About – Wikimedia Foundation

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.

Meet our staff and contractors

More than 700 staff and contractors support Wikimedia projects, communities, donors, and readers.

Work with us

We are taking on a huge challenge: free knowledge for all. View open positions and learn about working for the Foundation.

Meet our leadership

The Wikimedia Foundation executive team oversees departments, internal teams, and staff.

Meet our Board of Trustees

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees oversees our work. The Board is the Foundation’s ultimate corporate authority.

View our financials

We publish detailed financial reports that include audited financial statements and budgets.

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.

Help us unlock the world’s knowledge.

As a nonprofit, Wikipedia and our related free knowledge projects are powered primarily through donations.

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90+ million

media files on Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository

1.7 billion

unique devices visit Wikimedia Foundation sites every month

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Questions about the Wikimedia Foundation or our projects? Get in touch with our team.

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Wikimedia Foundation announces award recipients of the Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards

Contests/Awards Middle East and North Africa OTK Journalism Awards Press Release Sub-Saharan Africa

The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that hosts Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, is today announcing the award recipients of the first Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards.

4 November 2023 By Wikimedia Foundation

Wikimedia Foundation welcomes Kathy Collins as new incoming Board Trustee and Audit Chair

Wikimedia Foundation

1 November 2023, San Francisco – The Wikimedia Foundation, the global nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia, today announced that Kathy Collins will be joining its Board of Trustees – the board is composed of Wikimedia community volunteers and external experts to help guide the work of the Wikimedia Foundation. Kathy brings over four decades of experience….

1 November 2023 By Wikimedia Foundation

Annual plans

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.

Fundraising reports

Annual fundraising reports offer a transparent view of our fundraising operations, successes, and future plans.

Grants

Grants support impact-driven individuals, groups, and organizations whose efforts support our free knowledge mission.

Movement affiliates

Wikimedia movement affiliates support work focused on a specific theme, topic, or subject within or across countries and regions.

Annual reports

Years of annual reports cover the activities and impact of the Foundation.

Policies

See all official policies of the Wikimedia Foundation, including those for our wiki-related projects, Board, and staff.

Transparency reports

Twice a year, the Wikimedia Foundation reports on requests received to alter or remove content from Wikimedia projects, and to provide nonpublic information about users.