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| name                = Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
 
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| type                = [[501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3)]], [[charitable organization]]
 
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| tax_id              = 20-0049703<ref name="WMF 2014 IRS 990">{{cite web | url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/27/Form_990_FY_2014-2015_-_Public.pdf | title=2014 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (form 990) | publisher=WMF (Public Inspection Copy) | date=11 May 2016 | access-date=13 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914023823/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/27/Form_990_FY_2014-2015_-_Public.pdf | archive-date=September 14, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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| founded_date        = {{start date and age|2003|6|20}}<br />[[St. Petersburg, Florida]], US
 
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| founder            = [[Jimmy Wales]]<ref name="Rupert Neate">{{cite news | first = Rupert | last = Neate | title = Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales goes bananas | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/3399843/Wikipedia-founder-Jimmy-Wales-goes-bananas.html | work = The Daily Telegraph | date = October 7, 2008 | access-date = October 25, 2009 | quote = The encyclopedia's huge fan base became such a drain on Bomis's resources that Mr Wales, and co-founder Larry Sanger, thought of a radical new funding model&nbsp;– charity. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081110041546/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/3399843/Wikipedia-founder-Jimmy-Wales-goes-bananas.html | archive-date = November 10, 2008 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Announcing Wikimedia Foundation"/>
 
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| location            = [[San Francisco, California]], US<br />[[Los Angeles, California]], US ([[registered agent]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Contact us - Wikimedia Foundation|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Contact_us|website=Wikimedia Foundation|access-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625061209/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Contact_us|archive-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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| area_served        = Worldwide
 
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| focus              = Free, [[open content|open-content]], [[wiki]]-based [[Internet]] projects
 
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| products            = [[Wikipedia]], [[MediaWiki]], [[Wikibooks]], [[Wikidata]], [[Wikimedia Commons]], [[Wikinews]], [[Wikiquote]], [[Wikisource]], [[Wikispecies]], [[Wikiversity]], [[Wikivoyage]], [[Wiktionary]]
 
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| revenue            = {{ublist|class=nowrap|{{increase}} {{USD}}157 [[million]] (2021, WMF est.)<ref name=2122AP>{{Cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019/Annual_Plan_2021-2022|title=Difference between revisions of "Wikimedia Foundation Medium-term plan 2019/Annual Plan 2021-2022" - Meta|website=meta.wikimedia.org}}</ref>|127.2 million (2020)<ref name="2019-2020" />}}
 
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| expenses            = {{ublist|class=nowrap|{{increase}} {{USD}}112.5 million (2020)|91.4 million (2019)<ref name="2019-2020" />}}
 
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| endowment          = > {{USD}}100 million<ref name=Endo100/>
 
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| endowment_year      = 2021
 
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| num_employees      = > 550 staff/contractors ({{as of|2021|10|02|df=US|lc=y}})<ref name="WMF staff">{{Cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/|title=About Wikimedia Foundation |website=wikimediafoundation.org|date=May 30, 2018 }}</ref>
 
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| membership          = [[Board-only]]
 
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| homepage            = {{URL|wikimediafoundation.org}}, {{URL|foundation.wikimedia.org}}
 
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'''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' ('''WMF''', also colloquially referred to as '''Wikimedia''') is a [[nonprofit organization]] headquartered in [[San Francisco, California]], registered as a [[Foundation (United States law)|foundation]] under US law.<ref name="Hanson2016">{{cite book|first=Jarice|last=Hanson|title=The Social Media Revolution: An Economic Encyclopedia of Friending, Following, Texting, and Connecting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ePEZDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA375|year=2016|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-768-2|page=375}}</ref> It owns and operates the [[#Wikimedia projects|Wikimedia projects]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jacobs |first1=Julia |title=Wikipedia Isn't Officially a Social Network. But the Harassment Can Get Ugly. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/us/wikipedia-harassment-wikimedia-foundation.html |work=The New York Times |date=8 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Cohen |first1=Noam |title=Wikipedia Is Finally Asking Big Tech to Pay Up |url=https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-finally-asking-big-tech-to-pay-up/ |magazine=Wired |date=16 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kolbe |first1=Andreas |title=Wikipedia is swimming in money—why is it begging people to donate? |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/wikipedia-endownemnt-fundraising/ |work=The Daily Dot |date=24 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Culliford |first1=Elizabeth |title=Exclusive: Wikipedia launches new global rules to combat site abuses |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wikipedia-rules-exclusive-idUSKBN2A21PW |work=Reuters |date=2 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
 
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It was established in 2003 by [[Jimmy Wales]] as a way to fund [[Wikipedia]] and its sibling projects through non-profit means.<ref name="Rupert Neate"/><ref name="Announcing Wikimedia Foundation"/> {{As of|2021}}, it employs over 550 staff and contractors, with annual revenues in excess of {{US$|150 million|link=yes}}.<!-- for sources see infobox -->
 
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== Goal ==
 
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It has the stated goal of developing and maintaining [[open content]], [[wiki]]-based projects and providing the full contents of those projects to the public [[free of charge]].<ref name="wikimedia-mission">{{cite web | url = https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement | title = Mission statement | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | access-date = January 28, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080117000000/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement | archive-date = January 17, 2008 | first = Florence | last = Devouard | author-link = Florence Devouard | url-status = live }}</ref> Another objective is [[advocacy group|political advocacy]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Jasper |date=12 Feb 2017 |title='We always look for reliability': why Wikipedia's editors cut out the Daily Mail |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/12/wikipedia-daily-mail-reliability-ban-katherine-maher |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=13 Feb 2017 |quote="Another core job for the foundation – and Maher – is political advocacy. While copyright and press freedom are important issues for Wikipedia, there is one area even more fundamental to its operation - the rules that protect web firms from full liability for what their users post." |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213213309/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/12/wikipedia-daily-mail-reliability-ban-katherine-maher |archive-date=February 13, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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It was granted section [[501(c)(3)]] status by the U.S. [[Internal Revenue Code]] as a public charity in 2005.<ref>Charity Navigator
 
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[http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.irs&ein=200049703#.Vq6z_FMrKV4 Charity Navigator IRS (Forms 990) Tab] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218054913/http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.irs&ein=200049703#.Vq6z_FMrKV4 |date=December 18, 2015 }}.  Page accessed January 31, 2016</ref> Its [[National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities]] (NTEE) code is B60 ([[Adult education|Adult]], [[Continuing education]]).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.guidestar.org/npo/ntee.jsp | title = NTEE Classification System | access-date = January 28, 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080202052634/http://www.guidestar.org/npo/ntee.jsp | archive-date = February 2, 2008 | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://nccs2.urban.org/ntee-cc/b.htm#b60 | title = NCCS definition for Adult Education | access-date =January 28, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226053606/http://nccs2.urban.org/ntee-cc/b.htm|archive-date=December 26, 2007}}</ref> The foundation's [[by-law]]s declare a statement of purpose of collecting and developing educational content and to disseminate it effectively and globally.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws#ARTICLE_II_-_STATEMENT_OF_PURPOSE | title = Wikimedia Foundation bylaws | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | access-date = January 28, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080123082936/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws#ARTICLE_II_-_STATEMENT_OF_PURPOSE | author = Jd | author-link = foundation:User:Jd | archive-date = January 23, 2008 | url-status = live }}</ref>
 
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== History ==
 
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[[Internet entrepreneur]] Jimmy Wales and online community organizer/[[philosophy]] professor [[Larry Sanger]] founded Wikipedia in 2001 as an Internet encyclopedia to supplement [[Nupedia]]. The project was originally funded by [[Bomis]], Jimmy Wales's for-profit business. Since Wikipedia was depleting Bomis's resources, Wales and Sanger thought of a charity model to fund the project.<ref name="Rupert Neate" /> The Wikimedia Foundation was incorporated in Florida on June 20, 2003.<ref name="Announcing Wikimedia Foundation">{{cite web|first=Jimmy|last=Wales|author-link=Jimmy Wales|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-June/010743.html|title=Announcing Wikimedia Foundation|date=June 20, 2003|publisher=[[mail:wikipedia-l]]|access-date=November 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330033331/http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-June/010743.html|archive-date=March 30, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations.  [http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION%20N030000053230&aggregateId=domnp-n03000005323-6dc7ff3a-b7ba-4c97-9b9e-4545cef1ca0a&searchTerm=Wikimedia&listNameOrder=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION%20N030000053230 Wikimedia Foundation, Inc Record] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618194844/http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION%20N030000053230&aggregateId=domnp-n03000005323-6dc7ff3a-b7ba-4c97-9b9e-4545cef1ca0a&searchTerm=Wikimedia&listNameOrder=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION%20N030000053230 |date=June 18, 2016 }} and  [http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ConvertTiffToPDF?storagePath=COR1%5C2003%5C0620%5C90039369.tif&documentNumber=N03000005323 Letters of Incorporation, Wikimedia Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618163144/http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ConvertTiffToPDF?storagePath=COR1%5C2003%5C0620%5C90039369.tif&documentNumber=N03000005323 |date=June 18, 2016 }}, filed June 20, 2003</ref>  It applied to the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] to trademark ''Wikipedia'' on September 14, 2004. The mark was granted registration status on January 10, 2006. Trademark protection was accorded by Japan on December 16, 2004, and, in the [[European Union]], on January 20, 2005. There were plans to license the use of the Wikipedia trademark for some products such as books or DVDs.<ref>{{cite news |first=Vipin |last=Nair |title=Growing on volunteer power |date=December 5, 2005 |newspaper=Business Line |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2005/12/05/stories/2005120500070100.htm |access-date=December 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011182601/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2005/12/05/stories/2005120500070100.htm |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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The name "Wikimedia", a [[Compound (linguistics)|compound]] of [[wiki]] and [[media (communication)|media]], was coined by American author [[Sheldon Rampton]] in a post to the English mailing list in March 2003,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2003-March/001887.html | title = Wikipedia English mailing list message | date = March 16, 2003 | first = Sheldon | last = Rampton | author-link = Sheldon Rampton | access-date = July 11, 2005 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051101074301/http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2003-March/001887.html | archive-date = November 1, 2005 | url-status = live }}</ref> three months after [[Wiktionary]] became the second wiki-based project hosted on Wales' platform.
 
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In April 2005, the U.S. [[Internal Revenue Service]] approved the foundation as an educational foundation in the category "[[Adult education|Adult]], [[Continuing education]]", meaning all contributions to the foundation are [[Tax deduction|tax-deductible]] for U.S. federal income tax purposes.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
 
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On December 11, 2006, the foundation's board noted that the corporation could not become the [[membership organization]] initially planned but never implemented due to an inability to meet the registration requirements of Florida statutory law. Accordingly, the by-laws were amended to remove all references to membership rights and activities. The decision to change the bylaws was passed by the board unanimously.<ref>[[wmf:Resolution:Bylaws revision|Bylaws revision]].</ref><ref name="Announcing Wikimedia Foundation" />
 
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On September 25, 2007, the foundation's board gave notice that the operations would be moving to the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. Some considerations cited for choosing San Francisco were proximity to like-minded organizations and potential partners, a better talent pool, as well as cheaper and more convenient international travel than is available from [[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]], Florida.<ref name="MoncadaWikimoveTribune">{{cite web | url = http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/sep/25/wikimedia-foundation-moving-another-bay-area/?news-breaking | title= Wikimedia Foundation Moving To Another Bay Area | first = Carlos| last = Moncada | work = [[The Tampa Tribune]] |date = September 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228091301/http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/sep/25/wikimedia-foundation-moving-another-bay-area/?news-breaking|archive-date=December 28, 2007}}</ref><ref name="MullinsWikimoveTribune">{{cite web | url= http://www.tbo.com/news/money/MGBNF5F517F.html | title = Online Encyclopedia To Leave St. Petersburg For San Francisco | first = Richard| last = Mullins | work = The Tampa Tribune |date = September 26, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228091316/http://www.tbo.com/news/money/MGBNF5F517F.html|archive-date=December 28, 2007}}</ref><ref name="KimWikimoveSFChronicle">{{cite web | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/10/BU69SNMQ2.DTL&tsp=1 | title = Wikipedia team plans move to San Francisco | first = Ryan | last = Kim | work = San Francisco Chronicle | date = October 10, 2007 | access-date = August 7, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011020807/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F10%2F10%2FBU69SNMQ2.DTL&tsp=1 | archive-date = October 11, 2007 | url-status = live }}</ref> The move from Florida was completed by January 31, 2008, with the headquarters on Stillman Street in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Relocation|title=Press releases/Relocation - Wikimedia Foundation|date=October 9, 2007|website=wikimediafoundation.org|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316152024/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Relocation|archive-date=March 16, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref>
 
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In October 2017, the headquarters moved to San Francisco's [[One Montgomery Tower]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-September/088654.html|title=Wikimedia Foundation Office Move|last=Villagomez|first=Jaime|date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413050245/https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-September/088654.html|archive-date=April 13, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2018-03-15}}</ref> The board appointed [[Janeen Uzzell]] as [[Chief operating officer|Chief Operating Officer]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/janeen-uzzell/|title=Janeen Uzzell|date=2019-01-31|website=Wikimedia Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref>
 
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In September 2020, WMF's application to become an observer at the [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO) was blocked after objections from the government of China<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-23|title=China blocks Wikimedia Foundation's application to become an observer at WIPO|url=https://www.keionline.org/33999|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Knowledge Ecology International|language=en-US}}</ref> over the existence of a Wikimedia Foundation affiliate in [[Taiwan]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hui |first1=Mary |title=Beijing blocked Wikimedia from a UN agency because of "Taiwan-related issues" |url=https://qz.com/1908836/china-blocks-wikimedia-from-un-agency-wipo-over-taiwan-dispute/ |website=qz.com |publisher=Quartz |access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref> In October 2021, WMF's second application was blocked by the government of China for the same reason.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moody|first=Glyn|date=2021-10-07|title=If You Want To Know Why Section 230 Matters, Just Ask Wikimedia: Without It, There'd Be No Wikipedia|url=https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211007/07051447716/if-you-want-to-know-why-section-230-matters-just-ask-wikimedia-without-it-thered-be-no-wikipedia.shtml|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-23|website=[[Techdirt]]}}</ref>
 
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On October 25, 2021, the foundation launched Wikimedia Enterprise, a commercial product designed to sell and deliver Wikipedia's content directly to [[Big Tech]] companies.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=Cohen|first=Noam|date=2021-03-16|title=Wikipedia Is Finally Asking Big Tech to Pay Up |magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-finally-asking-big-tech-to-pay-up/|access-date=2021-03-17|issn=1059-1028}}</ref><ref name="WE-launch">{{cite web |title=Wikimedia Foundation launches Wikimedia Enterprise: the new, opt-in product for companies and organizations to easily reuse content from Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects |url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/10/25/wikimedia-foundation-launches-wikimedia-enterprise-the-new-opt-in-product-for-companies-and-organizations-to-easily-reuse-content-from-wikipedia-and-wikimedia-projects/ |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |access-date=25 October 2021 |date=25 October 2021}}</ref> WMF will also offer Wikimedia Enterprise to smaller companies.<ref name=":0" />
 
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=== {{anchor|Projects}} Wikimedia projects ===
 
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{{for|the complete list|wmf:Special:SiteMatrix|m:Complete list of Wikimedia projects|selfref=yes}}
 
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Content on most Wikimedia project [[website]]s is licensed for redistribution under [[Wikipedia:Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License|v3.0]] of the [[Attribution (copyright)|Attribution]] and [[Share-alike]] [[Creative Commons license]]s.
 
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The foundation operates eleven wikis that follow the [[free content]] model with their main goal being the dissemination of knowledge. These include, by launch date:
 
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| style="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3em; padding-bottom: 3em; width: 28%" | '''Name:''' [[Wikipedia]]<br />'''Description:''' an [[online encyclopedia]]<br />'''Website:''' {{URL|https://www.wikipedia.org/}}<br />'''Launched:''' January 15, 2001<br />'''Editions:''' [[List of Wikipedias|more than 290 in over 250 languages]]<br />'''[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] rank:''' 13 {{small|{{nowrap|(Global, {{as of|2021|04|9|alt=April 2021}})}}}}<ref>{{cite web |title=wikipedia.org Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic - Alexa |url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikipedia.org |website=www.alexa.com |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>
 
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| style="vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 3em; width: 28%" | '''Name:''' [[Wiktionary]]<br />'''Description:''' [[online dictionary]] and [[thesaurus]]<br />'''Website:''' {{URL|https://www.wiktionary.org/}}<br />'''Launched:''' December 12, 2002<br />'''Editions:''' [[List of Wiktionaries|more than 170 languages and in Simple English]]<br />'''[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] rank:''' 848 {{small|{{nowrap|(Global, {{as of|2021|04|9|alt=April 2021}})}}}}<ref>{{cite web |title=wiktionary.org Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic - Alexa |url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wiktionary.org |website=www.alexa.com |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>
 
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| style="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3em; padding-bottom: 3em; width: 28%" | '''Name:''' [[Wikibooks]]<br />'''Description:''' a collection of [[textbook]]s<br />'''Website:''' {{URL|https://www.wikibooks.org/}}<br />'''Launched:''' July 10, 2003<br />'''[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] rank:''' 5,682 {{small|{{nowrap|(Global, {{as of|2021|04|9|alt=April 2021}})}}}}<ref>{{cite web |title=wikibooks.org Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic - Alexa |url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikibooks.org |website=www.alexa.com |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>
 
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| style="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3em; padding-bottom: 3em; width: 28%" | '''Name:''' [[Wikiquote]]<br />'''Description:''' a collection of [[quotation]]s<br />'''Website:''' {{URL|https://www.wikiquote.org/}}<br />'''Launched:''' July 10, 2003<br />'''[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] rank:''' 12,129 {{small|{{nowrap|(Global, {{as of|2021|04|9|alt=April 2021}})}}}}<ref>{{cite web |title=wikiquote.org Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic - Alexa |url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikiquote.org |website=www.alexa.com |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>
 
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| style="vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 3em; width: 28%" | '''Name:''' [[Wikivoyage]]<br />'''Description:''' [[travel guide]]<br />'''Website:''' {{URL|https://www.wikivoyage.org/}}<br />'''Launched:''' July 2003 as [[Wikitravel]]<br />'''[[Fork (software development)|Forked]]:''' December 10, 2006 (German language)<br />'''Re-launched:''' January 15, 2013, by WMF in the English language<br />'''[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] rank:''' 41,939 {{small|{{nowrap|(Global, {{as of|2021|04|9|alt=April 2021}})}}}}<ref>{{cite web |title=wikivoyage.org Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic - Alexa |url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikivoyage.org |website=www.alexa.com |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>
 
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| style="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 3em; padding-bottom: 3em; width: 28%" | '''Name:''' [[Wikisource]]<br />'''Description:''' [[digital library]]<br />'''Website:''' {{URL|https://wikisource.org/}}<br />'''Launched:''' November 24, 2003<br />'''[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] rank:''' 4,387 {{small|{{nowrap|(Global, {{as of|2021|04|9|alt=April 2021}})}}}}<ref>{{cite web |title=wikisource.org Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic - Alexa |url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikisource.org |website=www.alexa.com |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>
 
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| style="vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 3em; width: 28%" | '''Name:''' [[Wikispecies]]<br />'''Description:''' [[taxonomy (biology)|taxonomic]] catalog of [[species]]<br />'''Website:''' {{URL|https://species.wikimedia.org/}}<br />'''Launched:''' September 14, 2004
 
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| style="vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 3em; width: 28%" | '''Name:''' [[Wikiversity]]<br />'''Description:''' a collection of tutorials and courses, while also serving as a hosting point to coordinate research<br />'''Website:''' {{URL|https://www.wikiversity.org/}}<br />'''Launched:''' August 15, 2006<br />'''[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] rank:''' 30,973 {{small|{{nowrap|(Global, {{as of|2021|04|9|alt=April 2021}})}}}}<ref>{{cite web |title=wikiversity.org Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic - Alexa |url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikiversity.org |website=www.alexa.com |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>
 
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Wikimedia affiliates are "independent and formally recognized" groups of people intended to work together to support and contribute to the Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees has approved three active models for affiliates: chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups. Affiliates are intended to organize and engage in activities to support and contribute to the Wikimedia movement, such as regional conferences, outreach, [[edit-a-thon]]s, [[hackathon]]s, [[public relation]]s, [[public policy]] advocacy, [[GLAM (industry sector)|GLAM]] engagement, and [[Wikimania]].<ref name="meta-wma">{{Cite web | title = Wikimedia movement affiliates | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | author = Various | work = meta.wikimedia.org | access-date = 2015-10-27 | url = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905075331/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates | archive-date = September 5, 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="meta-wma-faq">{{Cite web | title = Wikimedia movement affiliates/Frequently asked questions | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | author = Various | work = meta.wikimedia.org | access-date = 2015-10-27 | url = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Frequently_asked_questions | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208153246/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Frequently_asked_questions | archive-date = December 8, 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="meta-wma-models">{{Cite web | title = Wikimedia movement affiliates/Models - Meta | author = Various | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | work = meta.wikimedia.org | access-date = 2015-10-27 | url = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Models | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208182352/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Models | archive-date = December 8, 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref>
 
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Recognition of a chapter and thematic organization is approved by the foundation's board. Recommendations on recognition of chapters and thematic organizations are made to the foundation's board by an [[m:Affiliations Committee|Affiliations Committee]], composed of Wikimedia community volunteers. The Affiliations Committee approves the recognition of individual user groups. While affiliates are formally recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation, they are independent of the Wikimedia Foundation, with no legal control of nor responsibility for the Wikimedia projects.<ref name="meta-wma-faq" /><ref name="meta-wma-models" /><ref name="meta-affcom">{{Cite web | title = Affiliations Committee | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | author = Various | work = meta.wikimedia.org | access-date = 2015-10-27 | url = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151004151706/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee | archive-date = October 4, 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref>
 
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The foundation began recognizing chapters in 2004.<ref name="MetaChap">{{cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters|title=Wikimedia chapters|author=Various|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|access-date=2015-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104192911/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters|archive-date=November 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, development on additional models began. In 2012, the foundation approved, finalized and adopted the thematic organization and user group recognition models. An additional model, movement partners, was also approved but {{as of|2015|10|27|df=US|lc=y}}, has not yet been finalized or adopted.<ref name="meta-wma" /><ref name="meta-wma-models" /><ref name="wmf-wma-resolution">{{Cite web | title = Resolution:Recognizing Models of Affiliations - Wikimedia Foundation | author = Various | work = wikimediafoundation.org | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | access-date = 2015-10-27 | url = https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognizing_Models_of_Affiliations | date = March 31, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208155637/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognizing_Models_of_Affiliations | archive-date = December 8, 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref>
 
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Each year, an international conference called Wikimania brings the people together who are involved in the Wikimedia organizations and projects. The first Wikimania was held in [[Frankfurt]], Germany, in 2005. Wikimania is organized by a committee supported usually by the national chapter, in collaboration with the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikimania has been held in cities such as [[Buenos Aires]],<ref name="2009-website">{{cite web|url=http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal|title=Wikimania|work=wikimedia.org|access-date=2015-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014030254/https://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal|archive-date=October 14, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]],<ref name=attendees2006>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/technology/07wiki.html?ex=1312603200&en=c7f5a3bc5ad54239&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|title=The Many Voices of Wikipedia, Heard in One Place|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=August 7, 2006|access-date=February 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420102109/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/technology/07wiki.html?ex=1312603200&en=c7f5a3bc5ad54239&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|archive-date=April 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Haifa]],<ref name="themarker">{{cite news|url=http://it.themarker.com/tmit/article/16395|title=Wikimania Conference at Its Peak; Founder Jimmy Wales to Speak Tomorrow|work=[[TheMarker]]|date=August 5, 2011|author=Levin, Verony|access-date=August 12, 2011|language=he|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006082831/http://it.themarker.com/tmit/article/16395|archive-date=October 6, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Hong Kong]],<ref>{{cite news
 
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Some MediaWiki extensions are [[Special:Version#Installed extensions|installed]] to extend the functionality of MediaWiki software. In April 2005, an [[Apache Lucene]] extension<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-04-18/Lucene_search|title=Lucene search: Internal search function returns to service|work=[[The Signpost]]|publisher=[[Wikipedia]]|first=Michael|last=Snow|access-date=February 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731211712/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-04-18/Lucene_search|archive-date=July 31, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2005-April/016297.html|title=[Wikitech-l] Lucene search|first=Brion|last=Vibber|access-date=February 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330033506/http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2005-April/016297.html|archive-date=March 30, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> was added to MediaWiki's built-in search and Wikipedia switched from MySQL to [[Lucene]] and later switched to CirrusSearch which is based on [[Elasticsearch]] for searching.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Extension:CirrusSearch - MediaWiki|url=https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CirrusSearch|access-date=2021-04-18|website=MediaWiki.org|language=en}}</ref> The Wikimedia Foundation also uses [[CiviCRM]]<ref>[https://diff.wikimedia.org/2009/06/10/wikimedia-fourkitchens-support-civicrm-development/ Wikimedia & FourKitchens support CiviCRM development] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922160241/https://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/06/10/wikimedia-fourkitchens-support-civicrm-development/ |date=September 22, 2012 }} Wikimedia Diff, June 10, 2009</ref> and [[WordPress]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://diff.wikimedia.org |title=Wikimedia Diff |publisher=Wikimedia Diff |access-date=July 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816154737/https://blog.wikimedia.org/ |archive-date=August 16, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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The foundation published official Wikipedia [[mobile app]]s for [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]] devices and in March 2015, the apps were updated to include mobile user-friendly features.<ref>[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia Wikipedia – Android Apps on Google Play] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321063321/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia |date=March 21, 2015 }}. Retrieved 15 April 2015.</ref>
 
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== Finances ==
 
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[[File:WMF Support and Revenue, Expenses and Net Assets at Year End.jpg|thumb|400px|Financial development of the Wikimedia Foundation (in US$), 2003–2020<br>Black: Net assets (excluding the Wikimedia Endowment, which currently stands at $100m+)<br>Green: Revenue (excluding third-party donations to Wikimedia Endowment)<br>Red: Expenses (including WMF payments to Wikimedia Endowment)<ref name="2018-2019" />]]
 
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The foundation relies on public contributions and grants to fund its mission.<ref name="financialstatements">{{cite web | url = http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/a/ac/FINAL_10_11From_KPMG.pdf | title = Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. – Financial Statements – June 30, 2011 and 2010 | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | access-date = 2015-10-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120418033650/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/a/ac/FINAL_10_11From_KPMG.pdf | archive-date = April 18, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref> It is exempt from federal income tax<ref name="financialstatements" /><ref>See also Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code</ref> and from state income tax.<ref name="financialstatements" /><ref>See also Chapter 220.13 of the Florida Statutes</ref> It is not a private foundation, and contributions to it qualify as tax-deductible charitable contributions.<ref name="financialstatements" />
 
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In 2007, 2008 and 2009, [[w:Charity Navigator|Charity Navigator]] gave Wikimedia an overall rating of three out of four possible stars,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary |title=Charity Navigator Rating – Wikimedia Foundation |publisher=charitynavigator.org |date=October 8, 2010 |access-date=October 8, 2010 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5tLAjg4fo?url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=11212 |archive-date=October 9, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> increasing to four stars in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.history&orgid=11212|title=Charity Navigator Rating – Wikimedia Foundation – Historical Data (Note: Requires free login)|publisher=charitynavigator.org|access-date=December 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707202122/https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.history&orgid=11212|archive-date=July 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2020|January}}, the rating was still four stars (overall score 98.14 out of 100), based on data from FY2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=11212 |title=Charity Navigator Rating – Wikimedia Foundation |publisher=Charitynavigator.org |date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=November 17, 2019 }}</ref>
 
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The continued technical and economic growth of each of the Wikimedia projects is dependent mostly on donations but the Wikimedia Foundation also increases its revenue by alternative means of funding such as [[federal grant|grants]], sponsorship, services and brand merchandising. The Wikimedia [[OAI-PMH]] update feed service, targeted primarily at search engines and similar bulk analysis and republishing, has been a source of revenue for a number of years,<ref name="financialstatements" /> but is no longer open to new customers.<ref>[[meta:Wikimedia update feed service|Wikimedia update feed service]]</ref> [[DBpedia]] was given access to this feed free of charge.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Web Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web|first=C|last=Bizer|volume=7|issue=3|date=September 2009|pages=154–165}}</ref>
 
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In July 2014, the foundation announced it would be accepting [[Bitcoin]] donations via digital currency exchange [[Coinbase]], which waives its processing fees for non-profit organizations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/wikipedia-begins-taking-donations-in-bitcoin/ | title=Wikipedia Begins Taking Donations in Bitcoin | work=New York Times | date=July 31, 2014 | access-date=February 12, 2020 | author=Ember, Sydney | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730232047/http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/wikipedia-begins-taking-donations-in-bitcoin/ | archive-date=July 30, 2014 | url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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Since the end of fiscal year ended 2004, the foundation's net assets grew from {{US$|57,000}}<ref name="financialstatements2006">{{cite web | url = http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/28/Wikimedia_2006_fs.pdf | title = Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. – Financial Statements – June 30, 2006–2004 | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | access-date = August 7, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120617091947/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/28/Wikimedia_2006_fs.pdf | archive-date = June 17, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref> to {{US$|53.5 million}} at the end of fiscal year ended June 30, 2014.<ref name=2013-2014>{{cite web|url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/b/bf/Audit_Report_-_FY_13-14_-_Final_v2.pdf|title=Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Financial Statements June, 2014 and 2013|publisher=Upload.wikimedia.org|access-date=December 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122072714/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/b/bf/Audit_Report_-_FY_13-14_-_Final_v2.pdf|archive-date=January 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Under the leadership of [[Sue Gardner]], who joined the Wikimedia Foundation in 2007, the foundation's staff levels, number of donors and revenue saw growth.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/sue-gardner/ |title=Sue Gardner |magazine=Forbes |date=April 18, 2012 |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212180328/http://www.forbes.com/profile/sue-gardner/ |archive-date=December 12, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> By 2020, the Foundation reported net assets of {{US$|180 million}} from donations and grants and in 2021 announced plans to charge big tech companies for preferential access to Wikipedia content.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/wikipedia-contracts-with-apple-google-could-fund-global-initiatives-2021-3|title=Apple, Amazon, and Google don't pay to integrate Wikipedia articles into their search products. The non-profit now hopes to use contracts with Big Tech to help fund 'knowledge equity' around the world.|first=Allana|last=Akhtar|website=Business Insider}}</ref>
 
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[[File:Wikimedia Foundation Interview with Chief of Finance and Administration Garfield Byrd October 7, 2011.webm|thumb|right|Interview with Garfield Byrd, Chief of Finance and Administration at the Wikimedia Foundation. Recorded October 7, 2011.]]
 
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=== Wikimedia Endowment ===
 
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In January 2016, the foundation announced the creation of an [[Financial endowment|endowment]] to ensure the continuity of the project in the future. The Wikimedia Endowment was established as a collective action fund at the [[Tides (organization)|Tides Foundation]], with a stated goal to raise {{US$|100 million}} in the next 10 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikipedia_celebrates_15_years_of_free_knowledge|title=Wikipedia celebrates 15 years of free knowledge|date=January 14, 2016|work=Wikimedia Foundation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709215659/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikipedia_celebrates_15_years_of_free_knowledge|archive-date=July 9, 2018|access-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref> [[Craig Newmark]] was one of the initial donors, giving {{US$|1 million}} to the endowment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2016/06/08/craig-newmark-wikipedia-future/|title=Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, gives to Wikipedia's future|date=June 8, 2016|work=Wikimedia Foundation blog|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709215701/https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/06/08/craig-newmark-wikipedia-future/|archive-date=July 9, 2018|access-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref>
 
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The Foundation provided irrevocable grants of $5&nbsp;million on June 29, 2016, and $5&nbsp;million on June 27, 2017, to the Tides Foundation for the purpose of the Wikimedia Endowment.<ref name="2016-2017" /> Another $5&nbsp;million was given in the fiscal year 2017–2018. The amounts were recorded as part of the expense for awards and grants of the foundation.<ref name="2017-2018" />
 
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In 2018, Amazon.com and Facebook gave {{US$|1 million}} each and [[George Soros]] donated $2&nbsp;million to the endowment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geekwire.com/2018/amazon-donates-1m-wikipedias-nonprofit-parent-organization/|title=Amazon donates $1M to Wikipedia's nonprofit parent organization|date=2018-09-25|website=www.geekwire.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027190008/https://www.geekwire.com/2018/amazon-donates-1m-wikipedias-nonprofit-parent-organization/|archive-date=October 27, 2018|access-date=October 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/12/20/facebook-makes-1-million-gift-to-support-the-future-of-free-knowledge/|title=Facebook makes $1 million gift to support the future of free knowledge|date=December 20, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103055656/https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/12/20/facebook-makes-1-million-gift-to-support-the-future-of-free-knowledge/|archive-date=January 3, 2019|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/10/15/george-soros-invests-future-free-open-knowledge/|title=George Soros, founder of Open Society Foundations, invests in the future of free and open knowledge|date=October 15, 2018|work=Wikimedia Foundation|access-date=October 19, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020011626/https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/10/15/george-soros-invests-future-free-open-knowledge/|archive-date=October 20, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> In January 2019, Google donated $2&nbsp;million to the endowment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.google/products/search/expanding-knowledge-access-wikimedia-foundation/|title=Expanding knowledge access with the Wikimedia Foundation|date=2019-01-22|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123000047/https://www.blog.google/products/search/expanding-knowledge-access-wikimedia-foundation/|archive-date=January 23, 2019|access-date=January 23, 2019}}</ref> In 2019, [[Arcadia Fund|Peter Baldwin]] and his wife, [[Arcadia Fund|Lisbet Rausing]], donated $3.5&nbsp;million, bringing their total Endowment giving to $8.5&nbsp;million; an initial $5&nbsp;million was given in 2017.<ref>{{cite web | title = Wikimedia Endowment - Meta | url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment | date= July 15, 2019}}</ref> In 2019, Craig Newmark Philanthropies donated an additional $2.5&nbsp;million to the Endowment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/09/10/wikimedia-foundation-announces-2-5-million-in-support-from-craig-newmark-philanthropies-for-security-of-wikipedia-and-organizations-other-free-knowledge-projects/|title=Wikimedia Foundation announces $2.5 million in support from Craig Newmark Philanthropies for security of Wikipedia and organization's other free knowledge projects|date=2019-09-10|website=Wikimedia Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref> In October 2019 and in September 2020, Amazon donated $1&nbsp;million to the Endowment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/10/14/amazon-to-help-advance-free-knowledge-for-all-with-new-1-million-gift-to-the-wikimedia-endowment/|title=Amazon to help advance free knowledge for all with new $1 million gift to the Wikimedia Endowment|date=2019-10-14|website=Wikimedia Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/09/25/amazon-donates-1-million-gift/|title=Amazon donates $1 million gift to the Wikimedia Endowment to sustain free knowledge|website=Wikimedia Foundation|date=September 25, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
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In September 2021, the Wikimedia Foundation announced that the Wikimedia Endowment had reached its initial $100 million fundraising goal, five years early.<ref name=Endo100>{{Cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/09/22/wikimedia-foundation-reaches-100-million-endowment-goal/|title = Wikimedia Foundation reaches $100 million Endowment goal as Wikipedia celebrates 20 years of free knowledge|date = September 22, 2021}}</ref>
 
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=== Financial summary ===
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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|+Wikimedia financial data through June 2019 (fiscal years are July 1{{Snd}} June 30)
 
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|-
 
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! style="vertical-align: top" | {{Abbr|Y/Y|Year-over-year ratio}}<br /><small>(revenue)</small>
 
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! style="vertical-align: top" | Expenses
 
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! style="vertical-align: top" | {{Abbr|Y/Y|Year-over-year ratio}}<br /><small>(expenses)</small>
 
−
! style="vertical-align: top" | Net assets
 
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! style="vertical-align: top" | {{Abbr|Y/Y|Year-over-year ratio}}<br /><small>(net assets)</small>
 
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|-
 
−
| 2003–2004<ref name=2004-2006>{{cite web |url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/28/Wikimedia_2006_fs.pdf |title=Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Financial Statements June 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004 |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617091947/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/28/Wikimedia_2006_fs.pdf |archive-date=June 17, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="80129" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{steady}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" | {{US$|80,129}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="0" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{steady}} || style="text-align: center; width: 42%" | N/A
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="23463" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{steady}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|23,463}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="0" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{steady}} || style="text-align: center; width: 42%" | N/A
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="56666" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{steady}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|56,666}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="0" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{steady}} || style="text-align: center; width: 42%" | N/A
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
| 2004–2005<ref name=2004-2006 />
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="379088" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" | {{US$|379,088}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="373.10" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 373.1%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="177670" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|177,670}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="657.2" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 657.2%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="268084" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|268,084}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="373.09" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 373.1%
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
| 2005–2006<ref name=2004-2006 />
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="1528039" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" | {{US$|1,528,039}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="303.1" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 303.1%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="791907" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|791,907}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="345.72" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 345.7%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="1004216" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|1,004,216}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="274.59" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 274.6%
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
| 2006–2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/49/Wikimedia_2007_fs.pdf |title=Microsoft Word – {F0900CC7-D37E-4CDF-95E3-B1F38D7DCD03}.doc |access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref>
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="2737909" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" | {{US$|2,737,909}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="79.2" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 79.2%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="2077843" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|2,077,843}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="162.38" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 162.4%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="1658282" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|1,658,282}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="65.13" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 65.1%
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
| 2007–2008<ref>{{cite web |url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/4c/Wikimedia_20072008_fs.pdf |title=Microsoft Word – 31935 SFO Wikimedia fs.doc |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418043402/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/4c/Wikimedia_20072008_fs.pdf |archive-date=April 18, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="7060610" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" | {{US$|7,060,610}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="157.8" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 157.8%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="3540724" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|3,540,724}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="70.40" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 70.4%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="5178168" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|5,178,168}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="212.26" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 212.3%
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
| 2008–2009<ref>{{cite web |url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/4f/FINAL_08_09From_KPMG.pdf |title=Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Financial Statements June 30, 2009 and 2008 |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917040951/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/4f/FINAL_08_09From_KPMG.pdf |archive-date=September 17, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="8670835" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" | {{US$|8,670,835}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="22.8" |
 
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{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
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| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 22.8%
 
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|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="5617236" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|5,617,236}}
 
−
|}
 
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| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="58.65" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
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| style="width: 58%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 58.6%
 
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|}
 
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| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="8231767" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|8,231,767}}
 
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|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="58.97" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 59.0%
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
| 2009–2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/c/cc/FINAL_09_10From_KPMG.pdf |title=Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Financial Statements June 30, 2010 and 2009 |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418043347/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/c/cc/FINAL_09_10From_KPMG.pdf |archive-date=April 18, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="16577757" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" | {{US$|16577757}}
 
−
|}
 
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| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="91.2" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 91.2%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="10266793" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|10,266,793}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="82.77" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 82.8%
 
−
|}
 
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| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="14542731" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|14,542,731}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="76.67" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 76.7%
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
| 2010–2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/a/ac/FINAL_10_11From_KPMG.pdf |title=Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Financial Statements June, 2011 and 2010 |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |access-date=2015-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418033650/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/a/ac/FINAL_10_11From_KPMG.pdf |archive-date=April 18, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="27539207" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" | {{US$|27,539,207}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="66.1" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 66.1%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="17889794" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|17,889,794}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="74.25" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 74.2%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="24192144" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|24,192,144}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="66.35" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 66.3%
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
| 2011–2012<ref name=2011-2012>{{cite web|url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/0/09/FINAL_11_12From_KPMG.pdf|title=Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Financial Statements June, 2012 and 2011|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|access-date=December 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123220431/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/0/09/FINAL_11_12From_KPMG.pdf|archive-date=January 23, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="39997566" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" | {{US$|39,997,566}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="45.2" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 45.2%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="29260652" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|29,260,652}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="63.56" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 63.6%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="34929058" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|34,929,058}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="44.38" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 44.4%
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
| 2012–2013<ref name=2012-2013>{{cite web|url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/6/6e/FINAL_12_13From_KPMG.pdf|title=Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Financial Statements June, 2013 and 2012|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|access-date=December 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523135701/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/6/6e/FINAL_12_13From_KPMG.pdf|archive-date=May 23, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="45964862" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" | {{US$|45,964,862}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="14.9" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 14.9%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="35704796" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|35,704,796}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="22.02" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 22.0%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="45189124" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|45,189,124}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="29.37" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 29.4%
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
| 2013–2014<ref name=2014-2015 />
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="54186642" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" | {{US$|54,186,642}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="17.9" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 17.9%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="45900745" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|45,900,745}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="28.6" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 28.6%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="53475021" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|53,475,021}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="18.3" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 18.3%
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
| 2014–2015<ref name="2014-2015">{{cite web|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/d/da/Wikimedia_Foundation_Audit_Report_-_FY16-17.pdf|title=Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Financial Statements June, 2017 and 2016|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211175050/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/d/da/Wikimedia_Foundation_Audit_Report_-_FY16-17.pdf|archive-date=December 11, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=March 23, 2017}}</ref>
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="76942059" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" | {{US$|76,942,059}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="42.0" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 42.0%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="52596782" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|52,596,782}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="14.6" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 14.6%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="77820298" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|77,820,298}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="45.5" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 45.5%
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
| 2015–2016<ref name=2015-2016>{{cite web|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/43/Wikimedia_Foundation_Audit_Report_-_FY15-16.pdf|title=Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Financial Statements June, 2016 and 2015|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|access-date=November 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023213102/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/43/Wikimedia_Foundation_Audit_Report_-_FY15-16.pdf|archive-date=October 23, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="79909962" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" | {{US$|79,909,962}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="3.9" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" |3.9%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="65947465" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|65,947,465}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="25.4" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 25.4%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="91782795" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|91,782,795}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="17.9" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 17.9%
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
| 2016–2017<ref name="2016-2017">{{Cite web|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/d/da/Wikimedia_Foundation_Audit_Report_-_FY16-17.pdf|title=Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, Financial Statements, June 30, 2017 and 2016|date=September 27, 2019|access-date=September 29, 2019}}</ref>
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="90984160" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" | {{US$|90,984,160}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="13.9" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 13.9%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="69136758" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|69,136,758}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="4.8" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 4.8%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="113330197" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|113,330,197}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="19.1" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 23.5%
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
|2017–2018<ref name="2017-2018">{{Cite web|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/6/60/FY17-18_-_Independent_Auditors%27_Report.pdf|title=Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, Financial Statements, June 30, 2018 and 2017|date=September 26, 2018|website=Wikimedia Foundation|access-date=September 29, 2019}}</ref>
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="103061638" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" |{{increase}}|| style="text-align: right; width: 88%" |{{US$|103,061,638}}
 
−
|}
 
−
|style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="13.3" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" |{{increase}}|| style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 13.3%
 
−
|}
 
−
|style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="81442265" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" |{{increaseNegative}}|| style="text-align: right; width: 95%" |{{US$|81,442,265}}
 
−
|}
 
−
|style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="17.8" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" |{{increaseNegative}}|| style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 17.8%
 
−
|}
 
−
|style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="134949570" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" |{{increase}}|| style="text-align: right; width: 95%" |{{US$|134,949,570}}
 
−
|}
 
−
|style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="19.1" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" |{{increase}}|| style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 19.1%
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
|2018–2019<ref name="2018-2019">{{Cite web|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/3/31/Wikimedia_Foundation_Audit_Report_-_FY18-19.pdf|title=Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, Financial Statements, June 30, 2018 and 2019|pages=4, 14|date=September 27, 2019|access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref>
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="122105865" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" |{{US$|122,105,865}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="18.5" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 18.5%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="91414010" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|91,414,010}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="12.3" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increaseNegative}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 12.3%
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="165641425" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 5%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 95%" | {{US$|165,641,425}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="22.7" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 58%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 42%" | 22.7%
 
−
|}
 
−
|-
 
−
|2019–2020<ref name="2019-2020">{{Cite web|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/f/f7/Wikimedia_Foundation_FY2019-2020_Audit_Report.pdf|title=Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, Financial Statements, June 30, 2019 and 2020|pages=3, 13|date=November 16, 2020|access-date=April 16, 2021}}</ref>
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="122105865" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
−
| style="width: 12%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 88%" |{{US$|127,163,697}}
 
−
|}
 
−
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="18.5" |
 
−
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;"
 
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The Wikimedia Foundation expenses mainly concern salaries, wages and other professional operating and services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Statistical_analysis_of_Wikimedia_Foundation_financial_reports|title=Statistical analysis of Wikimedia Foundation financial reports - Wikiversity|website=en.wikiversity.org|language=en|access-date=2018-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626192206/https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Statistical_analysis_of_Wikimedia_Foundation_financial_reports|archive-date=June 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Payments to the Wikimedia Endowment are also classified as expenses in the Wikimedia Foundation's financial statements.<ref name="2018-2019" />
 
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[[File:Finance Meeting Paris 2012-02-18 n06.jpg|thumb|Wikimedia Foundation and chapters finance meeting 2012, Paris]]
 
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In 2008, the foundation received a {{US$|40,000}} grant by the [[Open Society Foundations|Open Society Institute]] to create a printable version of Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikis Go Printable|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikis_Go_Printable|work=Wikimedia Foundation|date=December 13, 2007|access-date=July 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708221047/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikis_Go_Printable|archive-date=July 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> It also received a {{US$|262,000}} grant by the [[Stanton Foundation]] to purchase [[Computer hardware|hardware]],<ref name="benefactors2008">{{cite web|title=Fundraising 2008/benefactors|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2008/benefactors|date=August 8, 2015|work=[[Wikipedia:Meta]]|access-date=July 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709010412/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2008/benefactors|archive-date=July 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> a {{US$|500,000}} unrestricted grant by [[Vinod Khosla|Vinod]] and [[Neeru Khosla]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Khosla Gift: Wikimedia Foundation Receives $500K Donation|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Khosla_Gift|work=Wikimedia Foundation|date=March 24, 2008|access-date=July 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708221209/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Khosla_Gift|archive-date=July 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> who later that year joined the foundation advisory board,<ref>{{cite web|title=Neeru Khosla to Become Wikimedia Advisor Dec 2008|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Neeru_Khosla_to_Become_Wikimedia_Advisor_Dec_2008|work=Wikimedia Foundation|date=December 15, 2008|access-date=July 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708221124/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Neeru_Khosla_to_Become_Wikimedia_Advisor_Dec_2008|archive-date=July 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> {{US$|177,376}} from the historians [[Lisbet Rausing]] and [[Peter Baldwin (professor)|Peter Baldwin]] foundation ([[Arcadia Fund]]), among others.<ref name="benefactors2008"/> In March 2008, the foundation announced, at the time, its largest donation yet: a three-year, {{US$|3 million}} grant from the [[Alfred P. Sloan Foundation]].<ref name="3mill">{{cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i8x-wlh7nMm12x_kVQ6MZxrYWK9QD8VKMV1G0|agency=Associated Press|title=Sloan Foundation to Give Wikipedia $3M|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329221240/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i8x-wlh7nMm12x_kVQ6MZxrYWK9QD8VKMV1G0|archive-date=March 29, 2008}}</ref>
 
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In 2009, the foundation received four grants&nbsp;– the first grant was a {{US$|890,000}} Stanton Foundation grant which was aimed to help study and simplify user interface for first-time authors of Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/StantonGrantQA |title=Stanton Grant Q&A |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |date=December 3, 2008 |access-date=September 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018071429/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/StantonGrantQA |archive-date=October 18, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The second was a {{US$|300,000}} [[Ford Foundation]] grant, given in July 2009, for [[Wikimedia Commons]] that aimed to improve the interfaces and workflows for multimedia uploading on Wikimedia websites.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2009/07/02/ford-foundation-awards-300k-grant-for-wikimedia-commons/ |title=Blog.wikimedia.org |date=July 2, 2009 |publisher=Blog.wikimedia.org |access-date=December 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319102012/https://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/07/02/ford-foundation-awards-300k-grant-for-wikimedia-commons/ |archive-date=March 19, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2009, the foundation received a {{US$|500,000}} grant from The William and Flora [[Hewlett Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Hewlett_Foundation_grant_August_2009 |title=Wikimediafoundation.org |publisher=Wikimediafoundation.org |access-date=December 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103175824/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Hewlett_Foundation_grant_August_2009 |archive-date=January 3, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2009, the [[Omidyar Network]] committed up to {{US$|2 million}} over two years to Wikimedia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Omidyar Network Commits $2 Million Grant to Wikimedia Foundation|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Omidyar_Network_Grant_August_2009|work=Wikimedia Foundation|date=August 25, 2009|access-date=November 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414002610/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Omidyar_Network_Grant_August_2009|archive-date=April 14, 2010}}</ref>
 
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In 2010, [[Google]] donated {{US$|2 million}} to the foundation.<ref>{{cite web |first=Ben |last=Parr |url=http://mashable.com/2010/02/16/google-wikipedia-donation/ |title=Google Gives $2 Million to Wikipedia's Foundation |publisher=Mashable.com |date=February 16, 2010 |access-date=December 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203220800/http://mashable.com/2010/02/16/google-wikipedia-donation/ |archive-date=December 3, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Stanton Foundation granted $1.2&nbsp;million to fund the Public Policy Initiative, a pilot program for what would later become the Wikipedia Education Program (and the spinoff [[Wiki Education Foundation]]).<ref>{{cite news | title=UC Berkeley students help improve Wikipedia's credibility | first=Andrea | last=Hicklin | work=Berkeley News | date=November 5, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Wikimedia Foundation Receives $1.2 Million for Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative | date=May 14, 2010 | work=Philanthropy News Digest | url=http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/wikimedia-foundation-receives-1.2-million-for-wikipedia-public-policy-initiative | access-date=February 3, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016174527/http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/wikimedia-foundation-receives-1.2-million-for-wikipedia-public-policy-initiative | archive-date=October 16, 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Paul | last=McNamara | title=Wikipedia lands $1.2M grant to improve 'public policy' articles: Stanton Foundation ponies up for "accuracy" project that will be anything but easy | url=http://www.networkworld.com/article/2230708/data-center/wikipedia-lands--1-2m-grant-to-improve--public-policy--articles.html | work=Network World | access-date=February 3, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203164344/http://www.networkworld.com/article/2230708/data-center/wikipedia-lands--1-2m-grant-to-improve--public-policy--articles.html | archive-date=February 3, 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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In March 2011, the [[Alfred P. Sloan Foundation]] authorized another {{US$|3 million}} grant to continue to develop and maintain the foundation's mission. The grant was to be funded over three years with the first {{US$|1 million}} funded in July 2011 and the remaining {{US$|2 million}} was scheduled to be funded in August 2012 and 2013. As a donor, [[Doron Weber]] from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation gained Board Visitor status at the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.<ref name="Wikimedia Foundation">{{cite web|title=Wikimedia Foundation receives $3 million grant from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to make freely licensed images accessible and reusable across the web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_receives_$3_million_grant_from_Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation_to_make_freely_licensed_images_accessible_and_reusable_across_the_web|work=Wikimedia Foundation|date=January 9, 2017|access-date=July 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708221210/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_receives_$3_million_grant_from_Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation_to_make_freely_licensed_images_accessible_and_reusable_across_the_web|archive-date=July 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2011, the Stanton Foundation pledged to fund a {{US$|3.6 million}} grant of which {{US$|1.8 million}} was funded and the remainder was due to be funded in September 2012. As of 2011, this was the largest grant received by the Wikimedia Foundation to-date.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jay |last=Walsh |url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2011/10/05/wikimedia-receives-3-5million-usd-grant-from-stanton-foundation/ |title=Wikimedia receives US$3.5 million grant from Stanton Foundation |work=Wikimedia Community blog |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |date=October 5, 2011 |access-date=October 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010084600/https://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/10/05/wikimedia-receives-3-5million-usd-grant-from-stanton-foundation/ |archive-date=October 10, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2011, the foundation received a {{US$|500,000}} donation from the [[Brin Wojcicki Foundation]].<ref name="foundationgrants">{{cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/Foundation_Grants|title=Foundation Grants|publisher=Meta.wikimedia.org|access-date=November 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219165049/http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/Foundation_Grants|archive-date=December 19, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Shaw|first=Lucas|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS309090140520120118|title=More Anti-Piracy Bill Co-Sponsors Bail (Updated)|work=Reuters|access-date=2015-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924161716/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/18/idUS309090140520120118|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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In 2012, the foundation was awarded a grant of {{US$|1.25 million}} from the historians [[Lisbet Rausing]]<ref name="foundationgrants" /> and [[Peter Baldwin (professor)|Peter Baldwin]] through [[Charities Aid Foundation]], scheduled to be funded in five equal installments. The first installment of {{US$|250,000}} was received in April 2012 and the remaining were to be funded in December 2012 through 2015. In 2014, the foundation received the largest single gift in its history, a $5&nbsp;million unrestricted donation from an anonymous donor supporting $1&nbsp;million worth of expenses annually for the next five years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2014-2015_Fundraising_Report|title=2014-2015 Fundraising Report|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|date=October 1, 2015|access-date=January 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124163350/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2014-2015_Fundraising_Report|archive-date=January 24, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2012, The [[Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation]], a foundation established by [[Intel]] co-founder and his wife, awarded a {{US$|449,636}} grant to develop [[Wikidata]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Developing the Wikidata software platform|url=https://www.moore.org/grant-detail?grantId=GBMF3357|work=[[Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation]]|access-date=July 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708221006/https://www.moore.org/grant-detail?grantId=GBMF3357|archive-date=July 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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Between 2014 and 2015, the foundation received {{US$|500,000}} from Monarch Fund, {{US$|100,000}} from Arcadia Fund and an undisclosed amount by [[Stavros Niarchos Foundation]] to support the [[Wikipedia Zero]] initiative.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/266/266049750/266049750_201512_990PF.pdf|title=Monarch Fund 990-PF 2015 Form|access-date=July 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708224737/http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/266/266049750/266049750_201512_990PF.pdf|archive-date=July 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Grant Awards 2014|url=https://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/media/9662/arcadia_grant-awards_pamphlet.pdf|work=Arcadia|access-date=July 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523122942/https://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/media/9662/arcadia_grant-awards_pamphlet.pdf|archive-date=May 23, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wikimedia Foundation: program support|url=https://www.snf.org/en/grants/grantees/w/wikimedia-foundation/program-support/|work=[[Stavros Niarchos Foundation]]|access-date=July 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617160117/https://www.snf.org/en/grants/grantees/w/wikimedia-foundation/program-support/|archive-date=June 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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In 2015, a grant agreement was reached with the [[John S. and James L. Knight Foundation]] to build a search engine called the "[[Knowledge Engine (Wikimedia Foundation)|Knowledge Engine]]".<ref>[[wmf:File:Knowledge engine grant agreement.pdf]], 18 September 2015. Published 11 February 2016, retrieved 16 February 2016.</ref><ref name=ArsKE>{{cite news | title=Wikimedia Foundation director resigns after uproar over "Knowledge Engine": It's damage-control time at the world's biggest encyclopedia | first=Joe | last=Mullin | date=February 29, 2016 | work=Ars Technica | url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/02/head-of-wikimedia-foundation-resigns-as-tensions-with-editors-mount/ | access-date=February 3, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301082152/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/02/head-of-wikimedia-foundation-resigns-as-tensions-with-editors-mount/ | archive-date=March 1, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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[[File:Wikimedia All Hands 2019 Group Photo.jpg|thumb|Foundation staff in January 2019]]
 
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In 2004, the foundation appointed Tim Starling as developer liaison to help improve the [[MediaWiki]] software, Daniel Mayer as chief financial officer ([[management accounting|finance]], [[budgeting]], and coordination of fund drives), and [[Erik Möller]] as content partnership coordinator. In May 2005, the foundation announced seven more official appointments.<ref>{{cite news | last = Snow | first = Michael | title = Wikimedia names seven to official positions | url = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-05-30/Foundation_official_positions | work = [[The Signpost]] | date = May 30, 2005 | access-date = 2016-04-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120427032629/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-05-30/Foundation_official_positions | archive-date = April 27, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref>
 
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In January 2006, the foundation created a number of committees, including the Communication Committee, in an attempt to further organize activities somewhat handled by volunteers at that time.<ref>{{cite web | access-date = February 4, 2008 | url = https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolutions | title = Resolutions | first = Florence | last = Devouard | author-link = Florence Devouard | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080129221627/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolutions | archive-date = January 29, 2008 | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | url-status = live }}</ref> Starling resigned that month to spend more time on his PhD program.
 
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{{As of|2006|10|04|df=US}}, the foundation had five paid employees:<ref>{{cite video | people = [[Jimmy Wales]] | date= October 4, 2006 | title = Charlie Rose (46:22) | url = http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5184822358876183858 | format = internet video | access-date =December 8, 2006 | medium = TV-Series | location = Google Video | publisher = Charlie Rose |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061014133227/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5184822358876183858|archive-date=October 14, 2006}}</ref> two programmers, an administrative assistant, a coordinator handling fundraising and grants, and an interim [[chief executive officer|executive director]],<ref>{{cite web | url = https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_Announces_Interim_Executive_Director | title = Wikimedia Foundation Announces Interim Executive Director | archive-date = July 2, 2006 | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | access-date = June 12, 2006 | author = Korg | author-link = foundation:User:Korg | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060702230216/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_Announces_Interim_Executive_Director | url-status = live }}</ref> Brad Patrick, previously the foundation's [[general counsel]]. Patrick ceased his activity as interim director in January 2007 and then resigned from his position as legal counsel, effective April 1, 2007. He was replaced by [[Mike Godwin]] who served as general counsel and legal coordinator from July 2007<ref>[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-July/031128.html Mailing list post] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330033357/http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-July/031128.html |date=March 30, 2013 }} by the Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees announcing the appointment.</ref> until 2010.
 
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In January 2007, Carolyn Doran was named chief operating officer and Sandy Ordonez joined as [[wmf:Head of Communications|head of communications]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Current staff | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | url = https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Current_staff | access-date = February 1, 2007 | author = Danny | author-link = foundation:User:Danny | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070204015306/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Current_staff | archive-date = February 4, 2007 | url-status = live }}</ref> Doran began working as a part-time bookkeeper in 2006 after being sent by a [[Temporary work|temporary agency]]. Doran, found to have had a criminal record,<ref>{{cite news | first = Brian | last = Bergstein | title = Former Wikipedia Officer Found To Have Long Criminal Record | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/21/AR2007122102223.html | work = [[Associated Press]] in [[Washington Post]] | date = December 22, 2007 | access-date = March 25, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170327230526/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/21/AR2007122102223.html | archive-date = March 27, 2017 | url-status = live }}</ref> left the foundation in July 2007 and [[Sue Gardner]] was hired as consultant and special advisor; she became the executive director in December 2007.<ref name="ed">[[foundationsite:wiki/Press_releases/Sue_Gardner|"Sue Gardner Hired as Executive Director"]], Wikimedia Foundation press release. December 3, 2007</ref> Doran's departure from the organization was cited by Florence Devouard as one of the reasons the foundation took about seven months to release its fiscal 2007 financial audit.<ref>{{cite news | author = Ral315 | title = ''Signpost'' interview: Florence Devouard | url = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2007-11-19/Anthere_interview | work = The Wikipedia Signpost | date = November 19, 2007 | access-date = February 19, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071127220858/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2007-11-19/Anthere_interview | archive-date = November 27, 2007 | url-status = live }}</ref>
 
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[[File:149 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco.jpg|thumb|Exterior view of the previous Wikimedia Foundation's San Francisco headquarters at [[New Montgomery Street|New Montgomery St]] in 2014]]
 
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Danny Wool, officially the grant coordinator and also involved in [[fundraising]] and business development, resigned in March 2007. He accused Wales of misusing the foundation's funds for recreational purposes and said that Wales had his Wikimedia credit card taken away in part because of his spending habits, a claim Wales denied.<ref name=Moses>{{cite news |last=Moses |first=Asher |date=March 5, 2008 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/wikipedia-head-accused-of-expenses-rort/2008/03/05/1204402516874.html |title=Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales accused of expenses rort |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=October 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327130452/http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/wikipedia-head-accused-of-expenses-rort/2008/03/05/1204402516874.html |archive-date=March 27, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2007, the foundation added a position, chapters coordinator, and hired Delphine Ménard<ref>{{cite web | title = Resolution: Chapters coordinator | url = https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Chapters_coordinator_-_Delphine_M%C3%A9nard | access-date = April 27, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120502015110/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Chapters_coordinator_-_Delphine_M%C3%A9nard | archive-date = May 2, 2012 | url-status = live }}, wikimediafoundation.org</ref> who had been occupying the position as a volunteer since August 2005. Cary Bass was hired in March 2007 in the position of volunteer coordinator. Oleta McHenry was brought in as accountant in May 2007, through a temporary placement agency and made the official full-time accountant in August 2007. In January 2008, the foundation appointed Veronique Kessler as the new chief financial and operating officer, Kul Wadhwa as head of business development and Jay Walsh as head of communications.
 
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In March 2013, Gardner announced she would be leaving her position at the foundation.<ref>[http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/27/sue-gardner-departure-announcement/ Please read: an announcement from Wikimedia Foundation ED Sue Gardner « Wikimedia blog]</ref> [[Lila Tretikov]] was appointed executive director in May 2014;<ref>{{Cite web|last=Elder|first=Jeff|date=2014-05-01|title=Wikipedia's New Chief: From Soviet Union to World's Sixth-Largest Site|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/01/wikipedia-names-software-executive-tretikov-as-new-chief/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715043240/https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/01/wikipedia-names-software-executive-tretikov-as-new-chief/|archive-date=July 15, 2018|access-date=2018-07-15|website=WSJ|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Open-Source Software Specialist Selected as Executive Director of Wikipedia|language=en|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/02/business/media/open-source-software-specialist-selected-as-executive-director-of-wikipedia.html|url-status=live|access-date=2018-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715040456/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/02/business/media/open-source-software-specialist-selected-as-executive-director-of-wikipedia.html|archive-date=July 15, 2018}}</ref> she resigned in March 2016. Former chief communications officer [[Katherine Maher]] was appointed the interim executive director, a position made permanent in June 2016.<ref name="WikimediaBlog-ED-Appointment-2016">{{cite news|last1=Lorente|first1=Patricio|last2=Henner|first2=Christophe|date=June 24, 2016|title=Foundation Board appoints Katherine Maher as Executive Director|work=Wikimedia Blog|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/06/24/katherine-maher-executive-director/}}</ref>
 
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{{as of|2021|10|02|df=US|post=,}} the foundation had more than 550 employees and contractors.<ref name="WMF staff" /> [[Maryana Iskander]] was named as the incoming CEO in September 2021, set to take that role in January 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lima|first=Cristiano|date=2021-09-14|title=Wikimedia taps leader of South African nonprofit as its next CEO|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/14/wikipedia-maryana-iskander-ceo/|access-date=2021-09-14|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=2021-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914162044/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/14/wikipedia-maryana-iskander-ceo/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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Three permanent entities support the board on its mission and responsibilities: an executive director who leads and oversees the operational arm of the foundation; an advisory board composed of individuals selected by the board itself that advise the board on different matters; and [[standing committee]]s to which the board delegates certain matters while retaining ultimate authority. The board has also at times created other entities to support itself, such as [[executive secretary|executive secretaries]] and ad hoc committees established for specific tasks.
 
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In [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-01-13/In focus|a decision]] of 2015, [[James Heilman]] was removed from the board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Wikimedia-Foundation-feuert-Vorstandsmitglied-3056680.html|title=Wikimedia Foundation feuert Vorstandsmitglied|first=Torsten|last=Kleinz|date=December 29, 2015|work=heise online|access-date=February 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214328/http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Wikimedia-Foundation-feuert-Vorstandsmitglied-3056680.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Lih2016>{{cite news|last1=Lih|first1=Andrew|title=Wikipedia just turned 15 years old. Will it survive 15 more?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/01/15/wikipedia-just-turned-15-years-old-will-it-survive-15-more/|access-date=16 January 2016|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=15 January 2016|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225024419/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/01/15/wikipedia-just-turned-15-years-old-will-it-survive-15-more/|archive-date=February 25, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2016, [[Arnnon Geshuri]] joined the board before stepping down amid controversy about a "no poach" agreement he executed when at [[Google]], which violated [[United States antitrust law]] and for which the participating companies paid US$415&nbsp;million in a class action suit on behalf of affected employees.<ref name=Mullin2016>{{cite news |last=Mullin |first=Joe |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/wikimedias-newest-board-appointment-steps-down-amid-editor-hostility/ |title=Wikimedia's newest board appointment steps down amid editor hostility |website=Ars Technica |date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=June 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704163641/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/wikimedias-newest-board-appointment-steps-down-amid-editor-hostility/ |archive-date=July 4, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/editors-demand-ouster-of-wikimedia-board-member-involved-in-no-poach-deal/ Wikipedia editors revolt, vote "no confidence" in newest board member] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225220426/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/editors-demand-ouster-of-wikimedia-board-member-involved-in-no-poach-deal/ |date=February 25, 2016 }}, Ars Technica, 2016-01-25.</ref> [[María Sefidari]] was [[chairman]] of the [[Board of trustees|board]] until she stepped down and became a paid consultant to the foundation in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/PFOBFWCBFACRGY3OMXAQG54ALPXGT3K3/#GOCGXFUNK4AEMD4RBKN3EHUGQXGLJAFA|title=Welcoming María Sefidari as a Foundation consultant. :) - Wikimedia-l - lists.wikimedia.org}}</ref> [[Katherine Maher]] was the [[executive director]] from June 2016 to April 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2016/06/24/katherine-maher-executive-director/ |access-date=12 June 2020 |work=Wikimedia Foundation |publisher=Patricio Lorente, Christophe Henner |title=Foundation Board appoints Katherine Maher as Executive Director}}</ref><ref name=axios>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/exclusive-the-end-of-the-maher-era-at-wikipedia-c1ed1408-bab7-4308-9407-db093e24c80d.html|title=Exclusive: End of the Maher era at Wikipedia|first=Felix|last=Salmon|website=Axios}}</ref>
 
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{{As of|October 2021}}, the board comprises four community-elected trustees ([[Dariusz Jemielniak]], [[Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight]], Victoria Doronina, and Lorenzo Losa);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/10/13/wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-new-trustees-rosie-stephenson-goodknight-victoria-doronina-dariusz-jemielniak-and-lorenzo-losa/|title=Wikimedia Foundation welcomes new Trustees Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, Victoria Doronina, Dariusz Jemielniak, and Lorenzo Losa|first=Wikimedia Foundation Board of|last=Trustees|date=October 13, 2021}}</ref> four Board-appointed trustees ([[McKinsey & Company]] director [[Raju Narisetti]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Raju_Narisetti_joins_Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees|title=Raju Narisetti joins Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trusteess|date=16 October 2017|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020142641/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Raju_Narisetti_joins_Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees|archive-date=October 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Bahraini human rights activist and blogger [[Esra'a Al Shafei]],<ref>[https://diff.wikimedia.org/2017/12/01/esraa-al-shafei/ Esra'a Al Shafei joins Board] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202083246/https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/12/01/esraa-al-shafei/ |date=December 2, 2017 }}, Wikimedia Diff, 1 December 2017</ref> management consulting executive Lisa Lewin, and [[McAfee]] executive Tanya Capuano); two Affiliate-selected trustees (Nataliia Tymkiv and Shani Evenstein Sigalov); as well as Jimmy Wales occupying the single "founder's seat".<ref name=bylaw4>{{Cite web|url=https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bylaws#ARTICLE_IV_-_THE_BOARD_OF_TRUSTEES|title=Bylaws - Wikimedia Foundation|date=10 July 2019 |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |language=en|access-date=December 5, 2020 |quote=(F) Community Founder Trustee Position. The Board may appoint Jimmy Wales as Community Founder Trustee for a three-year term. The Board may reappoint Wales as Community Founder Trustee for successive three-year terms (without a term limit). In the event that Wales is not appointed as Community Founder Trustee, the position will remain vacant, and the Board shall not fill the vacancy.}}</ref> Tymkiv serves as chair of the board, alongside Al Shafei and Sigalov as vice chairs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Board_Officers_and_Committee_Membership,_2021|title=Resolution:Board Officers and Committee Membership, 2021 - Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki|website=foundation.wikimedia.org}}</ref>
 
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The advisory board, according to the Wikimedia Foundation, is an international network of experts who have agreed to give the foundation meaningful help on a regular basis in many different areas including law, organizational development, technology, policy, and outreach.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board | title = Advisory Board | access-date = September 29, 2013 | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070609142834/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board | archive-date = June 9, 2007 | url-status = live }}</ref>
 
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Appointed members for the period from June 16, 2017, to June 30, 2018, were:<ref>{{cite web|title=Resolution:Advisory Board appointments 2017-18|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Advisory_Board_appointments_2017-18|work=Wikimedia Foundation|date=June 16, 2017|access-date=July 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708221332/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Advisory_Board_appointments_2017-18|archive-date=July 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=35em|
 
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Among firms regularly listed as independent contractors in the Wikimedia Foundation's [[Form 990]] disclosures are the [[Jones Day]] law firm and the PR firm [[Minassian Media]]; the latter was founded by [[Craig Minassian]], a full-time executive at the [[Clinton Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/wikipedias-deep-ties-to-big-tech|title=Wikipedia's Deep Ties to Big Tech|website=Institute for New Economic Thinking}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/200049703|title=Wikimedia Foundation Org - Nonprofit Explorer|first=Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Ken Schwencke, Brandon Roberts, Alec Glassford|last=ProPublica|website=ProPublica|date=May 9, 2013}}</ref>
 
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The Wikimedia Foundation has been affected by the strategic consulting services of williamsworks, a consultancy established by [[Whitney Williams]], former Trip Director for [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref name="Elle Article">{{cite web|url=http://www.elle.com/life-love/society-career/whitney-williams-profile|title=When Ben Affleck Wants to Change the World, He Calls This Woman|last=Rapkin|first=Mickey|work=Elle|date=November 11, 2013|accessdate=8 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/People/Core_team|title=Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/People/Core team - Meta|website=meta.wikimedia.org|language=en|access-date=2019-10-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/200049703/201931359349313878/full|title=Wikimedia Foundation Org, Full Filing - Nonprofit Explorer|first=Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Ken Schwencke, Brandon Roberts, Alec Glassford|last=ProPublica|website=ProPublica|date=May 9, 2013}}</ref>
 
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[[File:Post-Sopa Blackout Party for Wikimedia Foundation staff-3.jpg|thumb|Wikimedia Foundation post-[[Stop Online Piracy Act|SOPA]] party, 2012]]
 
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A number of disputes have resulted in [[litigation]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=91968 |title=Mondaq.com |publisher=Mondaq.com |access-date=December 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812192915/http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=91968 |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Neuburger |first=Jeffrey D. |url=https://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2008/11/canadian-court-rules-linking-to-libel-isnt-necessarily-libel318.html |title=PBS.org |publisher=PBS.org |date=November 13, 2008 |access-date=December 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305090629/http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2008/11/canadian-court-rules-linking-to-libel-isnt-necessarily-libel318.html |archive-date=March 5, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pr-inside.com/wikipedia-wikimedia-fraud-lawsuit-r1645034.htm |title=PS-Inside.com |publisher=Pr-inside.com |access-date=December 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812190333/http://www.pr-inside.com/wikipedia-wikimedia-fraud-lawsuit-r1645034.htm|archive-date=August 12, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Timmer |first=John |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/08/judge-puts-defamation-lawsuit-against-wikipedia-to-the-sword/ |title=Judge puts defamation lawsuit against Wikipedia to the sword |website=Ars Technica |date=August 13, 2008 |access-date=March 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309232519/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/08/judge-puts-defamation-lawsuit-against-wikipedia-to-the-sword/ |archive-date=March 9, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> while others have not.<ref>{{cite web |last=Foresman |first=Chris |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/wikipedia-suit-could-put-it-on-the-wrong-side-of-fair-use.ars |title=ArsTechnica.com |publisher=ArsTechnica.com |date=April 23, 2009 |access-date=December 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225014940/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/wikipedia-suit-could-put-it-on-the-wrong-side-of-fair-use.ars |archive-date=December 25, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Attorney Matt Zimmerman stated, "Without strong liability protection, it would be difficult for Wikipedia to continue to provide a platform for user-created encyclopedia content."<ref>{{cite press release|title=EFF and Sheppard Mullin Defend Wikipedia in Defamation Case|url=https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/05/02|publisher=[[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]|access-date=March 11, 2014|date=May 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407223854/http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/05/02|archive-date=April 7, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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In October 2013, a German Court ruled that the Wikimedia Foundation can be held liable for content added to Wikipedia – however, this applies only when there has been a specific complaint; otherwise, the Wikimedia Foundation does not check any of the content published on Wikipedia and has no duty to do so.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2067460/wikimedia-is-liable-for-contents-of-wikipedia-articles-german-court-rules.html#tk.rss_all |title=Wikimedia is liable for contents of Wikipedia articles, German court rules |magazine=PCWorld |date=November 27, 2013 |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205234328/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2067460/wikimedia-is-liable-for-contents-of-wikipedia-articles-german-court-rules.html#tk.rss_all |archive-date=December 5, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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In June 2014, a copyright infringement lawsuit was filed by Bildkonst Upphovsrätt i Sverige against Wikimedia Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikimediasverige.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/angaende-stamningsansokan-fran-bus-mot-offentligkonst-se/|title=Angående stämningsansökan från BUS mot offentligkonst.se|work=Wikimedia Sverige|access-date=2015-10-25|date=2014-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822083507/http://wikimediasverige.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/angaende-stamningsansokan-fran-bus-mot-offentligkonst-se/|archive-date=August 22, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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On June 20, 2014, a defamation lawsuit (Law Division civil case No. L-1400-14) involving Wikipedia editors was filed with the Mercer County Superior Court in New Jersey seeking, inter alia, compensatory and punitive damages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://njcourts.judiciary.state.nj.us/web15z/ACMSPA/|title=ACMS Public Access|author=Bob.Reaman|work=state.nj.us|access-date=2015-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924061203/http://njcourts.judiciary.state.nj.us/web15z/ACMSPA/|archive-date=September 24, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.williamslopatto.com/uploads/2/5/8/4/25843913/blacklight_power_inc._complaint.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=August 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031060310/http://www.williamslopatto.com/uploads/2/5/8/4/25843913/blacklight_power_inc._complaint.pdf |archive-date=October 31, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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In a March 10, 2015, op-ed for ''[[The New York Times]]'', Wales and Tretikov announced the foundation was filing [[Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA|a lawsuit]] against the [[National Security Agency]] and five other government agencies and officials, including [[United States Department of Justice|DOJ]], calling into question its practice of [[mass surveillance]] which they argued infringed the constitutional rights of the foundation's readers, editors and staff. They were joined in the suit by eight additional plaintiffs, including [[Amnesty International]] and [[Human Rights Watch]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wales|first1=Jimmy|last2=Tretikov|first2=Lila|author-link1=Jimmy Wales|author-link2=Lila Tretikov|title=Stop Spying on Wikipedia Users|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/opinion/stop-spying-on-wikipedia-users.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 10, 2015|location=San Francisco|date=March 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311033930/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/opinion/stop-spying-on-wikipedia-users.html|archive-date=March 11, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Paulson|first1=Michelle|last2=Brigham|first2=Geoff|title=Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA to challenge upstream mass surveillance|url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2015/03/10/wikimedia-v-nsa/|website=Wikimedia Diff|access-date=March 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310140413/https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/10/wikimedia-v-nsa/|archive-date=March 10, 2015|url-status=live|date=March 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name="rayman">{{cite news |last=Rayman |first=Noah |title=Saving Wikipedia: Meet Lila Tretikov |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=April 14, 2015 |url=http://time.com/wikipedia/ |access-date=April 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418212234/http://time.com/wikipedia/ |archive-date=April 18, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> On October 23, 2015, the [[United States District Court for the District of Maryland]] dismissed the suit ''[[Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA]]'' on grounds of [[Standing (law)|standing]]. U.S. District Judge [[T. S. Ellis III]] ruled that the plaintiffs could not plausibly prove they were subject to [[upstream surveillance]], and that their argument is "riddled with assumptions", "speculations" and "mathematical gymnastics".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Farivar|first1=Cyrus|date=October 23, 2015|title=Judge tosses Wikimedia's anti-NSA lawsuit because Wikipedia isn't big enough. Not enough facts to "plausibly establish that the NSA is using upstream surveillance."|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/judge-tosses-wikimedias-anti-nsa-lawsuit-because-wikipedia-isnt-big-enough/|website=[[Ars Technica]]|access-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120744/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/judge-tosses-wikimedias-anti-nsa-lawsuit-because-wikipedia-isnt-big-enough/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wikimedia v. NSA - D. MD. Opinion|url=https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/wikimedia-v-nsa-d-md-opinion|publisher=[[American Civil Liberties Union|ACLU]]|date=October 23, 2015|access-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052405/https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/wikimedia-v-nsa-d-md-opinion|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The plaintiffs filed an appeal with the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit]] on February 17, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Appeal No. 15-2560. Brief for plaintiffs–appellants|url=https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/23._aclu_appeal_brief_2.17.2016.pdf|publisher=[[American Civil Liberties Union|ACLU]]|date=February 17, 2016|access-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312225445/https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/23._aclu_appeal_brief_2.17.2016.pdf|archive-date=March 12, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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In February 2016, Lila Tretikov announced her resignation as executive director, as a result of the WMF's [[Knowledge Engine (Wikimedia Foundation)|Knowledge Engine]] project and disagreements with the staff.<ref name=Hern2016>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/26/wikimedia-head-lila-tretikov-resigns-search-engine-plans |title=Head of Wikimedia resigns over search engine plans |last=Hern |first=Alex |date=February 26, 2016 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=December 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328201350/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/26/wikimedia-head-lila-tretikov-resigns-search-engine-plans |archive-date=March 28, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Spiegel2016>{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/wikipedia-streit-um-knowledge-engine-lila-tretikov-tritt-zurueck-a-1079448.html |title=Online-Enzyklopädie: Chefin der Wikipedia-Stiftung tritt zurück |date=February 26, 2016 |work=[[Spiegel Online]] |access-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305100002/http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/wikipedia-streit-um-knowledge-engine-lila-tretikov-tritt-zurueck-a-1079448.html |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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During the 2015 fundraising campaign, some members of the community voiced their concerns about the fundraising banners. They argued that they were obtrusive for users and that they could be deceiving potential donors by giving the perception that Wikipedia had immediate financial issues, which was not the case. The Wikimedia Foundation vowed to improve wording on further fundraising campaigns to avoid these issues.<ref>{{cite news|first=Caitlin|last=Dewey|title=Wikipedia has a ton of money. So why is it begging you to donate yours?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12/02/wikipedia-has-a-ton-of-money-so-why-is-it-begging-you-to-donate-yours/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=December 2, 2015|access-date=July 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710021353/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12/02/wikipedia-has-a-ton-of-money-so-why-is-it-begging-you-to-donate-yours/|archive-date=July 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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In June 2015, [[James Heilman]] was elected by the community to the [[#Board of trustees|Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees]].<ref name=board>{{cite web |url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results/ |title=Wikimedia Foundation Board election results are in |work=Wikimedia Diff |date=5 June 2015 |access-date=11 June 2015 |author=Varnum, Gregory |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614011940/https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results/ |archive-date=June 14, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2015, the board removed Heilman from his position as a trustee,<ref name="removal-resolution">{{cite web |url = https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:James_Heilman_Removal |title = Resolution:James Heilman Removal |work = Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees |date = 28 December 2015 |access-date = 29 December 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180215153552/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:James_Heilman_Removal |archive-date = February 15, 2018 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-December/080479.html|title=[Wikimedia-l] Announcement about changes to the Board|work=wikimedia.org|access-date=7 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617160221/https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-December/080479.html|archive-date=June 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> a decision that generated dispute amongst some members of the Wikipedia community.<ref name="Lih2016"/> A statement released by the board declared the lack of confidence of his fellow trustees in him as the reasons for his ouster. Heilman later stated that he "was given the option of resigning [by the Board] over the last few weeks. As a community elected member I see my mandate as coming from the community which elected me and thus declined to do so. I saw such a move as letting down those who elected me."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/12/wikimedia_dumps_elected_trustee/ | title=Wikimedia Foundation bins community-elected trustee | work=[[The Register]] | date=12 January 2016 | access-date=27 January 2016 | author=Orlowski, Andrew | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204024007/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/12/wikimedia_dumps_elected_trustee/ | archive-date=February 4, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> He subsequently pointed out that while on the Board, he had pushed for greater transparency regarding the Wikimedia Foundation's [[Knowledge Engine (Wikimedia Foundation)|Knowledge Engine]] project and its financing,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/2016/02/26/crise-a-fondation-wikimedia-directrice-demissionne-263290|title=Crise à la fondation Wikimedia : sa directrice démissionne|last=Noisette|first=Thierry|work=[[Nouvel Observateur]]|date=February 26, 2016|access-date=July 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102184156/http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/2016/02/26/crise-a-fondation-wikimedia-directrice-demissionne-263290|archive-date=November 2, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and indicated that his attempts to make public the [[Knight Foundation]] grant for the engine had been a factor in his dismissal.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://motherboard.vice.com/read/wikipedias-secret-google-competitor-search-engine-is-tearing-it-apart | title=The Secret Search Engine Tearing Wikipedia Apart | work=Vice | date=15 February 2016 | access-date=29 February 2016 | author=Koebler, Jason | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216072523/http://motherboard.vice.com/read/wikipedias-secret-google-competitor-search-engine-is-tearing-it-apart | archive-date=December 16, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref>
 
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Knowledge Engine was a [[search engine]] project initiated in 2015 by WMF to locate and display verifiable and trustworthy information on the Internet.<ref name=Koebler2016>{{cite news|url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8q8gvg/wikipedias-secret-google-competitor-search-engine-is-tearing-it-apart|title=The Secret Search Engine Tearing Wikipedia Apart|last=Koebler|first=Jason|date=February 16, 2016|work=[[Vice (magazine)#Website|Vice]]|access-date=July 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709215630/https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8q8gvg/wikipedias-secret-google-competitor-search-engine-is-tearing-it-apart|archive-date=July 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The goal of the KE was to be less reliant on traditional search engines and it was funded with a {{US$|250,000}} grant from the [[John S. and James L. Knight Foundation|Knight Foundation]].<ref name=McGee2016>{{cite news|url=http://searchengineland.com/wikimedia-foundation-secures-250000-grant-for-search-engine-development-242544|title=Wikimedia Foundation Secures $250,000 Grant For Search Engine Development|last=McGee|first=Matt|date=February 15, 2016|work=[[Search Engine Land]]|access-date=July 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523004937/http://searchengineland.com/wikimedia-foundation-secures-250000-grant-for-search-engine-development-242544|archive-date=May 23, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The project was perceived by some as a scandal, mainly because it was conceived in secrecy, which was perceived by some as a conflict with the Wikimedia community's transparency. In fact, some of the information available to the community was received through leaked documents published by ''[[The Signpost]]'' in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|first=Andreas|last=Kolbe|title=An in-depth look at the newly revealed documents|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-02-10/In_focus|work=[[The Signpost]]|date=February 10, 2016|access-date=July 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901083007/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-02-10/In_focus|archive-date=September 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Koebler2016/>
 
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Following this dispute, Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director [[Lila Tretikov]] resigned.<ref>{{cite web|first=Ashley|last=Allen|title=Wikimedia Director Resigns Following Internal Row Over Search Engine Plans|url=https://www.eteknix.com/wikimedia-director-resigns-following-internal-row-search-engine-plans/|work=eteknix|access-date=July 9, 2018|date=2016-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710010458/https://www.eteknix.com/wikimedia-director-resigns-following-internal-row-search-engine-plans/|archive-date=July 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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[[File:Wikimedia Foundation's expenses evolution by rubrics in US Dollars.svg|thumb|Wikimedia Foundation's expenses evolution by rubrics in USD]]
 
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Wales was confronted with allegations that WMF had "a miserable cost/benefit ratio and for years now has spent millions on software development without producing anything that actually works".<ref name=Kolbe2017/> Wales acknowledged in 2014 that he had "been frustrated as well about the endless controversies about the rollout of inadequate software not developed with sufficient community consultation and without proper incremental rollout to catch show-stopping bugs".<ref name=Kolbe2017>{{cite news|url=https://m.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/07/golden_handshakes_at_wikipedia/|title=Golden handshakes of almost half a million at Wikimedia Foundation|first=Andreas|last=Kolbe|work=The Register|date=7 June 2017|access-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019035605/https://m.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/07/golden_handshakes_at_wikipedia/|archive-date=October 19, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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In February 2017, an op-ed published by ''The Signpost'', the [[English Wikipedia]]'s online newspaper, titled "Wikipedia has Cancer"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2017-02-27/Op-ed&oldid=1026368793|title=Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2017-02-27/Op-ed|date=June 1, 2021|via=Wikipedia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Guy|last=Macon|title=Wikipedia has cancer|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has_Cancer|access-date=October 14, 2019}}</ref> produced a debate both in the Wikipedian community and the wider public. The author criticized the Wikimedia Foundation for its ever-increasing annual spending which, he argued, could put the project at financial risk should an unexpected event happen. The author proposed to put a cap on spending, build up its existing endowment, and restructure the endowment so that WMF cannot dip into the principal when times get bad.  Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director [[Katherine Maher]] responded by pointing out that such an endowment was already created in 2016, confusing creating an endowment with building up an existing endowment.<ref>{{cite web|author=Joon Ian Wong|title=Reddit is going nuts over Wikipedia's spending, but it's doing far better than its competitors|url=https://qz.com/978416/reddit-is-going-nuts-over-a-post-named-wikipedia-has-cancer/|work=[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]]|date=May 8, 2017|access-date=July 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709215712/https://qz.com/978416/reddit-is-going-nuts-over-a-post-named-wikipedia-has-cancer/|archive-date=July 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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