [ 19]
183,146
221,576
2017
256,399
193,176[ 2] [ 20]
184,277
2018
268,132[ 21]
186,579
183,940[ 22]
2019
184,729[ 23]
2020
319,337
220,049
2021
214,935[ 24]
254,678
Year
Carolyn Doran (COO)
Terence Gilbey (COO)
Janeen Uzzell (COO)
Lynette Logan (Dir of Admin)
2006
45,914
2007
34,500[ 2]
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
250,231[ 2] [ 25]
2016
2017
2018
2019
282,752
2020
314,718
2021
503,844[ 26] [ 27]
242,889[ 28] [ 29]
Year
Zack Exley (CCO)
Lisa Seitz-Gruwell (CRO/CAO[ 30]
2010
120,500
2011
186,177
2012
184,261
2013
2014
2015
168,067
2016
209,706
2017
216,556
2018
229,170
2019
252,117
2020
281,713
2021
368,301
Year
Barry Newstead (CGDO)
Sheree Chang (VPSP)
2011
184,510
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
184,540
2017
2018
2019
2020
Year
Luis Villa (SDCE)
Angela Reid (CCE/VPCRS[ 31]
Valerie D'Costa (CCE)
2014
152,202
2015
2016
2017
156,101
2018
163,037
2019
273,080[ 32] [ 33]
2020
221,945
Title abbreviations and notes:
CAO: Chief Advancement Officer
CCE: Chief of Community Engagement
CCO: Chief Community Officer
CDA: Chargée d'affaires
CFO: Chief Financial Officer
CGDO: Chief Global Development Officer
COO: Chief Operating Officer
CPO: Chief Product Officer
CRO: Chief Revenue Officer
CTCO: Chief Talent and Culture Officer
CTO: Chief Technology Officer
DD: Deputy Director
DE: Director of Engineering
DFE: Director of Features Engineering
DOE: Director of Engineering
DPE: Director of Platform Engineering
DTO: Director of Technical Operations
DGC: Deputy General Counsel
ED: Executive Director
Eng. D: Engineering Director
GC: General Counsel
KE: Key Employee (note: this is a legal term with a specific meaning in this context; for more information see https://www.nonprofitaccountingbasics.org/form-990-core-form/definition-key-employee )
PD: Project Director
SDCE: Senior Director of Community Engagement
SDD: Senior Director of Design
SDE: Senior Director of Engineering
Sec: Secretary
SLC: Senior Legal Counsel
SSE: Senior Software Engineer
VPCRS: Vice President of Community Resilience & Sustainability
VPE: Vice President of Engineering
VPSP: Vice President of Strategic Partnerships
int-: Interim
Year
Total
Programs
General and administrative
Fundraising
2004-05
16,930
16,043
-
887
2005-06
107,122
67,974
25,895
13,253
2006-07
415,006
242,635
117,659
54,712
2007-08
1,147,679
575,956
479,078
92,645
2008-09
2,257,621
1,189,115
481,643
586,863
2009-10
3,508,336
2,378,652
531,616
598,068
2010-11
7,312,120
4,860,808
1,618,534
832,778
2011-12
11,749,500
8,021,895
2,407,832
1,319,773
2012-13
15,983,542
11,744,168
2,700,060
1,539,314
2013-14
19,979,908
15,026,534
3,516,451
1,436,923
2014-15
26,049,224
19,893,528
4,272,568
1,883,128
2015-16
31,713,961
24,189,343
4,917,307
2,607,311
2016-17
33,731,089
25,873,873
5,058,508
2,798,708
2017-18
38,597,407
29,415,088
5,785,743
3,396,576
2018-19
46,146,897
36,125,042
6,278,186
3,743,669
2019-20
55,634,912
42,155,739
8,722,777
4,756,396
2020-21
67,857,676
52,020,082
9,732,820
6,104,774
2021-22
88,111,412
69,371,450
11,531,675
7,208,287
↑ Wikimedia Foundation 2015 Form 990, Part VII : "Report compensation for the calendar year ending with or within the organization's tax year."↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Partial year.
↑ A detailed breakdown of Sue's salary was provided on wikimedia-l .
↑ Includes $262,500 in severance
↑ Through April 2021
↑ Includes $623,286 in severance
↑ Though July 2021
↑ Includes $153,612 in severance
↑ From September 2019
↑ Includes $98,446 in severance
↑ Director, Human Resources
↑ Through April 2022
↑ DE in 2014-15, SDE in 2016, CPO in 2019-21
↑ Includes $208,306 in severance
↑ Through November 2021
↑ Includes $70,920 in severance
↑ int. CTO in 2019-20, VPE in 2020-21
↑ Includes $100,000 in severance
↑ Includes $101,116 in severance
↑ Includes $64,127 in severance
↑ Through February 2019
↑ Through March 2019
↑ From July 2019
↑ Through August 2021
↑ Includes $80,000 in severance
↑ Through June 2021
↑ Includes $324,748 in severance
↑ Through October 2021
↑ Includes $74,645 in severance
↑ CAO in 2019-21
↑ VPCRS from July 2021
↑ Includes $83,819 in severance
↑ Through November 2019
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