Wikimedia Foundation/Annual Report/2016-2017

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Wikimedia Foundation 2016-2017 Annual Report
Knowledge belongs to all of us.

Wikimedia Foundation 2016-2017 Annual Report

Impact at a glance

Stories

• The future of Wikipedia
• The people behind free knowledge
• Creating healthy communities
• Improving access to knowledge
• Finding the missing knowledge
• Our support for communities

Financials

Leadership

Donors

Wikimedians gather in Berlin, Germany in March 2017

We are

• Billions of readers
• Millions of donors
• Thousands of volunteers

• Hundreds of affiliates and partners
• And you

Your impact in 2017

• You visited Wikipedia 15,000,000,000 times each month
• You made 6.1 million donations in support of free knowledge
• You increased Wikipedia by 5 million new articles

• You supported 119 Wikimedia chapters and user groups in more than 50 countries
• You learned from Wikipedia 6,000 times each second

Thank you!

“ Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. ” — the Wikimedia vision statement

Wikimedians gather in Esino Lario, Italy in June 2016

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“ The Wikimedia Foundation is incredibly cost-effective. Our annual budget is minuscule compared to a lot of very worthy causes, and our impact is absolutely enormous. ” — Jimmy W., Founder

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“ Wikipedia and its sister projects are not owned by anyone — they are owned by everyone. ” — Katherine M., Executive Director

The word Share is painted with a small flashlight in Esino Lario during Wikimania 2016.

9¢ is our cost to raise $1

In 2017, we received four stars from Charity Navigator — their highest rating.