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Brin Wojcicki Foundation Announces $500,000 Grant to Wikimedia (November 18, 2011)
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Wikipedia’s Contributors and Authors at the Center of Wikimedia’s Eighth Annual Fundraiser (November 16, 2011)
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Indigo Trust awards Wikimedia a Grant for Mobile Improvements (October 14, 2011)
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