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I noticed that transfer companies usually charge fixed amount for each transaction, so donating $1 can easily incur 30%+ fee.
So I would like to find a rule of thumb to minimize the fees yet cover all projects I like

Any tips?

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[–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 34 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Wikipedia is a very profitable company. They don't need as many donations as the make it seem.

[–] hstde@lemmy.fmhy.ml 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Despite that, I have and will donate to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia foundation, because they host knowledge and quite a lot of pictures. And I love it.

[–] Stochastic@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SalaTris@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Also the Internet Archive? I always wish they crawled more of the web than they did in years past.

Salaries for key people aren’t out of this world given their scale and highest paid person taking a pay cut is a good sign: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/943242767

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