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Wikimedia Foundation

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (WMF) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, and registered there as a charitable foundation. The foundation is most known for being the host of Wikipedia, one of the most visited websites in the world. It also hosts fourteen related open collaboration projects, and supports the development of MediaWiki, the wiki software which underpins them all. The foundation was established in 2003 in St. Petersburg, Florida by Jimmy Wales, as a non-profit way to fund Wikipedia and other wiki projects which had previously been hosted by Bomis, Wales' for-profit company.

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The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (WMF) is an American nonprofit and charitable organization established in 2003. Its headquarters are located in San Francisco, and it operates as a 501(c)(3) organization. The entity is part of the Wikimedia movement and is governed by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

Jimmy Wales founded the organization, which has approximately 700 employees. Board members include Dariusz Jemielniak, Raju Narisetti, Jimmy Wales, and James Heilman. The foundation’s primary source of income is donations, with sponsors including the Open Society Foundations, Vinod Khosla, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Ford Foundation.

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Vinony files it under 2003 establishments in Florida, 501(c)(3) organizations and Charities based in California.

Its subject is documented across 182 Wikipedia language editions.

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Type: Funder, Nonprofit
Founded: 2003
Location: San Francisco, United States
Also known as: WMF, Wikimedia
Status: Active

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: charitable organization
Part of: Wikimedia movement
Named after: Wikimedia movement
Official name: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Notable work: Wikidata
Field of work: Wiki
Country: United States
Founded by: Jimmy Wales
Headquarters: San Francisco
CEO: Bernadette Meehan
Employees: 700
Revenue: 185418243
Legal form: 501(c)(3) organization
Official website: wikimediafoundation.org
Motto: Stel je een wereld voor waarin iedereen vrijelijk gebruik kan maken van het geheel van alle menselijke kennis. Of nog korter in de Volkskrant: Alle kennis voor iedereen, door iedereen.

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inception: 2003-06-20
topic's main category: Category:Wikimedia Foundation
Commons category: Wikimedia Foundation
source of income: donation
official blog URL: wikimediafoundation.org/news
IPv6 routing prefix: 2a02:ec80::/29
IPv4 routing prefix: 208.80.152.0/22
Alexa rank: 29145
review score: 94.85/100
Commons gallery: Wikimedia Foundation
category for employees of the organization: Category:Wikimedia Foundation staff
topic has template: Template:Wikimedia Foundation
National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities code: B60
ACM Classification Code (2012): 10011323
authority: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
short name: ФВМ
different from: Wikipedia
terms of service URL: foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Terms_of_Use
privacy policy URL: foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Privacy_policy
carbon footprint: 3946
mailing list archive URL: lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]
social media followers: 8740
owner of: Wiktionary
total assets: 286759938
net profit: 15619804
payment types accepted: Coinbase
official shop URL: store.wikimedia.org
total liabilities: 19152033
official jobs URL: wikimediafoundation.org/about/jobs
shortened URL formatter: w.wiki/$1
accessibility statement URL: wikimediafoundation.org/accessibility-statement
hashtag: ウィキメディア財団
Mastodon instance URL: wikimedia.social
P11914: death
Commons Institution page: Wikimedia Foundation
product or material produced: Wiktionary
P8168: Praga
donations: 174507977
official donation page URL: donate.wikimedia.org
item operated: Wikipedia
native label: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
statutory purpose: 위키미디어 재단의 임무는 무료 사용권 또는 공공 영역에 있는 교육 콘텐츠를 수집하고 개발하고 효과적으로, 세계로 전파하는 데 힘을 부여하고 참여하는 것입니다.

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Encyclopedic overview

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (WMF) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, and registered there as a charitable foundation. It is most known for being the host of Wikipedia, one of the most visited websites in the world. It also hosts fourteen related open collaboration projects, and supports the development of MediaWiki, the wiki software which underpins them all. The foundation was established in 2003 in St. Petersburg, Florida by Jimmy Wales, as a non-profit way to fund Wikipedia and other wiki projects which had previously been hosted by Bomis, Wales' for-profit company.

The Wikimedia Foundation provides the technical and organizational infrastructure to enable members of the public to develop wiki-based content in languages across the world. The foundation does not write or curate any of the content on the projects themselves. Instead, this is done by volunteer editors, such as the Wikipedians. However, it does collaborate with a network of individual volunteers and affiliated organizations, such as Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, user groups and other partners.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wikimedia Foundation” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.