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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, the fourth most visited website in the world.

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The Wikimedia Foundation relies heavily on the generous support from our users. 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 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.

Did you know?

Did you know Wikimedia Commons is a multimedia repository which hosts over 5,000,000 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.

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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 minutes from Board meetings.

The latest Board decisions may be found at resolutions.

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Latest press releases

Wikimedia Foundation receives $500,000 in operational support from Hewlett Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation has received a $500,000 grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to expand its work bringing free educational content to everyone on the planet. Read more (20 August 2009)

¡Viva Wikimanía! ¡Buenos Aires los espera! / Buenos Aires awaits you!
Media registration is now open for Wikimania 2009 in Buenos Aires. Read more (20 July 2009)

NIH and Wikimedia Foundation Collaborate to Improve Online Health Information
Organizations are joining forces to make health and science information more accessible and reliable. Read more (14 July 2009)

Ford Foundation Grant to support Wikimedia Commons
$300,000 will empower individuals around the world to share educational photos, illustrations, videos, and sound. Read more (1 July 2009)

Wikimedia Selects Green Data Center EvoSwitch as Internet HUB for Europe
Evoswitch generously supports reach and access to the Wikimedia projects by providing data center space. Read more (22 June 2009)

Wikimedia Foundation announces important licensing change for Wikipedia and its sister projects
Adoption of Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License will support greater interoperability and re-usability of Wikimedia content. The current GNU Free Documentation License will continue to be supported. Read more (21 May 2009)

Orange forms world’s first mobile and internet partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation
Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation announced a wide-ranging strategic partnership designed to mutually benefit each organization’s users by extending the way people can access free knowledge. Read more (22 April 2009)

Roger McNamee to Become Wikimedia Advisor
Media and entertainment investment pioneer joins non-profit's Advisory Board. Read more (13 January 2009)

Wikipedia fundraising campaign surpasses $6 million USD goal
Over 125,000 donors worldwide show their support for the non-profit encyclopedia. Read more (2 January 2009)


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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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