The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a [[w:en:free content|free license]] or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.
; See also our [[Wikimedia Foundation bylaws|bylaws]], [[vision]], and our [[values]].▼
In collaboration with a [[Local chapters|network of chapters]], the Foundation provides the essential infrastructure and an organizational framework for the support and development of multilingual wiki [[our projects|projects]] and other endeavors which serve this mission. The Foundation will make and keep useful information from its projects available on the Internet [[w:en:gratis|free of charge]], in perpetuity.
▲;See also [[Wikimedia Foundation bylaws|bylaws]], [[vision]] and our [[values]]