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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, a top-ten internet property.

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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.

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.

2008/2009 Annual Report

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2008/2009 Annual Report
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Wikimedia Foundation
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Latest press releases

Wikimedia Foundation announces $2 million grant from Google
Donation will support capacity investments in Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects. Read more (17 February 2010)

Telefónica and Wikimedia Foundation Partner to Advance Learning and Increase Access to Free Knowledge
Strategic partnership will improve access to Wikimedia educational and informational content in Latin America and Europe. Read more (1 February 2010)

Wikimedia Foundation Hires Danese Cooper as Chief Technical Officer
The Wikimedia Foundation today announced that it has hired open source evangelist and experienced technology manager Danese Cooper as CTO. Read more (28 January 2010)

Wikipedia Annual Fundraiser Goal Supported by Record Number of Donors
Over $8 Million USD Raised by 230,000 donors in Campaign to Protect Wikipedia. Read more (5 January 2010)

Wikimedia Foundation Appoints Craig Newmark to its Advisory Board
Craigslist.org founder to share customer service and public service experience in support of Wikipedia. Read more (13 November 2009)

Sixth Annual Campaign to Protect Wikipedia Kicks Off
Wikimedia Foundation invites readers, editors and contributors to show support and help raise over $7.5 million Read more (10 November 2009)

Wikimedia and comScore partner to improve understanding of the reach and impact of free knowledge on the Web
Wikimedia Foundation today announced an on-going partnership with comScore that will help expand the Foundation’s awareness of global Web audience trends and demographics, particularly for top ten projects like Wikipedia. Read more (3 November 2009)

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)


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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
Privacy policy: If you browse the Wikimedia project websites, we gather no more information than is typically collected in server logs. If you contribute to the Wikimedia projects, you are publishing every word you post publicly. You should assume that anything you write will be retained forever. This includes articles, user pages, talk pages and other pages on the websites. See the official policy for full details.

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