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About us
The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, a top-ten Internet property.
Our blog
- Our latest annual report: the way the world tells its story by Jay Walsh (December 17, 2011)
- Localisation team sprint 5 update by GerardM (December 15, 2011)
- How SOPA will hurt the free web and Wikipedia by Geoff (December 14, 2011)
- Help test the first visual editor developer prototype by Howie Fung (December 13, 2011)
- Localisation team updates going live, December 12 2011 by GerardM (December 12, 2011)
- Indian Language Wikipedia Statistics – October 2011 by Shiju Alex (December 12, 2011)
Latest news
Brin Wojcicki Foundation Announces $500,000 Grant to Wikimedia
The Brin Wojcicki Foundation has also funded such organizations as the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Read more (18 Nov 2011)
Wikipedia’s Contributors and Authors at the Center of Wikimedia’s Eighth Annual Fundraiser
The annual fundraiser brings in critical revenue so that Wikipedia and its sister projects can remain freely available to people around the world. Funds raised in this campaign by Wikimedia and its regional chapters will be used to maintain Wikimedia’s server infrastructure and improve software, expand global reach, and provide direct support to a global volunteer community. The Foundation's total 2011-12 planned spending is $28.3 million USD. Read more (16 Nov 2011)
Indigo Trust awards Wikimedia a Grant for Mobile Improvements
Funds will go toward upgrading Wikimedia’s mobile platform, which will enable Wikimedia to better reach the millions of people in the developing world and low-income communities everywhere. Read more (14 Oct 2011)
See current events for more information.
Reports
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment.
And we need your help. Please support the Wikimedia Foundation by donating today.
2010–11 Annual Report
Read our 2010–11 Annual Report.
2011–12 Annual Plan
Read our 2011–12 Annual financial plan, which also includes strategic targets, activities, and staffing overview.
Support us
The Wikimedia Foundation relies heavily on the generous support from our users. Please consider making a donation today, be it time or money. The benefactors page is dedicated to some of the companies and individuals helping to sustain the Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia Foundation does not necessarily endorse the activities of its Corporate Benefactors.
The Wikimedia Foundation is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States, and donations from US citizens are tax deductible. Donations made by citizens of other countries may also be tax deductible. Please see deductibility of donations for details. Please see our fundraising page for details of making donations via PayPal, MoneyBookers, postal mail or direct deposit. For all other types of donations, please contact us.
Wikimedia Strategic Plan
- Stabilize infrastructure
- Increase participation
- Improve quality
- Increase reach
- Encourage innovation
- Increase the total number of people served to 1 billion
- Increase the number of Wikipedia articles we offer to 50 million
- Ensure information is high quality by increasing the percentage of material reviewed to be of high or very high quality by 25 percent
- Encourage readers to become contributors by increasing the number of total editors who make at least 5 edits per month to 200,000
- Support healthy diversity in the editing community by doubling the percentage of female editors to 25 percent and increase the percentage of Global South editors to 37 percent
Transparency
The Wikimedia Foundation is proud to be one of the most transparent non-profit organizations in the world. For updates about our program activities and our Annual Report, see the other links on this page. Additionally, we provide the following information:
- Core financial information. On the financial reports page, you will find audited financial statements, detailed financial plans, and our form 990.
- Board meeting minutes and outcomes. The Wikimedia Board of Trustees is the ultimate corporate authority in the Wikimedia Foundation. On the meetings and resolutions pages, you will find information about its decisions.
- Policies and procedures. Beyond key policies like the Privacy Policy, Donor Privacy Policy and Trademark Policy, we publish all other key policies and procedures governing Wikimedia operations.
Wikimedia Foundation staff regularly participate in open office hours on IRC (an online chat system). Our fundraising work is public and community-driven as well. If you'd like to jump right in, visit the community fundraising landing page.