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The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects. We want to make it easier for everyone to share what they know. To do this, we keep Wikipedia and Wikimedia sites fast, reliable, and available to all. We protect the values and policies that allow free knowledge to thrive. We build new features and tools to make it easy to read, edit, and share from the Wikimedia sites. Above all, we support the communities of volunteers around the world who edit, improve, and add knowledge across Wikimedia projects.
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More than 550 staff and contractors support Wikimedia projects, communities, donors, and readers.
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We are taking on a huge challenge: free knowledge for all. View open positions and learn about working for the Foundation.
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The Wikimedia Foundation leadership team oversees departments, internal teams, and staff.
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The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees oversees our work. The Board is the Foundation’s ultimate corporate authority.
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We publish detailed financial reports that include audited financial statements and budgets.
The Wikimedia Foundation mission
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To empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.
Help us unlock the world’s knowledge.
As a nonprofit, Wikipedia and our related free knowledge projects are powered primarily through donations.
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Ten ways to close the gender gap on Wikipedia and beyond
Women’s History Month in March serves as a designated time to commemorate women and highlight their contributions to society. As we showcase the many women who have shaped our world, however, their struggles to be recognized and seen for their many achievements also become clear. This is especially true in the information landscape, the universe….
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The Wikimedia Foundation stands with its communities around the world in defending free knowledge in the face of threats from the Russian government
Цей пост також доступний українською мовою.Этот пост также доступен на русском языке. On 1 March 2022 the Wikimedia Foundation received a Russian government demand to remove content related to the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine posted by volunteer contributors to Russian Wikipedia. The Wikimedia Foundation and the movement we are part of have never backed down….
Elsewhere in Wikimedia — En Otro Lugar de Wikimedia
View what we plan to accomplish this year and next. Each annual plan begins on 1 July and concludes on 30 June of the following year.
Annual fundraising reports offer a transparent view of our fundraising operations, successes, and future plans.
Grants support impact-driven individuals, groups, and organizations whose efforts support our free knowledge mission.
Wikimedia movement affiliates support work focused on a specific theme, topic, or subject within or across countries and regions.
Years of annual reports cover the activities and impact of the Foundation.
See all official policies of the Wikimedia Foundation, including those for our wiki-related projects, Board, and staff.
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