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The [[Frequently asked questions|Wikimedia Foundation]], Inc. is a [[#nonprofit|<span id="return">nonprofit</span>]] charitable organization [[mission|dedicated]] to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of [[w:en:free content|free]], multilingual, educational 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 [//www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], a top-ten internet property.
The [[Frequently asked questions|Wikimedia Foundation]], Inc. is a [[#nonprofit|<span id="return">nonprofit</span>]] charitable organization [[mission|dedicated]] to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of [[w:en:free content|free]], multilingual, educational 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 [//www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], a top-ten internet property.
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The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual, educational content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, a top-ten internet property.

Wikipedia
The Free Encyclopedia 		Commons
Free media collection 		Wikibooks
Free textbooks
Wikidata
Free knowledge base 		Wikifunctions
Free function library 		Wikinews
Free news source
Wikiquote
Free quote compendium 		Wikisource
Free content library 		Wikispecies
Free species directory
Wikiversity
Free learning resources 		Wikivoyage
Free travel guide 		Wiktionary
Free dictionary
MediaWiki
Free & open wiki software 		Meta-Wiki
Community coordination & documentation

Wikimedia Strategic Plan

Our strategic priorities:
  • Stabilize infrastructure
  • Increase participation
  • Improve quality
  • Increase reach
  • Encourage innovation
Wikimedia Foundation targets for 2015:
  • Increase the total number of people served to 1 billion
  • Increase the number of Wikipedia articles we offer to 50 million
  • Ensure information is high quality by increasing the percentage of material reviewed to be of high or very high quality by 25 percent
  • Encourage readers to become contributors by increasing the number of total editors who make at least 5 edits per month to 200,000
  • Support healthy diversity in the editing community by doubling the percentage of female editors to 25 percent and increase the percentage of Global South editors to 37 percent

From our blog

The latest news and views from the Wikimedia Foundation: Template:Blogbox

Job openings

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See the Job openings page for more information.

Follow Wikimedia HR updates on Twitter or identi.ca.

2011–12 Annual Report

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Read the 2011–12
Wikimedia Foundation
Annual Report

2012–13 Annual Plan

Read the Foundation's 2012–13 Annual financial plan, which also includes strategic targets, activities, and staffing overview.

Latest reports

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Latest press releases

See the press room for more information.

Support us

The Wikimedia Foundation relies heavily on the generous support from our users. Please consider making a donation today, be it time or money.

The Wikimedia Foundation is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States, and donations from US citizens are tax deductible. Donations made by citizens of other countries may also be tax deductible. Please 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.

Transparency

The Wikimedia Foundation is proud to be one of the most transparent non-profit organizations in the world. For updates about our program activities and our Annual Report, see the other links on this page. Additionally, we provide the following information:

Wikimedia Foundation staff regularly participate in open office hours on IRC (an online chat system). Our fundraising work is public and community-driven as well. If you'd like to jump right in, visit the community fundraising landing page.

Privacy policy: If you browse the Wikimedia project websites, we gather no more information than is typically collected in server logs. If you contribute to the Wikimedia projects, you are publishing every word you post publicly. You should assume that anything you write will be retained forever. This includes articles, user pages, talk pages and other pages on the websites. See the official policy for full details.
Please note: The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization (EIN 20-0049703), headquartered in the United States of America.

Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment.
And we need your help. Please support the Wikimedia Foundation by donating today.

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