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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 See the Job openings page for more information. Follow Wikimedia HR updates on Twitter or identi.ca.

2011–12 Annual Report 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. 2012–13 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan (PDF) 2012–13 Annual Plan Questions and Answers Latest reports 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: Core financial information. On the financial reports page, you will find audited financial statements, detailed financial plans, and our form 990. Board meeting minutes and outcomes. The Wikimedia Board of Trustees is the ultimate corporate authority in the Wikimedia Foundation. On the meetings and resolutions pages, you will find information about its decisions. Policies and procedures. Beyond key policies like the Privacy Policy, Donor Privacy Policy and Trademark Policy, we publish all other key policies and procedures governing Wikimedia operations. 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.

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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.

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