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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.

Wikimedia Blog[edit]

Read about the latest news and views from the Wikimedia Foundation.

Consider the need for archives due to the damage caused by the Noto earthquake, Japan: Originally pushed on 9 April, 2024 On 1 January 2024, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake, the Noto earthquake, occurred with its epicenter off the Noto Peninsula...; Araisyohei 2024-06-12 18:31:12
AI for the people: How machines can help humans improve Wikipedia: Sharing Wikipedia’s 20+ years of experience and lessons learned with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). The rapid development, distribution, and adoption of artificial...; Stan Adams 2024-06-12 10:59:47
What you need to know about mass surveillance under Section 702—and why it needs to be reformed: Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) allows United States (US) intelligence agencies to monitor foreign communications without a warrant, raising serious privacy...; Stan Adams 2024-06-12 10:59:33
Progress on the plan: How the Wikimedia Foundation has advanced on its 2023-2024 Annual Plan goals – Part 3: As discussed in the January 2024 post about our progress on the 2023-2024 Annual Plan goals, we have centered this year’s goals around our Product...; Wikimedia Foundation 2024-06-12 07:01:00
Progress on the plan: How the Wikimedia Foundation has advanced on its 2023-2024 Annual Plan goals – Part 2: As discussed in the January 2024 post about our progress on the 2023-2024 Annual Plan goals, we have centered this year’s goals around our Product...; Wikimedia Foundation 2024-06-12 07:00:00
Designing the typography of Wikipedia: New typography options making Wikipedia easier to read are now available for readers in more than 300 language versions of the online encyclopedia. These options...; JScherer-WMF 2024-06-11 17:06:04

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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Wikimedia Foundation
Annual Report

Inside Wikimedia[edit]

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Latest press releases[edit]

See 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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