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The [[About Wikimedia|Wikimedia Foundation]], Inc. is a nonprofit [http://www.guidestar.org charitable] organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of [[w:en:free content|free]], multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these [[:en:wiki|wiki]]-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the [[Our projects|largest collaboratively edited reference projects]] in the world, including [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], one of the [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=wikipedia.org 15 most visited] websites in the world.
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==The role of a board member==


The Board of Trustees is the governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the state of Florida, USA. As described in the [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Bylaws Bylaws] of the WMF:


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''All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Foundation shall be managed under, the direction of the Board of Trustees.''
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Responsibilities of the Board include:
* determining mission, goals, long-term plans and high level policies of WMF and its projects
* selecting the Executive Director...


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The Foundation mostly relies on support from individuals. Please consider making a donation today, be it '''time, [[fundraising|money]] or [[m:Wikimedia_servers|hardware]]'''. The [[Benefactors]] page is dedicated to some of the companies and individuals helping to sustain the Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia Foundation does not necessarily endorse the activities of its Corporate Benefactors.


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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. Please see our [[fundraising]] page for details of making donations via PayPal, MoneyBookers, postal mail or direct deposit. For all other types of donations, please [[contact us]].
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== Corporate details ==
The Wikimedia [[Board of Trustees]] is the ultimate corporate authority in the Wikimedia Foundation Inc., and has the power to direct the activities of the Foundation. The Foundation bylaws may be seen at '''[[Wikimedia Foundation bylaws]]'''. Other policies set by the Board may be seen at '''[[policies]]'''.


The Foundation manages '''the [[Budget]], which pays primarily for [[m:Wikimedia servers/hardware orders|computer equipment]] and hosting'''. Other costs include [[Current staff|human resources]] necessary to the running of the Wikimedia projects, though most people are volunteers. This site includes a list of '''[[meetings|notes from Board meetings]]''' .


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'''The latest Board decisions may be found at [[resolutions]].'''


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