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A significant amount of their donations came in during 2021 and 2022.

That episode of the Daily Show was around April 2021. So, their funds were much smaller then.

From the article: “In 2021, the appeals raised a total of $162 million, a 50% year-on-year increase.”

>>Michae+(OP)
They were rich way before that. You can find older articles about it.

>>Michae+(OP)
Back in 2015, the Washington Post published an article titled "Wikipedia has a ton of money. So why is it begging you to donate yours?":

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12...

At the time they had reported net assets in excess of $77 million. Even by mid-2020, that had increased to $180 million.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation#Financial...

The Wikimedia Foundation had an 8-figure surplus in 9 of the last 10 years. The only exception was 2013/2014, where the surplus was "only" $8.3M. That was their "worst year" in the last ten years. The Wikimedia Foundation has beaten its own annual revenue record every year of its existence.