https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Anya+ShyrokovaWikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T13:35:15ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.42.0-wmf.24https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=47434Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-07-23T23:16:54Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{{intro|As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.<br />
<br />
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received between June 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009.''}}}<br />
<br />
=== Major Benefactors===<br />
<br />
=== Patrons===<br />
Anonymous (3)<br />
<br />
=== Leading donors===<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (6)<br />
Alison, David, Lisa and Sam<br />
John Babcock<br />
A. Jean Mahoney and Robert Sparks <br />
Jonathan Starr<br />
USA Networks <br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (50)<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
[http://www.cheapstingybargains.com Cheapstingybargains.com] <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
[http://www.couponit.com/ Couponit.com]<br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk]<br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Lawrence Lessig <br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
[http://www.singlehop.com SingleHop Dedicated Servers] <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
[http://www.xilisoft.com/video-converter.html Video Converter]<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=47432Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-07-23T22:31:18Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{{intro|As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.<br />
<br />
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received between June 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009.''}}}<br />
<br />
=== Major Benefactors===<br />
<br />
=== Patrons===<br />
Anonymous (3)<br />
<br />
=== Leading donors===<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (6)<br />
Alison, David, Lisa and Sam<br />
John Babcock<br />
A. Jean Mahoney and Robert Sparks <br />
Jonathan Starr<br />
USA Networks <br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (50)<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
[http://www.cheapstingybargains.com Cheapstingybargains.com] <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
[http://www.couponit.com/ Couponit.com]<br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk]<br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Lawrence Lessig <br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
[http://www.singlehop.com SingleHop Dedicated Servers] <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=47428Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-07-23T01:08:59Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{{intro|As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.<br />
<br />
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received between June 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009.''}}}<br />
<br />
=== Major Benefactors===<br />
<br />
=== Patrons===<br />
Anonymous (3)<br />
<br />
=== Leading donors===<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (6)<br />
Alison, David, Lisa and Sam<br />
John Babcock<br />
A. Jean Mahoney and Robert Sparks <br />
Jonathan Starr<br />
USA Networks <br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (50)<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
[http://www.cheapstingybargains.com Cheapstingybargains.com] <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
[http://www.couponit.com/ Couponit.com]<br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk]<br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Lawrence Lessig <br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=47427Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-07-23T01:08:51Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{{intro|As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.<br />
<br />
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received between June 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009.''}}}<br />
<br />
=== Major Benefactors===<br />
<br />
=== Patrons===<br />
Anonymous (3)<br />
<br />
=== Leading donors===<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (6)<br />
Alison, David, Lisa and Sam<br />
John Babcock<br />
A. Jean Mahoney and Robert Sparks <br />
Jonathan Starr<br />
USA Networks <br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (50)<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
[http://www.cheapstingybargains.com Cheapstingybargains.com] <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
[http://www.couponit.com/ Couponit.com]<br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk]<br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Lawrence Lessig <br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=47426Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-07-23T01:08:43Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{{intro|As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.<br />
<br />
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received between June 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009.''}}}<br />
<br />
=== Major Benefactors===<br />
<br />
=== Patrons===<br />
Anonymous (3)<br />
<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (6)<br />
Alison, David, Lisa and Sam<br />
John Babcock<br />
A. Jean Mahoney and Robert Sparks <br />
Jonathan Starr<br />
USA Networks <br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (50)<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
[http://www.cheapstingybargains.com Cheapstingybargains.com] <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
[http://www.couponit.com/ Couponit.com]<br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk]<br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Lawrence Lessig <br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=47425Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-07-23T01:08:34Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{{intro|As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.<br />
<br />
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received between June 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009.''}}}<br />
<br />
=== Major Benefactors===<br />
<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
Anonymous (3)<br />
<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (6)<br />
Alison, David, Lisa and Sam<br />
John Babcock<br />
A. Jean Mahoney and Robert Sparks <br />
Jonathan Starr<br />
USA Networks <br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (50)<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
[http://www.cheapstingybargains.com Cheapstingybargains.com] <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
[http://www.couponit.com/ Couponit.com]<br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk]<br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Lawrence Lessig <br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=47424Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-07-23T01:08:14Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{{intro|As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.<br />
<br />
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received between June 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009.''}}}<br />
<br />
=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
Anonymous (3)<br />
<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (6)<br />
Alison, David, Lisa and Sam<br />
John Babcock<br />
A. Jean Mahoney and Robert Sparks <br />
Jonathan Starr<br />
USA Networks <br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (50)<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
[http://www.cheapstingybargains.com Cheapstingybargains.com] <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
[http://www.couponit.com/ Couponit.com]<br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk]<br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Lawrence Lessig <br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=47399Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-07-21T22:12:09Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{{intro|As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.<br />
<br />
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received between June 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009.''}}}<br />
<br />
=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
Anonymous (3)<br />
<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (6)<br />
Alison, David, Lisa and Sam<br />
John Babcock<br />
A. Jean Mahoney and Robert Sparks <br />
Jonathan Starr<br />
USA Networks <br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (50)<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
[http://www.cheapstingybargains.com Cheapstingybargains.com] <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
[http://www.couponit.com/ Couponit.com]<br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk]<br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46719Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-05-12T23:10:49Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{{intro|As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.<br />
<br />
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received between June 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009.''}}}<br />
<br />
=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
Anonymous (3)<br />
<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (6)<br />
Alison, David, Lisa and Sam<br />
John Babcock<br />
A. Jean Mahoney and Robert Sparks <br />
Jonathan Starr<br />
USA Networks <br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (50)<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
[http://www.cheapstingybargains.com Cheapstingybargains.com] <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk]<br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46718Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-05-12T23:10:13Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{{intro|As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.<br />
<br />
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received between June 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009.''}}}<br />
<br />
=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
Anonymous (3)<br />
<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous (6)<br />
Alison, David, Lisa and Sam<br />
John Babcock<br />
A. Jean Mahoney and Robert Sparks <br />
Jonathan Starr<br />
USA Networks <br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
[http://www.cheapstingybargains.com Cheapstingybargains.com] <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk]<br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46715Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-05-12T23:08:15Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{{intro|As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.<br />
<br />
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received between June 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009.''}}}<br />
<br />
=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
Anonymous (3)<br />
<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Alison, David, Lisa and Sam<br />
John Babcock<br />
A. Jean Mahoney and Robert Sparks <br />
Jonathan Starr<br />
USA Networks <br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
[http://www.cheapstingybargains.com Cheapstingybargains.com] <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk]<br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46714Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-05-12T22:58:17Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{{intro|As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.<br />
<br />
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received between June 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009.''}}}<br />
<br />
=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Alison, David, Lisa and Sam<br />
John Babcock<br />
A. Jean Mahoney and Robert Sparks <br />
Jonathan Starr<br />
USA Networks <br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
[http://www.cheapstingybargains.com Cheapstingybargains.com] <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk]<br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2005%E2%80%932008&diff=46712Archive:Benefactors/2005–20082010-05-12T22:55:42Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Major benefactors ($50,000 or more) */</p>
<hr />
<div>=== Major benefactors ($50,000 or more) ===<br />
{{{intro|As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.<br />
<br />
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received before May 31, 2008.''}}}<br />
<br />
* We would like to thank an '''anonymous donor''' for a generous gift of $500,000 in December 2007. Currently, it is our policy to assume donations to be anonymous unless otherwise stated by the donor.<br />
<br />
* On March 24, 2008, '''Vinod and Neeru Khosla''' announced a $500,000 donation to the Wikimedia Foundation, calling Wikipedia "a valuable global education resource." ([[Press Releases/Khosla Gift|Press release]])<br />
<br />
* Special thanks to a '''friend of the Wikimedia Foundation''', who has made a matching donation of $286,000 in stocks, and who has chosen to remain anonymous. (December 2006)<br />
<br />
* We are grateful for the ongoing support of '''Alan Bauer''', who has generously given a total of $145,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation since 2006, including a gift of $125,000 made in May 2008.<br />
<br />
* A generous donation of $100,000 was made to the Wikimedia Foundation by '''Stephen J. Luczo, Chairman of the Board of Seagate Technology''' in March 2007. <br />
<br />
* The '''Virgin Foundation''', operating under the working name of '''[http://virginunite.smartchange.org/ Virgin Unite]''', is the charitable arm of Virgin Group. The "Virgin Unite" campaign was launched in 2004. The Wikimedia Foundation would like to thank Virgin Unite for its generosity in matching donations during this fundraiser. (December 2006)<br />
<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 to $49,999) ===<br />
: '''Jeff Moe (en.wikipedia [[:en:user:jebba|user jebba]]) (2003 - July 2008)''' $29,750 (in multiple donations)<br />
<br />
: '''[http://www.twosigma.com/ Two Sigma Investments LLC] (December 2006)'''$25,000<br />
<br />
: '''[http://www.retailmenot.com RetailMeNot.com] (November 2007)'''$20,000<br />
<br />
: '''[http://philip.greenspun.com Philip Greenspun] (August 2007)''' $20,000<br />
<br />
: '''Burt and Diana Cutler Family Foundation (December 2006, November 2007)''' $15,000 (from two donations)<br />
<br />
: '''John and Frances Beck (September 2007)''' $15,000<br />
<br />
: '''Richard E Merit (September 2007)'''$15,000 <br />
<br />
: '''[http://www.cfsv.org/ Community Foundation Silicon Valley], Nicholas Palvesky fund (January 2007)''' $15,000<br />
<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 to $14,999) ===<br />
: '''Crown Clothing Corporation, in honor of Mr. Jim Branam (December 2007, May 2008)''' $10,000 (two donations of $5,000)<br />
<br />
: '''The Sims/Mae's Foundation, Inc (December 2006, December 2007)''' $10,000 (two donations of $5,000)<br />
<br />
: '''[http://www.seznam.cz/ Seznam.cz, a.s.] (May 2006)''' $10,000 <br />
<br />
: '''[http://www.edwardtufte.com/ Graphics Press, LLC] (December 2006, December 2007)''' $10,000 (two donations of $5,000)<br />
<br />
: '''Michael Minor (November 2007)''' $10,000<br />
<br />
: '''Select Equity Group Foundation (April 2007)''' $10,000<br />
<br />
: '''[http://craigslist.org/ Craigslist, Inc.] (December 2006)''' $5,000<br />
<br />
: '''Mr. William Richley, P.A. (December 2006)''' $5,000<br />
<br />
: '''The Zephyr Charitable Foundation, Inc (December 2006)'''$5,000<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 to $4,999) ===<br />
{| width="100%"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
Skinner Fund (May 2008)<br /><br />
Christopher Ruddy (December 2007, May 2008)<br /><br />
Donald and Jill Knuth (April 2008)<br /><br />
Gail O'Brien (March 2008)<br /><br />
Fabio Rossello (March 2008)<br /><br />
[http://www.talkgold.com Kevin Klinekole] (February 2008)<br /><br />
[http://www.sklatch.net Michael Webb] (January 2008)<br /><br />
Charles Tilford (December 2007)<br /><br />
Kaz Foundation for Social Advancement (December 2007)<br /><br />
Frank Rothacker (December 2007)<br /><br />
Titcomb Foundation (December 2007)<br /><br />
M. Amy Batchelor (December 2007)<br /><br />
Gary Steinmetz (December 2007)<br /><br />
Robert D Hall &amp; Ana F Barreto (December 2007)<br /><br />
Brooke Burgess, Ubermind, Inc. (December 2007)<br /><br />
RuthAnn Harnisch (December 2007)<br /><br />
Joseph Goodman (December 2007)<br /><br />
Francis Hogle (December 2006, December 2007)<br /><br />
[http://lessig.org/ Lawrence Lessig] (December 2006, December 2007)<br /><br />
Ross Mayfield, [http://www.socialtext.com Socialtext] (December 2006, December 2007)<br /><br />
Dahms (November 2007)<br /><br />
John Dash (November 2007)<br /><br />
Steven Dauber (November 2007)<br /><br />
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Weston (November 2007)<br /><br />
National Philanthropic Trust (November 2007)<br /><br />
Max Pucher (November 2007)<br /><br />
Alex Poon (November 2007)<br /><br />
Max Levchin (November 2007)<br /><br />
Robert Keeley (November 2007)<br /><br />
Andrew MacMillan (November 2007)<br /><br />
Bill Liao (November 2007)<br /><br />
Joichi Ito (July 2007, August 2007, October 2007)<br /><br />
Tyko Strassen (October 2007)<br /><br />
David M. Grubb (October 2007)<br /><br />
Stanley Eisenberg (October 2007)<br /><br />
The Biegelsen Foundation (September 2007)<br /><br />
Jill Efting (August 2007)<br /><br />
|<br />
Nitin Agarwal, [http://www.misk.com/ Misk] (July 2007)<br /><br />
Konstanty Martyniuk (June 2007)<br /><br />
Duc Vu (June 2007)<br /><br />
[http://www.fizber.com For Sale By Owner] (June 2007)<br /><br />
Alla Kapralova (May 2007)<br /><br />
Royce Family Foundation (May 2007)<br /><br />
[http://www.viaden.com Viaden-Media] (May 2007)<br /><br />
Elecia White (May 2007)<br /><br />
Coutts and Co (April 2007)<br /><br />
Michael Tardy (April 2007)<br /><br />
Jan Pedersen (March 2007)<br /><br />
Ms Elaine B Fortowsky (September 2006, February 2007)<br /><br />
[http://www.gbtco.com/ Greater Bay Trust Company] (February 2007)<br /><br />
Andreas Maladinski (February 2007)<br /><br />
Takao Nakamura (February 2007)<br /><br />
Peter Flamini (January 2007)<br /><br />
Bennett Lewis (January 2007)<br /><br />
Lyons (Januray 2007)<br /><br />
[http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia Wikia, Inc.] (January 2007)<br /><br />
John Baldridge (December 2006)<br /><br />
Andrew Bloch (December 2006)<br /><br />
Bridgewater Associates, Inc (December 2006)<br /><br />
David Bydeley (December 2006)<br /><br />
Michael E Chastain (December 2006)<br /><br />
Eamon Daly (December 2006)<br /><br />
John Eckstein (December 2006)<br /><br />
Gary Frisch (December 2006)<br /><br />
Mr Dominic J Froio (December 2006)<br /><br />
Hitz Foundation (December 2006)<br /><br />
Lawler (December 2006)<br /><br />
Elon Musk (December 2006)<br /><br />
Garry Osgood (December 2006)<br /><br />
Pickar Family Foundation (December 2006)<br /><br />
Harrity Snyder, LLP (December 2006)<br /><br />
Michael Webb (December 2006)<br /><br />
Ali Webster (December 2006)<br /><br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2005%E2%80%932008&diff=46711Archive:Benefactors/2005–20082010-05-12T22:55:31Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: </p>
<hr />
<div>=== Major benefactors ($50,000 or more) ===<br />
{{{intro|As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.<br />
<br />
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received Before May 31, 2008.''}}}<br />
<br />
* We would like to thank an '''anonymous donor''' for a generous gift of $500,000 in December 2007. Currently, it is our policy to assume donations to be anonymous unless otherwise stated by the donor.<br />
<br />
* On March 24, 2008, '''Vinod and Neeru Khosla''' announced a $500,000 donation to the Wikimedia Foundation, calling Wikipedia "a valuable global education resource." ([[Press Releases/Khosla Gift|Press release]])<br />
<br />
* Special thanks to a '''friend of the Wikimedia Foundation''', who has made a matching donation of $286,000 in stocks, and who has chosen to remain anonymous. (December 2006)<br />
<br />
* We are grateful for the ongoing support of '''Alan Bauer''', who has generously given a total of $145,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation since 2006, including a gift of $125,000 made in May 2008.<br />
<br />
* A generous donation of $100,000 was made to the Wikimedia Foundation by '''Stephen J. Luczo, Chairman of the Board of Seagate Technology''' in March 2007. <br />
<br />
* The '''Virgin Foundation''', operating under the working name of '''[http://virginunite.smartchange.org/ Virgin Unite]''', is the charitable arm of Virgin Group. The "Virgin Unite" campaign was launched in 2004. The Wikimedia Foundation would like to thank Virgin Unite for its generosity in matching donations during this fundraiser. (December 2006)<br />
<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 to $49,999) ===<br />
: '''Jeff Moe (en.wikipedia [[:en:user:jebba|user jebba]]) (2003 - July 2008)''' $29,750 (in multiple donations)<br />
<br />
: '''[http://www.twosigma.com/ Two Sigma Investments LLC] (December 2006)'''$25,000<br />
<br />
: '''[http://www.retailmenot.com RetailMeNot.com] (November 2007)'''$20,000<br />
<br />
: '''[http://philip.greenspun.com Philip Greenspun] (August 2007)''' $20,000<br />
<br />
: '''Burt and Diana Cutler Family Foundation (December 2006, November 2007)''' $15,000 (from two donations)<br />
<br />
: '''John and Frances Beck (September 2007)''' $15,000<br />
<br />
: '''Richard E Merit (September 2007)'''$15,000 <br />
<br />
: '''[http://www.cfsv.org/ Community Foundation Silicon Valley], Nicholas Palvesky fund (January 2007)''' $15,000<br />
<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 to $14,999) ===<br />
: '''Crown Clothing Corporation, in honor of Mr. Jim Branam (December 2007, May 2008)''' $10,000 (two donations of $5,000)<br />
<br />
: '''The Sims/Mae's Foundation, Inc (December 2006, December 2007)''' $10,000 (two donations of $5,000)<br />
<br />
: '''[http://www.seznam.cz/ Seznam.cz, a.s.] (May 2006)''' $10,000 <br />
<br />
: '''[http://www.edwardtufte.com/ Graphics Press, LLC] (December 2006, December 2007)''' $10,000 (two donations of $5,000)<br />
<br />
: '''Michael Minor (November 2007)''' $10,000<br />
<br />
: '''Select Equity Group Foundation (April 2007)''' $10,000<br />
<br />
: '''[http://craigslist.org/ Craigslist, Inc.] (December 2006)''' $5,000<br />
<br />
: '''Mr. William Richley, P.A. (December 2006)''' $5,000<br />
<br />
: '''The Zephyr Charitable Foundation, Inc (December 2006)'''$5,000<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 to $4,999) ===<br />
{| width="100%"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
Skinner Fund (May 2008)<br /><br />
Christopher Ruddy (December 2007, May 2008)<br /><br />
Donald and Jill Knuth (April 2008)<br /><br />
Gail O'Brien (March 2008)<br /><br />
Fabio Rossello (March 2008)<br /><br />
[http://www.talkgold.com Kevin Klinekole] (February 2008)<br /><br />
[http://www.sklatch.net Michael Webb] (January 2008)<br /><br />
Charles Tilford (December 2007)<br /><br />
Kaz Foundation for Social Advancement (December 2007)<br /><br />
Frank Rothacker (December 2007)<br /><br />
Titcomb Foundation (December 2007)<br /><br />
M. Amy Batchelor (December 2007)<br /><br />
Gary Steinmetz (December 2007)<br /><br />
Robert D Hall &amp; Ana F Barreto (December 2007)<br /><br />
Brooke Burgess, Ubermind, Inc. (December 2007)<br /><br />
RuthAnn Harnisch (December 2007)<br /><br />
Joseph Goodman (December 2007)<br /><br />
Francis Hogle (December 2006, December 2007)<br /><br />
[http://lessig.org/ Lawrence Lessig] (December 2006, December 2007)<br /><br />
Ross Mayfield, [http://www.socialtext.com Socialtext] (December 2006, December 2007)<br /><br />
Dahms (November 2007)<br /><br />
John Dash (November 2007)<br /><br />
Steven Dauber (November 2007)<br /><br />
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Weston (November 2007)<br /><br />
National Philanthropic Trust (November 2007)<br /><br />
Max Pucher (November 2007)<br /><br />
Alex Poon (November 2007)<br /><br />
Max Levchin (November 2007)<br /><br />
Robert Keeley (November 2007)<br /><br />
Andrew MacMillan (November 2007)<br /><br />
Bill Liao (November 2007)<br /><br />
Joichi Ito (July 2007, August 2007, October 2007)<br /><br />
Tyko Strassen (October 2007)<br /><br />
David M. Grubb (October 2007)<br /><br />
Stanley Eisenberg (October 2007)<br /><br />
The Biegelsen Foundation (September 2007)<br /><br />
Jill Efting (August 2007)<br /><br />
|<br />
Nitin Agarwal, [http://www.misk.com/ Misk] (July 2007)<br /><br />
Konstanty Martyniuk (June 2007)<br /><br />
Duc Vu (June 2007)<br /><br />
[http://www.fizber.com For Sale By Owner] (June 2007)<br /><br />
Alla Kapralova (May 2007)<br /><br />
Royce Family Foundation (May 2007)<br /><br />
[http://www.viaden.com Viaden-Media] (May 2007)<br /><br />
Elecia White (May 2007)<br /><br />
Coutts and Co (April 2007)<br /><br />
Michael Tardy (April 2007)<br /><br />
Jan Pedersen (March 2007)<br /><br />
Ms Elaine B Fortowsky (September 2006, February 2007)<br /><br />
[http://www.gbtco.com/ Greater Bay Trust Company] (February 2007)<br /><br />
Andreas Maladinski (February 2007)<br /><br />
Takao Nakamura (February 2007)<br /><br />
Peter Flamini (January 2007)<br /><br />
Bennett Lewis (January 2007)<br /><br />
Lyons (Januray 2007)<br /><br />
[http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia Wikia, Inc.] (January 2007)<br /><br />
John Baldridge (December 2006)<br /><br />
Andrew Bloch (December 2006)<br /><br />
Bridgewater Associates, Inc (December 2006)<br /><br />
David Bydeley (December 2006)<br /><br />
Michael E Chastain (December 2006)<br /><br />
Eamon Daly (December 2006)<br /><br />
John Eckstein (December 2006)<br /><br />
Gary Frisch (December 2006)<br /><br />
Mr Dominic J Froio (December 2006)<br /><br />
Hitz Foundation (December 2006)<br /><br />
Lawler (December 2006)<br /><br />
Elon Musk (December 2006)<br /><br />
Garry Osgood (December 2006)<br /><br />
Pickar Family Foundation (December 2006)<br /><br />
Harrity Snyder, LLP (December 2006)<br /><br />
Michael Webb (December 2006)<br /><br />
Ali Webster (December 2006)<br /><br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46507Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-05-03T18:53:38Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Alison, David, Lisa and Sam<br />
John Babcock<br />
A. Jean Mahoney and Robert Sparks <br />
Jonathan Starr<br />
USA Networks <br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
[http://www.cheapstingybargains.com Cheapstingybargains.com] <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk]<br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46504Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-05-03T17:36:17Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Alison, David, Lisa and Sam<br />
John Babcock<br />
A. Jean Mahoney and Robert Sparks <br />
Jonathan Starr<br />
USA Networks <br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk]<br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46497Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-05-03T17:30:48Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
[http://www.idealo.co.uk www.idealo.co.uk]<br />
[http://ipodrip.com iPodRip] <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46496Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-05-03T17:29:11Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
[http://www.touchlocal.com Touch Local UK Business Directory]<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46495Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-05-03T17:27:52Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
[http://www.pepermunt.net/ Pepermunt.net] <br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46494Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-05-03T17:26:54Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
[http://www.newyorkbiz.com www.newyorkbiz.com] <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46493Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-05-03T17:25:00Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Gordon Lyon, [http://www.nmap.org Nmap Project]<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46492Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-05-03T17:24:19Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
[http://www.bitkeeper.com BitMover]<br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
[http://www.empax.org/ Empax Inc.] <br />
[http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/ Go Health Insurance] <br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Anya_Shyrokova&diff=46468User:Anya Shyrokova2010-04-27T23:33:46Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:Anya Shyrokova December 2008.jpg|thumb|200px|Anya Shyrokova, Stewardship Associate]]<br />
'''Anya Shyrokova''' is the Wikimedia Foundation's Stewardship Associate.<br />
<br />
Anya recently graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a double major in Political Economy of Industrialized Societies and Molecular Cell Biology. She also speaks fluent Russian and is intermediate in French and Ukrainian.<br />
<br />
Anya helps out in fundraising, working in the database as a donor record manager and with the Major Gifts team on prospecting and major gift appeals.<br />
<br />
:Email: giving{{@}}wikimedia.org</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2010%E2%80%932011&diff=46467Archive:Benefactors/2010–20112010-04-27T23:33:26Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: </p>
<hr />
<div><noinclude>{{SponsorLang}}</noinclude>{{Benefactors<br />
|intro = As a nonprofit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation relies on the expertise & generosity of thousands of people all around the world.<br />
<br />
''Note: All figures are in US dollars and reflect gifts received after May 1, 2009.''<br />
<br />
| press = Press release<br />
| anon = Anonymous<br />
<br />
| foundation-head = Foundation Support<br />
| major-head = Major Benefactors ($50,000+)<br />
| patrons-head = Patrons ($15,000 to $49,999)<br />
| leading-head = Leading donors ($5,000 to $14,999)<br />
| sustaining-head = Sustaining donors ($1,000 to $4,999)<br />
| donations-head = Donations of goods and services<br />
| special-head = Special thanks to our Chapters<br />
| special-intro = The Wikimedia Foundation would like to thank the following chapters for their donations<br />
<br />
| ch = Switzerland<br />
| it = Italy<br />
<br />
| 2005 = 2005–2008 donors<br />
| lang = en<br />
}}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Anya_Shyrokova&diff=46463User:Anya Shyrokova2010-04-27T21:38:12Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:Anya Shyrokova December 2008.jpg|thumb|200px|Anya Shyrokova, Stewardship Associate]]<br />
'''Anya Shyrokova''' is the Wikimedia Foundation's Stewardship Associate.<br />
<br />
Anya recently graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a double major in Political Economy of Industrialized Societies and Molecular Cell Biology. She also speaks fluent Russian and is intermediate in French and Ukrainian.<br />
<br />
Anya helps out in fundraising, working in the database as a donor record manager and with the Major Gifts team on prospecting and major gift appeals.<br />
<br />
:Email: giving{{@}}wikimedia.org<br />
:Phone: (415) 839-6885 x 619</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Anya_Shyrokova&diff=46462User:Anya Shyrokova2010-04-27T21:38:03Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:Anya Shyrokova December 2008.jpg|thumb|200px|Anya Shyrokova, Stewardship Associate]]<br />
'''Anya Shyrokova''' is the Wikimedia Foundation's Stewardship Associate.<br />
<br />
Anya recently graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a double major in Political Economy of Industrialized Societies and Molecular Cell Biology. She also speaks fluent Russian and is intermediate in French and Ukrainian.<br />
<br />
Anya helps out in fundraising, working in the database as a donor record manager and with the Major Gifts team on prospecting and major gift appeals.<br />
<br />
Email: giving{{@}}wikimedia.org<br />
Phone: (415) 839-6885 x 619</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46459Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-04-27T19:40:34Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Derek Sivers<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46457Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-04-27T18:25:48Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) */</p>
<hr />
<div>=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Anonymous<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Martin Sinner<br />
Derek Sivers<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benefactors/2008-2009&diff=46444Benefactors/2008-20092010-04-26T23:54:09Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: Created page with '=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) === === Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) === === Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) === === Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) === {| style="...'</p>
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<div>=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
Sorin Cismas <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Martin Sinner<br />
Derek Sivers<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46439Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-04-26T20:42:18Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) */</p>
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<div>=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===<br />
{| style="width:80%;"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|<br />
{{#tag:poem|<br />
Orville Baggett <br />
Allen Berry <br />
Best Buy Children's Foundation Tag Team Awards<br />
Christian Boiron<br />
Jeanne Busch<br />
David Bydeley <br />
Sorin Cismas <br />
Pawel Ciszewski <br />
Joseph DeRisi <br />
Drucila Cooper Memorial Fund<br />
Edgar Durbin<br />
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler <br />
Patrick Hanna <br />
Paul Johansen<br />
Jennifer Kapila<br />
Marc Labelle<br />
Alexander Lindsey<br />
William A. Linton <br />
Christine Marcellus <br />
Lars Petter Mathiassen <br />
Mark Melton <br />
Svein Ølnes <br />
Motohisa Oono<br />
John Prikkel<br />
Koyama Ryusuke<br />
Jon Shapiro <br />
Martin Sinner<br />
Derek Sivers<br />
Paul Trickey<br />
Karl Voskuil <br />
Milan Votava <br />
Wohler Technologies, Inc.<br />
Yahoo! Holiday Giving Program<br />
<br />
}}<br />
|}</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46435Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-04-26T19:11:18Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: </p>
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<div>=== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ===<br />
=== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ===<br />
=== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ===<br />
=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ===</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Benefactors/2008%E2%80%932009&diff=46434Archive:Benefactors/2008–20092010-04-26T19:10:57Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: Created page with '== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) == == Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) == == Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) == == Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) =='</p>
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<div>== Major Benefactors ($50,000 - $99,999) ==<br />
== Patrons ($15,000 - $49,999) ==<br />
== Leading donors ($5,000 - $14,999) ==<br />
== Sustaining donors ($1,000 - $4,999) ==</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive:Fundraising_2009&diff=45389Archive:Fundraising 20092010-01-07T18:40:42Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: /* Rand Notes */</p>
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<div>== Contact people ==<br />
:''Unless otherwise noted, these people can be contacted through flastname{{@}}wikimedia.org.''<br />
;Anything<br />
* [[User:Rand Montoya|Rand Montoya]]<br />
<br />
;Technology<br />
* [[User:Tfinc|Tomasz Finc]]<br />
* [[m:User:Azafred|Fred Vassard]]<br />
* [[User:Trevor Parscal|Trevor Parscal]]<br />
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;Translations, other language pages<br />
* [[User:Cbrown1023|Casey Brown]], me{{@}}caseybrown.org<br />
* [[User:Az1568|Alex Zariv]], az1568{{@}}gmail.com<br />
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;OTRS<br />
* [[User:Anya Shyrokova|Anya Shyrokova]]<br />
* [[User:Rjd0060|Ryan]], rjd0060.wiki{{@}}gmail.com<br />
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== To-do ==<br />
See [[Wikimedia:To-do#Fundraising-related]].<br />
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== Translations ==<br />
=== Publishing instructions ===<br />
:''It's best to use a browser with tabs for this.''<br />
# Open the English source (for example: [[m:Fundraising 2009/core messages/en|core messages]])<br />
# Open the translation in a tab next to the English pages.<br />
# Open up all the pages using the links below, they'll auto-fill the English source (or last year's translation for the footer) and open up the "destination".<br />
# Fill in the pages with the translations, for the most part they're in the proper sections. However...<br />
#* "Ways to Give" (other-ways-link) and "Help protect it, now." (story-text-link) are two that are in "Other lines to translate"<br />
#* non-profit-text, give-to-chapter-text, and validation-error-minimum should be in last year's page if it exists (Donate/Now/xx)<br />
#* If we don't have a translation for something, leave it in English. There will be another request soon for the missing pieces.<br />
# Some specific "localizations" to keep in mind.<br />
#* Links to [[FAQ/en]], [[Chapters/en]], [[Donate/Donor Privacy]], [[Ways to Give/en]], [[Stories2/en]], etc. should link to the English pages.<br />
#* Links to [[Special:ContributionHistory]] and [[DonateNonJS/en]] should link to translated pages (just add the language code for the special page; change DonateNonJS to Donate/Now/xx)<br />
#* Currency should use something fitting for the language (it might also be on last year's page). Check Wikipedia to see what countries the language is common in and see if we support an applicable currency. If not, leave it in USD. If you notice that the country is on the poorer side, lower the default USD currencies.<br />
# CentralNotices. There are a lot.<br />
#* Be sure to change "Wikipedia" in the local language to <nowiki>{{SITENAME}}</nowiki>. If it looks too complicated for you (weird script, seems like the letters at the end are different, etc.), leave a message for [[m:User talk:Az1568|Alex]] or [[m:User talk:Cbrown1023|Casey]].<br />
#* Lowercase the words... make your best judgement by looking at what they do with "Wikipedia Forever" in Phase 3. Don't capitalize them by hand, use <nowiki>{{subst:lc:}}</nowiki> &ndash; a character may look like a Latin one, but could actually be something different.<br />
# Smile at your work, then move on to the next language.<br />
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=== Status template/Links ===<br />
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== Reminders for next year ==<br />
:''At the moment, this is a bit of a whining list. However, the points raised on here are important and will be converted into something more clear when the fundraiser's over. Please expand this list.''<br />
<div class="plainlinks"><br />
# Don't rush. Start putting things together earlier. If a deadline is nastily approaching, change it.<br />
# Do things properly with thought-out rationales &mdash; don't just redirect last year's page to the new page, move all of the pages at once (either with a bot or script) so we can keep them around. You never know when we'll need them again, either for translations, code, or just to see what last year was like.<br />
# Don't reinvent the wheel.<br />
# Communication amongst the team members could be better. A public fundraising channel on IRC is the best solution (we had something like this in 2008)... private things can be moved to IM or PM.<br />
# Use a testing platform/site (dev.donate.wikimedia.org) that's actually like the final destination... create draft notices *in* CentralNotice, so we don't have to re-invent things.<br />
# Numbers in the translation request are helpful (like in [[m:Fundraising 2008/core messages/en|last year's request]])<br />
# Quadruple^nth check that you have all the strings included in the translation request.<br />
# If we're going to have a link within a string, make sure that that's noted in the translation request.<br />
# Have working drafts available. Screenshots are better than nothing, but a working demo is <3.<br />
# Community feedback was weird this year: the beginning (donation buttons, etc.) was full of it and then the final result (WIKIPEDIA FOREVER) was just handed to the community without much say in the matter.<br />
# Be more diligent in responding to translator questions.<br />
# Staggered launches worked great.<br />
# Create a separate notice template with all the shared pieces that are specific to this fundraiser. (all donate-url's, all Support Wikipedia's, etc.)<br />
# Communal To do list worked well.<br />
# Cross-browser checking *while developing*.<br />
# Don't go half-way on the Wikipedia vs. Sister projects issue, it just leads to confusion.<br />
# Don't piss off the chapters.<br />
#:(A lot of stuff is included under this header, we can't forget to work this out with them on internal.)<br />
# '''Reuse'''. Multiple pages with exactly the same thousand characters (save for a few small changes) should be avoided (e.g. [[Support Wikipedia/en]] & [[Support Wikipedia2/en]]... but it could be even better, like just saying "if the page name starts with Support Wikipedia2, show these strings; if it doesn't, show these")<br />
#: An extension of this is stuff like [[Donate/Benefactors/en]] and [[Benefactors]].<br />
# Making the page look like a wiki is b.a.d.<br />
#:Ugly page title.<br />
#:People are more likely to try to leave feedback on talk pages, get accounts to translate, etc. We didn't have these issues in the past.<br />
#:Did I mention ugly? ;-)<br />
#: ...<br />
# If you're going to use translations on another wiki, make sure those translations are kept up to date. (*cough*payments.wm.o*cough*) There are many ways to do this, but it should be an automated way like [[mw:Manual:$wgEnableScaryTranscluding|scary transclusions]]/[[mw:Extension:LocalizationUpdate|LocalizationUpdate]] or a bot.<br />
# Don't use two templates that do the same thing. Merge them. (c.f. [[Template:2009/Donate-header/en]], [[Template:2009/Donate-banner/en]])<br />
# The fundraiser occurs during two big holidays: Thanksgiving and Christmas/Hanukkah. The world shouldn't end because people go away &ndash; we need to plan for that.<br />
# If you're too busy to make the changes, make it possible for someone else to do them. (i.e. updating extension codes on SVN to point to the correct pages)<br />
# The [[m:Fundraising 2009/Launch Feedback|Launch feedback]] and [[m:Fundraising 2009/Alternative banners|Alternative banners]] pages worked well, but they should be easier to get to from Foundationwiki (people jump to the talk pages and reach a dead-end).<br />
# I liked how Meta-Wiki's sitenotice [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sitenotice&oldid=1719565 pointed] people to the fundraising pages.<br />
# The fundraiser runs on CentralNotice, the bugs should be fixed and the extension should be cleaned up.<br />
# Before announcing any major fundraising campaign or slogan, register the domain first.<br />
# Not many people enjoy BEING SHOUTED AT. (eg. no caps lock)<br />
# The fact that we had an international set of messages ''and'' an English-only set worked out great. We could test new strings without wasting translator work.<br />
# A minor pet peeve of mine (and I know others like Dami felt the same) was that you couldn't open the GeoIP links in a new tab because of the way they were handled through javascript.<br />
# Better rtl support. We were great at this on the wmf pages side, but we could use more work:<br />
#* on the notices (if we have to hardcode a direction, we should make it a "shared space" field... like wherever it says "right" change it to {{{right}}}; not the best solution but workable)<br />
#* on the other sites (like payments).<br />
# Every year we are asked about donating in Indian rupees. Please! (Wikimedia India. :D)<br />
# "Ways to Give" is pretty ugly and un-userfriendly, we might want to put more thought into this.<br />
# Help chapters support alternate donation options more easily (i.e. iDEAL for NL, some RU thing, etc.)<br />
# Allow more than just credit cards and PayPal (Amazon and Google Checkout were suggested)<br />
# Implement a ?usenotice=Blah (great for troubleshooting) <!-- from tomek ;-) --><br />
# Better infrastructure for facilitating ''other'' types of donations (non-monetary). We always have people looking around for other ways to contribute, a lot arrive at the "Volunteering" section. We need to find a way to better tell these people what we need and get them to help us.<br />
# &lt;style> tag elements need to be specific; the banners broke link underlining behavior for a few hours. ([[m:Fundraising_2009/Launch_Feedback/Archive_1#Lessons_to_learn|LF]])<br />
# "The "hide" button should actually HIDE the effing thing. If we don't want to see it we don't want to see it. I'm not going to give you any money regardless." => The perennial suggestion, take it or leave it. ([[m:Fundraising_2009/Launch_Feedback/Archive_1#Lessons_to_learn|LF]])<br />
# Daily updates during launch were great.<br />
# Some way to fully localize the whole site (this isn't just fundraising-related, but related to all of it... this issue is just highlighted when we have everyone coming to our site). ([[m:Fundraising_2009/Launch_Feedback/Archive_1#Full_localization|LF]])<br />
# Nice suggestion on Launch Feedback: give the option to tweet out your public comment at the same time. ([[m:Fundraising_2009/Launch_Feedback/Archive_1#Twitter_Integration|LF]])<br />
# Allow more than just credit cards and PayPal (Amazon and Google Checkout were suggested) ([[m:Fundraising_2009/Launch_Feedback/Archive_1#Alternative_Donation_Methods|LF]])<br />
# Use better defined css-styles. We should be able to create a gadget that only hides the fundraising banner (or the specific year's fundraising banner), rather than all CentralNotice notices. It would also be nice if we could change specific attributes of specific notices locally (c.f. the Chinese issue).<br />
# Lets make sure our error messages are clear. "You must enter a valid amount (for example "25")." is better than "You must enter a valid amount." (A lot of people were confused this year... they tried entering things like "$25" in the blank and didn't understand why it wouldn't work.)<br />
# Allow searches for donor names on [[Special:ContributionHistory]]. ([{{fullurl:m:Foundation wiki feedback|oldid=1779112#please_allow_searches_for_donor_names}} FWF])<br />
# I liked how we put all the supplementary messages/pages in one translation request this year, it worked well.<br />
# Translate the thank you letter too?<br />
# Don't use a local [[Template:2008/Contribution history introduction/en]] again. Include the content in the MediaWiki messages to translate.<br />
# About page names, use the same basic page name every year (i.e. "Donate/es" or "Dona") and just change the page to either redirect or translate the current year's donation module (i.e. "2009/Donate/en").<br />
# More currencies? PayPal seems to [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/sell/mc/mc_intro-outside now accept]: MXN, BRL, MYR, PHP, TWD, and THB. Any reason we don't support those? I know we've gotten requests for BRL already.<br />
# [[Support/en]] is ugly. 'nuff said.<br />
# Be more culturally sensitive and include other social networks than just American/European ones ([http://www.promediablog.com/wp-content/uploads/social-networks-popularity-chart-2008_1.gif this] is a great breakdown by country/continent). There's not really any issue in having too many social networks. Notable exceptions: MySpace, Bebo, Orkut, Live Journal, Friendster.<br />
# More time to publish translations would be nice. Trevor had a great idea of formating the Jimmy notices so that the number of lines/line break locations were automatically adjusted based on the the translation. Unfortunately because we had to publish it quickly, we didn't preserve this great idea. (This is a note to translation publishers as well as to fundraising staffers.)<br />
# Put the social bookmarks template on Jimmy's appeal too -- we want people sharing that as much as, if not more than, the other pages. (Someone brought this up on [[m:Fundraising 2009/LF|LF]] too.)<br />
# When we say "Where does my money go? People and technology", people think that's '''all''' their donation goes to. They assume that it's wayyyy too expensive to run the website on the technical side and/or the staffers are paid too much and they're taking advantage of the volunteers. We need to highlight the "other stuff" we do (Wikipedia Academies, etc.). (This was brought up countless times on LF and caused quite a bit of the confusion.)<br />
# E-mail (or a communal IRC channel) is always a better option than an IM for a status update. The only time we should be IM'ing is if it's a quick question or task that needs doing.<br />
# Last minute additions of texts to any piece that has been translated already is bad. <tt>:-(</tt> Certain things need to be planned ahead of time.<br />
# Why not support recurring payments [[Fundraising/USD/monthly|again]]?<br />
# Someone suggested links to statistics on the "Thank You" pages. ([http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/12/18/annual-fundraiser-our-best-day-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-1864 blog post])<br />
# Border to separate translation groups?<!-- MarkW --><br />
# Allow languages to pick their own quotes (for both banners and letters)? For example, the German pages could also include donors to Wikimedia Deutschland. Different cultures react different types of quotes.<br />
# Make it so that all the links on the donation pages open in another window? This will help make sure that people actually stay on the donation pages. ([{{fullurl:m:Foundation wiki feedback|oldid=1789493#User_Interface_:_Suggestion}} FWF])<br />
#:Possible solution: add <nowiki><base target="_blank"></nowiki> to the header template and then only specify <nowiki><a target="_self"></nowiki> on the "donate" links.<br />
# Quite a few of the translations complained that [[Jimmy Thank You/en|Jimmy's Thank You]] (and, well, most of the campaign) was too American and did not port well to other languages/cultures/nations. Something to keep in mind next time.<br />
# We need to change the "other languages" box ({{[[Template:DonateLang|DonateLang]]}}) depending on the page. We don't want to link to the "Support Wikipedia" pages on [[Appeal/en]].<br />
# Before we setup donation links to our "friends" (see [[Jimmy Thank You/en]]), we should ask them if they do any donation tracking. It would probably be nice of us to add some sort of ?utm_source=wikimedia&utm_medium=thankyouletter or something like that so they can figure out where all that money came from.<br />
# The press releases need to be ready early so that the chapters can create their own copy.<br />
# ...<br />
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; From a chapters point of view:<br />
# Involve the chapters more, and communicate more<br />
# Provide heads-up of planned changes before they happen, and ask for feedback<br />
# Have as many possibilities for volunteers to help as possible (donation messages, page design, ...)<br />
# Don't break the GeoIP functionality ;-)<br />
# When things go wrong, say what's going on rather than leaving people in the dark (they start complaining then. ;-) )<br />
# Don't make it all about Wikipedia - that's not all that Wikimedia is about.<br />
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== Rand Notes ==<br />
# Jan_eissfeldt: hire more technical support; call for local slogan/banner/x-proposals by the project communities with a deadline and central evaluation by a team of volunteers/chapter persons/committee, responsible to you. that maybe generate, combined with a strong core message of the foundation or jimbo, more specific fundraising potentials on the one hand and productive volunteer-activicy on the other<br />
# Rjd0060: Between Nov 10-20 (226 emails), Nov 21-30 (236 emails), Dec 1-Dec 10 (562 emails), Dec 11-20 (1321 emails), Dec 21-31 (1586 emails), Jan 1-5 (324 emails) <br />
##out of 4255 total answered emails in donations queue, 1066 emails were answered by staff<br />
##more than 5 volunteers are needed for OTRS donations queue, particularly to handle the rush during the holiday season</div>Anya Shyrokovahttps://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Anya_Shyrokova&diff=43552User:Anya Shyrokova2009-11-26T05:41:08Z<p>Anya Shyrokova: </p>
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<div>Anya Shyrokova is the Wikimedia Foundation's Stewardship Associate. Anya recently graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a double major in Political Economy of Industrialized Societies and Molecular Cell Biology. She also speaks fluent Russian, reads and writes Ukrainian, and has intermediate skills in French. <br />
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<div>=== Major benefactors ($50,000 or more) ===<br />
* We would like to thank an '''anonymous donor''' for a generous gift of $500,000 in December 2007. Currently, it is our policy to assume donations to be anonymous unless otherwise stated by the donor.<br />
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* On March 24, 2008, '''Vinod and Neeru Khosla''' announced a $500,000 donation to the Wikimedia Foundation, calling Wikipedia "a valuable global education resource." ([[Press Releases/Khosla Gift|Press release]])<br />
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* Special thanks to a '''friend of the Wikimedia Foundation''', who has made a matching donation of $286,000 in stocks, and who has chosen to remain anonymous. (December 2006)<br />
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* We are grateful for the ongoing support of '''Alan Bauer''', who has generously given a total of $145,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation since 2006, including a gift of $125,000 made in May 2008.<br />
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* A generous donation of $100,000 was made to the Wikimedia Foundation by '''Stephen J. Luczo, Chairman of the Board of Seagate Technology''' in March 2007. <br />
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* The '''Virgin Foundation''', operating under the working name of '''[http://virginunite.smartchange.org/ Virgin Unite]''', is the charitable arm of Virgin Group. The "Virgin Unite" campaign was launched in 2004. The Wikimedia Foundation would like to thank Virgin Unite for its generosity in matching donations during this fundraiser. (December 2006)<br />
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=== Patrons ($15,000 to $49,999) ===<br />
: '''Jeff Moe (en.wikipedia [[:en:user:jebba|user jebba]]) (2003 - July 2008)''' $29,750 (in multiple donations)<br />
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: '''[http://www.twosigma.com/ Two Sigma Investments LLC] (December 2006)'''$25,000<br />
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: '''[http://www.retailmenot.com RetailMeNot.com] (November 2007)'''$20,000<br />
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: '''[http://philip.greenspun.com Philip Greenspun] (August 2007)''' $20,000<br />
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: '''Burt and Diana Cutler Family Foundation (December 2006, November 2007)''' $15,000 (from two donations)<br />
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: '''John and Frances Beck (September 2007)''' $15,000<br />
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: '''Richard E Merit (September 2007)'''$15,000 <br />
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: '''[http://www.cfsv.org/ Community Foundation Silicon Valley], Nicholas Palvesky fund (January 2007)''' $15,000<br />
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=== Leading donors ($5,000 to $14,999) ===<br />
: '''Crown Clothing Corporation, in honor of Mr. Jim Branam (December 2007, May 2008)''' $10,000 (two donations of $5,000)<br />
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: '''The Sims/Mae's Foundation, Inc (December 2006, December 2007)''' $10,000 (two donations of $5,000)<br />
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: '''[http://www.seznam.cz/ Seznam.cz, a.s.] (May 2006)''' $10,000 <br />
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: '''[http://www.edwardtufte.com/ Graphics Press, LLC] (December 2006, December 2007)''' $10,000 (two donations of $5,000)<br />
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: '''Michael Minor (November 2007)''' $10,000<br />
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: '''Select Equity Group Foundation (April 2007)''' $10,000<br />
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: '''[http://craigslist.org/ Craigslist, Inc.] (December 2006)''' $5,000<br />
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: '''Mr. William Richley, P.A. (December 2006)''' $5,000<br />
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: '''The Zephyr Charitable Foundation, Inc (December 2006)'''$5,000<br />
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=== Sustaining donors ($1,000 to $4,999) ===<br />
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Skinner Fund (May 2008)<br /><br />
Christopher Ruddy (December 2007, May 2008)<br /><br />
Donald and Jill Knuth (April 2008)<br /><br />
Gail O'Brien (March 2008)<br /><br />
Fabio Rossello (March 2008)<br /><br />
[http://www.talkgold.com Kevin Klinekole] (February 2008)<br /><br />
[http://www.sklatch.net Michael Webb] (January 2008)<br /><br />
Charles Tilford (December 2007)<br /><br />
Kaz Foundation for Social Advancement (December 2007)<br /><br />
Frank Rothacker (December 2007)<br /><br />
Titcomb Foundation (December 2007)<br /><br />
M. Amy Batchelor (December 2007)<br /><br />
Gary Steinmetz (December 2007)<br /><br />
Robert D Hall &amp; Ana F Barreto (December 2007)<br /><br />
Brooke Burgess, Ubermind, Inc. (December 2007)<br /><br />
RuthAnn Harnisch (December 2007)<br /><br />
Joseph Goodman (December 2007)<br /><br />
Francis Hogle (December 2006, December 2007)<br /><br />
[http://lessig.org/ Lawrence Lessig] (December 2006, December 2007)<br /><br />
Ross Mayfield, [http://www.socialtext.com Socialtext] (December 2006, December 2007)<br /><br />
Dahms (November 2007)<br /><br />
John Dash (November 2007)<br /><br />
Steven Dauber (November 2007)<br /><br />
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Weston (November 2007)<br /><br />
National Philanthropic Trust (November 2007)<br /><br />
Max Pucher (November 2007)<br /><br />
Alex Poon (November 2007)<br /><br />
Max Levchin (November 2007)<br /><br />
Robert Keeley (November 2007)<br /><br />
Andrew MacMillan (November 2007)<br /><br />
Bill Liao (November 2007)<br /><br />
Joichi Ito (July 2007, August 2007, October 2007)<br /><br />
Tyko Strassen (October 2007)<br /><br />
David M. Grubb (October 2007)<br /><br />
Stanley Eisenberg (October 2007)<br /><br />
The Biegelsen Foundation (September 2007)<br /><br />
Jill Efting (August 2007)<br /><br />
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Nitin Agarwal, [http://www.misk.com/ Misk] (July 2007)<br /><br />
Konstanty Martyniuk (June 2007)<br /><br />
Duc Vu (June 2007)<br /><br />
[http://www.fizber.com For Sale By Owner] (June 2007)<br /><br />
Alla Kapralova (May 2007)<br /><br />
Royce Family Foundation (May 2007)<br /><br />
[http://www.viaden.com Viaden-Media] (May 2007)<br /><br />
Elecia White (May 2007)<br /><br />
Coutts and Co (April 2007)<br /><br />
Michael Tardy (April 2007)<br /><br />
Jan Pedersen (March 2007)<br /><br />
Ms Elaine B Fortowsky (September 2006, February 2007)<br /><br />
[http://www.gbtco.com/ Greater Bay Trust Company] (February 2007)<br /><br />
Andreas Maladinski (February 2007)<br /><br />
Takao Nakamura (February 2007)<br /><br />
Peter Flamini (January 2007)<br /><br />
Bennett Lewis (January 2007)<br /><br />
Lyons (Januray 2007)<br /><br />
[http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia Wikia, Inc.] (January 2007)<br /><br />
John Baldridge (December 2006)<br /><br />
Andrew Bloch (December 2006)<br /><br />
Bridgewater Associates, Inc (December 2006)<br /><br />
David Bydeley (December 2006)<br /><br />
Michael E Chastain (December 2006)<br /><br />
Eamon Daly (December 2006)<br /><br />
John Eckstein (December 2006)<br /><br />
Gary Frisch (December 2006)<br /><br />
Mr Dominic J Froio (December 2006)<br /><br />
Hitz Foundation (December 2006)<br /><br />
Lawler (December 2006)<br /><br />
Elon Musk (December 2006)<br /><br />
Garry Osgood (December 2006)<br /><br />
Pickar Family Foundation (December 2006)<br /><br />
Harrity Snyder, LLP (December 2006)<br /><br />
Michael Webb (December 2006)<br /><br />
Ali Webster (December 2006)<br /><br />
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===Where does my money go?===<br />
To <u>'''[[people]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[technology]]'''</u>. Even though Wikipedia and its sister projects are in the top 5 visited websites in the world, we employ less than 30 [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff people]. Half work on technology, the other half of the staff work on finance and administration, and with the enormous network of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia and its sister projects -- 150,000 or so people around the world. <br />
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===Is the Wikimedia Foundation a charity?===<br />
[http://wikimediafoundation.org Yes.]<br />
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===Why should I donate to the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to provide easy access to information for people all over the world—free of charge and free of advertising. We are a non-profit that depends on your financial help to do that. Your donations directly support some of the most popular collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's top ten most popular websites and the largest encyclopedia ever compiled in human history. <br />
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===What are your plans? Where is this going?===<br />
Wikipedia's sister projects include [http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], a free and open library of public texts; [http://www.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary]; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], an online repository of images and other multimedia and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects more]. Jimmy Wales once said, "Imagine a world in which every single human being an freely share in the sum of all knowledge." That’s where it’s going — and we need your help to get there.<br />
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===How do you balance keeping Wikipedia open with making it more reliable?===<br />
We believe increased participation makes Wikipedia better. At the same time, we must maintain the tough standards that have made Wikipedia respected by <u>'''[[scientists]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[academics]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[journalists]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[Foundations]]'''</u>. (''link to testimonial quotes'').<br />
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===What is the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of various [[Our projects|free-content projects]], most notably [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia. Wikipedia was founded in January 2001 and the Wikimedia Foundation incorporated in June 2003. From the beginning, '''we have existed for one reason: the free and open sharing of knowledge. We don’t sell information and we don’t accept advertising. Your donations make our work possible.''' We bring the educational content from these projects to people in as many forms as possible. In particular, we help disadvantaged communities with limited connectivity to access and contribute free educational content. <br />
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We own more than 300 servers used to run our projects, along with all the associated domain names and trademarks. We support strategic software development on the MediaWiki software and related tools, which allow more people to participate and the existing volunteer community to work more effectively. This includes tools specifically related to ensuring high quality. We develop learning resources, support workshops and strive to think intelligently about other ways to bring in new contributors and to grow Wikimedia as an international movement for free knowledge.<br />
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In all this, we are supported by [[local chapters]] organized in many different countries.<br />
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===Which projects do you support?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the 10 most visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than {{EN-WP-COUNT}} articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than {{ALL-WP-COUNT}} articles.<br />
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Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:<br />
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:Wikimedia Commons, a media repository containing more than {{COMMONS-MEDIA-COUNT}} freely usable images, videos, and sound files<br />
:Wikibooks, a project to create free textbooks<br />
:Wiktionary, a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus<br />
:Wikisource, a library of source documents<br />
:Wikinews, a citizen news website<br />
:Wikiversity, an interactive learning platform<br />
:Wikiquote, a collection of quotations<br />
:Wikispecies, a directory of life<br />
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We lead and support the development of [http://mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide [http://static.wikipedia.org/ downloadble offline copies] and [http://download.wikimedia.org/ database archives] of Wikipedia content.<br />
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More information may be found on the page about [[our projects]].<br />
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===How is the Foundation run?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation has a [[staff]] of {{STAFF-COUNT}}, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff<br />
supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ''ad hoc'' basis.<br />
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The [[Board of Trustees]] articulates the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, reviews and helps to develop long term plans, provides oversight, and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts. It is the ultimate organizational authority of the Wikimedia Foundation as defined in its bylaws. See [[Meetings]] for published Board minutes and [[Resolutions]] for published Board resolutions. The Board is partially elected from the community of contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The Board is supported by an [[Advisory Board]], chaired by Angela Beesley.<br />
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We have one office, located in San Francisco, California (USA), where most of our employees are working. All board members and remaining staff work remotely.<br />
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We strive to operate highly transparently, and have published [[policies|key policies]] and [[finance report|financial information]].<br />
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===How is the revenue spent?===<br />
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[[File:Annual Report Cover Big.jpg|thumb|right|200px|link=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/WMF_20072008_Annual_report.pdf|Our Annual Report is our most important instrument of accountability to our donors. It explains our programs and includes a summary of key financial information. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf|download a high resolution copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]].]]<br />
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In the simplest possible terms: <br />
# To support the continued operation of Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects (by paying for servers, hosting, bandwidth, and operations staff); <br />
# To continue the development of the open source software powering our projects; <br />
# To respond to requests from our volunteer community;<br />
# To support the growth and impact of our international volunteer community and the content in our projects through key events like [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Academy|Wikipedia Academies]], strategic partnerships, and the cultivation of [[Donate/Chapters|local chapters]] around the world; <br />
# To pay for financial, administrative, legal, and fundraising expenses.<br />
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Our Annual Report explains our programs and key financial information in more detail. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf| download a copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]], and if you [[Donate/Now/en|donate online]], we will email you when our next Annual Report is released. <br />
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If you want to study our numbers in greater detail, we provide you with access to financial reporting and planning. To understand better how your donation is used, you can see a detailed explanation of our spending in the [[Media:2009-10_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan_FINAL_July2.pdf |Annual Plan Presentation to the Board of Trustees]] (PDF). This includes:<br />
* Summary of strategic spending priorities<br />
* Comparison of the 08-09 actuals vs. the 09-10 plan<br />
* 09-10 departmental budget breakdown<br />
* Summary of top spending increases in 09-10<br />
* Organizational chart<br />
* Hiring plan for 2009-10<br />
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We've also written a [[2009-2010 Annual Plan Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] page related to the plan.<br />
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[[File:08-09budget.png|thumb|center|400px|A simple breakdown of the 2008-2009 budget by department. See the [[Media:FY 2008 09 Annual Plan.PDF|Annual Plan 2008-2009 Presentation (PDF)]] and the associated [[2007-2008 Annual Report Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] for detailed explanations of spending in different departments, and changes from the most recent fiscal year.]]<br />
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Additional financial information, including copies of our audited financial statements up to the most recent fiscal year (2007-2008), can be found on the [[financial reports]] page.<br />
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===How is the Wikimedia Foundation funded?===<br />
Wikimedia is funded primarily through [[Donate|donations]] by tens of thousands of individuals, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see [[benefactors]]).<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. People make contributions year-round, and once a year the Wikimedia Foundation makes a formal request for donations.<br />
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'''We are not considering advertising as a source of revenue.'''<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See [[deductibility of donations]] for details. Click [[fundraising | here]] for details on how to make a donation via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact us through donate{{@}}wikimedia.org.<br />
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===What is the Omidyar Network?===<br />
[http://www.omidyarnetwork.com Omidyar Network] has generously offered to provide up to $500,000 to match individual donations between $100 and $9,999 made during the Wikimedia Foundation's 2009-10 fundraising drive. The funds will help grow Wikimedia's essential base of support at the Community Gifts level. The Wikimedia Foundation depends on hundreds of thousands of individual donations every year both to ensure financial sustainability, as well as continue to grow and achieve a positive, far-reaching social impact through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.<br />
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The matching funds are part of a grant of up to two million dollars over two years from Omidyar Network to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of its core objectives. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives.<br />
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===How much money are you hoping to raise?===<br />
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010, we have budgeted $9.4 million in expenses, and an annual operating reserve of $1.2 million. We are hoping to raise $10.6 million through our annual campaign. <br />
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We hope to raise the remaining revenue through our other fundraising activities throughout the fiscal year, and with business development (such as licensing the Wikipedia name and logo for commercial uses). More details about our finances can be found in our [[Finance report]], in particular, the [[:Image:FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF|2008-09 Annual Plan presentation]].<br />
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===Who else is supporting you in this goal?===<br />
Donors and users like you make up the largest portion of our donations. Some individuals, private foundations, and corporations have generously given major gifts. They can be seen on our [[Donate/Benefactors/en | Benefactors]] page.<br />
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===What are the specific goals you want to accomplish in this fiscal year?===<br />
Our most important programmatic objective is to keep Wikipedia and our other projects online, free of charge and free of advertising. Our traffic continues to increase rapidly every year: As of today, more than 250 million people visit us every month. We hope that it will be many more by this time next year. Your donation will help us to pay for server equipment, operations staff, bandwidth, and so forth. This year, we're also hoping to increase our storage capacity to allow greater usage of video and audio in Wikipedia.<br />
We also employ several software developers to continually improve the Wikipedia experience for readers, and to allow our global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people to contribute more effectively. This includes the development of quality labeling tools, simplifications of the editing interface, improvements to the media uploading process, better handling of rich media, in-depth statistics, etc.<br />
We want to make sure that everyone can get access to our content in some form. <br />
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Did you know that you can download all of Wikipedia and use it for any purpose? We provide this service for free to help other organizations, such as the One Laptop Per Child project, create offline versions. We are also improving cell phone access, adding PDF export, and building strategic relationships to help people with no or limited Internet access.<br />
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Last but not least, the Wikimedia Foundation exists to support a global volunteer community advancing the cause of free knowledge. The organization is now supported by {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} international chapters—the two most recent additions are Brazil and Indonesia. These almost exclusively volunteer-run organizations represent a global "on the ground" presence. The Wikimedia Foundation supports chapters by reviewing organizational bylaws and processes, providing advice on fundraising and business development, sharing PR resources, creating templates for events and other program activities and so on.<br />
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Chapters are key to inviting more and more people to join our cause. For example, we are supporting the Argentinian and Swedish chapters to organize "Wikipedia Academy" events—wiki conferences where people learn how to participate in Wikipedia—in November. The Argentinian chapter also organized [[wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]] in Buenos Aires, an annual conference bringing together hundreds of people to discuss the future of free knowledge. And we're working with the German chapter to pilot "Wikipedia Trainer" workshops, where people learn how to teach others to contribute to Wikipedia.<br />
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Our commitment is to use your donation in ways that help us to achieve our overall vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.<br />
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Organizationally, these goals are expressed as follows:<br />
# Achieve organizational maturity<br />
# Achieve financial sustainability<br />
# Encourage and broaden participation<br />
# Increase quality and perception of quality<br />
# Increase distribution beyond Wikipedia<br />
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===Where can I learn more about your recent activities?===<br />
For the fiscal year 2007-08, please consult our [[Annual Report]].<br />
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===How do I donate?===<br />
To donate, please visit [[Donate|our fundraising page]]. You can donate using any major credit card (including VISA, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), PayPal, Moneybookers, bank transfer, or by sending a cheque to the Foundation. Our donation options support most (although not all) currencies.<br />
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====Where do I send checks?====<br />
Send checks to:<br />
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Our preference is for checks in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. bank accounts. Checks in currencies other than U.S. dollars, or from bank accounts outside the U.S., can be very expensive for us to process, which reduces the value of your gift. If you do not have a U.S. bank account, you can maximize the value of your donation by giving via Paypal or wire transfer.<br />
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====Where do I send forms, letters or other materials to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
Please send all correspondence, including Payroll Deduction applications and Matching Gifts forms, to our secure lockbox address:<br />
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====Can I make a stock donation to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation accepts stock donations. You can make a donation by transferring stock from your brokerage to ours by providing your broker with our name, investment account number and DTCC clearing number.<br />
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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br />
Smith Barney<br />
Investment a/c number 546-0356C-14-782<br />
DTCC Clearing a/c number #0418 <br />
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====Why is there a minimum donation?====<br />
While we want everyone to be able to give and contribute to the Wikimedia Foundation, the donation processing has certain fees and processing costs attached. The minimum donation covers those costs and allows the donation to get where the donor wants it most: to supporting free and open global knowledge.<br />
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===What can I do to help you spread the word?===<br />
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===What is your donor privacy policy?===<br />
We are serious about protecting the privacy rights of our donors. Please see our [[Donate/Donor_Privacy|Donor Privacy Policy]] for our full details. In short, we do not share, sell, or trade your email address with anyone.<br />
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===Where does my money go?===<br />
To <u>'''[[people]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[technology]]'''</u>. Even though Wikipedia and its sister projects are in the top 5 visited websites in the world, we employ less than 30 [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff people]. Half work on technology, the other half of the staff work on finance and administration, and with the enormous network of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia and its sister projects -- 150,000 or so people around the world. <br />
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===Is the Wikimedia Foundation a charity?===<br />
[http://wikimediafoundation.org Yes.]<br />
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===Why should I donate to the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to provide easy access to information for people all over the world—free of charge and free of advertising. We are a non-profit that depends on your financial help to do that. Your donations directly support some of the most popular collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's top ten most popular websites and the largest encyclopedia ever compiled in human history. <br />
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===What are your plans? Where is this going?===<br />
Wikipedia's sister projects include [http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], a free and open library of public texts; [http://www.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary]; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], an online repository of images and other multimedia and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects more]. Jimmy Wales once said, "Imagine a world in which every single human being an freely share in the sum of all knowledge." That’s where it’s going — and we need your help to get there.<br />
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===How do you balance keeping Wikipedia open with making it more reliable?===<br />
We believe increased participation makes Wikipedia better. At the same time, we must maintain the tough standards that have made Wikipedia respected by <u>'''[[scientists]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[academics]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[journalists]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[Foundations]]'''</u>. (''link to testimonial quotes'').<br />
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===What is the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of various [[Our projects|free-content projects]], most notably [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia. Wikipedia was founded in January 2001 and the Wikimedia Foundation incorporated in June 2003. From the beginning, '''we have existed for one reason: the free and open sharing of knowledge. We don’t sell information and we don’t accept advertising. Your donations make our work possible.''' We bring the educational content from these projects to people in as many forms as possible. In particular, we help disadvantaged communities with limited connectivity to access and contribute free educational content. <br />
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We own more than 300 servers used to run our projects, along with all the associated domain names and trademarks. We support strategic software development on the MediaWiki software and related tools, which allow more people to participate and the existing volunteer community to work more effectively. This includes tools specifically related to ensuring high quality. We develop learning resources, support workshops and strive to think intelligently about other ways to bring in new contributors and to grow Wikimedia as an international movement for free knowledge.<br />
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In all this, we are supported by [[local chapters]] organized in many different countries.<br />
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===Which projects do you support?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the 10 most visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than {{EN-WP-COUNT}} articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than {{ALL-WP-COUNT}} articles.<br />
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Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:<br />
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:Wikimedia Commons, a media repository containing more than {{COMMONS-MEDIA-COUNT}} freely usable images, videos, and sound files<br />
:Wikibooks, a project to create free textbooks<br />
:Wiktionary, a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus<br />
:Wikisource, a library of source documents<br />
:Wikinews, a citizen news website<br />
:Wikiversity, an interactive learning platform<br />
:Wikiquote, a collection of quotations<br />
:Wikispecies, a directory of life<br />
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We lead and support the development of [http://mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide [http://static.wikipedia.org/ downloadble offline copies] and [http://download.wikimedia.org/ database archives] of Wikipedia content.<br />
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More information may be found on the page about [[our projects]].<br />
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===How is the Foundation run?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation has a [[staff]] of {{STAFF-COUNT}}, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff<br />
supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ''ad hoc'' basis.<br />
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The [[Board of Trustees]] articulates the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, reviews and helps to develop long term plans, provides oversight, and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts. It is the ultimate organizational authority of the Wikimedia Foundation as defined in its bylaws. See [[Meetings]] for published Board minutes and [[Resolutions]] for published Board resolutions. The Board is partially elected from the community of contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The Board is supported by an [[Advisory Board]], chaired by Angela Beesley.<br />
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We have one office, located in San Francisco, California (USA), where most of our employees are working. All board members and remaining staff work remotely.<br />
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We strive to operate highly transparently, and have published [[policies|key policies]] and [[finance report|financial information]].<br />
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===How is the revenue spent?===<br />
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[[File:Annual Report Cover Big.jpg|thumb|right|200px|link=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/WMF_20072008_Annual_report.pdf|Our Annual Report is our most important instrument of accountability to our donors. It explains our programs and includes a summary of key financial information. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf|download a high resolution copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]].]]<br />
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In the simplest possible terms: <br />
# To support the continued operation of Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects (by paying for servers, hosting, bandwidth, and operations staff); <br />
# To continue the development of the open source software powering our projects; <br />
# To respond to requests from our volunteer community;<br />
# To support the growth and impact of our international volunteer community and the content in our projects through key events like [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Academy|Wikipedia Academies]], strategic partnerships, and the cultivation of [[Donate/Chapters|local chapters]] around the world; <br />
# To pay for financial, administrative, legal, and fundraising expenses.<br />
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Our Annual Report explains our programs and key financial information in more detail. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf| download a copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]], and if you [[Donate/Now/en|donate online]], we will email you when our next Annual Report is released. <br />
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If you want to study our numbers in greater detail, we provide you with access to financial reporting and planning. To understand better how your donation is used, you can see a detailed explanation of our spending in the [[Media:2009-10_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan_FINAL_July2.pdf |Annual Plan Presentation to the Board of Trustees]] (PDF). This includes:<br />
* Summary of strategic spending priorities<br />
* Comparison of the 08-09 actuals vs. the 09-10 plan<br />
* 09-10 departmental budget breakdown<br />
* Summary of top spending increases in 09-10<br />
* Organizational chart<br />
* Hiring plan for 2009-10<br />
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We've also written a [[2009-2010 Annual Plan Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] page related to the plan.<br />
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[[File:08-09budget.png|thumb|center|400px|A simple breakdown of the 2008-2009 budget by department. See the [[Media:FY 2008 09 Annual Plan.PDF|Annual Plan 2008-2009 Presentation (PDF)]] and the associated [[2007-2008 Annual Report Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] for detailed explanations of spending in different departments, and changes from the most recent fiscal year.]]<br />
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Additional financial information, including copies of our audited financial statements up to the most recent fiscal year (2007-2008), can be found on the [[financial reports]] page.<br />
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===How is the Wikimedia Foundation funded?===<br />
Wikimedia is funded primarily through [[Donate|donations]] by tens of thousands of individuals, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see [[benefactors]]).<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. People make contributions year-round, and once a year the Wikimedia Foundation makes a formal request for donations.<br />
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'''We are not considering advertising as a source of revenue.'''<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See [[deductibility of donations]] for details. Click [[fundraising | here]] for details on how to make a donation via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact us through donate{{@}}wikimedia.org.<br />
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===What is the Omidyar Network?===<br />
[http://www.omidyarnetwork.com Omidyar Network] has generously offered to provide up to $500,000 to match individual donations between $100 and $9,999 made during the Wikimedia Foundation's 2009-10 fundraising drive. The funds will help grow Wikimedia's essential base of support at the Community Gifts level. The Wikimedia Foundation depends on hundreds of thousands of individual donations every year both to ensure financial sustainability, as well as continue to grow and achieve a positive, far-reaching social impact through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.<br />
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The matching funds are part of a grant of up to two million dollars over two years from Omidyar Network to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of its core objectives. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives.<br />
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===How much money are you hoping to raise?===<br />
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010, we have budgeted $9.4 million in expenses, and an annual operating reserve of $1.2 million. We are hoping to raise $10.6 million through our annual campaign. <br />
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We hope to raise the remaining revenue through our other fundraising activities throughout the fiscal year, and with business development (such as licensing the Wikipedia name and logo for commercial uses). More details about our finances can be found in our [[Finance report]], in particular, the [[:Image:FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF|2008-09 Annual Plan presentation]].<br />
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===Who else is supporting you in this goal?===<br />
Donors and users like you make up the largest portion of our donations. Some individuals, private foundations, and corporations have generously given major gifts. They can be seen on our [[Donate/Benefactors/en | Benefactors]] page.<br />
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===What are the specific goals you want to accomplish in this fiscal year?===<br />
Our most important programmatic objective is to keep Wikipedia and our other projects online, free of charge and free of advertising. Our traffic continues to increase rapidly every year: As of today, more than 250 million people visit us every month. We hope that it will be many more by this time next year. Your donation will help us to pay for server equipment, operations staff, bandwidth, and so forth. This year, we're also hoping to increase our storage capacity to allow greater usage of video and audio in Wikipedia.<br />
We also employ several software developers to continually improve the Wikipedia experience for readers, and to allow our global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people to contribute more effectively. This includes the development of quality labeling tools, simplifications of the editing interface, improvements to the media uploading process, better handling of rich media, in-depth statistics, etc.<br />
We want to make sure that everyone can get access to our content in some form. <br />
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Did you know that you can download all of Wikipedia and use it for any purpose? We provide this service for free to help other organizations, such as the One Laptop Per Child project, create offline versions. We are also improving cell phone access, adding PDF export, and building strategic relationships to help people with no or limited Internet access.<br />
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Last but not least, the Wikimedia Foundation exists to support a global volunteer community advancing the cause of free knowledge. The organization is now supported by {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} international chapters—the two most recent additions are Brazil and Indonesia. These almost exclusively volunteer-run organizations represent a global "on the ground" presence. The Wikimedia Foundation supports chapters by reviewing organizational bylaws and processes, providing advice on fundraising and business development, sharing PR resources, creating templates for events and other program activities and so on.<br />
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Chapters are key to inviting more and more people to join our cause. For example, we are supporting the Argentinian and Swedish chapters to organize "Wikipedia Academy" events—wiki conferences where people learn how to participate in Wikipedia—in November. The Argentinian chapter also organized [[wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]] in Buenos Aires, an annual conference bringing together hundreds of people to discuss the future of free knowledge. And we're working with the German chapter to pilot "Wikipedia Trainer" workshops, where people learn how to teach others to contribute to Wikipedia.<br />
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Our commitment is to use your donation in ways that help us to achieve our overall vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.<br />
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Organizationally, these goals are expressed as follows:<br />
# Achieve organizational maturity<br />
# Achieve financial sustainability<br />
# Encourage and broaden participation<br />
# Increase quality and perception of quality<br />
# Increase distribution beyond Wikipedia<br />
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===Where can I learn more about your recent activities?===<br />
For the fiscal year 2007-08, please consult our [[Annual Report]].<br />
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===How do I donate?===<br />
To donate, please visit [[Donate|our fundraising page]]. You can donate using any major credit card (including VISA, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), PayPal, Moneybookers, bank transfer, or by sending a cheque to the Foundation. Our donation options support most (although not all) currencies.<br />
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====Where do I send checks?====<br />
Send checks to:<br />
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Our preference is for checks in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. bank accounts. Checks in currencies other than U.S. dollars, or from bank accounts outside the U.S., can be very expensive for us to process, which reduces the value of your gift. If you do not have a U.S. bank account, you can maximize the value of your donation by giving via Paypal or wire transfer.<br />
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====Where do I send forms, letters or other materials to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
Please send all correspondence, such as Payroll Deduction applications or Matching Gifts forms, to our secure lockbox address:<br />
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====Can I make a stock donation to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation accepts stock donations. You can make a donation by transferring stock from your brokerage to ours by providing your broker with our name, investment account number and DTCC clearing number.<br />
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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br />
Smith Barney<br />
Investment a/c number 546-0356C-14-782<br />
DTCC Clearing a/c number #0418 <br />
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====Are my donations tax-deductible?====<br />
Please refer to the [[Deductibility of donations|list of countries]] for the details of tax-deductibility.<br />
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====If I make a donation, how do I get my tax receipt?====<br />
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Anyone who donates by PayPal or credit card will receive an email tax receipt as long as their email address was included with the donation. Donations by check over $50 will receive a tax receipt by mail if a return address for the donation is known. You may also request a tax receipt for your donation by writing us at giving{{@}}wikimedia.org (please include your contact information, the method you used to donate, and the amount of your donation).<br />
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====Can I give you a targeted or restricted donation to be used for something very specific?====<br />
Charities based in the United States, including the Wikimedia Foundation, are required to honor restrictions requested by donors. This means that if you specify your donation needs to be restricted for a specific use, we will either honor your request or return your donation. But before you decide to do that, please consider that unrestricted donations are much more useful for us. Every restriction imposes administrative overhead and planning costs, and increases internal complexity.<br />
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====Why is there a minimum donation?====<br />
While we want everyone to be able to give and contribute to the Wikimedia Foundation, the donation processing has certain fees and processing costs attached. The minimum donation covers those costs and allows the donation to get where the donor wants it most: to supporting free and open global knowledge.<br />
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===What can I do to help you spread the word?===<br />
Spread the word any way you can! Tell your friends and family. Tell them what Wikipedia means to you. Ask them if they use it and if so, what it means to them. Put [[m:Fundraising 2008/web buttons|buttons and banners]] on your blog. Use this text as the signature file on the bottom of your emails: <br />
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<tt> We’ve created the greatest collection of shared knowledge in history. Help protect Wikipedia. Donate now: http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate</tt><br />
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===What is your donor privacy policy?===<br />
We are serious about protecting the privacy rights of our donors. Please see our [[Donate/Donor_Privacy|Donor Privacy Policy]] for our full details. In short, we do not share, sell, or trade your email address with anyone.<br />
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===How can I contact the Foundation?===<br />
See the ''[[Contact us]]'' page for details.<br />
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===Where does my money go?===<br />
To <u>'''[[people]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[technology]]'''</u>. Even though Wikipedia and its sister projects are in the top 5 visited websites in the world, we employ less than 30 [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff people]. Half work on technology, the other half of the staff work on finance and administration, and with the enormous network of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia and its sister projects -- 150,000 or so people around the world. <br />
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===Is the Wikimedia Foundation a charity?===<br />
[http://wikimediafoundation.org Yes.]<br />
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===Why should I donate to the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to provide easy access to information for people all over the world—free of charge and free of advertising. We are a non-profit that depends on your financial help to do that. Your donations directly support some of the most popular collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's top ten most popular websites and the largest encyclopedia ever compiled in human history. <br />
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===What are your plans? Where is this going?===<br />
Wikipedia's sister projects include [http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], a free and open library of public texts; [http://www.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary]; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], an online repository of images and other multimedia and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects more]. Jimmy Wales once said, "Imagine a world in which every single human being an freely share in the sum of all knowledge." That’s where it’s going — and we need your help to get there.<br />
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===How do you balance keeping Wikipedia open with making it more reliable?===<br />
We believe increased participation makes Wikipedia better. At the same time, we must maintain the tough standards that have made Wikipedia respected by <u>'''[[scientists]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[academics]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[journalists]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[Foundations]]'''</u>. (''link to testimonial quotes'').<br />
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===What is the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of various [[Our projects|free-content projects]], most notably [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia. Wikipedia was founded in January 2001 and the Wikimedia Foundation incorporated in June 2003. From the beginning, '''we have existed for one reason: the free and open sharing of knowledge. We don’t sell information and we don’t accept advertising. Your donations make our work possible.''' We bring the educational content from these projects to people in as many forms as possible. In particular, we help disadvantaged communities with limited connectivity to access and contribute free educational content. <br />
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We own more than 300 servers used to run our projects, along with all the associated domain names and trademarks. We support strategic software development on the MediaWiki software and related tools, which allow more people to participate and the existing volunteer community to work more effectively. This includes tools specifically related to ensuring high quality. We develop learning resources, support workshops and strive to think intelligently about other ways to bring in new contributors and to grow Wikimedia as an international movement for free knowledge.<br />
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In all this, we are supported by [[local chapters]] organized in many different countries.<br />
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===Which projects do you support?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the 10 most visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than {{EN-WP-COUNT}} articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than {{ALL-WP-COUNT}} articles.<br />
<br />
Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:<br />
<br />
:Wikimedia Commons, a media repository containing more than {{COMMONS-MEDIA-COUNT}} freely usable images, videos, and sound files<br />
:Wikibooks, a project to create free textbooks<br />
:Wiktionary, a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus<br />
:Wikisource, a library of source documents<br />
:Wikinews, a citizen news website<br />
:Wikiversity, an interactive learning platform<br />
:Wikiquote, a collection of quotations<br />
:Wikispecies, a directory of life<br />
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We lead and support the development of [http://mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide [http://static.wikipedia.org/ downloadble offline copies] and [http://download.wikimedia.org/ database archives] of Wikipedia content.<br />
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More information may be found on the page about [[our projects]].<br />
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===How is the Foundation run?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation has a [[staff]] of {{STAFF-COUNT}}, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff<br />
supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ''ad hoc'' basis.<br />
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The [[Board of Trustees]] articulates the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, reviews and helps to develop long term plans, provides oversight, and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts. It is the ultimate organizational authority of the Wikimedia Foundation as defined in its bylaws. See [[Meetings]] for published Board minutes and [[Resolutions]] for published Board resolutions. The Board is partially elected from the community of contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The Board is supported by an [[Advisory Board]], chaired by Angela Beesley.<br />
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We have one office, located in San Francisco, California (USA), where most of our employees are working. All board members and remaining staff work remotely.<br />
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We strive to operate highly transparently, and have published [[policies|key policies]] and [[finance report|financial information]].<br />
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===How is the revenue spent?===<br />
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<div style="float:right;width:200px;"><br />
[[File:Annual Report Cover Big.jpg|thumb|right|200px|link=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/WMF_20072008_Annual_report.pdf|Our Annual Report is our most important instrument of accountability to our donors. It explains our programs and includes a summary of key financial information. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf|download a high resolution copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]].]]<br />
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In the simplest possible terms: <br />
# To support the continued operation of Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects (by paying for servers, hosting, bandwidth, and operations staff); <br />
# To continue the development of the open source software powering our projects; <br />
# To respond to requests from our volunteer community;<br />
# To support the growth and impact of our international volunteer community and the content in our projects through key events like [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Academy|Wikipedia Academies]], strategic partnerships, and the cultivation of [[Donate/Chapters|local chapters]] around the world; <br />
# To pay for financial, administrative, legal, and fundraising expenses.<br />
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Our Annual Report explains our programs and key financial information in more detail. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf| download a copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]], and if you [[Donate/Now/en|donate online]], we will email you when our next Annual Report is released. <br />
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If you want to study our numbers in greater detail, we provide you with access to financial reporting and planning. To understand better how your donation is used, you can see a detailed explanation of our spending in the [[Media:2009-10_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan_FINAL_July2.pdf |Annual Plan Presentation to the Board of Trustees]] (PDF). This includes:<br />
* Summary of strategic spending priorities<br />
* Comparison of the 08-09 actuals vs. the 09-10 plan<br />
* 09-10 departmental budget breakdown<br />
* Summary of top spending increases in 09-10<br />
* Organizational chart<br />
* Hiring plan for 2009-10<br />
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We've also written a [[2009-2010 Annual Plan Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] page related to the plan.<br />
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[[File:08-09budget.png|thumb|center|400px|A simple breakdown of the 2008-2009 budget by department. See the [[Media:FY 2008 09 Annual Plan.PDF|Annual Plan 2008-2009 Presentation (PDF)]] and the associated [[2007-2008 Annual Report Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] for detailed explanations of spending in different departments, and changes from the most recent fiscal year.]]<br />
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Additional financial information, including copies of our audited financial statements up to the most recent fiscal year (2007-2008), can be found on the [[financial reports]] page.<br />
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===How is the Wikimedia Foundation funded?===<br />
Wikimedia is funded primarily through [[Donate|donations]] by tens of thousands of individuals, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see [[benefactors]]).<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. People make contributions year-round, and once a year the Wikimedia Foundation makes a formal request for donations.<br />
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'''We are not considering advertising as a source of revenue.'''<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See [[deductibility of donations]] for details. Click [[fundraising | here]] for details on how to make a donation via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact us through donate{{@}}wikimedia.org.<br />
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===What is the Omidyar Network?===<br />
[http://www.omidyarnetwork.com Omidyar Network] has generously offered to provide up to $500,000 to match individual donations between $100 and $9,999 made during the Wikimedia Foundation's 2009-10 fundraising drive. The funds will help grow Wikimedia's essential base of support at the Community Gifts level. The Wikimedia Foundation depends on hundreds of thousands of individual donations every year both to ensure financial sustainability, as well as continue to grow and achieve a positive, far-reaching social impact through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.<br />
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The matching funds are part of a grant of up to two million dollars over two years from Omidyar Network to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of its core objectives. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives.<br />
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===How much money are you hoping to raise?===<br />
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010, we have budgeted $9.4 million in expenses, and an annual operating reserve of $1.2 million. We are hoping to raise $10.6 million through our annual campaign. <br />
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We hope to raise the remaining revenue through our other fundraising activities throughout the fiscal year, and with business development (such as licensing the Wikipedia name and logo for commercial uses). More details about our finances can be found in our [[Finance report]], in particular, the [[:Image:FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF|2008-09 Annual Plan presentation]].<br />
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===Who else is supporting you in this goal?===<br />
Donors and users like you make up the largest portion of our donations. Some individuals, private foundations, and corporations have generously given major gifts. They can be seen on our [[Donate/Benefactors/en | Benefactors]] page.<br />
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===What are the specific goals you want to accomplish in this fiscal year?===<br />
Our most important programmatic objective is to keep Wikipedia and our other projects online, free of charge and free of advertising. Our traffic continues to increase rapidly every year: As of today, more than 250 million people visit us every month. We hope that it will be many more by this time next year. Your donation will help us to pay for server equipment, operations staff, bandwidth, and so forth. This year, we're also hoping to increase our storage capacity to allow greater usage of video and audio in Wikipedia.<br />
We also employ several software developers to continually improve the Wikipedia experience for readers, and to allow our global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people to contribute more effectively. This includes the development of quality labeling tools, simplifications of the editing interface, improvements to the media uploading process, better handling of rich media, in-depth statistics, etc.<br />
We want to make sure that everyone can get access to our content in some form. <br />
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Did you know that you can download all of Wikipedia and use it for any purpose? We provide this service for free to help other organizations, such as the One Laptop Per Child project, create offline versions. We are also improving cell phone access, adding PDF export, and building strategic relationships to help people with no or limited Internet access.<br />
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Last but not least, the Wikimedia Foundation exists to support a global volunteer community advancing the cause of free knowledge. The organization is now supported by {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} international chapters—the two most recent additions are Brazil and Indonesia. These almost exclusively volunteer-run organizations represent a global "on the ground" presence. The Wikimedia Foundation supports chapters by reviewing organizational bylaws and processes, providing advice on fundraising and business development, sharing PR resources, creating templates for events and other program activities and so on.<br />
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Chapters are key to inviting more and more people to join our cause. For example, we are supporting the Argentinian and Swedish chapters to organize "Wikipedia Academy" events—wiki conferences where people learn how to participate in Wikipedia—in November. The Argentinian chapter also organized [[wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]] in Buenos Aires, an annual conference bringing together hundreds of people to discuss the future of free knowledge. And we're working with the German chapter to pilot "Wikipedia Trainer" workshops, where people learn how to teach others to contribute to Wikipedia.<br />
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Our commitment is to use your donation in ways that help us to achieve our overall vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.<br />
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Organizationally, these goals are expressed as follows:<br />
# Achieve organizational maturity<br />
# Achieve financial sustainability<br />
# Encourage and broaden participation<br />
# Increase quality and perception of quality<br />
# Increase distribution beyond Wikipedia<br />
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===Where can I learn more about your recent activities?===<br />
For the fiscal year 2007-08, please consult our [[Annual Report]].<br />
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===How do I donate?===<br />
To donate, please visit [[Donate|our fundraising page]]. You can donate using any major credit card (including VISA, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), PayPal, Moneybookers, bank transfer, or by sending a cheque to the Foundation. Our donation options support most (although not all) currencies.<br />
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====Where do I send checks?====<br />
Send checks to:<br />
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{{Lockbox address}}<br />
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Our preference is for checks in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. bank accounts. Checks in currencies other than U.S. dollars, or from bank accounts outside the U.S., can be very expensive for us to process, which reduces the value of your gift. If you do not have a U.S. bank account, you can maximize the value of your donation by giving via Paypal or wire transfer.<br />
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====Can I make a stock donation to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation accepts stock donations. You can make a donation by transferring stock from your brokerage to ours by providing your broker with our name, investment account number and DTCC clearing number.<br />
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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br />
Smith Barney<br />
Investment a/c number 546-0356C-14-782<br />
DTCC Clearing a/c number #0418 <br />
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====Are my donations tax-deductible?====<br />
Please refer to the [[Deductibility of donations|list of countries]] for the details of tax-deductibility.<br />
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====If I make a donation, how do I get my tax receipt?====<br />
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Anyone who donates by PayPal or credit card will receive an email tax receipt as long as their email address was included with the donation. Donations by check over $50 will receive a tax receipt by mail if a return address for the donation is known. You may also request a tax receipt for your donation by writing us at giving{{@}}wikimedia.org (please include your contact information, the method you used to donate, and the amount of your donation).<br />
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====Can I give you a targeted or restricted donation to be used for something very specific?====<br />
Charities based in the United States, including the Wikimedia Foundation, are required to honor restrictions requested by donors. This means that if you specify your donation needs to be restricted for a specific use, we will either honor your request or return your donation. But before you decide to do that, please consider that unrestricted donations are much more useful for us. Every restriction imposes administrative overhead and planning costs, and increases internal complexity.<br />
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====Why is there a minimum donation?====<br />
While we want everyone to be able to give and contribute to the Wikimedia Foundation, the donation processing has certain fees and processing costs attached. The minimum donation covers those costs and allows the donation to get where the donor wants it most: to supporting free and open global knowledge.<br />
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===What can I do to help you spread the word?===<br />
Spread the word any way you can! Tell your friends and family. Tell them what Wikipedia means to you. Ask them if they use it and if so, what it means to them. Put [[m:Fundraising 2008/web buttons|buttons and banners]] on your blog. Use this text as the signature file on the bottom of your emails: <br />
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===What is your donor privacy policy?===<br />
We are serious about protecting the privacy rights of our donors. Please see our [[Donate/Donor_Privacy|Donor Privacy Policy]] for our full details. In short, we do not share, sell, or trade your email address with anyone.<br />
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===How can I contact the Foundation?===<br />
See the ''[[Contact us]]'' page for details.<br />
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===Where does my money go?===<br />
To <u>'''[[people]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[technology]]'''</u>. Even though Wikipedia and its sister projects are in the top 5 visited websites in the world, we employ less than 30 [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff people]. Half work on technology, the other half of the staff work on finance and administration, and with the enormous network of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia and its sister projects -- 150,000 or so people around the world. <br />
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===Is the Wikimedia Foundation a charity?===<br />
[http://wikimediafoundation.org Yes.]<br />
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===Why should I donate to the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to provide easy access to information for people all over the world—free of charge and free of advertising. We are a non-profit that depends on your financial help to do that. Your donations directly support some of the most popular collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's top ten most popular websites and the largest encyclopedia ever compiled in human history. <br />
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===What are your plans? Where is this going?===<br />
Wikipedia's sister projects include [http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], a free and open library of public texts; [http://www.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary]; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], an online repository of images and other multimedia and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects more]. Jimmy Wales once said, "Imagine a world in which every single human being an freely share in the sum of all knowledge." That’s where it’s going — and we need your help to get there.<br />
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===How do you balance keeping Wikipedia open with making it more reliable?===<br />
We believe increased participation makes Wikipedia better. At the same time, we must maintain the tough standards that have made Wikipedia respected by <u>'''[[scientists]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[academics]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[journalists]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[Foundations]]'''</u>. (''link to testimonial quotes'').<br />
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===What is the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of various [[Our projects|free-content projects]], most notably [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia. Wikipedia was founded in January 2001 and the Wikimedia Foundation incorporated in June 2003. From the beginning, '''we have existed for one reason: the free and open sharing of knowledge. We don’t sell information and we don’t accept advertising. Your donations make our work possible.''' We bring the educational content from these projects to people in as many forms as possible. In particular, we help disadvantaged communities with limited connectivity to access and contribute free educational content. <br />
<br />
We own more than 300 servers used to run our projects, along with all the associated domain names and trademarks. We support strategic software development on the MediaWiki software and related tools, which allow more people to participate and the existing volunteer community to work more effectively. This includes tools specifically related to ensuring high quality. We develop learning resources, support workshops and strive to think intelligently about other ways to bring in new contributors and to grow Wikimedia as an international movement for free knowledge.<br />
<br />
In all this, we are supported by [[local chapters]] organized in many different countries.<br />
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===Which projects do you support?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the 10 most visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than {{EN-WP-COUNT}} articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than {{ALL-WP-COUNT}} articles.<br />
<br />
Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:<br />
<br />
:Wikimedia Commons, a media repository containing more than {{COMMONS-MEDIA-COUNT}} freely usable images, videos, and sound files<br />
:Wikibooks, a project to create free textbooks<br />
:Wiktionary, a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus<br />
:Wikisource, a library of source documents<br />
:Wikinews, a citizen news website<br />
:Wikiversity, an interactive learning platform<br />
:Wikiquote, a collection of quotations<br />
:Wikispecies, a directory of life<br />
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We lead and support the development of [http://mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide [http://static.wikipedia.org/ downloadble offline copies] and [http://download.wikimedia.org/ database archives] of Wikipedia content.<br />
<br />
More information may be found on the page about [[our projects]].<br />
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===How is the Foundation run?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation has a [[staff]] of {{STAFF-COUNT}}, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff<br />
supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ''ad hoc'' basis.<br />
<br />
The [[Board of Trustees]] articulates the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, reviews and helps to develop long term plans, provides oversight, and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts. It is the ultimate organizational authority of the Wikimedia Foundation as defined in its bylaws. See [[Meetings]] for published Board minutes and [[Resolutions]] for published Board resolutions. The Board is partially elected from the community of contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The Board is supported by an [[Advisory Board]], chaired by Angela Beesley.<br />
<br />
We have one office, located in San Francisco, California (USA), where most of our employees are working. All board members and remaining staff work remotely.<br />
<br />
We strive to operate highly transparently, and have published [[policies|key policies]] and [[finance report|financial information]].<br />
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===How is the revenue spent?===<br />
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[[File:Annual Report Cover Big.jpg|thumb|right|200px|link=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/WMF_20072008_Annual_report.pdf|Our Annual Report is our most important instrument of accountability to our donors. It explains our programs and includes a summary of key financial information. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf|download a high resolution copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]].]]<br />
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In the simplest possible terms: <br />
# To support the continued operation of Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects (by paying for servers, hosting, bandwidth, and operations staff); <br />
# To continue the development of the open source software powering our projects; <br />
# To respond to requests from our volunteer community;<br />
# To support the growth and impact of our international volunteer community and the content in our projects through key events like [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Academy|Wikipedia Academies]], strategic partnerships, and the cultivation of [[Donate/Chapters|local chapters]] around the world; <br />
# To pay for financial, administrative, legal, and fundraising expenses.<br />
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Our Annual Report explains our programs and key financial information in more detail. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf| download a copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]], and if you [[Donate/Now/en|donate online]], we will email you when our next Annual Report is released. <br />
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If you want to study our numbers in greater detail, we provide you with access to financial reporting and planning. To understand better how your donation is used, you can see a detailed explanation of our spending in the [[Media:2009-10_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan_FINAL_July2.pdf |Annual Plan Presentation to the Board of Trustees]] (PDF). This includes:<br />
* Summary of strategic spending priorities<br />
* Comparison of the 08-09 actuals vs. the 09-10 plan<br />
* 09-10 departmental budget breakdown<br />
* Summary of top spending increases in 09-10<br />
* Organizational chart<br />
* Hiring plan for 2009-10<br />
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We've also written a [[2009-2010 Annual Plan Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] page related to the plan.<br />
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[[File:08-09budget.png|thumb|center|400px|A simple breakdown of the 2008-2009 budget by department. See the [[Media:FY 2008 09 Annual Plan.PDF|Annual Plan 2008-2009 Presentation (PDF)]] and the associated [[2007-2008 Annual Report Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] for detailed explanations of spending in different departments, and changes from the most recent fiscal year.]]<br />
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Additional financial information, including copies of our audited financial statements up to the most recent fiscal year (2007-2008), can be found on the [[financial reports]] page.<br />
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===How is the Wikimedia Foundation funded?===<br />
Wikimedia is funded primarily through [[Donate|donations]] by tens of thousands of individuals, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see [[benefactors]]).<br />
<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. People make contributions year-round, and once a year the Wikimedia Foundation makes a formal request for donations.<br />
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'''We are not considering advertising as a source of revenue.'''<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See [[deductibility of donations]] for details. Click [[fundraising | here]] for details on how to make a donation via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact us through donate{{@}}wikimedia.org.<br />
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===What is the Omidyar Network?===<br />
[http://www.omidyarnetwork.com Omidyar Network] has generously offered to provide up to $500,000 to match individual donations between $100 and $9,999 made during the Wikimedia Foundation's 2009-10 fundraising drive. The funds will help grow Wikimedia's essential base of support at the Community Gifts level. The Wikimedia Foundation depends on hundreds of thousands of individual donations every year both to ensure financial sustainability, as well as continue to grow and achieve a positive, far-reaching social impact through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.<br />
<br />
The matching funds are part of a grant of up to two million dollars over two years from Omidyar Network to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of its core objectives. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives.<br />
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===How much money are you hoping to raise?===<br />
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010, we have budgeted $9.4 million in expenses, and an annual operating reserve of $1.2 million. We are hoping to raise $10.6 million through our annual campaign. <br />
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We hope to raise the remaining revenue through our other fundraising activities throughout the fiscal year, and with business development (such as licensing the Wikipedia name and logo for commercial uses). More details about our finances can be found in our [[Finance report]], in particular, the [[:Image:FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF|2008-09 Annual Plan presentation]].<br />
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===Who else is supporting you in this goal?===<br />
Donors and users like you make up the largest portion of our donations. Some individuals, private foundations, and corporations have generously given major gifts. They can be seen on our [[Donate/Benefactors/en | Benefactors]] page.<br />
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===What are the specific goals you want to accomplish in this fiscal year?===<br />
Our most important programmatic objective is to keep Wikipedia and our other projects online, free of charge and free of advertising. Our traffic continues to increase rapidly every year: As of today, more than 250 million people visit us every month. We hope that it will be many more by this time next year. Your donation will help us to pay for server equipment, operations staff, bandwidth, and so forth. This year, we're also hoping to increase our storage capacity to allow greater usage of video and audio in Wikipedia.<br />
We also employ several software developers to continually improve the Wikipedia experience for readers, and to allow our global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people to contribute more effectively. This includes the development of quality labeling tools, simplifications of the editing interface, improvements to the media uploading process, better handling of rich media, in-depth statistics, etc.<br />
We want to make sure that everyone can get access to our content in some form. <br />
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Did you know that you can download all of Wikipedia and use it for any purpose? We provide this service for free to help other organizations, such as the One Laptop Per Child project, create offline versions. We are also improving cell phone access, adding PDF export, and building strategic relationships to help people with no or limited Internet access.<br />
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Last but not least, the Wikimedia Foundation exists to support a global volunteer community advancing the cause of free knowledge. The organization is now supported by {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} international chapters—the two most recent additions are Brazil and Indonesia. These almost exclusively volunteer-run organizations represent a global "on the ground" presence. The Wikimedia Foundation supports chapters by reviewing organizational bylaws and processes, providing advice on fundraising and business development, sharing PR resources, creating templates for events and other program activities and so on.<br />
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Chapters are key to inviting more and more people to join our cause. For example, we are supporting the Argentinian and Swedish chapters to organize "Wikipedia Academy" events—wiki conferences where people learn how to participate in Wikipedia—in November. The Argentinian chapter also organized [[wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]] in Buenos Aires, an annual conference bringing together hundreds of people to discuss the future of free knowledge. And we're working with the German chapter to pilot "Wikipedia Trainer" workshops, where people learn how to teach others to contribute to Wikipedia.<br />
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Our commitment is to use your donation in ways that help us to achieve our overall vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.<br />
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Organizationally, these goals are expressed as follows:<br />
# Achieve organizational maturity<br />
# Achieve financial sustainability<br />
# Encourage and broaden participation<br />
# Increase quality and perception of quality<br />
# Increase distribution beyond Wikipedia<br />
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===Where can I learn more about your recent activities?===<br />
For the fiscal year 2007-08, please consult our [[Annual Report]].<br />
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===How do I donate?===<br />
To donate, please visit <u>[[Donate|our fundraising page]]</u>. You can donate using any major credit card (including VISA, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), PayPal, Moneybookers, bank transfer, or by sending a cheque to the Foundation. Our donation options support most (although not all) currencies.<br />
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====Where do I send checks?====<br />
Send checks to:<br />
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Our preference is for checks in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. bank accounts. Checks in currencies other than U.S. dollars, or from bank accounts outside the U.S., can be very expensive for us to process, which reduces the value of your gift. If you do not have a U.S. bank account, you can maximize the value of your donation by giving via Paypal or wire transfer.<br />
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====Can I make a stock donation to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation accepts stock donations. You can make a donation by transferring stock from your brokerage to ours by providing your broker with our name, investment account number and DTCC clearing number.<br />
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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br />
Smith Barney<br />
Investment a/c number 546-0356C-14-782<br />
DTCC Clearing a/c number #0418 <br />
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====Are my donations tax-deductible?====<br />
Please refer to the [[Deductibility of donations|list of countries]] for the details of tax-deductibility.<br />
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====If I make a donation, how do I get my tax receipt?====<br />
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Anyone who donates by PayPal or credit card will receive an email tax receipt as long as their email address was included with the donation. Donations by check over $50 will receive a tax receipt by mail if a return address for the donation is known. You may also request a tax receipt for your donation by writing us at giving{{@}}wikimedia.org (please include your contact information, the method you used to donate, and the amount of your donation).<br />
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====Can I give you a targeted or restricted donation to be used for something very specific?====<br />
Charities based in the United States, including the Wikimedia Foundation, are required to honor restrictions requested by donors. This means that if you specify your donation needs to be restricted for a specific use, we will either honor your request or return your donation. But before you decide to do that, please consider that unrestricted donations are much more useful for us. Every restriction imposes administrative overhead and planning costs, and increases internal complexity.<br />
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====Why is there a minimum donation?====<br />
While we want everyone to be able to give and contribute to the Wikimedia Foundation, the donation processing has certain fees and processing costs attached. The minimum donation covers those costs and allows the donation to get where the donor wants it most: to supporting free and open global knowledge.<br />
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===What can I do to help you spread the word?===<br />
Spread the word any way you can! Tell your friends and family. Tell them what Wikipedia means to you. Ask them if they use it and if so, what it means to them. Put <u>[[m:Fundraising 2008/web buttons|buttons and banners]]</u> on your blog. Use this text as the signature file on the bottom of your emails: <br />
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<tt> We’ve created the greatest collection of shared knowledge in history. Help protect Wikipedia. Donate now: http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate</tt><br />
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===What is your donor privacy policy?===<br />
We are serious about protecting the privacy rights of our donors. Please see our [[Donate/Donor_Privacy|Donor Privacy Policy]] for our full details. In short, we do not share, sell, or trade your email address with anyone.<br />
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===How can I contact the Foundation?===<br />
See the ''[[Contact us]]'' page for details.<br />
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===Where does my money go?===<br />
To <u>'''[[people]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[technology]]'''</u>. Even though Wikipedia and its sister projects are in the top 5 visited websites in the world, we employ less than 30 [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff people]. Half work on technology, the other half of the staff work on finance and administration, and with the enormous network of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia and its sister projects -- 150,000 or so people around the world. <br />
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===Is the Wikimedia Foundation a charity?===<br />
[http://wikimediafoundation.org Yes.]<br />
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===Why should I donate to the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to provide easy access to information for people all over the world—free of charge and free of advertising. We are a non-profit that depends on your financial help to do that. Your donations directly support some of the most popular collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's top ten most popular websites and the largest encyclopedia ever compiled in human history. <br />
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===What are your plans? Where is this going?===<br />
Wikipedia's sister projects include [http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], a free and open library of public texts; [http://www.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary]; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], an online repository of images and other multimedia and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects more]. Jimmy Wales once said, "Imagine a world in which every single human being an freely share in the sum of all knowledge." That’s where it’s going — and we need your help to get there.<br />
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===How do you balance keeping Wikipedia open with making it more reliable?===<br />
We believe increased participation makes Wikipedia better. At the same time, we must maintain the tough standards that have made Wikipedia respected by <u>'''[[scientists]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[academics]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[journalists]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[Foundations]]'''</u>. (''link to testimonial quotes'').<br />
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===What is the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of various [[Our projects|free-content projects]], most notably [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia. Wikipedia was founded in January 2001 and the Wikimedia Foundation incorporated in June 2003. From the beginning, '''we have existed for one reason: the free and open sharing of knowledge. We don’t sell information and we don’t accept advertising. Your donations make our work possible.''' We bring the educational content from these projects to people in as many forms as possible. In particular, we help disadvantaged communities with limited connectivity to access and contribute free educational content. <br />
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We own more than 300 servers used to run our projects, along with all the associated domain names and trademarks. We support strategic software development on the MediaWiki software and related tools, which allow more people to participate and the existing volunteer community to work more effectively. This includes tools specifically related to ensuring high quality. We develop learning resources, support workshops and strive to think intelligently about other ways to bring in new contributors and to grow Wikimedia as an international movement for free knowledge.<br />
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In all this, we are supported by [[local chapters]] organized in many different countries.<br />
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===Which projects do you support?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the 10 most visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than {{EN-WP-COUNT}} articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than {{ALL-WP-COUNT}} articles.<br />
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Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:<br />
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:Wikimedia Commons, a media repository containing more than {{COMMONS-MEDIA-COUNT}} freely usable images, videos, and sound files<br />
:Wikibooks, a project to create free textbooks<br />
:Wiktionary, a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus<br />
:Wikisource, a library of source documents<br />
:Wikinews, a citizen news website<br />
:Wikiversity, an interactive learning platform<br />
:Wikiquote, a collection of quotations<br />
:Wikispecies, a directory of life<br />
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We lead and support the development of [http://mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide [http://static.wikipedia.org/ downloadble offline copies] and [http://download.wikimedia.org/ database archives] of Wikipedia content.<br />
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More information may be found on the page about [[our projects]].<br />
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===How is the Foundation run?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation has a [[staff]] of {{STAFF-COUNT}}, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff<br />
supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ''ad hoc'' basis.<br />
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The [[Board of Trustees]] articulates the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, reviews and helps to develop long term plans, provides oversight, and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts. It is the ultimate organizational authority of the Wikimedia Foundation as defined in its bylaws. See [[Meetings]] for published Board minutes and [[Resolutions]] for published Board resolutions. The Board is partially elected from the community of contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The Board is supported by an [[Advisory Board]], chaired by Angela Beesley.<br />
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We have one office, located in San Francisco, California (USA), where most of our employees are working. All board members and remaining staff work remotely.<br />
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We strive to operate highly transparently, and have published [[policies|key policies]] and [[finance report|financial information]].<br />
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===How is the revenue spent?===<br />
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<div style="float:right;width:200px;"><br />
[[File:Annual Report Cover Big.jpg|thumb|right|200px|link=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/WMF_20072008_Annual_report.pdf|Our Annual Report is our most important instrument of accountability to our donors. It explains our programs and includes a summary of key financial information. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf|download a high resolution copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]].]]<br />
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In the simplest possible terms: <br />
# To support the continued operation of Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects (by paying for servers, hosting, bandwidth, and operations staff); <br />
# To continue the development of the open source software powering our projects; <br />
# To respond to requests from our volunteer community;<br />
# To support the growth and impact of our international volunteer community and the content in our projects through key events like [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Academy|Wikipedia Academies]], strategic partnerships, and the cultivation of [[Donate/Chapters|local chapters]] around the world; <br />
# To pay for financial, administrative, legal, and fundraising expenses.<br />
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Our Annual Report explains our programs and key financial information in more detail. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf| download a copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]], and if you [[Donate/Now/en|donate online]], we will email you when our next Annual Report is released. <br />
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If you want to study our numbers in greater detail, we provide you with access to financial reporting and planning. To understand better how your donation is used, you can see a detailed explanation of our spending in the [[Media:2009-10_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan_FINAL_July2.pdf |Annual Plan Presentation to the Board of Trustees]] (PDF). This includes:<br />
* Summary of strategic spending priorities<br />
* Comparison of the 08-09 actuals vs. the 09-10 plan<br />
* 09-10 departmental budget breakdown<br />
* Summary of top spending increases in 09-10<br />
* Organizational chart<br />
* Hiring plan for 2009-10<br />
<br />
We've also written a [[2009-2010 Annual Plan Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] page related to the plan.<br />
<br />
[[File:08-09budget.png|thumb|center|400px|A simple breakdown of the 2008-2009 budget by department. See the [[Media:FY 2008 09 Annual Plan.PDF|Annual Plan 2008-2009 Presentation (PDF)]] and the associated [[2007-2008 Annual Report Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] for detailed explanations of spending in different departments, and changes from the most recent fiscal year.]]<br />
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Additional financial information, including copies of our audited financial statements up to the most recent fiscal year (2007-2008), can be found on the [[financial reports]] page.<br />
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===How is the Wikimedia Foundation funded?===<br />
Wikimedia is funded primarily through [[Donate|donations]] by tens of thousands of individuals, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see [[benefactors]]).<br />
<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. People make contributions year-round, and once a year the Wikimedia Foundation makes a formal request for donations.<br />
<br />
'''We are not considering advertising as a source of revenue.'''<br />
<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See [[deductibility of donations]] for details. Click <u>[[fundraising | here]]</u> for details on how to make a donation via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact us through donate{{@}}wikimedia.org.<br />
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===What is the Omidyar Network?===<br />
[http://www.omidyarnetwork.com Omidyar Network] has generously offered to provide up to $500,000 to match individual donations between $100 and $9,999 made during the Wikimedia Foundation's 2009-10 fundraising drive. The funds will help grow Wikimedia's essential base of support at the Community Gifts level. The Wikimedia Foundation depends on hundreds of thousands of individual donations every year both to ensure financial sustainability, as well as continue to grow and achieve a positive, far-reaching social impact through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.<br />
<br />
The matching funds are part of a grant of up to two million dollars over two years from Omidyar Network to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of its core objectives. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives.<br />
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===How much money are you hoping to raise?===<br />
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010, we have budgeted $9.4 million in expenses, and an annual operating reserve of $1.2 million. We are hoping to raise $10.6 million through our annual campaign. <br />
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We hope to raise the remaining revenue through our other fundraising activities throughout the fiscal year, and with business development (such as licensing the Wikipedia name and logo for commercial uses). More details about our finances can be found in our [[Finance report]], in particular, the [[:Image:FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF|2008-09 Annual Plan presentation]].<br />
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===Who else is supporting you in this goal?===<br />
Donors and users like you make up the largest portion of our donations. Some individuals, private foundations, and corporations have generously given major gifts. They can be seen on our [[Donate/Benefactors/en | Benefactors]] page.<br />
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===What are the specific goals you want to accomplish in this fiscal year?===<br />
Our most important programmatic objective is to keep Wikipedia and our other projects online, free of charge and free of advertising. Our traffic continues to increase rapidly every year: As of today, more than 250 million people visit us every month. We hope that it will be many more by this time next year. Your donation will help us to pay for server equipment, operations staff, bandwidth, and so forth. This year, we're also hoping to increase our storage capacity to allow greater usage of video and audio in Wikipedia.<br />
We also employ several software developers to continually improve the Wikipedia experience for readers, and to allow our global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people to contribute more effectively. This includes the development of quality labeling tools, simplifications of the editing interface, improvements to the media uploading process, better handling of rich media, in-depth statistics, etc.<br />
We want to make sure that everyone can get access to our content in some form. <br />
<br />
Did you know that you can download all of Wikipedia and use it for any purpose? We provide this service for free to help other organizations, such as the One Laptop Per Child project, create offline versions. We are also improving cell phone access, adding PDF export, and building strategic relationships to help people with no or limited Internet access.<br />
<br />
Last but not least, the Wikimedia Foundation exists to support a global volunteer community advancing the cause of free knowledge. The organization is now supported by {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} international chapters—the two most recent additions are Brazil and Indonesia. These almost exclusively volunteer-run organizations represent a global "on the ground" presence. The Wikimedia Foundation supports chapters by reviewing organizational bylaws and processes, providing advice on fundraising and business development, sharing PR resources, creating templates for events and other program activities and so on.<br />
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Chapters are key to inviting more and more people to join our cause. For example, we are supporting the Argentinian and Swedish chapters to organize "Wikipedia Academy" events—wiki conferences where people learn how to participate in Wikipedia—in November. The Argentinian chapter also organized [[wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]] in Buenos Aires, an annual conference bringing together hundreds of people to discuss the future of free knowledge. And we're working with the German chapter to pilot "Wikipedia Trainer" workshops, where people learn how to teach others to contribute to Wikipedia.<br />
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Our commitment is to use your donation in ways that help us to achieve our overall vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.<br />
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Organizationally, these goals are expressed as follows:<br />
# Achieve organizational maturity<br />
# Achieve financial sustainability<br />
# Encourage and broaden participation<br />
# Increase quality and perception of quality<br />
# Increase distribution beyond Wikipedia<br />
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===Where can I learn more about your recent activities?===<br />
For the fiscal year 2007-08, please consult our [[Annual Report]].<br />
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===How do I donate?===<br />
To donate, please visit <u>[[Donate|our fundraising page]]</u>. You can donate using any major credit card (including VISA, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), PayPal, Moneybookers, bank transfer, or by sending a cheque to the Foundation. Our donation options support most (although not all) currencies.<br />
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====Where do I send checks?====<br />
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Our preference is for checks in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. bank accounts. Checks in currencies other than U.S. dollars, or from bank accounts outside the U.S., can be very expensive for us to process, which reduces the value of your gift. If you do not have a U.S. bank account, you can maximize the value of your donation by giving via Paypal or wire transfer.<br />
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====Can I make a stock donation to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation accepts stock donations. You can make a donation by transferring stock from your brokerage to ours by providing your broker with our name, investment account number and DTCC clearing number.<br />
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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br />
Smith Barney<br />
Investment a/c number 546-0356C-14-782<br />
DTCC Clearing a/c number #0418 <br />
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====Are my donations tax-deductible?====<br />
Please refer to the [[Deductibility of donations|list of countries]] for the details of tax-deductibility.<br />
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====If I make a donation, how do I get my tax receipt?====<br />
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Anyone who donates by PayPal or credit card will receive an email tax receipt as long as their email address was included with the donation. Donations by check over $50 will receive a tax receipt by mail if a return address for the donation is known. You may also request a tax receipt for your donation by writing us at giving{{@}}wikimedia.org (please include your contact information, the method you used to donate, and the amount of your donation).<br />
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====Can I give you a targeted or restricted donation to be used for something very specific?====<br />
Charities based in the United States, including the Wikimedia Foundation, are required to honor restrictions requested by donors. This means that if you specify your donation needs to be restricted for a specific use, we will either honor your request or return your donation. But before you decide to do that, please consider that unrestricted donations are much more useful for us. Every restriction imposes administrative overhead and planning costs, and increases internal complexity.<br />
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====Why is there a minimum donation?====<br />
While we want everyone to be able to give and contribute to the Wikimedia Foundation, the donation processing has certain fees and processing costs attached. The minimum donation covers those costs and allows the donation to get where the donor wants it most: to supporting free and open global knowledge.<br />
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===What can I do to help you spread the word?===<br />
Spread the word any way you can! Tell your friends and family. Tell them what Wikipedia means to you. Ask them if they use it and if so, what it means to them. Put <u>[[m:Fundraising 2008/web buttons|buttons and banners]]</u> on your blog. Use this text as the signature file on the bottom of your emails: <br />
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<tt> We’ve created the greatest collection of shared knowledge in history. Help protect Wikipedia. Donate now: http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate</tt><br />
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===What is your donor privacy policy?===<br />
We are serious about protecting the privacy rights of our donors. Please see our [[Donate/Donor_Privacy|Donor Privacy Policy]] for our full details. In short, we do not share, sell, or trade your email address with anyone.<br />
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===How can I contact the Foundation?===<br />
See the ''[[Contact us]]'' page for details.<br />
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===Where does my money go?===<br />
To <u>'''[[people]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[technology]]'''</u>. Even though Wikipedia and its sister projects are in the top 5 visited websites in the world, we employ less than 30 [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff people]. Half work on technology, the other half of the staff work on finance and administration, and with the enormous network of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia and its sister projects -- 150,000 or so people around the world. <br />
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===Is the Wikimedia Foundation a charity?===<br />
[http://wikimediafoundation.org Yes.]<br />
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===Why should I donate to the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to provide easy access to information for people all over the world—free of charge and free of advertising. We are a non-profit that depends on your financial help to do that. Your donations directly support some of the most popular collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's top ten most popular websites and the largest encyclopedia ever compiled in human history. <br />
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===What are your plans? Where is this going?===<br />
Wikipedia's sister projects include [http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], a free and open library of public texts; [http://www.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary]; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], an online repository of images and other multimedia and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects more]. Jimmy Wales once said, "Imagine a world in which every single human being an freely share in the sum of all knowledge." That’s where it’s going — and we need your help to get there.<br />
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===How do you balance keeping Wikipedia open with making it more reliable?===<br />
We believe increased participation makes Wikipedia better. At the same time, we must maintain the tough standards that have made Wikipedia respected by <u>'''[[scientists]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[academics]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[journalists]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[Foundations]]'''</u>. (''link to testimonial quotes'').<br />
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===What is the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of various [[Our projects|free-content projects]], most notably [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia. Wikipedia was founded in January 2001 and the Wikimedia Foundation incorporated in June 2003. From the beginning, '''we have existed for one reason: the free and open sharing of knowledge. We don’t sell information and we don’t accept advertising. Your donations make our work possible.''' We bring the educational content from these projects to people in as many forms as possible. In particular, we help disadvantaged communities with limited connectivity to access and contribute free educational content. <br />
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We own more than 300 servers used to run our projects, along with all the associated domain names and trademarks. We support strategic software development on the MediaWiki software and related tools, which allow more people to participate and the existing volunteer community to work more effectively. This includes tools specifically related to ensuring high quality. We develop learning resources, support workshops and strive to think intelligently about other ways to bring in new contributors and to grow Wikimedia as an international movement for free knowledge.<br />
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In all this, we are supported by [[local chapters]] organized in many different countries.<br />
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===Which projects do you support?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the 10 most visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than {{EN-WP-COUNT}} articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than {{ALL-WP-COUNT}} articles.<br />
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Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:<br />
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:Wikimedia Commons, a media repository containing more than {{COMMONS-MEDIA-COUNT}} freely usable images, videos, and sound files<br />
:Wikibooks, a project to create free textbooks<br />
:Wiktionary, a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus<br />
:Wikisource, a library of source documents<br />
:Wikinews, a citizen news website<br />
:Wikiversity, an interactive learning platform<br />
:Wikiquote, a collection of quotations<br />
:Wikispecies, a directory of life<br />
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We lead and support the development of [http://mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide [http://static.wikipedia.org/ downloadble offline copies] and [http://download.wikimedia.org/ database archives] of Wikipedia content.<br />
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More information may be found on the page about [[our projects]].<br />
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===How is the Foundation run?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation has a [[staff]] of {{STAFF-COUNT}}, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff<br />
supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ''ad hoc'' basis.<br />
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The [[Board of Trustees]] articulates the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, reviews and helps to develop long term plans, provides oversight, and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts. It is the ultimate organizational authority of the Wikimedia Foundation as defined in its bylaws. See [[Meetings]] for published Board minutes and [[Resolutions]] for published Board resolutions. The Board is partially elected from the community of contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The Board is supported by an [[Advisory Board]], chaired by Angela Beesley.<br />
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We have one office, located in San Francisco, California (USA), where most of our employees are working. All board members and remaining staff work remotely.<br />
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We strive to operate highly transparently, and have published [[policies|key policies]] and [[finance report|financial information]].<br />
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===How is the revenue spent?===<br />
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[[File:Annual Report Cover Big.jpg|thumb|right|200px|link=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/WMF_20072008_Annual_report.pdf|Our Annual Report is our most important instrument of accountability to our donors. It explains our programs and includes a summary of key financial information. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf|download a high resolution copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]].]]<br />
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In the simplest possible terms: <br />
# To support the continued operation of Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects (by paying for servers, hosting, bandwidth, and operations staff); <br />
# To continue the development of the open source software powering our projects; <br />
# To respond to requests from our volunteer community;<br />
# To support the growth and impact of our international volunteer community and the content in our projects through key events like [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Academy|Wikipedia Academies]], strategic partnerships, and the cultivation of [[Donate/Chapters|local chapters]] around the world; <br />
# To pay for financial, administrative, legal, and fundraising expenses.<br />
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Our Annual Report explains our programs and key financial information in more detail. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf| download a copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]], and if you [[Donate/Now/en|donate online]], we will email you when our next Annual Report is released. <br />
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If you want to study our numbers in greater detail, we provide you with access to financial reporting and planning. To understand better how your donation is used, you can see a detailed explanation of our spending in the [[Media:2009-10_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan_FINAL_July2.pdf |Annual Plan Presentation to the Board of Trustees]] (PDF). This includes:<br />
* Summary of strategic spending priorities<br />
* Comparison of the 08-09 actuals vs. the 09-10 plan<br />
* 09-10 departmental budget breakdown<br />
* Summary of top spending increases in 09-10<br />
* Organizational chart<br />
* Hiring plan for 2009-10<br />
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We've also written a [[2009-2010 Annual Plan Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] page related to the plan.<br />
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[[File:08-09budget.png|thumb|center|400px|A simple breakdown of the 2008-2009 budget by department. See the [[Media:FY 2008 09 Annual Plan.PDF|Annual Plan 2008-2009 Presentation (PDF)]] and the associated [[2007-2008 Annual Report Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] for detailed explanations of spending in different departments, and changes from the most recent fiscal year.]]<br />
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Additional financial information, including copies of our audited financial statements up to the most recent fiscal year (2007-2008), can be found on the [[financial reports]] page.<br />
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===How is the Wikimedia Foundation funded?===<br />
Wikimedia is funded primarily through <u>[[Donate|donations]]</u> by tens of thousands of individuals, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see [[benefactors]]).<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. People make contributions year-round, and once a year the Wikimedia Foundation makes a formal request for donations.<br />
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'''We are not considering advertising as a source of revenue.'''<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See [[deductibility of donations]] for details. Click <u>[[fundraising | here]]</u> for details on how to make a donation via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact us through donate{{@}}wikimedia.org.<br />
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===What is the Omidyar Network?===<br />
[http://www.omidyarnetwork.com Omidyar Network] has generously offered to provide up to $500,000 to match individual donations between $100 and $9,999 made during the Wikimedia Foundation's 2009-10 fundraising drive. The funds will help grow Wikimedia's essential base of support at the Community Gifts level. The Wikimedia Foundation depends on hundreds of thousands of individual donations every year both to ensure financial sustainability, as well as continue to grow and achieve a positive, far-reaching social impact through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.<br />
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The matching funds are part of a grant of up to two million dollars over two years from Omidyar Network to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of its core objectives. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives.<br />
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===How much money are you hoping to raise?===<br />
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010, we have budgeted $9.4 million in expenses, and an annual operating reserve of $1.2 million. We are hoping to raise $10.6 million through our annual campaign. <br />
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We hope to raise the remaining revenue through our other fundraising activities throughout the fiscal year, and with business development (such as licensing the Wikipedia name and logo for commercial uses). More details about our finances can be found in our [[Finance report]], in particular, the [[:Image:FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF|2008-09 Annual Plan presentation]].<br />
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===Who else is supporting you in this goal?===<br />
Donors and users like you make up the largest portion of our donations. Some individuals, private foundations, and corporations have generously given major gifts. They can be seen on our [[Donate/Benefactors/en | Benefactors]] page.<br />
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===What are the specific goals you want to accomplish in this fiscal year?===<br />
Our most important programmatic objective is to keep Wikipedia and our other projects online, free of charge and free of advertising. Our traffic continues to increase rapidly every year: As of today, more than 250 million people visit us every month. We hope that it will be many more by this time next year. Your donation will help us to pay for server equipment, operations staff, bandwidth, and so forth. This year, we're also hoping to increase our storage capacity to allow greater usage of video and audio in Wikipedia.<br />
We also employ several software developers to continually improve the Wikipedia experience for readers, and to allow our global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people to contribute more effectively. This includes the development of quality labeling tools, simplifications of the editing interface, improvements to the media uploading process, better handling of rich media, in-depth statistics, etc.<br />
We want to make sure that everyone can get access to our content in some form. <br />
<br />
Did you know that you can download all of Wikipedia and use it for any purpose? We provide this service for free to help other organizations, such as the One Laptop Per Child project, create offline versions. We are also improving cell phone access, adding PDF export, and building strategic relationships to help people with no or limited Internet access.<br />
<br />
Last but not least, the Wikimedia Foundation exists to support a global volunteer community advancing the cause of free knowledge. The organization is now supported by {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} international chapters—the two most recent additions are Brazil and Indonesia. These almost exclusively volunteer-run organizations represent a global "on the ground" presence. The Wikimedia Foundation supports chapters by reviewing organizational bylaws and processes, providing advice on fundraising and business development, sharing PR resources, creating templates for events and other program activities and so on.<br />
<br />
Chapters are key to inviting more and more people to join our cause. For example, we are supporting the Argentinian and Swedish chapters to organize "Wikipedia Academy" events—wiki conferences where people learn how to participate in Wikipedia—in November. The Argentinian chapter also organized [[wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]] in Buenos Aires, an annual conference bringing together hundreds of people to discuss the future of free knowledge. And we're working with the German chapter to pilot "Wikipedia Trainer" workshops, where people learn how to teach others to contribute to Wikipedia.<br />
<br />
Our commitment is to use your donation in ways that help us to achieve our overall vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.<br />
<br />
Organizationally, these goals are expressed as follows:<br />
# Achieve organizational maturity<br />
# Achieve financial sustainability<br />
# Encourage and broaden participation<br />
# Increase quality and perception of quality<br />
# Increase distribution beyond Wikipedia<br />
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===Where can I learn more about your recent activities?===<br />
For the fiscal year 2007-08, please consult our [[Annual Report]].<br />
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===How do I donate?===<br />
To donate, please visit <u>[[Donate|our fundraising page]]</u>. You can donate using any major credit card (including VISA, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), PayPal, Moneybookers, bank transfer, or by sending a cheque to the Foundation. Our donation options support most (although not all) currencies.<br />
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====Where do I send checks?====<br />
Send checks to:<br />
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{{Lockbox address}}<br />
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Our preference is for checks in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. bank accounts. Checks in currencies other than U.S. dollars, or from bank accounts outside the U.S., can be very expensive for us to process, which reduces the value of your gift. If you do not have a U.S. bank account, you can maximize the value of your donation by giving via Paypal or wire transfer.<br />
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====Can I make a stock donation to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation accepts stock donations. You can make a donation by transferring stock from your brokerage to ours by providing your broker with our name, investment account number and DTCC clearing number.<br />
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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br />
Smith Barney<br />
Investment a/c number 546-0356C-14-782<br />
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====If I make a donation, how do I get my tax receipt?====<br />
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====Why is there a minimum donation?====<br />
While we want everyone to be able to give and contribute to the Wikimedia Foundation, the donation processing has certain fees and processing costs attached. The minimum donation covers those costs and allows the donation to get where the donor wants it most: to supporting free and open global knowledge.<br />
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===What can I do to help you spread the word?===<br />
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===What is your donor privacy policy?===<br />
We are serious about protecting the privacy rights of our donors. Please see our [[Donate/Donor_Privacy|Donor Privacy Policy]] for our full details. In short, we do not share, sell, or trade your email address with anyone.<br />
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===Where does my money go?===<br />
To <u>'''[[people]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[technology]]'''</u>. Even though Wikipedia and its sister projects are in the top 5 visited websites in the world, we employ less than 30 [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff people]. Half work on technology, the other half of the staff work on finance and administration, and with the enormous network of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia and its sister projects -- 150,000 or so people around the world. <br />
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===Is the Wikimedia Foundation a charity?===<br />
[http://wikimediafoundation.org Yes.]<br />
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===Why should I donate to the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to provide easy access to information for people all over the world—free of charge and free of advertising. We are a non-profit that depends on your financial help to do that. Your donations directly support some of the most popular collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's top ten most popular websites and the largest encyclopedia ever compiled in human history. <br />
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===What are your plans? Where is this going?===<br />
Wikipedia's sister projects include [http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], a free and open library of public texts; [http://www.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary]; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], an online repository of images and other multimedia and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects more]. Jimmy Wales once said, "Imagine a world in which every single human being an freely share in the sum of all knowledge." That’s where it’s going — and we need your help to get there.<br />
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===How do you balance keeping Wikipedia open with making it more reliable?===<br />
We believe increased participation makes Wikipedia better. At the same time, we must maintain the tough standards that have made Wikipedia respected by <u>'''[[scientists]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[academics]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[journalists]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[Foundations]]'''</u>. (''link to testimonial quotes'').<br />
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===What is the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of various [[Our projects|free-content projects]], most notably [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia. Wikipedia was founded in January 2001 and the Wikimedia Foundation incorporated in June 2003. From the beginning, '''we have existed for one reason: the free and open sharing of knowledge. We don’t sell information and we don’t accept advertising. Your donations make our work possible.''' We bring the educational content from these projects to people in as many forms as possible. In particular, we help disadvantaged communities with limited connectivity to access and contribute free educational content. <br />
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We own more than 300 servers used to run our projects, along with all the associated domain names and trademarks. We support strategic software development on the MediaWiki software and related tools, which allow more people to participate and the existing volunteer community to work more effectively. This includes tools specifically related to ensuring high quality. We develop learning resources, support workshops and strive to think intelligently about other ways to bring in new contributors and to grow Wikimedia as an international movement for free knowledge.<br />
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In all this, we are supported by [[local chapters]] organized in many different countries.<br />
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===Which projects do you support?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the 10 most visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than {{EN-WP-COUNT}} articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than {{ALL-WP-COUNT}} articles.<br />
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Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:<br />
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:Wikimedia Commons, a media repository containing more than {{COMMONS-MEDIA-COUNT}} freely usable images, videos, and sound files<br />
:Wikibooks, a project to create free textbooks<br />
:Wiktionary, a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus<br />
:Wikisource, a library of source documents<br />
:Wikinews, a citizen news website<br />
:Wikiversity, an interactive learning platform<br />
:Wikiquote, a collection of quotations<br />
:Wikispecies, a directory of life<br />
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We lead and support the development of [http://mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide [http://static.wikipedia.org/ downloadble offline copies] and [http://download.wikimedia.org/ database archives] of Wikipedia content.<br />
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More information may be found on the page about [[our projects]].<br />
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===How is the Foundation run?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation has a [[staff]] of {{STAFF-COUNT}}, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff<br />
supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ''ad hoc'' basis.<br />
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The [[Board of Trustees]] articulates the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, reviews and helps to develop long term plans, provides oversight, and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts. It is the ultimate organizational authority of the Wikimedia Foundation as defined in its bylaws. See [[Meetings]] for published Board minutes and [[Resolutions]] for published Board resolutions. The Board is partially elected from the community of contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The Board is supported by an [[Advisory Board]], chaired by Angela Beesley.<br />
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We have one office, located in San Francisco, California (USA), where most of our employees are working. All board members and remaining staff work remotely.<br />
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We strive to operate highly transparently, and have published [[policies|key policies]] and [[finance report|financial information]].<br />
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===How is the revenue spent?===<br />
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[[File:Annual Report Cover Big.jpg|thumb|right|200px|link=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/WMF_20072008_Annual_report.pdf|Our Annual Report is our most important instrument of accountability to our donors. It explains our programs and includes a summary of key financial information. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf|download a high resolution copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]].]]<br />
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In the simplest possible terms: <br />
# To support the continued operation of Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects (by paying for servers, hosting, bandwidth, and operations staff); <br />
# To continue the development of the open source software powering our projects; <br />
# To respond to requests from our volunteer community;<br />
# To support the growth and impact of our international volunteer community and the content in our projects through key events like [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Academy|Wikipedia Academies]], strategic partnerships, and the cultivation of [[Donate/Chapters|local chapters]] around the world; <br />
# To pay for financial, administrative, legal, and fundraising expenses.<br />
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Our Annual Report explains our programs and key financial information in more detail. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf| download a copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]], and if you [[Donate/Now/en|donate online]], we will email you when our next Annual Report is released. <br />
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If you want to study our numbers in greater detail, we provide you with access to financial reporting and planning. To understand better how your donation is used, you can see a detailed explanation of our spending in the [[Media:2009-10_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan_FINAL_July2.pdf |Annual Plan Presentation to the Board of Trustees]] (PDF). This includes:<br />
* Summary of strategic spending priorities<br />
* Comparison of the 08-09 actuals vs. the 09-10 plan<br />
* 09-10 departmental budget breakdown<br />
* Summary of top spending increases in 09-10<br />
* Organizational chart<br />
* Hiring plan for 2009-10<br />
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We've also written a [[2009-2010 Annual Plan Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] page related to the plan.<br />
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[[File:08-09budget.png|thumb|center|400px|A simple breakdown of the 2008-2009 budget by department. See the [[Media:FY 2008 09 Annual Plan.PDF|Annual Plan 2008-2009 Presentation (PDF)]] and the associated [[2007-2008 Annual Report Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] for detailed explanations of spending in different departments, and changes from the most recent fiscal year.]]<br />
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Additional financial information, including copies of our audited financial statements up to the most recent fiscal year (2007-2008), can be found on the [[financial reports]] page.<br />
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===How is the Wikimedia Foundation funded?===<br />
Wikimedia is funded primarily through <u>[[Donate|donations]]</u> by tens of thousands of individuals, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see [[benefactors]]).<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. People make contributions year-round, and once a year the Wikimedia Foundation makes a formal request for donations.<br />
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'''We are not considering advertising as a source of revenue.'''<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See [[deductibility of donations]] for details. Click <u>[[fundraising | here]]</u> for details on how to make a donation via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact us through donate{{@}}wikimedia.org.<br />
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===What is the Omidyar Network?===<br />
[http://www.omidyarnetwork.com Omidyar Network] has generously offered to provide up to $500,000 to match individual donations between $100 and $9,999 made during the Wikimedia Foundation's 2009-10 fundraising drive. The funds will help grow Wikimedia's essential base of support at the Community Gifts level. The Wikimedia Foundation depends on hundreds of thousands of individual donations every year both to ensure financial sustainability, as well as continue to grow and achieve a positive, far-reaching social impact through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.<br />
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The matching funds are part of a grant of up to two million dollars over two years from Omidyar Network to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of its core objectives. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives.<br />
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===How much money are you hoping to raise?===<br />
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010, we have budgeted $9.4 million in expenses, and an annual operating reserve of $1.2 million. We are hoping to raise $10.6 million through our annual campaign. <br />
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We hope to raise the remaining revenue through our other fundraising activities throughout the fiscal year, and with business development (such as licensing the Wikipedia name and logo for commercial uses). More details about our finances can be found in our [[Finance report]], in particular, the [[:Image:FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF|2008-09 Annual Plan presentation]].<br />
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===Who else is supporting you in this goal?===<br />
Donors and users like you make up the largest portion of our donations. Some individuals, private foundations, and corporations have generously given major gifts. They can be seen on our [[Donate/Benefactors/en | Benefactors]] page.<br />
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===What are the specific goals you want to accomplish in this fiscal year?===<br />
Our most important programmatic objective is to keep Wikipedia and our other projects online, free of charge and free of advertising. Our traffic continues to increase rapidly every year: As of today, more than 250 million people visit us every month. We hope that it will be many more by this time next year. Your donation will help us to pay for server equipment, operations staff, bandwidth, and so forth. This year, we're also hoping to increase our storage capacity to allow greater usage of video and audio in Wikipedia.<br />
We also employ several software developers to continually improve the Wikipedia experience for readers, and to allow our global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people to contribute more effectively. This includes the development of quality labeling tools, simplifications of the editing interface, improvements to the media uploading process, better handling of rich media, in-depth statistics, etc.<br />
We want to make sure that everyone can get access to our content in some form. <br />
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Did you know that you can download all of Wikipedia and use it for any purpose? We provide this service for free to help other organizations, such as the One Laptop Per Child project, create offline versions. We are also improving cell phone access, adding PDF export, and building strategic relationships to help people with no or limited Internet access.<br />
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Last but not least, the Wikimedia Foundation exists to support a global volunteer community advancing the cause of free knowledge. The organization is now supported by {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} international chapters—the two most recent additions are Brazil and Indonesia. These almost exclusively volunteer-run organizations represent a global "on the ground" presence. The Wikimedia Foundation supports chapters by reviewing organizational bylaws and processes, providing advice on fundraising and business development, sharing PR resources, creating templates for events and other program activities and so on.<br />
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Chapters are key to inviting more and more people to join our cause. For example, we are supporting the Argentinian and Swedish chapters to organize "Wikipedia Academy" events—wiki conferences where people learn how to participate in Wikipedia—in November. The Argentinian chapter also organized [[wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]] in Buenos Aires, an annual conference bringing together hundreds of people to discuss the future of free knowledge. And we're working with the German chapter to pilot "Wikipedia Trainer" workshops, where people learn how to teach others to contribute to Wikipedia.<br />
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Our commitment is to use your donation in ways that help us to achieve our overall vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.<br />
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Organizationally, these goals are expressed as follows:<br />
# Achieve organizational maturity<br />
# Achieve financial sustainability<br />
# Encourage and broaden participation<br />
# Increase quality and perception of quality<br />
# Increase distribution beyond Wikipedia<br />
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===Where can I learn more about your recent activities?===<br />
For the fiscal year 2007-08, please consult our [[Annual Report]].<br />
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===How do I donate?===<br />
To donate, please visit [[Donate|our fundraising page]]. You can donate using any major credit card (including VISA, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), PayPal, Moneybookers, bank transfer, or by sending a cheque to the Foundation. Our donation options support most (although not all) currencies.<br />
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====Where do I send checks?====<br />
Send checks to:<br />
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Our preference is for checks in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. bank accounts. Checks in currencies other than U.S. dollars, or from bank accounts outside the U.S., can be very expensive for us to process, which reduces the value of your gift. If you do not have a U.S. bank account, you can maximize the value of your donation by giving via Paypal or wire transfer.<br />
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====Can I make a stock donation to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation accepts stock donations. You can make a donation by transferring stock from your brokerage to ours by providing your broker with our name, investment account number and DTCC clearing number.<br />
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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br />
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Investment a/c number 546-0356C-14-782<br />
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Please refer to the [[Deductibility of donations|list of countries]] for the details of tax-deductibility.<br />
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====If I make a donation, how do I get my tax receipt?====<br />
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Anyone who donates by PayPal or credit card will receive an email tax receipt as long as their email address was included with the donation. Donations by check over $50 will receive a tax receipt by mail if a return address for the donation is known. You may also request a tax receipt for your donation by writing us at giving{{@}}wikimedia.org (please include your contact information, the method you used to donate, and the amount of your donation).<br />
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====Can I give you a targeted or restricted donation to be used for something very specific?====<br />
Charities based in the United States, including the Wikimedia Foundation, are required to honor restrictions requested by donors. This means that if you specify your donation needs to be restricted for a specific use, we will either honor your request or return your donation. But before you decide to do that, please consider that unrestricted donations are much more useful for us. Every restriction imposes administrative overhead and planning costs, and increases internal complexity.<br />
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====Why is there a minimum donation?====<br />
While we want everyone to be able to give and contribute to the Wikimedia Foundation, the donation processing has certain fees and processing costs attached. The minimum donation covers those costs and allows the donation to get where the donor wants it most: to supporting free and open global knowledge.<br />
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===What can I do to help you spread the word?===<br />
Spread the word any way you can! Tell your friends and family. Tell them what Wikipedia means to you. Ask them if they use it and if so, what it means to them. Put <u>[[m:Fundraising 2008/web buttons|buttons and banners]]</u> on your blog. Use this text as the signature file on the bottom of your emails: <br />
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<tt> We’ve created the greatest collection of shared knowledge in history. Help protect Wikipedia. Donate now: http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate</tt><br />
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===What is your donor privacy policy?===<br />
We are serious about protecting the privacy rights of our donors. Please see our [[Donate/Donor_Privacy|Donor Privacy Policy]] for our full details. In short, we do not share, sell, or trade your email address with anyone.<br />
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===How can I contact the Foundation?===<br />
See the ''[[Contact us]]'' page for details.<br />
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===Where does my money go?===<br />
To <u>'''[[people]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[technology]]'''</u>. Even though Wikipedia and its sister projects are in the top 5 visited websites in the world, we employ less than 30 [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff people]. Half work on technology, the other half of the staff work on finance and administration, and with the enormous network of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia and its sister projects -- 150,000 or so people around the world. <br />
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===Is the Wikimedia Foundation a charity?===<br />
[http://wikimediafoundation.org Yes.]<br />
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===Why should I donate to the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to provide easy access to information for people all over the world—free of charge and free of advertising. We are a non-profit that depends on your financial help to do that. Your donations directly support some of the most popular collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's top ten most popular websites and the largest encyclopedia ever compiled in human history. <br />
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===What are your plans? Where is this going?===<br />
Wikipedia's sister projects include [http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], a free and open library of public texts; [http://www.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary]; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], an online repository of images and other multimedia and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects more]. Jimmy Wales once said, "Imagine a world in which every single human being an freely share in the sum of all knowledge." That’s where it’s going — and we need your help to get there.<br />
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===How do you balance keeping Wikipedia open with making it more reliable?===<br />
We believe increased participation makes Wikipedia better. At the same time, we must maintain the tough standards that have made Wikipedia respected by <u>'''[[scientists]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[academics]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[journalists]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[Foundations]]'''</u>. (''link to testimonial quotes'').<br />
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===What is the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of various [[Our projects|free-content projects]], most notably [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia. Wikipedia was founded in January 2001 and the Wikimedia Foundation incorporated in June 2003. From the beginning, '''we have existed for one reason: the free and open sharing of knowledge. We don’t sell information and we don’t accept advertising. Your donations make our work possible.''' We bring the educational content from these projects to people in as many forms as possible. In particular, we help disadvantaged communities with limited connectivity to access and contribute free educational content. <br />
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We own more than 300 servers used to run our projects, along with all the associated domain names and trademarks. We support strategic software development on the MediaWiki software and related tools, which allow more people to participate and the existing volunteer community to work more effectively. This includes tools specifically related to ensuring high quality. We develop learning resources, support workshops and strive to think intelligently about other ways to bring in new contributors and to grow Wikimedia as an international movement for free knowledge.<br />
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In all this, we are supported by [[local chapters]] organized in many different countries.<br />
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===Which projects do you support?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the 10 most visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than {{EN-WP-COUNT}} articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than {{ALL-WP-COUNT}} articles.<br />
<br />
Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:<br />
<br />
:Wikimedia Commons, a media repository containing more than {{COMMONS-MEDIA-COUNT}} freely usable images, videos, and sound files<br />
:Wikibooks, a project to create free textbooks<br />
:Wiktionary, a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus<br />
:Wikisource, a library of source documents<br />
:Wikinews, a citizen news website<br />
:Wikiversity, an interactive learning platform<br />
:Wikiquote, a collection of quotations<br />
:Wikispecies, a directory of life<br />
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We lead and support the development of [http://mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide [http://static.wikipedia.org/ downloadble offline copies] and [http://download.wikimedia.org/ database archives] of Wikipedia content.<br />
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More information may be found on the page about [[our projects]].<br />
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===How is the Foundation run?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation has a [[staff]] of {{STAFF-COUNT}}, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff<br />
supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ''ad hoc'' basis.<br />
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The [[Board of Trustees]] articulates the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, reviews and helps to develop long term plans, provides oversight, and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts. It is the ultimate organizational authority of the Wikimedia Foundation as defined in its bylaws. See [[Meetings]] for published Board minutes and [[Resolutions]] for published Board resolutions. The Board is partially elected from the community of contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The Board is supported by an [[Advisory Board]], chaired by Angela Beesley.<br />
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We have one office, located in San Francisco, California (USA), where most of our employees are working. All board members and remaining staff work remotely.<br />
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We strive to operate highly transparently, and have published [[policies|key policies]] and [[finance report|financial information]].<br />
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===How is the revenue spent?===<br />
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[[File:Annual Report Cover Big.jpg|thumb|right|200px|link=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/WMF_20072008_Annual_report.pdf|Our Annual Report is our most important instrument of accountability to our donors. It explains our programs and includes a summary of key financial information. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf|download a high resolution copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]].]]<br />
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In the simplest possible terms: <br />
# To support the continued operation of Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects (by paying for servers, hosting, bandwidth, and operations staff); <br />
# To continue the development of the open source software powering our projects; <br />
# To respond to requests from our volunteer community;<br />
# To support the growth and impact of our international volunteer community and the content in our projects through key events like [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Academy|Wikipedia Academies]], strategic partnerships, and the cultivation of [[Donate/Chapters|local chapters]] around the world; <br />
# To pay for financial, administrative, legal, and fundraising expenses.<br />
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Our Annual Report explains our programs and key financial information in more detail. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf| download a copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]], and if you [[Donate/Now/en|donate online]], we will email you when our next Annual Report is released. <br />
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If you want to study our numbers in greater detail, we provide you with access to financial reporting and planning. To understand better how your donation is used, you can see a detailed explanation of our spending in the [[Media:2009-10_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan_FINAL_July2.pdf |Annual Plan Presentation to the Board of Trustees]] (PDF). This includes:<br />
* Summary of strategic spending priorities<br />
* Comparison of the 08-09 actuals vs. the 09-10 plan<br />
* 09-10 departmental budget breakdown<br />
* Summary of top spending increases in 09-10<br />
* Organizational chart<br />
* Hiring plan for 2009-10<br />
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We've also written a [[2009-2010 Annual Plan Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] page related to the plan.<br />
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[[File:08-09budget.png|thumb|center|400px|A simple breakdown of the 2008-2009 budget by department. See the [[Media:FY 2008 09 Annual Plan.PDF|Annual Plan 2008-2009 Presentation (PDF)]] and the associated [[2007-2008 Annual Report Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] for detailed explanations of spending in different departments, and changes from the most recent fiscal year.]]<br />
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Additional financial information, including copies of our audited financial statements up to the most recent fiscal year (2007-2008), can be found on the [[financial reports]] page.<br />
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===How is the Wikimedia Foundation funded?===<br />
Wikimedia is funded primarily through <u>[[Donate|donations]]</u> by tens of thousands of individuals, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see [[benefactors]]).<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. People make contributions year-round, and once a year the Wikimedia Foundation makes a formal request for donations.<br />
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'''We are not considering advertising as a source of revenue.'''<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See [[deductibility of donations]] for details. Click <u>[[fundraising | here]]</u> for details on how to make a donation via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact us through donate{{@}}wikimedia.org.<br />
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===What is the Omidyar Network?===<br />
[http://www.omidyarnetwork.com Omidyar Network] has generously offered to provide up to $500,000 to match individual donations between $100 and $9,999 made during the Wikimedia Foundation's 2009-10 fundraising drive. The funds will help grow Wikimedia's essential base of support at the Community Gifts level. The Wikimedia Foundation depends on hundreds of thousands of individual donations every year both to ensure financial sustainability, as well as continue to grow and achieve a positive, far-reaching social impact through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.<br />
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The matching funds are part of a grant of up to two million dollars over two years from Omidyar Network to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of its core objectives. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives.<br />
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===How much money are you hoping to raise?===<br />
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010, we have budgeted $9.4 million in expenses, and an annual operating reserve of $1.2 million. We are hoping to raise $10.6 million through our annual campaign. <br />
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We hope to raise the remaining revenue through our other fundraising activities throughout the fiscal year, and with business development (such as licensing the Wikipedia name and logo for commercial uses). More details about our finances can be found in our [[Finance report]], in particular, the [[:Image:FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF|2008-09 Annual Plan presentation]].<br />
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===Who else is supporting you in this goal?===<br />
Donors and users like you make up the largest portion of our donations. Some individuals, private foundations, and corporations have generously given major gifts. They can be seen on our [[Donate/Benefactors/en | Benefactors]] page.<br />
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===What are the specific goals you want to accomplish in this fiscal year?===<br />
Our most important programmatic objective is to keep Wikipedia and our other projects online, free of charge and free of advertising. Our traffic continues to increase rapidly every year: As of today, more than 250 million people visit us every month. We hope that it will be many more by this time next year. Your donation will help us to pay for server equipment, operations staff, bandwidth, and so forth. This year, we're also hoping to increase our storage capacity to allow greater usage of video and audio in Wikipedia.<br />
We also employ several software developers to continually improve the Wikipedia experience for readers, and to allow our global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people to contribute more effectively. This includes the development of quality labeling tools, simplifications of the editing interface, improvements to the media uploading process, better handling of rich media, in-depth statistics, etc.<br />
We want to make sure that everyone can get access to our content in some form. <br />
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Did you know that you can download all of Wikipedia and use it for any purpose? We provide this service for free to help other organizations, such as the One Laptop Per Child project, create offline versions. We are also improving cell phone access, adding PDF export, and building strategic relationships to help people with no or limited Internet access.<br />
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Last but not least, the Wikimedia Foundation exists to support a global volunteer community advancing the cause of free knowledge. The organization is now supported by {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} international chapters—the two most recent additions are Brazil and Indonesia. These almost exclusively volunteer-run organizations represent a global "on the ground" presence. The Wikimedia Foundation supports chapters by reviewing organizational bylaws and processes, providing advice on fundraising and business development, sharing PR resources, creating templates for events and other program activities and so on.<br />
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Chapters are key to inviting more and more people to join our cause. For example, we are supporting the Argentinian and Swedish chapters to organize "Wikipedia Academy" events—wiki conferences where people learn how to participate in Wikipedia—in November. The Argentinian chapter also organized [[wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]] in Buenos Aires, an annual conference bringing together hundreds of people to discuss the future of free knowledge. And we're working with the German chapter to pilot "Wikipedia Trainer" workshops, where people learn how to teach others to contribute to Wikipedia.<br />
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Our commitment is to use your donation in ways that help us to achieve our overall vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.<br />
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Organizationally, these goals are expressed as follows:<br />
# Achieve organizational maturity<br />
# Achieve financial sustainability<br />
# Encourage and broaden participation<br />
# Increase quality and perception of quality<br />
# Increase distribution beyond Wikipedia<br />
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===Where can I learn more about your recent activities?===<br />
For the fiscal year 2007-08, please consult our [[Annual Report]].<br />
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===How do I donate?===<br />
To donate, please visit [[Donate|our fundraising page]]. You can donate using any major credit card (including VISA, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), PayPal, Moneybookers, bank transfer, or by sending a cheque to the Foundation. Our donation options support most (although not all) currencies.<br />
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====Where do I send checks?====<br />
Send checks to:<br />
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{{Lockbox address}}<br />
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Our preference is for checks in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. bank accounts. Checks in currencies other than U.S. dollars, or from bank accounts outside the U.S., can be very expensive for us to process, which reduces the value of your gift. If you do not have a U.S. bank account, you can maximize the value of your donation by giving via Paypal or wire transfer.<br />
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====Can I make a stock donation to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation accepts stock donations. You can make a donation by transferring stock from your brokerage to ours by providing your broker with our name, investment account number and DTCC clearing number.<br />
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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br />
Smith Barney<br />
Investment a/c number 546-0356C-14-782<br />
DTCC Clearing a/c number #0418 <br />
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====Are my donations tax-deductible?====<br />
Please refer to the [[Deductibility of donations|list of countries]] for the details of tax-deductibility.<br />
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====If I make a donation, how do I get my tax receipt?====<br />
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Anyone who donates by PayPal or credit card will receive an email tax receipt as long as their email address was included with the donation. Donations by check over $50 will receive a tax receipt by mail if a return address for the donation is known. You may also request a tax receipt for your donation by writing us at giving{{@}}wikimedia.org (please include your contact information, the method you used to donate, and the amount of your donation).<br />
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====Can I give you a targeted or restricted donation to be used for something very specific?====<br />
Charities based in the United States, including the Wikimedia Foundation, are required to honor restrictions requested by donors. This means that if you specify your donation needs to be restricted for a specific use, we will either honor your request or return your donation. But before you decide to do that, please consider that unrestricted donations are much more useful for us. Every restriction imposes administrative overhead and planning costs, and increases internal complexity.<br />
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====Why is there a minimum donation?====<br />
While we want everyone to be able to give and contribute to the Wikimedia Foundation, the donation processing has certain fees and processing costs attached. The minimum donation covers those costs and allows the donation to get where the donor wants it most: to supporting free and open global knowledge.<br />
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===What can I do to help you spread the word?===<br />
Spread the word any way you can! Tell your friends and family. Tell them what Wikipedia means to you. Ask them if they use it and if so, what it means to them. Put <u>[[m:Fundraising 2008/web buttons|buttons and banners]]</u> on your blog. Use this text as the signature file on the bottom of your emails: <br />
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===What is your donor privacy policy?===<br />
We are serious about protecting the privacy rights of our donors. Please see our [[Donate/Donor_Privacy|Donor Privacy Policy]] for our full details. In short, we do not share, sell, or trade your email address with anyone.<br />
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===How can I contact the Foundation?===<br />
See the ''[[Contact us]]'' page for details.<br />
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===Where does my money go?===<br />
To <u>'''[[people]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[technology]]'''</u>. Even though Wikipedia and its sister projects are in the top 5 visited websites in the world, we employ less than 30 [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff people]. Half work on technology, the other half of the staff work on finance and administration, and with the enormous network of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia and its sister projects -- 150,000 or so people around the world. <br />
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===Is the Wikimedia Foundation a charity?===<br />
[http://wikimediafoundation.org Yes.]<br />
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===Why should I donate to the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to provide easy access to information for people all over the world—free of charge and free of advertising. We are a non-profit that depends on your financial help to do that. Your donations directly support some of the most popular collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's top ten most popular websites and the largest encyclopedia ever compiled in human history. <br />
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===What are your plans? Where is this going?===<br />
Wikipedia's sister projects include [http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], a free and open library of public texts; [http://www.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary]; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], an online repository of images and other multimedia and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects more]. Jimmy Wales once said, "Imagine a world in which every single human being an freely share in the sum of all knowledge." That’s where it’s going — and we need your help to get there.<br />
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===How do you balance keeping Wikipedia open with making it more reliable?===<br />
We believe increased participation makes Wikipedia better. At the same time, we must maintain the tough standards that have made Wikipedia respected by <u>'''[[scientists]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[academics]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[journalists]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[Foundations]]'''</u>. (''link to testimonial quotes'').<br />
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===What is the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of various [[Our projects|free-content projects]], most notably [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia. Wikipedia was founded in January 2001 and the Wikimedia Foundation incorporated in June 2003. From the beginning, '''we have existed for one reason: the free and open sharing of knowledge. We don’t sell information and we don’t accept advertising. Your donations make our work possible.''' We bring the educational content from these projects to people in as many forms as possible. In particular, we help disadvantaged communities with limited connectivity to access and contribute free educational content. <br />
<br />
We own more than 300 servers used to run our projects, along with all the associated domain names and trademarks. We support strategic software development on the MediaWiki software and related tools, which allow more people to participate and the existing volunteer community to work more effectively. This includes tools specifically related to ensuring high quality. We develop learning resources, support workshops and strive to think intelligently about other ways to bring in new contributors and to grow Wikimedia as an international movement for free knowledge.<br />
<br />
In all this, we are supported by [[local chapters]] organized in many different countries.<br />
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===Which projects do you support?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the 10 most visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than {{EN-WP-COUNT}} articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than {{ALL-WP-COUNT}} articles.<br />
<br />
Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:<br />
<br />
:Wikimedia Commons, a media repository containing more than {{COMMONS-MEDIA-COUNT}} freely usable images, videos, and sound files<br />
:Wikibooks, a project to create free textbooks<br />
:Wiktionary, a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus<br />
:Wikisource, a library of source documents<br />
:Wikinews, a citizen news website<br />
:Wikiversity, an interactive learning platform<br />
:Wikiquote, a collection of quotations<br />
:Wikispecies, a directory of life<br />
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We lead and support the development of [http://mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide [http://static.wikipedia.org/ downloadble offline copies] and [http://download.wikimedia.org/ database archives] of Wikipedia content.<br />
<br />
More information may be found on the page about [[our projects]].<br />
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===How is the Foundation run?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation has a [[staff]] of {{STAFF-COUNT}}, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff<br />
supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ''ad hoc'' basis.<br />
<br />
The [[Board of Trustees]] articulates the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, reviews and helps to develop long term plans, provides oversight, and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts. It is the ultimate organizational authority of the Wikimedia Foundation as defined in its bylaws. See [[Meetings]] for published Board minutes and [[Resolutions]] for published Board resolutions. The Board is partially elected from the community of contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The Board is supported by an [[Advisory Board]], chaired by Angela Beesley.<br />
<br />
We have one office, located in San Francisco, California (USA), where most of our employees are working. All board members and remaining staff work remotely.<br />
<br />
We strive to operate highly transparently, and have published [[policies|key policies]] and [[finance report|financial information]].<br />
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===How is the revenue spent?===<br />
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[[File:Annual Report Cover Big.jpg|thumb|right|200px|link=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/WMF_20072008_Annual_report.pdf|Our Annual Report is our most important instrument of accountability to our donors. It explains our programs and includes a summary of key financial information. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf|download a high resolution copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]].]]<br />
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In the simplest possible terms: <br />
# To support the continued operation of Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects (by paying for servers, hosting, bandwidth, and operations staff); <br />
# To continue the development of the open source software powering our projects; <br />
# To respond to requests from our volunteer community;<br />
# To support the growth and impact of our international volunteer community and the content in our projects through key events like [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Academy|Wikipedia Academies]], strategic partnerships, and the cultivation of [[Donate/Chapters|local chapters]] around the world; <br />
# To pay for financial, administrative, legal, and fundraising expenses.<br />
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Our Annual Report explains our programs and key financial information in more detail. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf| download a copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]], and if you [[Donate/Now/en|donate online]], we will email you when our next Annual Report is released. <br />
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If you want to study our numbers in greater detail, we provide you with access to financial reporting and planning. To understand better how your donation is used, you can see a detailed explanation of our spending in the [[Media:2009-10_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan_FINAL_July2.pdf |Annual Plan Presentation to the Board of Trustees]] (PDF). This includes:<br />
* Summary of strategic spending priorities<br />
* Comparison of the 08-09 actuals vs. the 09-10 plan<br />
* 09-10 departmental budget breakdown<br />
* Summary of top spending increases in 09-10<br />
* Organizational chart<br />
* Hiring plan for 2009-10<br />
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We've also written a [[2009-2010 Annual Plan Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] page related to the plan.<br />
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[[File:08-09budget.png|thumb|center|400px|A simple breakdown of the 2008-2009 budget by department. See the [[Media:FY 2008 09 Annual Plan.PDF|Annual Plan 2008-2009 Presentation (PDF)]] and the associated [[2007-2008 Annual Report Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] for detailed explanations of spending in different departments, and changes from the most recent fiscal year.]]<br />
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Additional financial information, including copies of our audited financial statements up to the most recent fiscal year (2007-2008), can be found on the [[financial reports]] page.<br />
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===How is the Wikimedia Foundation funded?===<br />
Wikimedia is funded primarily through <u>[[Donate|donations]]</u> by tens of thousands of individuals, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see [[benefactors]]).<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. People make contributions year-round, and once a year the Wikimedia Foundation makes a formal request for donations.<br />
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'''We are not considering advertising as a source of revenue.'''<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See [[deductibility of donations]] for details. Click <u>[[fundraising | here]]</u> for details on how to make a donation via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact us through donate{{@}}wikimedia.org.<br />
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===What is the Omidyar Network?===<br />
[http://www.omidyarnetwork.com Omidyar Network] has generously offered to provide up to $500,000 to match individual donations between $100 and $9,999 made during the Wikimedia Foundation's 2009-10 fundraising drive. The funds will help grow Wikimedia's essential base of support at the Community Gifts level. The Wikimedia Foundation depends on hundreds of thousands of individual donations every year both to ensure financial sustainability, as well as continue to grow and achieve a positive, far-reaching social impact through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.<br />
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The matching funds are part of a grant of up to two million dollars over two years from Omidyar Network to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of its core objectives. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives.<br />
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===How much money are you hoping to raise?===<br />
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010, we have budgeted $9.4 million in expenses, and an annual operating reserve of $1.2 million. We are hoping to raise $10.6 million through our annual campaign. <br />
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We hope to raise the remaining revenue through our other fundraising activities throughout the fiscal year, and with business development (such as licensing the Wikipedia name and logo for commercial uses). More details about our finances can be found in our [[Finance report]], in particular, the [[:Image:FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF|2008-09 Annual Plan presentation]].<br />
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===Who else is supporting you in this goal?===<br />
Donors and users like you make up the largest portion of our donations. Some individuals, private foundations, and corporations have generously given major gifts. They can be seen on our [[Donate/Benefactors/en | Benefactors]] page.<br />
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===What are the specific goals you want to accomplish in this fiscal year?===<br />
Our most important programmatic objective is to keep Wikipedia and our other projects online, free of charge and free of advertising. Our traffic continues to increase rapidly every year: As of today, more than 250 million people visit us every month. We hope that it will be many more by this time next year. Your donation will help us to pay for server equipment, operations staff, bandwidth, and so forth. This year, we're also hoping to increase our storage capacity to allow greater usage of video and audio in Wikipedia.<br />
We also employ several software developers to continually improve the Wikipedia experience for readers, and to allow our global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people to contribute more effectively. This includes the development of quality labeling tools, simplifications of the editing interface, improvements to the media uploading process, better handling of rich media, in-depth statistics, etc.<br />
We want to make sure that everyone can get access to our content in some form. <br />
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Did you know that you can download all of Wikipedia and use it for any purpose? We provide this service for free to help other organizations, such as the One Laptop Per Child project, create offline versions. We are also improving cell phone access, adding PDF export, and building strategic relationships to help people with no or limited Internet access.<br />
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Last but not least, the Wikimedia Foundation exists to support a global volunteer community advancing the cause of free knowledge. The organization is now supported by {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} international chapters—the two most recent additions are Brazil and Indonesia. These almost exclusively volunteer-run organizations represent a global "on the ground" presence. The Wikimedia Foundation supports chapters by reviewing organizational bylaws and processes, providing advice on fundraising and business development, sharing PR resources, creating templates for events and other program activities and so on.<br />
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Chapters are key to inviting more and more people to join our cause. For example, we are supporting the Argentinian and Swedish chapters to organize "Wikipedia Academy" events—wiki conferences where people learn how to participate in Wikipedia—in November. The Argentinian chapter also organized [[wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]] in Buenos Aires, an annual conference bringing together hundreds of people to discuss the future of free knowledge. And we're working with the German chapter to pilot "Wikipedia Trainer" workshops, where people learn how to teach others to contribute to Wikipedia.<br />
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Our commitment is to use your donation in ways that help us to achieve our overall vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.<br />
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Organizationally, these goals are expressed as follows:<br />
# Achieve organizational maturity<br />
# Achieve financial sustainability<br />
# Encourage and broaden participation<br />
# Increase quality and perception of quality<br />
# Increase distribution beyond Wikipedia<br />
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===Where can I learn more about your recent activities?===<br />
For the fiscal year 2007-08, please consult our [[Annual Report]].<br />
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===How do I donate?===<br />
To donate, please visit [[Donate|our fundraising page]]. You can donate using any major credit card (including VISA, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), PayPal, Moneybookers, bank transfer, or by sending a cheque to the Foundation. Our donation options support most (although not all) currencies.<br />
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====Where do I send checks?====<br />
Send checks to:<br />
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Our preference is for checks in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. bank accounts. Checks in currencies other than U.S. dollars, or from bank accounts outside the U.S., can be very expensive for us to process, which reduces the value of your gift. If you do not have a U.S. bank account, you can maximize the value of your donation by giving via Paypal or wire transfer.<br />
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====Can I make a stock donation to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation accepts stock donations. You can make a donation by transferring stock from your brokerage to ours by providing your broker with our name, investment account number and DTCC clearing number.<br />
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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br />
Smith Barney<br />
Investment a/c number 546-0356C-14-782<br />
DTCC Clearing a/c number #0418 <br />
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====Are my donations tax-deductible?====<br />
Please refer to the [[Deductibility of donations|list of countries]] for the details of tax-deductibility.<br />
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====If I make a donation, how do I get my tax receipt?====<br />
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Anyone who donates by PayPal or credit card will receive an email tax receipt as long as their email address was included with the donation. Donations by check over $50 will receive a tax receipt by mail if a return address for the donation is known. You may also request a tax receipt for your donation by writing us at giving{{@}}wikimedia.org (please include your contact information, the method you used to donate, and the amount of your donation).<br />
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====Can I give you a targeted or restricted donation to be used for something very specific?====<br />
Charities based in the United States, including the Wikimedia Foundation, are required to honor restrictions requested by donors. This means that if you specify your donation needs to be restricted for a specific use, we will either honor your request or return your donation. But before you decide to do that, please consider that unrestricted donations are much more useful for us. Every restriction imposes administrative overhead and planning costs, and increases internal complexity.<br />
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====Why is there a minimum donation?====<br />
While we want everyone to be able to give and contribute to the Wikimedia Foundation, the donation processing has certain fees and processing costs attached. The minimum donation covers those costs and allows the donation to get where the donor wants it most: to supporting free and open global knowledge.<br />
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===What can I do to help you spread the word?===<br />
Spread the word any way you can! Tell your friends and family. Tell them what Wikipedia means to you. Ask them if they use it and if so, what it means to them. Put <u>[[m:Fundraising 2008/web buttons|buttons and banners]]</u> on your blog. Use this text as the signature file on the bottom of your emails: <br />
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<tt> We’ve created the greatest collection of shared knowledge in history. Help protect Wikipedia. Donate now: http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate</tt><br />
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===What is your donor privacy policy?===<br />
We are serious about protecting the privacy rights of our donors. Please see our [[Donate/Donor_Privacy|Donor Privacy Policy]] for our full details. In short, we do not share, sell, or trade your email address with anyone.<br />
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===How can I contact the Foundation?===<br />
See the ''[[Contact us]]'' page for details.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 15pt" id="top">Frequently Asked Questions 2009</span><br />
===Where does my money go?===<br />
To <u>'''[[people]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[technology]]'''</u>. Even though Wikipedia and its sister projects are in the top 5 visited websites in the world, we employ less than 30 [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff people]. Half work on technology, the other half of the staff work on finance and administration, and with the enormous network of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia and its sister projects -- 150,000 or so people around the world. <br />
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===Is the Wikimedia Foundation a charity?===<br />
[http://wikimediafoundation.org Yes.]<br />
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===Why should I donate to the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to provide easy access to information, for people all over the world - free of charge, and free of advertising. As a non-profit, it is dependent on your help to do that. Your donations directly support some of the most popular collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's top ten most popular websites and the largest encyclopedia ever compiled in human history.<br />
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===What are your plans? Where is this going?===<br />
Wikipedia's sister projects include [http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], a free and open library of public texts; [http://www.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary]; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], an online repository of images and other multimedia and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects more]. Jimmy Wales once said, "Imagine a world in which every single human being an freely share in the sum of all knowledge." That’s where it’s going — and we need your help to get there.<br />
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===How do you balance keeping Wikipedia open with making it more reliable?===<br />
We believe increased participation makes Wikipedia better. At the same time, we must maintain the tough standards that have made Wikipedia respected by <u>'''[[scientists]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[academics]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[journalists]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[Foundations]]'''</u>. (''link to testimonial quotes'').<br />
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===What is the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of various [[Our projects|free-content projects]], most notably [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia. Wikipedia was founded in January 2001 and the Wikimedia Foundation incorporated in June 2003. From the beginning, '''we have existed for one reason: the free and open sharing of knowledge. We don’t sell information and we don’t accept advertising. Your donations make our work possible.''' We bring the educational content from these projects to people in as many forms as possible. In particular, we help disadvantaged communities with limited connectivity to access and contribute free educational content. <br />
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We own more than 300 servers used to run our projects, along with all the associated domain names and trademarks. We support strategic software development on the MediaWiki software and related tools, which allow more people to participate and the existing volunteer community to work more effectively. This includes tools specifically related to ensuring high quality. We develop learning resources, support workshops and strive to think intelligently about other ways to bring in new contributors and to grow Wikimedia as an international movement for free knowledge.<br />
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In all this, we are supported by [[local chapters]] organized in many different countries.<br />
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===Which projects do you support?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the 10 most visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than {{EN-WP-COUNT}} articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than {{ALL-WP-COUNT}} articles.<br />
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Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:<br />
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:Wikimedia Commons, a media repository containing more than {{COMMONS-MEDIA-COUNT}} freely usable images, videos, and sound files<br />
:Wikibooks, a project to create free textbooks<br />
:Wiktionary, a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus<br />
:Wikisource, a library of source documents<br />
:Wikinews, a citizen news website<br />
:Wikiversity, an interactive learning platform<br />
:Wikiquote, a collection of quotations<br />
:Wikispecies, a directory of life<br />
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We lead and support the development of [http://mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide [http://static.wikipedia.org/ downloadble offline copies] and [http://download.wikimedia.org/ database archives] of Wikipedia content.<br />
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More information may be found on the page about [[our projects]].<br />
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===How is the Foundation run?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation has a [[staff]] of {{STAFF-COUNT}}, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff<br />
supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ''ad hoc'' basis.<br />
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The [[Board of Trustees]] articulates the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, reviews and helps to develop long term plans, provides oversight, and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts. It is the ultimate organizational authority of the Wikimedia Foundation as defined in its bylaws. See [[Meetings]] for published Board minutes and [[Resolutions]] for published Board resolutions. The Board is partially elected from the community of contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The Board is supported by an [[Advisory Board]], chaired by Angela Beesley.<br />
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We have one office, located in San Francisco, California (USA), where most of our employees are working. All board members and remaining staff work remotely.<br />
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We strive to operate highly transparently, and have published [[policies|key policies]] and [[finance report|financial information]].<br />
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===How is the revenue spent?===<br />
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[[File:Annual Report Cover Big.jpg|thumb|right|200px|link=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/WMF_20072008_Annual_report.pdf|Our Annual Report is our most important instrument of accountability to our donors. It explains our programs and includes a summary of key financial information. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf|download a high resolution copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]].]]<br />
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In the simplest possible terms: <br />
# To support the continued operation of Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects (by paying for servers, hosting, bandwidth, and operations staff); <br />
# To continue the development of the open source software powering our projects; <br />
# To respond to requests from our volunteer community;<br />
# To support the growth and impact of our international volunteer community and the content in our projects through key events like [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Academy|Wikipedia Academies]], strategic partnerships, and the cultivation of [[Donate/Chapters|local chapters]] around the world; <br />
# To pay for financial, administrative, legal, and fundraising expenses.<br />
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Our Annual Report explains our programs and key financial information in more detail. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf| download a copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]], and if you [[Donate/Now/en|donate online]], we will email you when our next Annual Report is released. <br />
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If you want to study our numbers in greater detail, we provide you with access to financial reporting and planning. To understand better how your donation is used, you can see a detailed explanation of our spending in the [[Media:2009-10_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan_FINAL_July2.pdf |Annual Plan Presentation to the Board of Trustees]] (PDF). This includes:<br />
* Summary of strategic spending priorities<br />
* Comparison of the 08-09 actuals vs. the 09-10 plan<br />
* 09-10 departmental budget breakdown<br />
* Summary of top spending increases in 09-10<br />
* Organizational chart<br />
* Hiring plan for 2009-10<br />
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We've also written a [[2009-2010 Annual Plan Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] page related to the plan.<br />
<br />
[[File:08-09budget.png|thumb|center|400px|A simple breakdown of the 2008-2009 budget by department. See the [[Media:FY 2008 09 Annual Plan.PDF|Annual Plan 2008-2009 Presentation (PDF)]] and the associated [[2007-2008 Annual Report Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] for detailed explanations of spending in different departments, and changes from the most recent fiscal year.]]<br />
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Additional financial information, including copies of our audited financial statements up to the most recent fiscal year (2007-2008), can be found on the [[financial reports]] page.<br />
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===How is the Wikimedia Foundation funded?===<br />
Wikimedia is funded primarily through <u>[[Donate|donations]]</u> by tens of thousands of individuals, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see [[benefactors]]).<br />
<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. People make contributions year-round, and once a year the Wikimedia Foundation makes a formal request for donations.<br />
<br />
'''We are not considering advertising as a source of revenue.'''<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See [[deductibility of donations]] for details. Click <u>[[fundraising | here]]</u> for details on how to make a donation via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact us through donate{{@}}wikimedia.org.<br />
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===What is the Omidyar Network?===<br />
[http://www.omidyarnetwork.com Omidyar Network] has generously offered to provide up to $500,000 to match individual donations between $100 and $9,999 made during the Wikimedia Foundation's 2009-10 fundraising drive. The funds will help grow Wikimedia's essential base of support at the Community Gifts level. The Wikimedia Foundation depends on hundreds of thousands of individual donations every year both to ensure financial sustainability, as well as continue to grow and achieve a positive, far-reaching social impact through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.<br />
<br />
The matching funds are part of a grant of up to two million dollars over two years from Omidyar Network to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of its core objectives. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives.<br />
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===How much money are you hoping to raise?===<br />
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010, we have budgeted $9.4 million in expenses, and an annual operating reserve of $1.2 million. We are hoping to raise $10.6 million through our annual campaign. <br />
<br />
We hope to raise the remaining revenue through our other fundraising activities throughout the fiscal year, and with business development (such as licensing the Wikipedia name and logo for commercial uses). More details about our finances can be found in our [[Finance report]], in particular, the [[:Image:FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF|2008-09 Annual Plan presentation]].<br />
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===Who else is supporting you in this goal?===<br />
Donors and users like you make up the largest portion of our donations. Some individuals, private foundations, and corporations have generously given major gifts. They can be seen on our [[Donate/Benefactors/en | Benefactors]] page.<br />
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===What are the specific goals you want to accomplish in this fiscal year?===<br />
Our most important programmatic objective is to keep Wikipedia and our other projects online, free of charge and free of advertising. Our traffic continues to increase rapidly every year: As of today, more than 250 million people visit us every month. We hope that it will be many more by this time next year. Your donation will help us to pay for server equipment, operations staff, bandwidth, and so forth. This year, we're also hoping to increase our storage capacity to allow greater usage of video and audio in Wikipedia.<br />
We also employ several software developers to continually improve the Wikipedia experience for readers, and to allow our global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people to contribute more effectively. This includes the development of quality labeling tools, simplifications of the editing interface, improvements to the media uploading process, better handling of rich media, in-depth statistics, etc.<br />
We want to make sure that everyone can get access to our content in some form. <br />
<br />
Did you know that you can download all of Wikipedia and use it for any purpose? We provide this service for free to help other organizations, such as the One Laptop Per Child project, create offline versions. We are also improving cell phone access, adding PDF export, and building strategic relationships to help people with no or limited Internet access.<br />
<br />
Last but not least, the Wikimedia Foundation exists to support a global volunteer community advancing the cause of free knowledge. The organization is now supported by {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} international chapters—the two most recent additions are Brazil and Indonesia. These almost exclusively volunteer-run organizations represent a global "on the ground" presence. The Wikimedia Foundation supports chapters by reviewing organizational bylaws and processes, providing advice on fundraising and business development, sharing PR resources, creating templates for events and other program activities and so on.<br />
<br />
Chapters are key to inviting more and more people to join our cause. For example, we are supporting the Argentinian and Swedish chapters to organize "Wikipedia Academy" events—wiki conferences where people learn how to participate in Wikipedia—in November. The Argentinian chapter also organized [[wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]] in Buenos Aires, an annual conference bringing together hundreds of people to discuss the future of free knowledge. And we're working with the German chapter to pilot "Wikipedia Trainer" workshops, where people learn how to teach others to contribute to Wikipedia.<br />
<br />
Our commitment is to use your donation in ways that help us to achieve our overall vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.<br />
<br />
Organizationally, these goals are expressed as follows:<br />
# Achieve organizational maturity<br />
# Achieve financial sustainability<br />
# Encourage and broaden participation<br />
# Increase quality and perception of quality<br />
# Increase distribution beyond Wikipedia<br />
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===Where can I learn more about your recent activities?===<br />
For the fiscal year 2007-08, please consult our [[Annual Report]].<br />
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===How do I donate?===<br />
To donate, please visit [[Donate|our fundraising page]]. You can donate using any major credit card (including VISA, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), PayPal, Moneybookers, bank transfer, or by sending a cheque to the Foundation. Our donation options support most (although not all) currencies.<br />
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Our preference is for checks in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. bank accounts. Checks in currencies other than U.S. dollars, or from bank accounts outside the U.S., can be very expensive for us to process, which reduces the value of your gift. If you do not have a U.S. bank account, you can maximize the value of your donation by giving via Paypal or wire transfer.<br />
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====Can I make a stock donation to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation accepts stock donations. You can make a donation by transferring stock from your brokerage to ours by providing your broker with our name, investment account number and DTCC clearing number.<br />
<br />
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br />
Smith Barney<br />
Investment a/c number 546-0356C-14-782<br />
DTCC Clearing a/c number #0418 <br />
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====Are my donations tax-deductible?====<br />
Please refer to the [[Deductibility of donations|list of countries]] for the details of tax-deductibility.<br />
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====If I make a donation, how do I get my tax receipt?====<br />
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====Can I give you a targeted or restricted donation to be used for something very specific?====<br />
Charities based in the United States, including the Wikimedia Foundation, are required to honor restrictions requested by donors. This means that if you specify your donation needs to be restricted for a specific use, we will either honor your request or return your donation. But before you decide to do that, please consider that unrestricted donations are much more useful for us. Every restriction imposes administrative overhead and planning costs, and increases internal complexity.<br />
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====Why is there a minimum donation?====<br />
While we want everyone to be able to give and contribute to the Wikimedia Foundation, the donation processing has certain fees and processing costs attached. The minimum donation covers those costs and allows the donation to get where the donor wants it most: to supporting free and open global knowledge.<br />
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===What can I do to help you spread the word?===<br />
Spread the word any way you can! Tell your friends and family. Tell them what Wikipedia means to you. Ask them if they use it and if so, what it means to them. Put <u>[[m:Fundraising 2008/web buttons|buttons and banners]]</u> on your blog. Use this text as the signature file on the bottom of your emails: <br />
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<tt> We’ve created the greatest collection of shared knowledge in history. Help protect Wikipedia. Donate now: http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate</tt><br />
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===What is your donor privacy policy?===<br />
We are serious about protecting the privacy rights of our donors. Please see our [[Donate/Donor_Privacy|Donor Privacy Policy]] for our full details. In short, we do not share, sell, or trade your email address with anyone.<br />
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===How can I contact the Foundation?===<br />
See the ''[[Contact us]]'' page for details.<br />
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===Where does my money go?===<br />
To <u>'''[[people]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[technology]]'''</u>. Even though Wikipedia and its sister projects are in the top 5 visited websites in the world, we employ less than 30 [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff people]. Half work on technology, the other half of the staff work on finance and administration, and with the enormous network of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia and its sister projects -- 150,000 or so people around the world. <br />
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===Is the Wikimedia Foundation a charity?===<br />
[http://wikimediafoundation.org Yes.]<br />
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===Why should I donate to the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to provide easy access to information, for people all over the world - free of charge, and free of advertising. As a non-profit, it is dependent on your help to do that. Your donations directly support some of the most popular collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's top ten most popular websites and the largest encyclopedia ever compiled in human history.<br />
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===What are your plans? Where is this going?===<br />
Wikipedia's sister projects include [http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], a free and open library of public texts; [http://www.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary]; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], an online repository of images and other multimedia and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects more]. Jimmy Wales once said, "Imagine a world in which every single human being an freely share in the sum of all knowledge." That’s where it’s going — and we need your help to get there.<br />
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===How do you balance keeping Wikipedia open with making it more reliable?===<br />
We believe increased participation makes Wikipedia better. At the same time, we must maintain the tough standards that have made Wikipedia respected by <u>'''[[scientists]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[academics]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[journalists]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[Foundations]]'''</u>. (''link to testimonial quotes'').<br />
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===What is the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of various [[Our projects|free-content projects]], most notably [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia. Wikipedia was founded in January 2001 and the Wikimedia Foundation incorporated in June 2003. From the beginning, '''we have existed for one reason: the free and open sharing of knowledge. We don’t sell information and we don’t accept advertising. Your donations make our work possible.''' We bring the educational content from these projects to people in as many forms as possible. In particular, we help disadvantaged communities with limited connectivity to access and contribute free educational content. <br />
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We own more than 300 servers used to run our projects, along with all the associated domain names and trademarks. We support strategic software development on the MediaWiki software and related tools, which allow more people to participate and the existing volunteer community to work more effectively. This includes tools specifically related to ensuring high quality. We develop learning resources, support workshops and strive to think intelligently about other ways to bring in new contributors and to grow Wikimedia as an international movement for free knowledge.<br />
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In all this, we are supported by [[local chapters]] organized in many different countries.<br />
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===Which projects do you support?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the 10 most visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than {{EN-WP-COUNT}} articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than {{ALL-WP-COUNT}} articles.<br />
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Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:<br />
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:Wikimedia Commons, a media repository containing more than {{COMMONS-MEDIA-COUNT}} freely usable images, videos, and sound files<br />
:Wikibooks, a project to create free textbooks<br />
:Wiktionary, a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus<br />
:Wikisource, a library of source documents<br />
:Wikinews, a citizen news website<br />
:Wikiversity, an interactive learning platform<br />
:Wikiquote, a collection of quotations<br />
:Wikispecies, a directory of life<br />
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We lead and support the development of [http://mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide [http://static.wikipedia.org/ downloadble offline copies] and [http://download.wikimedia.org/ database archives] of Wikipedia content.<br />
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More information may be found on the page about [[our projects]].<br />
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===How is the Foundation run?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation has a [[staff]] of {{STAFF-COUNT}}, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff<br />
supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ''ad hoc'' basis.<br />
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The [[Board of Trustees]] articulates the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, reviews and helps to develop long term plans, provides oversight, and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts. It is the ultimate organizational authority of the Wikimedia Foundation as defined in its bylaws. See [[Meetings]] for published Board minutes and [[Resolutions]] for published Board resolutions. The Board is partially elected from the community of contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The Board is supported by an [[Advisory Board]], chaired by Angela Beesley.<br />
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We have one office, located in San Francisco, California (USA), where most of our employees are working. All board members and remaining staff work remotely.<br />
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We strive to operate highly transparently, and have published [[policies|key policies]] and [[finance report|financial information]].<br />
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===How is the revenue spent?===<br />
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[[File:Annual Report Cover Big.jpg|thumb|right|200px|link=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/WMF_20072008_Annual_report.pdf|Our Annual Report is our most important instrument of accountability to our donors. It explains our programs and includes a summary of key financial information. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf|download a high resolution copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]].]]<br />
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In the simplest possible terms: <br />
# To support the continued operation of Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects (by paying for servers, hosting, bandwidth, and operations staff); <br />
# To continue the development of the open source software powering our projects; <br />
# To respond to requests from our volunteer community;<br />
# To support the growth and impact of our international volunteer community and the content in our projects through key events like [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Academy|Wikipedia Academies]], strategic partnerships, and the cultivation of [[Donate/Chapters|local chapters]] around the world; <br />
# To pay for financial, administrative, legal, and fundraising expenses.<br />
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Our Annual Report explains our programs and key financial information in more detail. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf| download a copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]], and if you [[Donate/Now/en|donate online]], we will email you when our next Annual Report is released. <br />
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If you want to study our numbers in greater detail, we provide you with access to financial reporting and planning. To understand better how your donation is used, you can see a detailed explanation of our spending in the [[Media:2009-10_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan_FINAL_July2.pdf |Annual Plan Presentation to the Board of Trustees]] (PDF). This includes:<br />
* Summary of strategic spending priorities<br />
* Comparison of the 08-09 actuals vs. the 09-10 plan<br />
* 09-10 departmental budget breakdown<br />
* Summary of top spending increases in 09-10<br />
* Organizational chart<br />
* Hiring plan for 2009-10<br />
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We've also written a [[2009-2010 Annual Plan Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] page related to the plan.<br />
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[[File:08-09budget.png|thumb|center|400px|A simple breakdown of the 2008-2009 budget by department. See the [[Media:FY 2008 09 Annual Plan.PDF|Annual Plan 2008-2009 Presentation (PDF)]] and the associated [[2007-2008 Annual Report Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] for detailed explanations of spending in different departments, and changes from the most recent fiscal year.]]<br />
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Additional financial information, including copies of our audited financial statements up to the most recent fiscal year (2007-2008), can be found on the [[financial reports]] page.<br />
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===How is the Wikimedia Foundation funded?===<br />
Wikimedia is funded primarily through <u>[[Donate|donations]]</u> by tens of thousands of individuals, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see [[benefactors]]).<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. People make contributions year-round, and once a year the Wikimedia Foundation makes a formal request for donations.<br />
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'''We are not considering advertising as a source of revenue.'''<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See [[deductibility of donations]] for details. Click <u>[[fundraising | here]]</u> for details on how to make a donation via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact us through donate{{@}}wikimedia.org.<br />
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===What is the Omidyar Network?===<br />
[http://www.omidyarnetwork.com Omidyar Network] has generously offered to provide up to $500,000 to match individual donations between $100 and $9,999 made during the Wikimedia Foundation's 2009-10 fundraising drive. The funds will help grow Wikimedia's essential base of support at the Community Gifts level. The Wikimedia Foundation depends on hundreds of thousands of individual donations every year both to ensure financial sustainability, as well as continue to grow and achieve a positive, far-reaching social impact through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.<br />
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The matching funds are part of a grant of up to two million dollars over two years from Omidyar Network to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of its core objectives. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives.<br />
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===How much money are you hoping to raise?===<br />
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010, we have budgeted $9.4 million in expenses, and an annual operating reserve of $1.2 million. We are hoping to raise $10.6 million through our annual campaign. <br />
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We hope to raise the remaining revenue through our other fundraising activities throughout the fiscal year, and with business development (such as licensing the Wikipedia name and logo for commercial uses). More details about our finances can be found in our [[Finance report]], in particular, the [[:Image:FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF|2008-09 Annual Plan presentation]].<br />
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===Who else is supporting you in this goal?===<br />
Donors and users like you make up the largest portion of our donations. Some individuals, private foundations, and corporations have generously given major gifts. They can be seen on our [[Donate/Benefactors/en | Benefactors]] page.<br />
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===What are the specific goals you want to accomplish in this fiscal year?===<br />
Our most important programmatic objective is to keep Wikipedia and our other projects online, free of charge and free of advertising. Our traffic continues to increase rapidly every year: As of today, more than 250 million people visit us every month. We hope that it will be many more by this time next year. Your donation will help us to pay for server equipment, operations staff, bandwidth, and so forth. This year, we're also hoping to increase our storage capacity to allow greater usage of video and audio in Wikipedia.<br />
We also employ several software developers to continually improve the Wikipedia experience for readers, and to allow our global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people to contribute more effectively. This includes the development of quality labeling tools, simplifications of the editing interface, improvements to the media uploading process, better handling of rich media, in-depth statistics, etc.<br />
We want to make sure that everyone can get access to our content in some form. <br />
<br />
Did you know that you can download all of Wikipedia and use it for any purpose? We provide this service for free to help other organizations, such as the One Laptop Per Child project, create offline versions. We are also improving cell phone access, adding PDF export, and building strategic relationships to help people with no or limited Internet access.<br />
<br />
Last but not least, the Wikimedia Foundation exists to support a global volunteer community advancing the cause of free knowledge. The organization is now supported by {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} international chapters—the two most recent additions are Brazil and Indonesia. These almost exclusively volunteer-run organizations represent a global "on the ground" presence. The Wikimedia Foundation supports chapters by reviewing organizational bylaws and processes, providing advice on fundraising and business development, sharing PR resources, creating templates for events and other program activities and so on.<br />
<br />
Chapters are key to inviting more and more people to join our cause. For example, we are supporting the Argentinian and Swedish chapters to organize "Wikipedia Academy" events—wiki conferences where people learn how to participate in Wikipedia—in November. The Argentinian chapter also organized [[wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]] in Buenos Aires, an annual conference bringing together hundreds of people to discuss the future of free knowledge. And we're working with the German chapter to pilot "Wikipedia Trainer" workshops, where people learn how to teach others to contribute to Wikipedia.<br />
<br />
Our commitment is to use your donation in ways that help us to achieve our overall vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.<br />
<br />
Organizationally, these goals are expressed as follows:<br />
# Achieve organizational maturity<br />
# Achieve financial sustainability<br />
# Encourage and broaden participation<br />
# Increase quality and perception of quality<br />
# Increase distribution beyond Wikipedia<br />
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===Where can I learn more about your recent activities?===<br />
For the fiscal year 2007-08, please consult our [[Annual Report]].<br />
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===How do I donate?===<br />
To donate, please visit [[Donate|our fundraising page]]. You can donate using any major credit card (including VISA, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), PayPal, Moneybookers, bank transfer, or by sending a cheque to the Foundation. Our donation options support most (although not all) currencies.<br />
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Send checks to:<br />
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{{Lockbox address}}<br />
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Our preference is for checks in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. bank accounts. Checks in currencies other than U.S. dollars, or from bank accounts outside the U.S., can be very expensive for us to process, which reduces the value of your gift. If you do not have a U.S. bank account, you can maximize the value of your donation by giving via Paypal or wire transfer.<br />
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====Can I make a stock donation to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation accepts stock donations. You can make a donation by transferring stock from your brokerage to ours by providing your broker with our name, investment account number and DTCC clearing number.<br />
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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br />
Smith Barney<br />
Investment a/c number 546-0356C-14-782<br />
DTCC Clearing a/c number #0418 <br />
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====Are my donations tax-deductible?====<br />
Please refer to the [[Deductibility of donations|list of countries]] for the details of tax-deductibility.<br />
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====If I make a donation, how do I get my tax receipt?====<br />
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Anyone who donates by PayPal or credit card will receive an email tax receipt as long as their email address was included with the donation. Donations by check over $50 will receive a tax receipt by mail if a return address for the donation is known. You may also request a tax receipt for your donation by writing us at giving{{@}}wikimedia.org (please include your contact information, the method you used to donate, and the amount of your donation).<br />
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====Can I give you a targeted or restricted donation to be used for something very specific?====<br />
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====Why is there a minimum donation?====<br />
While we want everyone to be able to give and contribute to the Wikimedia Foundation, the donation processing has certain fees and processing costs attached. The minimum donation covers those costs and allows the donation to get where the donor wants it most: to supporting free and open global knowledge.<br />
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===What can I do to help you spread the word?===<br />
Spread the word any way you can! Tell your friends and family. Tell them what Wikipedia means to you. Ask them if they use it and if so, what it means to them. Put [[m:Fundraising 2008/web buttons|buttons and banners]] on your blog. Use this text as the signature file on the bottom of your emails: <br />
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===What is your donor privacy policy?===<br />
We are serious about protecting the privacy rights of our donors. Please see our [[Donate/Donor_Privacy|Donor Privacy Policy]] for our full details. In short, we do not share, sell, or trade your email address with anyone.<br />
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===How can I contact the Foundation?===<br />
See the ''[[Contact us]]'' page for details.<br />
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===Where does my money go?===<br />
To <u>'''[[people]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[technology]]'''</u>. Even though Wikipedia and its sister projects are in the top 5 visited websites in the world, we employ less than 30 [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff people]. Half work on technology, the other half of the staff work on finance and administration, and with the enormous network of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia and its sister projects -- 150,000 or so people around the world. <br />
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===Is the Wikimedia Foundation a charity?===<br />
[http://wikimediafoundation.org Yes.]<br />
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===Why should I donate to the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to provide easy access to information, for people all over the world - free of charge, and free of advertising. As a non-profit, it is dependent on your help to do that. Your donations directly support some of the most popular collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's top ten most popular websites and the largest encyclopedia ever compiled in human history.<br />
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===What are your plans? Where is this going?===<br />
Wikipedia's sister projects include [http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], a free and open library of public texts; [http://www.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary]; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], an online repository of images and other multimedia and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects more]. Jimmy Wales once said, "Imagine a world in which every single human being an freely share in the sum of all knowledge." That’s where it’s going — and we need your help to get there.<br />
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===How do you balance keeping Wikipedia open with making it more reliable?===<br />
We believe increased participation makes Wikipedia better. At the same time, we must maintain the tough standards that have made Wikipedia respected by <u>'''[[scientists]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[academics]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[journalists]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[Foundations]]'''</u>. (''link to testimonial quotes'').<br />
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===What is the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of various [[Our projects|free-content projects]], most notably [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia. Wikipedia was founded in January 2001 and the Wikimedia Foundation incorporated in June 2003. From the beginning, '''we have existed for one reason: the free and open sharing of knowledge. We don’t sell information and we don’t accept advertising. Your donations make our work possible.''' We bring the educational content from these projects to people in as many forms as possible. In particular, we help disadvantaged communities with limited connectivity to access and contribute free educational content. <br />
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We own more than 300 servers used to run our projects, along with all the associated domain names and trademarks. We support strategic software development on the MediaWiki software and related tools, which allow more people to participate and the existing volunteer community to work more effectively. This includes tools specifically related to ensuring high quality. We develop learning resources, support workshops and strive to think intelligently about other ways to bring in new contributors and to grow Wikimedia as an international movement for free knowledge.<br />
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In all this, we are supported by [[local chapters]] organized in many different countries.<br />
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===Which projects do you support?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the 10 most visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than {{EN-WP-COUNT}} articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than {{ALL-WP-COUNT}} articles.<br />
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Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:<br />
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:Wikimedia Commons, a media repository containing more than {{COMMONS-MEDIA-COUNT}} freely usable images, videos, and sound files<br />
:Wikibooks, a project to create free textbooks<br />
:Wiktionary, a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus<br />
:Wikisource, a library of source documents<br />
:Wikinews, a citizen news website<br />
:Wikiversity, an interactive learning platform<br />
:Wikiquote, a collection of quotations<br />
:Wikispecies, a directory of life<br />
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We lead and support the development of [http://mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide [http://static.wikipedia.org/ downloadble offline copies] and [http://download.wikimedia.org/ database archives] of Wikipedia content.<br />
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More information may be found on the page about [[our projects]].<br />
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===How is the Foundation run?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation has a [[staff]] of {{STAFF-COUNT}}, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff<br />
supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ''ad hoc'' basis.<br />
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The [[Board of Trustees]] articulates the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, reviews and helps to develop long term plans, provides oversight, and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts. It is the ultimate organizational authority of the Wikimedia Foundation as defined in its bylaws. See [[Meetings]] for published Board minutes and [[Resolutions]] for published Board resolutions. The Board is partially elected from the community of contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The Board is supported by an [[Advisory Board]], chaired by Angela Beesley.<br />
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We have one office, located in San Francisco, California (USA), where most of our employees are working. All board members and remaining staff work remotely.<br />
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We strive to operate highly transparently, and have published [[policies|key policies]] and [[finance report|financial information]].<br />
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===How is the revenue spent?===<br />
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[[File:Annual Report Cover Big.jpg|thumb|right|200px|link=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/WMF_20072008_Annual_report.pdf|Our Annual Report is our most important instrument of accountability to our donors. It explains our programs and includes a summary of key financial information. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf|download a high resolution copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]].]]<br />
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In the simplest possible terms: <br />
# To support the continued operation of Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects (by paying for servers, hosting, bandwidth, and operations staff); <br />
# To continue the development of the open source software powering our projects; <br />
# To respond to requests from our volunteer community;<br />
# To support the growth and impact of our international volunteer community and the content in our projects through key events like [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Academy|Wikipedia Academies]], strategic partnerships, and the cultivation of [[Donate/Chapters|local chapters]] around the world; <br />
# To pay for financial, administrative, legal, and fundraising expenses.<br />
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Our Annual Report explains our programs and key financial information in more detail. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf| download a copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]], and if you [[Donate/Now/en|donate online]], we will email you when our next Annual Report is released. <br />
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If you want to study our numbers in greater detail, we provide you with access to financial reporting and planning. To understand better how your donation is used, you can see a detailed explanation of our spending in the [[Media:2009-10_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan_FINAL_July2.pdf |Annual Plan Presentation to the Board of Trustees]] (PDF). This includes:<br />
* Summary of strategic spending priorities<br />
* Comparison of the 08-09 actuals vs. the 09-10 plan<br />
* 09-10 departmental budget breakdown<br />
* Summary of top spending increases in 09-10<br />
* Organizational chart<br />
* Hiring plan for 2009-10<br />
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We've also written a [[2009-2010 Annual Plan Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] page related to the plan.<br />
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[[File:08-09budget.png|thumb|center|400px|A simple breakdown of the 2008-2009 budget by department. See the [[Media:FY 2008 09 Annual Plan.PDF|Annual Plan 2008-2009 Presentation (PDF)]] and the associated [[2007-2008 Annual Report Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] for detailed explanations of spending in different departments, and changes from the most recent fiscal year.]]<br />
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Additional financial information, including copies of our audited financial statements up to the most recent fiscal year (2007-2008), can be found on the [[financial reports]] page.<br />
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===How is the Wikimedia Foundation funded?===<br />
Wikimedia is funded primarily through <u>[[Donate|donations]]</u> by tens of thousands of individuals, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see [[benefactors]]).<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. People make contributions year-round, and once a year the Wikimedia Foundation makes a formal request for donations.<br />
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'''We are not considering advertising as a source of revenue.'''<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See [[deductibility of donations]] for details. Click <u>[[fundraising | here]]</u> for details on how to make a donation via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact us through donate{{@}}wikimedia.org.<br />
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===What is the Omidyar Network?===<br />
[http://www.omidyarnetwork.com Omidyar Network] has generously offered to provide up to $500,000 to match individual donations between $100 and $9,999 made during the Wikimedia Foundation's 2009-10 fundraising drive. The funds will help grow Wikimedia's essential base of support at the Community Gifts level. The Wikimedia Foundation depends on hundreds of thousands of individual donations every year both to ensure financial sustainability, as well as continue to grow and achieve a positive, far-reaching social impact through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.<br />
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The matching funds are part of a grant of up to two million dollars over two years from Omidyar Network to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of its core objectives. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives.<br />
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===How much money are you hoping to raise?===<br />
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010, we have budgeted $9.4 million in expenses, and an annual operating reserve of $1.2 million. We are hoping to raise $10.6 million through our annual campaign. <br />
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We hope to raise the remaining revenue through our other fundraising activities throughout the fiscal year, and with business development (such as licensing the Wikipedia name and logo for commercial uses). More details about our finances can be found in our [[Finance report]], in particular, the [[:Image:FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF|2008-09 Annual Plan presentation]].<br />
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===Who else is supporting you in this goal?===<br />
Donors and users like you make up the largest portion of our donations. Some individuals, private foundations, and corporations have generously given major gifts. They can be seen on our [[Donate/Benefactors/en | Benefactors]] page.<br />
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===What are the specific goals you want to accomplish in this fiscal year?===<br />
Our most important programmatic objective is to keep Wikipedia and our other projects online, free of charge and free of advertising. Our traffic continues to increase rapidly every year: As of today, more than 250 million people visit us every month. We hope that it will be many more by this time next year. Your donation will help us to pay for server equipment, operations staff, bandwidth, and so forth. This year, we're also hoping to increase our storage capacity to allow greater usage of video and audio in Wikipedia.<br />
We also employ several software developers to continually improve the Wikipedia experience for readers, and to allow our global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people to contribute more effectively. This includes the development of quality labeling tools, simplifications of the editing interface, improvements to the media uploading process, better handling of rich media, in-depth statistics, etc.<br />
We want to make sure that everyone can get access to our content in some form. <br />
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Did you know that you can download all of Wikipedia and use it for any purpose? We provide this service for free to help other organizations, such as the One Laptop Per Child project, create offline versions. We are also improving cell phone access, adding PDF export, and building strategic relationships to help people with no or limited Internet access.<br />
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Last but not least, the Wikimedia Foundation exists to support a global volunteer community advancing the cause of free knowledge. The organization is now supported by {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} international chapters—the two most recent additions are Brazil and Indonesia. These almost exclusively volunteer-run organizations represent a global "on the ground" presence. The Wikimedia Foundation supports chapters by reviewing organizational bylaws and processes, providing advice on fundraising and business development, sharing PR resources, creating templates for events and other program activities and so on.<br />
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Chapters are key to inviting more and more people to join our cause. For example, we are supporting the Argentinian and Swedish chapters to organize "Wikipedia Academy" events—wiki conferences where people learn how to participate in Wikipedia—in November. The Argentinian chapter also organized [[wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]] in Buenos Aires, an annual conference bringing together hundreds of people to discuss the future of free knowledge. And we're working with the German chapter to pilot "Wikipedia Trainer" workshops, where people learn how to teach others to contribute to Wikipedia.<br />
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Our commitment is to use your donation in ways that help us to achieve our overall vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.<br />
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Organizationally, these goals are expressed as follows:<br />
# Achieve organizational maturity<br />
# Achieve financial sustainability<br />
# Encourage and broaden participation<br />
# Increase quality and perception of quality<br />
# Increase distribution beyond Wikipedia<br />
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===Where can I learn more about your recent activities?===<br />
For the fiscal year 2007-08, please consult our [[Annual Report]].<br />
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===How do I donate?===<br />
To donate, please visit [[Donate|our fundraising page]]. You can donate using any major credit card (including VISA, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), PayPal, Moneybookers, bank transfer, or by sending a cheque to the Foundation. Our donation options support most (although not all) currencies.<br />
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====Where do I send checks?====<br />
Send checks to:<br />
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{{Lockbox address}}<br />
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Our preference is for checks in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. bank accounts. Checks in currencies other than U.S. dollars, or from bank accounts outside the U.S., can be very expensive for us to process, which reduces the value of your gift. If you do not have a U.S. bank account, you can maximize the value of your donation by giving via Paypal or wire transfer.<br />
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====Can I make a stock donation to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation accepts stock donations. You can make a donation by transferring stock from your brokerage to ours by providing your broker with our name, investment account number and DTCC clearing number.<br />
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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br />
Smith Barney<br />
Investment a/c number 546-0356C-14-782<br />
DTCC Clearing a/c number #0418 <br />
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====Are my donations tax-deductible?====<br />
Please refer to the [[Deductibility of donations|list of countries]] for the details of tax-deductibility.<br />
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====If I make a donation, how do I get my tax receipt?====<br />
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Anyone who donates by PayPal or credit card will receive an email tax receipt as long as their email address was included with the donation. Donations by check over $50 will receive a tax receipt by mail if a return address for the donation is known. You may also request a tax receipt for your donation by writing us at giving{{@}}wikimedia.org (please include your contact information, the method you used to donate, and the amount of your donation).<br />
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====Can I give you a targeted or restricted donation to be used for something very specific?====<br />
Charities based in the United States, including the Wikimedia Foundation, are required to honor restrictions requested by donors. This means that if you specify your donation needs to be restricted for a specific use, we will either honor your request or return your donation. But before you decide to do that, please consider that unrestricted donations are much more useful for us. Every restriction imposes administrative overhead and planning costs, and increases internal complexity.<br />
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====Why is there a minimum donation?====<br />
While we want everyone to be able to give and contribute to the Wikimedia Foundation, the donation processing has certain fees and processing costs attached. The minimum donation covers those costs and allows the donation to get where the donor wants it most: to supporting free and open global knowledge.<br />
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===What can I do to help you spread the word?===<br />
Spread the word any way you can! Tell your friends and family. Tell them what Wikipedia means to you. Ask them if they use it and if so, what it means to them. Put [[m:Fundraising 2008/web buttons|buttons and banners]] on your blog. Use this text as the signature file on the bottom of your emails: <br />
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<tt> We’ve created the greatest collection of shared knowledge in history. Help protect Wikipedia. Donate now: http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate</tt><br />
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===What is your donor privacy policy?===<br />
We are serious about protecting the privacy rights of our donors. Please see our [[Donate/Donor_Privacy|Donor Privacy Policy]] for our full details. In short, we do not share, sell, or trade your email address with anyone.<br />
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===How can I contact the Foundation?===<br />
See the ''[[Contact us]]'' page for details.<br />
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===Where does my money go?===<br />
To <u>'''[[people]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[technology]]'''</u>. Even though Wikipedia and its sister projects are in the top 5 visited websites in the world, we employ less than 30 [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff people]. Half work on technology, the other half of the staff work on finance and administration, and with the enormous network of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia and its sister projects -- 150,000 or so people around the world. <br />
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===Is the Wikimedia Foundation a charity?===<br />
[http://wikimediafoundation.org Yes.]<br />
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===Why should I donate to the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to provide easy access to information, for people all over the world - free of charge, and free of advertising. As a non-profit, it is dependent on your help to do that. Your donations directly support some of the most popular collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's top ten most popular websites and the largest encyclopedia ever compiled in human history.<br />
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===What are your plans? Where is this going?===<br />
Wikipedia's sister projects include [http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], a free and open library of public texts; [http://www.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary]; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], an online repository of images and other multimedia and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects more]. Jimmy Wales once said, "Imagine a world in which every single human being an freely share in the sum of all knowledge." That’s where it’s going — and we need your help to get there.<br />
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===How do you balance keeping Wikipedia open with making it more reliable?===<br />
We believe increased participation makes Wikipedia better. At the same time, we must maintain the tough standards that have made Wikipedia respected by <u>'''[[scientists]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[academics]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[journalists]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[Foundations]]'''</u>. (''link to testimonial quotes'').<br />
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===What is the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of various [[Our projects|free-content projects]], most notably [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia. Wikipedia was founded in January 2001 and the Wikimedia Foundation incorporated in June 2003. From the beginning, '''we have existed for one reason: the free and open sharing of knowledge. We don’t sell information and we don’t accept advertising. Your donations make our work possible.''' We bring the educational content from these projects to people in as many forms as possible. In particular, we help disadvantaged communities with limited connectivity to access and contribute free educational content. <br />
<br />
We own more than 300 servers used to run our projects, along with all the associated domain names and trademarks. We support strategic software development on the MediaWiki software and related tools, which allow more people to participate and the existing volunteer community to work more effectively. This includes tools specifically related to ensuring high quality. We develop learning resources, support workshops and strive to think intelligently about other ways to bring in new contributors and to grow Wikimedia as an international movement for free knowledge.<br />
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In all this, we are supported by [[local chapters]] organized in many different countries.<br />
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===Which projects do you support?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the 10 most visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than {{EN-WP-COUNT}} articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than {{ALL-WP-COUNT}} articles.<br />
<br />
Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:<br />
<br />
:Wikimedia Commons, a media repository containing more than {{COMMONS-MEDIA-COUNT}} freely usable images, videos, and sound files<br />
:Wikibooks, a project to create free textbooks<br />
:Wiktionary, a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus<br />
:Wikisource, a library of source documents<br />
:Wikinews, a citizen news website<br />
:Wikiversity, an interactive learning platform<br />
:Wikiquote, a collection of quotations<br />
:Wikispecies, a directory of life<br />
<br />
We lead and support the development of [http://mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide [http://static.wikipedia.org/ downloadble offline copies] and [http://download.wikimedia.org/ database archives] of Wikipedia content.<br />
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More information may be found on the page about [[our projects]].<br />
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===How is the Foundation run?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation has a [[staff]] of {{STAFF-COUNT}}, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff<br />
supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ''ad hoc'' basis.<br />
<br />
The [[Board of Trustees]] articulates the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, reviews and helps to develop long term plans, provides oversight, and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts. It is the ultimate organizational authority of the Wikimedia Foundation as defined in its bylaws. See [[Meetings]] for published Board minutes and [[Resolutions]] for published Board resolutions. The Board is partially elected from the community of contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The Board is supported by an [[Advisory Board]], chaired by Angela Beesley.<br />
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We have one office, located in San Francisco, California (USA), where most of our employees are working. All board members and remaining staff work remotely.<br />
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We strive to operate highly transparently, and have published [[policies|key policies]] and [[finance report|financial information]].<br />
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===How is the revenue spent?===<br />
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[[File:Annual Report Cover Big.jpg|thumb|right|200px|link=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/WMF_20072008_Annual_report.pdf|Our Annual Report is our most important instrument of accountability to our donors. It explains our programs and includes a summary of key financial information. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf|download a high resolution copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]].]]<br />
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In the simplest possible terms: <br />
# To support the continued operation of Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects (by paying for servers, hosting, bandwidth, and operations staff); <br />
# To continue the development of the open source software powering our projects; <br />
# To respond to requests from our volunteer community;<br />
# To support the growth and impact of our international volunteer community and the content in our projects through key events like [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Academy|Wikipedia Academies]], strategic partnerships, and the cultivation of [[Donate/Chapters|local chapters]] around the world; <br />
# To pay for financial, administrative, legal, and fundraising expenses.<br />
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Our Annual Report explains our programs and key financial information in more detail. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf| download a copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]], and if you [[Donate/Now/en|donate online]], we will email you when our next Annual Report is released. <br />
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If you want to study our numbers in greater detail, we provide you with access to financial reporting and planning. To understand better how your donation is used, you can see a detailed explanation of our spending in the [[Media:2009-10_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan_FINAL_July2.pdf |Annual Plan Presentation to the Board of Trustees]] (PDF). This includes:<br />
* Summary of strategic spending priorities<br />
* Comparison of the 08-09 actuals vs. the 09-10 plan<br />
* 09-10 departmental budget breakdown<br />
* Summary of top spending increases in 09-10<br />
* Organizational chart<br />
* Hiring plan for 2009-10<br />
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We've also written a [[2009-2010 Annual Plan Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] page related to the plan.<br />
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[[File:08-09budget.png|thumb|center|400px|A simple breakdown of the 2008-2009 budget by department. See the [[Media:FY 2008 09 Annual Plan.PDF|Annual Plan 2008-2009 Presentation (PDF)]] and the associated [[2007-2008 Annual Report Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] for detailed explanations of spending in different departments, and changes from the most recent fiscal year.]]<br />
<br clear="all"/><br />
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Additional financial information, including copies of our audited financial statements up to the most recent fiscal year (2007-2008), can be found on the [[financial reports]] page.<br />
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===How is the Wikimedia Foundation funded?===<br />
Wikimedia is funded primarily through <u>[[Donate|donations]]</u> by tens of thousands of individuals, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see [[benefactors]]).<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. People make contributions year-round, and once a year the Wikimedia Foundation makes a formal request for donations.<br />
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'''We are not considering advertising as a source of revenue.'''<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See [[deductibility of donations]] for details. Click <u>[[fundraising | here]]</u> for details on how to make a donation via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact us through donate{{@}}wikimedia.org.<br />
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===What is the Omidyar Network?===<br />
[http://www.omidyarnetwork.com Omidyar Network] has generously offered to provide up to $500,000 to match individual donations between $100 and $9,999 made during the Wikimedia Foundation's 2009-10 fundraising drive. The funds will help grow Wikimedia's essential base of support at the Community Gifts level. The Wikimedia Foundation depends on hundreds of thousands of individual donations every year both to ensure financial sustainability, as well as continue to grow and achieve a positive, far-reaching social impact through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.<br />
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The matching funds are part of a grant of up to two million dollars over two years from Omidyar Network to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of its core objectives. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives.<br />
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===How much money are you hoping to raise?===<br />
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010, we have budgeted $9.4 million in expenses, and an annual operating reserve of $1.2 million. We are hoping to raise $10.6 million through our annual campaign. <br />
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We hope to raise the remaining revenue through our other fundraising activities throughout the fiscal year, and with business development (such as licensing the Wikipedia name and logo for commercial uses). More details about our finances can be found in our [[Finance report]], in particular, the [[:Image:FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF|2008-09 Annual Plan presentation]].<br />
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===Who else is supporting you in this goal?===<br />
Donors and users like you make up the largest portion of our donations. Some individuals, private foundations, and corporations have generously given major gifts. They can be seen on our [[Donate/Benefactors/en | Benefactors]] page.<br />
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===What are the specific goals you want to accomplish in this fiscal year?===<br />
Our most important programmatic objective is to keep Wikipedia and our other projects online, free of charge and free of advertising. Our traffic continues to increase rapidly every year: As of today, more than 250 million people visit us every month. We hope that it will be many more by this time next year. Your donation will help us to pay for server equipment, operations staff, bandwidth, and so forth. This year, we're also hoping to increase our storage capacity to allow greater usage of video and audio in Wikipedia.<br />
We also employ several software developers to continually improve the Wikipedia experience for readers, and to allow our global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people to contribute more effectively. This includes the development of quality labeling tools, simplifications of the editing interface, improvements to the media uploading process, better handling of rich media, in-depth statistics, etc.<br />
We want to make sure that everyone can get access to our content in some form. <br />
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Did you know that you can download all of Wikipedia and use it for any purpose? We provide this service for free to help other organizations, such as the One Laptop Per Child project, create offline versions. We are also improving cell phone access, adding PDF export, and building strategic relationships to help people with no or limited Internet access.<br />
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Last but not least, the Wikimedia Foundation exists to support a global volunteer community advancing the cause of free knowledge. The organization is now supported by {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} international chapters—the two most recent additions are Brazil and Indonesia. These almost exclusively volunteer-run organizations represent a global "on the ground" presence. The Wikimedia Foundation supports chapters by reviewing organizational bylaws and processes, providing advice on fundraising and business development, sharing PR resources, creating templates for events and other program activities and so on.<br />
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Chapters are key to inviting more and more people to join our cause. For example, we are supporting the Argentinian and Swedish chapters to organize "Wikipedia Academy" events—wiki conferences where people learn how to participate in Wikipedia—in November. The Argentinian chapter also organized [[wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]] in Buenos Aires, an annual conference bringing together hundreds of people to discuss the future of free knowledge. And we're working with the German chapter to pilot "Wikipedia Trainer" workshops, where people learn how to teach others to contribute to Wikipedia.<br />
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Our commitment is to use your donation in ways that help us to achieve our overall vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.<br />
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Organizationally, these goals are expressed as follows:<br />
# Achieve organizational maturity<br />
# Achieve financial sustainability<br />
# Encourage and broaden participation<br />
# Increase quality and perception of quality<br />
# Increase distribution beyond Wikipedia<br />
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===Where can I learn more about your recent activities?===<br />
For the fiscal year 2007-08, please consult our [[Annual Report]].<br />
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===How do I donate?===<br />
To donate, please visit [[Donate|our fundraising page]]. You can donate using any major credit card (including VISA, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), PayPal, Moneybookers, bank transfer, or by sending a cheque to the Foundation. Our donation options support most (although not all) currencies.<br />
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====Where do I send checks?====<br />
Send checks to:<br />
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{{Lockbox address}}<br />
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Our preference is for checks in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. bank accounts. Checks in currencies other than U.S. dollars, or from bank accounts outside the U.S., can be very expensive for us to process, which reduces the value of your gift. If you do not have a U.S. bank account, you can maximize the value of your donation by giving via Paypal or wire transfer.<br />
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====Can I make a stock donation to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation accepts stock donations. You can make a donation by transferring stock from your brokerage to ours by providing your broker with our name, investment account number and DTCC clearing number.<br />
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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br />
Smith Barney<br />
Investment a/c number 546-0356C-14-782<br />
DTCC Clearing a/c number #0418 <br />
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====Are my donations tax-deductible?====<br />
Please refer to the [[Deductibility of donations|list of countries]] for the details of tax-deductibility.<br />
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====If I make a donation, how do I get my tax receipt?====<br />
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Anyone who donates by PayPal or credit card will receive an email tax receipt as long as their email address was included with the donation. Donations by check over $50 will receive a tax receipt by mail if a return address for the donation is known. You may also request a tax receipt for your donation by writing us at giving{{@}}wikimedia.org (please include your contact information, the method you used to donate, and the amount of your donation).<br />
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====Can I give you a targeted or restricted donation to be used for something very specific?====<br />
Charities based in the United States, including the Wikimedia Foundation, are required to honor restrictions requested by donors. This means that if you specify your donation needs to be restricted for a specific use, we will either honor your request or return your donation. But before you decide to do that, please consider that unrestricted donations are much more useful for us. Every restriction imposes administrative overhead and planning costs, and increases internal complexity.<br />
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====Why is there a minimum donation?====<br />
While we want everyone to be able to give and contribute to the Wikimedia Foundation, the donation processing has certain fees and processing costs attached. The minimum donation covers those costs and allows the donation to get where the donor wants it most: to supporting free and open global knowledge.<br />
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===What can I do to help you spread the word?===<br />
Spread the word any way you can! Tell your friends and family. Put [[m:Fundraising 2008/web buttons|buttons and banners]] on your blog. Use this text as the sig file on the bottom of your e-mails:<br />
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Your donations keep Wikipedia running! Support the Wikimedia Foundation today:<br />
http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate</tt><br />
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===What is your donor privacy policy?===<br />
We are serious about protecting the privacy rights of our donors. Please see our [[Donate/Donor_Privacy|Donor Privacy Policy]] for our full details. In short, we do not share, sell, or trade your email address with anyone.<br />
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===How can I contact the Foundation?===<br />
See the ''[[Contact us]]'' page for details.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 15pt" id="top">Frequently Asked Questions 2009</span><br />
===Where does my money go?===<br />
To <u>'''[[people]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[technology]]'''</u>. Even though Wikipedia and its sister projects are in the top 5 visited websites in the world, we employ less than 30 [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff people]. Half work on technology, the other half of the staff work on finance and administration, and with the enormous network of volunteers who write and edit Wikipedia and its sister projects -- 150,000 or so people around the world. <br />
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===Is the Wikimedia Foundation a charity?===<br />
[http://wikimediafoundation.org Yes.]<br />
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===Why should I donate to the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The job of the Wikimedia Foundation is to provide easy access to information, for people all over the world - free of charge, and free of advertising. As a non-profit, it is dependent on your help to do that. Your donations directly support some of the most popular collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's top ten most popular websites and the largest encyclopedia ever compiled in human history.<br />
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===What are your plans? Where is this going?===<br />
Wikipedia's sister projects include [http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], a free and open library of public texts; [http://www.wiktionary.org/ Wiktionary]; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], an online repository of images and other multimedia and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects more]. Jimmy Wales once said, "Imagine a world in which every single human being an freely share in the sum of all knowledge." That’s where it’s going — and we need your help to get there.<br />
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===How do you balance keeping Wikipedia open with making it more reliable?===<br />
We believe increased participation makes Wikipedia better. At the same time, we must maintain the tough standards that have made Wikipedia respected by <u>'''[[scientists]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[academics]]'''</u>, <u>'''[[journalists]]'''</u> and <u>'''[[Foundations]]'''</u>. (''link to testimonial quotes'').<br />
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===What is the Wikimedia Foundation?===<br />
The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of various [[Our projects|free-content projects]], most notably [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia. Wikipedia was founded in January 2001 and the Wikimedia Foundation incorporated in June 2003. From the beginning, '''we have existed for one reason: the free and open sharing of knowledge. We don’t sell information and we don’t accept advertising. Your donations make our work possible.''' We bring the educational content from these projects to people in as many forms as possible. In particular, we help disadvantaged communities with limited connectivity to access and contribute free educational content. <br />
<br />
We own more than 300 servers used to run our projects, along with all the associated domain names and trademarks. We support strategic software development on the MediaWiki software and related tools, which allow more people to participate and the existing volunteer community to work more effectively. This includes tools specifically related to ensuring high quality. We develop learning resources, support workshops and strive to think intelligently about other ways to bring in new contributors and to grow Wikimedia as an international movement for free knowledge.<br />
<br />
In all this, we are supported by [[local chapters]] organized in many different countries.<br />
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===Which projects do you support?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the 10 most visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than {{EN-WP-COUNT}} articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than {{ALL-WP-COUNT}} articles.<br />
<br />
Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:<br />
<br />
:Wikimedia Commons, a media repository containing more than {{COMMONS-MEDIA-COUNT}} freely usable images, videos, and sound files<br />
:Wikibooks, a project to create free textbooks<br />
:Wiktionary, a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus<br />
:Wikisource, a library of source documents<br />
:Wikinews, a citizen news website<br />
:Wikiversity, an interactive learning platform<br />
:Wikiquote, a collection of quotations<br />
:Wikispecies, a directory of life<br />
<br />
We lead and support the development of [http://mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide [http://static.wikipedia.org/ downloadble offline copies] and [http://download.wikimedia.org/ database archives] of Wikipedia content.<br />
<br />
More information may be found on the page about [[our projects]].<br />
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===How is the Foundation run?===<br />
The Wikimedia Foundation has a [[staff]] of {{STAFF-COUNT}}, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff<br />
supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ''ad hoc'' basis.<br />
<br />
The [[Board of Trustees]] articulates the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, reviews and helps to develop long term plans, provides oversight, and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts. It is the ultimate organizational authority of the Wikimedia Foundation as defined in its bylaws. See [[Meetings]] for published Board minutes and [[Resolutions]] for published Board resolutions. The Board is partially elected from the community of contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The Board is supported by an [[Advisory Board]], chaired by Angela Beesley.<br />
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We have one office, located in San Francisco, California (USA), where most of our employees are working. All board members and remaining staff work remotely.<br />
<br />
We strive to operate highly transparently, and have published [[policies|key policies]] and [[finance report|financial information]].<br />
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===How is the revenue spent?===<br />
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[[File:Annual Report Cover Big.jpg|thumb|right|200px|link=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/WMF_20072008_Annual_report.pdf|Our Annual Report is our most important instrument of accountability to our donors. It explains our programs and includes a summary of key financial information. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf|download a high resolution copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]].]]<br />
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In the simplest possible terms: <br />
# To support the continued operation of Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects (by paying for servers, hosting, bandwidth, and operations staff); <br />
# To continue the development of the open source software powering our projects; <br />
# To respond to requests from our volunteer community;<br />
# To support the growth and impact of our international volunteer community and the content in our projects through key events like [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Academy|Wikipedia Academies]], strategic partnerships, and the cultivation of [[Donate/Chapters|local chapters]] around the world; <br />
# To pay for financial, administrative, legal, and fundraising expenses.<br />
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Our Annual Report explains our programs and key financial information in more detail. You can [[Media:WMF_20072008_Annual_report._high_resolution.pdf| download a copy of the 07-08 Annual Report (3.7 MB PDF)]], and if you [[Donate/Now/en|donate online]], we will email you when our next Annual Report is released. <br />
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If you want to study our numbers in greater detail, we provide you with access to financial reporting and planning. To understand better how your donation is used, you can see a detailed explanation of our spending in the [[Media:2009-10_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan_FINAL_July2.pdf |Annual Plan Presentation to the Board of Trustees]] (PDF). This includes:<br />
* Summary of strategic spending priorities<br />
* Comparison of the 08-09 actuals vs. the 09-10 plan<br />
* 09-10 departmental budget breakdown<br />
* Summary of top spending increases in 09-10<br />
* Organizational chart<br />
* Hiring plan for 2009-10<br />
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We've also written a [[2009-2010 Annual Plan Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] page related to the plan.<br />
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[[File:08-09budget.png|thumb|center|400px|A simple breakdown of the 2008-2009 budget by department. See the [[Media:FY 2008 09 Annual Plan.PDF|Annual Plan 2008-2009 Presentation (PDF)]] and the associated [[2007-2008 Annual Report Questions and Answers|Questions and Answers]] for detailed explanations of spending in different departments, and changes from the most recent fiscal year.]]<br />
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Additional financial information, including copies of our audited financial statements up to the most recent fiscal year (2007-2008), can be found on the [[financial reports]] page.<br />
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===How is the Wikimedia Foundation funded?===<br />
Wikimedia is funded primarily through <u>[[Donate|donations]]</u> by tens of thousands of individuals, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see [[benefactors]]).<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success. People make contributions year-round, and once a year the Wikimedia Foundation makes a formal request for donations.<br />
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'''We are not considering advertising as a source of revenue.'''<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See [[deductibility of donations]] for details. Click <u>[[fundraising | here]]</u> for details on how to make a donation via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact us through donate{{@}}wikimedia.org.<br />
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===What is the Omidyar Network?===<br />
[http://www.omidyarnetwork.com Omidyar Network] has generously offered to provide up to $500,000 to match individual donations between $100 and $9,999 made during the Wikimedia Foundation's 2009-10 fundraising drive. The funds will help grow Wikimedia's essential base of support at the Community Gifts level. The Wikimedia Foundation depends on hundreds of thousands of individual donations every year both to ensure financial sustainability, as well as continue to grow and achieve a positive, far-reaching social impact through Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.<br />
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The matching funds are part of a grant of up to two million dollars over two years from Omidyar Network to the Wikimedia Foundation in support of its core objectives. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives.<br />
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===How much money are you hoping to raise?===<br />
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010, we have budgeted $9.4 million in expenses, and an annual operating reserve of $1.2 million. We are hoping to raise $10.6 million through our annual campaign. <br />
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We hope to raise the remaining revenue through our other fundraising activities throughout the fiscal year, and with business development (such as licensing the Wikipedia name and logo for commercial uses). More details about our finances can be found in our [[Finance report]], in particular, the [[:Image:FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF|2008-09 Annual Plan presentation]].<br />
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===Who else is supporting you in this goal?===<br />
Donors and users like you make up the largest portion of our donations. Some individuals, private foundations, and corporations have generously given major gifts. They can be seen on our [[Donate/Benefactors/en | Benefactors]] page.<br />
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===What are the specific goals you want to accomplish in this fiscal year?===<br />
Our most important programmatic objective is to keep Wikipedia and our other projects online, free of charge and free of advertising. Our traffic continues to increase rapidly every year: As of today, more than 250 million people visit us every month. We hope that it will be many more by this time next year. Your donation will help us to pay for server equipment, operations staff, bandwidth, and so forth. This year, we're also hoping to increase our storage capacity to allow greater usage of video and audio in Wikipedia.<br />
We also employ several software developers to continually improve the Wikipedia experience for readers, and to allow our global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people to contribute more effectively. This includes the development of quality labeling tools, simplifications of the editing interface, improvements to the media uploading process, better handling of rich media, in-depth statistics, etc.<br />
We want to make sure that everyone can get access to our content in some form. <br />
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Did you know that you can download all of Wikipedia and use it for any purpose? We provide this service for free to help other organizations, such as the One Laptop Per Child project, create offline versions. We are also improving cell phone access, adding PDF export, and building strategic relationships to help people with no or limited Internet access.<br />
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Last but not least, the Wikimedia Foundation exists to support a global volunteer community advancing the cause of free knowledge. The organization is now supported by {{CHAPTER-COUNT}} international chapters—the two most recent additions are Brazil and Indonesia. These almost exclusively volunteer-run organizations represent a global "on the ground" presence. The Wikimedia Foundation supports chapters by reviewing organizational bylaws and processes, providing advice on fundraising and business development, sharing PR resources, creating templates for events and other program activities and so on.<br />
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Chapters are key to inviting more and more people to join our cause. For example, we are supporting the Argentinian and Swedish chapters to organize "Wikipedia Academy" events—wiki conferences where people learn how to participate in Wikipedia—in November. The Argentinian chapter also organized [[wm2009:|Wikimania 2009]] in Buenos Aires, an annual conference bringing together hundreds of people to discuss the future of free knowledge. And we're working with the German chapter to pilot "Wikipedia Trainer" workshops, where people learn how to teach others to contribute to Wikipedia.<br />
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Our commitment is to use your donation in ways that help us to achieve our overall vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.<br />
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Organizationally, these goals are expressed as follows:<br />
# Achieve organizational maturity<br />
# Achieve financial sustainability<br />
# Encourage and broaden participation<br />
# Increase quality and perception of quality<br />
# Increase distribution beyond Wikipedia<br />
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===Where can I learn more about your recent activities?===<br />
For the fiscal year 2007-08, please consult our [[Annual Report]].<br />
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===How do I donate?===<br />
To donate, please visit [[Donate|our fundraising page]]. You can donate using any major credit card (including VISA, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), PayPal, Moneybookers, bank transfer, or by sending a cheque to the Foundation. Our donation options support most (although not all) currencies.<br />
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====Where do I send checks?====<br />
Send checks to:<br />
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Our preference is for checks in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. bank accounts. Checks in currencies other than U.S. dollars, or from bank accounts outside the U.S., can be very expensive for us to process, which reduces the value of your gift. If you do not have a U.S. bank account, you can maximize the value of your donation by giving via Paypal or wire transfer.<br />
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====Can I make a stock donation to the Wikimedia Foundation?====<br />
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The Wikimedia Foundation accepts stock donations. You can make a donation by transferring stock from your brokerage to ours by providing your broker with our name, investment account number and DTCC clearing number.<br />
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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br />
Smith Barney<br />
Investment a/c number 546-0356C-14-782<br />
DTCC Clearing a/c number #0418 <br />
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====Are my donations tax-deductible?====<br />
Please refer to the [[Deductibility of donations|list of countries]] for the details of tax-deductibility.<br />
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====If I make a donation, how do I get my tax receipt?====<br />
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Anyone who donates by PayPal or credit card will receive an email tax receipt as long as their email address was included with the donation. Donations by check over $50 will receive a tax receipt by mail if a return address for the donation is known. You may also request a tax receipt for your donation by writing us at giving{{@}}wikimedia.org (please include your contact information, the method you used to donate, and the amount of your donation).<br />
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====Can I give you a targeted or restricted donation to be used for something very specific?====<br />
Charities based in the United States, including the Wikimedia Foundation, are required to honor restrictions requested by donors. This means that if you specify your donation needs to be restricted for a specific use, we will either honor your request or return your donation. But before you decide to do that, please consider that unrestricted donations are much more useful for us. Every restriction imposes administrative overhead and planning costs, and increases internal complexity.<br />
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====Why is there a minimum donation?====<br />
While we want everyone to be able to give and contribute to the Wikimedia Foundation, the donation processing has certain fees and processing costs attached. The minimum donation covers those costs and allows the donation to get where the donor wants it most: to supporting free and open global knowledge.<br />
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===What can I do to help you spread the word?===<br />
Spread the word any way you can! Tell your friends and family. Put [[m:Fundraising 2008/web buttons|buttons and banners]] on your blog. Use this text as the sig file on the bottom of your e-mails:<br />
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Your donations keep Wikipedia running! Support the Wikimedia Foundation today:<br />
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===What is your donor privacy policy?===<br />
We are serious about protecting the privacy rights of our donors. Please see our [[Donate/Donor_Privacy|Donor Privacy Policy]] for our full details. In short, we do not share, sell, or trade your email address with anyone.<br />
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===How can I contact the Foundation?===<br />
See the ''[[Contact us]]'' page for details.<br />
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