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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, one of the 10 most visited websites in the world.

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The Foundation mostly relies on support from individuals. Please consider making a donation today, be it time, money or hardware. 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 has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. 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.

Did you know?

Did you know Wikimedia Commons is a multimedia repository which hosts over 2,000,000 multimedia files?

Wikimedia volunteer Brianna Laugher introduces Wikimedia Commons to you:

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons.

Founded just three years ago as a way to avoid uploading the same image to 200 different wikis, Wikimedia Commons began as a central media repository, making life more convenient for Wikimedia editors. Since then it has grown rapidly into a multilingual community of photographers, illustrators, scanners, audio editors, translators, organisers and annotators.

Corporate details

The Wikimedia Board of Trustees is the ultimate corporate authority in the Wikimedia Foundation Inc., and has the power to direct the activities of the Foundation. The Foundation bylaws may be seen at Wikimedia Foundation bylaws. Other policies set by the Board may be seen at policies.

The Foundation manages the budget, which pays primarily for computer equipment and hosting. Other costs include human resources necessary to the running of the Wikimedia projects, though most people are volunteers. This site includes a list of notes from Board meetings .

The latest Board decisions may be found at resolutions.

Latest news

Wikimedia Foundation Begins Search for New Treasurer
The Foundation is looking for a new treasurer to serve on its Board of Trustees. Details (24 Oct. 07)

Wikimedia Foundation Opens Positions
Due to its move to San Francisco, CA, the Wikimedia Foundation is opening several positions. Apply now (15 Oct. 07)

Wikimedia Foundation to Relocate to San Francisco
The Wikimedia Foundation will be relocating its headquarters from St. Petersburg, FL to San Francisco, CA. The move will take place this winter. Read more (9 Oct. 07)

Wikipedia Reaches 2 Million Articles
On September 9, 2007, at 8:21 UTC, the English-language Wikipedia published its two millionth article with the entry "El Hormiguero," about the popular Spanish TV show of the same name. The article was created by registered Wikipedia contributor Zzxc. Read More

2007 Fundraising planning begins
As announced at Wikimania, the Foundation plans to launch our 2007 fundraiser this fall. Read more (22 August 07)

Wikimania 2008 bidding open
The formal bidding has begun today for Wikimania 2008 host city. Bids can be placed on Bids. The candidate city selection jury has been announced, the names can be found here: Jury. (20 August 07)

First Wikimania in Asia a success
As we make our way back home from the hangover and euphoria of Wikimania 2007, I can only imagine the exhaustion but sense of accomplishment of the Wikimania conference team. Congratulations to all the planners for showing us an amazing time. But I wanted to specifically praise the superb Read more...

Finances
During June 2007, the board approved a new audit charter. During July 2007, Sue Gardner, consultant and special advisor of the board, was added to the audit committee by Florence Devouard, chair of the board.
The Foundation's fiscal year end is June 30, which means that it's the time of year where we begin the audit process. In the prior year, the Foundation engaged the firm Gregory Sharer & Stuart. Read more...

New Consultant and Special Advisor to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees
The Wikimedia Foundation is delighted to announce it has engaged digital media executive Sue Gardner as a consultant and special advisor to the board. Gardner is a nonprofit internet executive who was most recently head of CBC.CA, the website of Canada’s national public broadcaster and that country’s largest and most popular news site. Read more...

See also current events for more information.

Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation (read more...)

Wikipedia Free encyclopedia	Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus	Wikinews Free content news source
Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals	Wikiquote Collection of quotations	Wikisource Free source documents
Wikiversity Free learning tools	Wikispecies Directory of species	Commons Shared media repository

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