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   How does the Wikipedia Foundation work?

   • Instead, this is done by volunteers who work as editors, such as the Wikipedians who create and maintain Wikipedia. However, the foundation does collaborate with a network of individual volunteers and affiliated organizations, such as Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, user groups and other partners.

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   What is the Wikimedia Foundation?

   • The Wikimedia Foundation was established in 2003 in St. Petersburg, Florida by Jimmy Wales, as a nonprofit way to fund Wikipedia, Wiktionary, and other crowdsourced wiki projects. ( Until then, they had been hosted by Bomis, Wales's for-profit company.)

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   How does the Wikimedia Foundation make money?

   • The Wikimedia Foundation mainly finances itself through donations from the public, collected through email campaigns and annual fundraising banners placed on Wikipedia, as well as grants from various tech companies and philanthropic organizations.

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   How much money does the Wikimedia Foundation give Philanthropies?

   • January 22, 2019. Archived from the original on January 23, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2019. ^ "Wikimedia Foundation announces $2.5 million in support from Craig Newmark Philanthropies for security of Wikipedia and organization's other free knowledge projects". Wikimedia Foundation. September 10, 2019.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wikimedia_FoundationWikimedia Foundation - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · The foundation does not write or curate any of the content on the wikis itself. Instead, this is done by volunteers who work as editors, such as the Wikipedians who create and maintain Wikipedia. However, the foundation does collaborate with a network of individual volunteers and affiliated organizations, such as Wikimedia chapters, thematic ...

4. www.youtube.com › watchWhat does the Wikimedia Foundation do? | A WIKI MINUTE

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   3 days ago · The organization works to make sure free, verifiable knowledge is accessible to everyone. Watch to learn more. ...more. Did you know that Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and 11...

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5. mediabiasfactcheck.com › wikipediaWikipedia - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check

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   6 days ago · The nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation Inc owns Wikipedia. Donations fund The Wikimedia Foundation. Further, Wikipedia runs fundraising campaigns each year on the website. Bias. Volunteers edit Wikipedia content rather than the Wikimedia Foundation.

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   3 days ago · Did you know that Wikipedia is only one of the 14 different free knowledge projects supported by the Wikimedia Foundation? There is a universe of projects to make knowledge available for everyone ...

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   May 14, 2024 · Do you know who oversees the Wikimedia Foundation and its work? Meet the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, a group of 12 Wikimedia community members and external experts that guides the work of the Wikimedia Foundation.

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8. meta.wikimedia.org › wiki › Annual_planWikimedia Foundation Annual Plan - Meta

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   Apr 28, 2024 · Why does the Foundation have an annual plan? An annual plan helps the Wikimedia Foundation connect the activities that staff do on a daily basis to our mission and broader vision, what the world needs from us, as well as Wikimedia's strategic direction.

9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jimmy_WalesJimmy Wales - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Early life and education. Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, on August 7, 1966; however, his birth certificate lists his date of birth as August 8. His father, Jimmy Sr., was a grocery store manager, while his mother, Doris Ann (née Dudley), and his grandmother, Erma, ran the House of Learning, a small private school in the tradition of the one-room schoolhouse, where Wales and his three ...