We share a commitment to free knowledge and work together with our community.
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects. We want to make it easier for everyone to share what they know. To do this, we keep Wikipedia and Wikimedia sites fast, reliable, and available to all. We protect the values and policies that allow free knowledge to thrive. We build new features and tools to make it easy to read, edit, and share from the Wikimedia sites. Above all, we support the communities of volunteers around the world who edit, improve, and add knowledge across Wikimedia projects.
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More than 700 staff and contractors support Wikimedia projects, communities, donors, and readers.
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We are taking on a huge challenge: free knowledge for all. View open positions and learn about working for the Foundation.
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The Wikimedia Foundation leadership team oversees departments, internal teams, and staff.
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The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees oversees our work. The Board is the Foundation’s ultimate corporate authority.
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The Wikimedia Foundation mission
To empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.
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Stephen LaPorte becomes the new General Counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation
28 February 2023, San Francisco – The Wikimedia Foundation today announced Stephen LaPorte as General Counsel. Stephen was previously Deputy General Counsel at the Foundation; he has held several leadership roles in the Legal department, covering a range of legal issues including copyright, trademarks, governance, and public policy. The Wikimedia Foundation is the global nonprofit….
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Wikimedia Foundation’s Challenge to NSA Mass Surveillance
WASHINGTON, February 21, 2023 — The U.S. Supreme Court today denied the Wikimedia Foundation’s petition for review of its legal challenge to the National Security Agency’s (NSA) “Upstream” surveillance program. Under this program, the NSA systematically searches the contents of internet traffic entering and leaving the United States, including Americans’ private emails, messages, and web….
View what we plan to accomplish this year and next. Each annual plan begins on 1 July and concludes on 30 June of the following year.
Annual fundraising reports offer a transparent view of our fundraising operations, successes, and future plans.
Grants support impact-driven individuals, groups, and organizations whose efforts support our free knowledge mission.
Wikimedia movement affiliates support work focused on a specific theme, topic, or subject within or across countries and regions.
Years of annual reports cover the activities and impact of the Foundation.
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