It’s hard to place blame or hold anyone accountable when you have no idea who that person is or what project or group they belong to.

You hit the nail on the head. I don't quite see why you should have to apologise for their lack of transparency. If the wordpress foundation doesn't want to take the blame for things it hasn't done, perhaps it should be a little clearer about what its remit actually is, because right now its (admittedly dusty) website is still full of stuff about funding wordcamps. You can see how people might get confused by that.