Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (WMF) be American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, and registered as a charitable foundation under local laws.[1] Dem best know am as de host platform give Wikipedia, de largest crowdsourced online encyclopedia drn de 7th websyt dem dey visit most for de world insyd, buh e sanso dey host oda related projects den MediaWiki, wiki software.
Na Jimmy Wales establish de Wikimedia Foundation for 2003 insyd for St. Petersburg, Florida, as nonprofit way make dem fund Wikipedia, Wiktionary den oda crowdsourced wiki projects wey until then Bomis dey host dem, Wale ein for-profit company. De Foundation dey finance ein body mainly thru millions of small donations from Wikipedia readers, dem collect thru email campaigns den annual fundraising banners dem place for Wikipedia top den ein sisto projects.[2] Dese dem dem complement by grants from philanthropic organizations den tech companies, den dey start insyd 2022, by services income from Wikimedia Enterprise.
De Foundation grow rapidly thru out ein existence. By 2022, e employ around 700 staff den contractors, plus annual revenues of $155 million, annual expenses of $146 million, net assets of $240 million den endowment wey dey grow, wich surpass $100 million insyd June 2021.
- ^ Hanson, Jarice (2016). The Social Media Revolution: An Economic Encyclopedia of Friending, Following, Texting, and Connecting. ABC-CLIO. p. 375. ISBN 978-1-61069-768-2.
- ^ "Fundraising report 2020–2021". Wikimedia Foundation.