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Wikimedia Foundation

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (WMF) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, and registered there as a charitable foundation. It is most known for hosting Wikipedia, one of the world's most visited websites. It also hosts and operates 14 related open collaboration projects, and supports the development…

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Founded
June 20, 2003; 23 years ago (2003-06-20), St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Abbreviation
WMF
ASNs
14907, 11820
CEO
Bernadette Meehan
Employees
650 (2025)
Endowment
$169.4 million (2025)

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Technology

Corporate identity

Finances

Board of trustees

Staff

Disputes and controversies

Financials

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Wikimedia Foundation

Nodes257
Edges256
Triples236
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007782
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Wikimedia Foundation

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related to Grants · 28
Wikimedia Foundation → Also, Arcadia Fund, August, Flora Hewlett Foundation, Ford Foundation, Google, In, In August, In March, It, July, Lisbet Rausing, Neeru Khosla, Omidyar Network, Open Society Institute, Peter Baldwin, Public Policy Initiative, Sloan Foundation, Stanton Foundation, The
related to Unionization · 27
Wikimedia Foundation → Allied Workers, America, Communication Workers Union, Communications Workers, CWA, CWU, In, In May, John Chadfield, July, Littler Mendelson, Media, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, On July, On June, Roger, Rosenfeld, UK-based WMF, United Tech
related to Wikimania · 27
Wikimedia Foundation → Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Cambridge, Canada, Cape Town, COVID-19, Esino Lario, Frankfurt, Germany, Haifa, Hong Kong, In, Italy, Katowice, London, Mexico City, Montreal, Nairobi, Poland, Singapore
related to history · 22
Wikimedia Foundation → Adult, B60, Bomis, Continuing, Exempt Entities, Florida, In, Internal Revenue Code, Its National Taxonomy, Jimmy Wales, June, Larry Sanger, NTEE, Nupedia, October, Petersburg, St, That, The, The Wikimedia Foundation
related to Corporate identity · 16
Wikimedia Foundation → All, American, English Wikipedia, It, Jimmy Wales, March, Sheldon Rampton, The, The Wikimedia Foundation, Wikibooks, Wikidata, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia, Wiktionary, WMF
related to Spending and fundraising practices · 15
Wikimedia Foundation → Argentina, Brazil, COVID-19, Despite, During, He, In, India, Jimmy Wales, Such, The Wikimedia Foundation, They, This, Wikipedia, WMF
related to Affiliates · 11
Wikimedia Foundation → AffCom, Affiliates, Affiliations Committee, GLAM, The, The Affiliations Committee, The Wikimedia Foundation, They, While, Wikimania, Wikimedia
related to Finances · 11
Wikimedia Foundation → As, Campaigns, Charity Navigator, FY2018, In, It, January, The Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Endowment, Wikipedia
related to Wikimedia Enterprise · 11
Wikimedia Foundation → Google, Internet Archive, It, Its, March, October, Web APIs, Wikidata, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Enterprise, Wikipedia
related to Organization · 8
Wikimedia Foundation → Annual Plan, Current Board, Foundation, Meta-wiki, Trustees, Twitter, WMF, YouTube

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Wikimedia FoundationAbbreviationWMF1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationASNs14907, 118201.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationCEOBernadette Meehan1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationEmployees650 (2025)1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationEndowment$169.4 million (2025)1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationExpenses$208.5 million (2026)1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationExpenses$190.9 million (2025)1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationExpenses$178.6 million (2024)1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationExpenses$168.3 million (2023)1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationExpenses$145.8 million (2022)1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationFocusFree, open-content, multilingual, wiki-based Internet projects1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationFoundedJune 20, 2003; 23 years ago (2003-06-20), St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationFounderJimmy Wales1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationLocation(s)One Sansome Street San Francisco, California, U.S.1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationMembersBoard-only1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationProductsWikipedia, MediaWiki, Wikibooks, Wikidata, Wikifunctions, Wikimedia Commons, Wikinews (discontinued), Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikispecies, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationRegion servedWorldwide (banned in some territories)1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationRevenue$207.5 million (2026)1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationRevenue$208.6 million (2025)1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationRevenue$185.4 million (2024)1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationRevenue$180.2 million (2023)1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationRevenue$167.9 million (2022)1.00infobox
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Wikimedia FoundationType501(c)(3), charitable organization1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationVolunteers277,000 (2024)1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationWebsitewikimediafoundation.org1.00infobox
Wikimedia FoundationWebsitefoundation.wikimedia.org (Governance)1.00infobox
Wikimedia Foundationfounded in20030.95text
Wikimedia Foundationfounded byJimmy Wales so that there would be an independent charitable entity responsible for company domains and trademarks0.90text

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