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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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Support usThe 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 5,520,000 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 detailsThe 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. |
Inside WikimediaAnnual ReportLatest press releasesWikimedia Foundation Appoints Craig Newmark to its Advisory Board Sixth Annual Campaign to Protect Wikipedia Kicks Off Wikimedia and comScore partner to improve understanding of the reach and impact of free knowledge on the Web Wikimedia Foundation receives $500,000 in operational support from Hewlett Foundation ¡Viva Wikimanía! ¡Buenos Aires los espera! / Buenos Aires awaits you! NIH and Wikimedia Foundation Collaborate to Improve Online Health Information Ford Foundation Grant to support Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Selects Green Data Center EvoSwitch as Internet HUB for Europe Wikimedia Foundation announces important licensing change for Wikipedia and its sister projects Orange forms world’s first mobile and internet partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation Roger McNamee to Become Wikimedia Advisor Wikipedia fundraising campaign surpasses $6 million USD goal
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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 |