Wikimedia Foundation
Coordinates: 37°47′13″N 122°23′59″W / 37.786971°N 122.399677°W / 37.786971; -122.399677
| Type | 501(c)(3) charitable organization |
|---|---|
| Founded | St. Petersburg, Florida, United States June 20, 2003 (2003-06-20) |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States / Los Angeles, California (registered Agent) |
| Key people | Kat Walsh, Chair of the Board Sue Gardner, Executive Director |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Focus | Free, open content, wiki-based internet projects |
| Method | Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies, Wikinews, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikimedia Incubator and Meta-Wiki |
| Revenue | US$10,632,254 (July – December 2009) (From donations) |
| Volunteers | 350,000 (2005) |
| Employees | 142 (as of September 2012) |
| Website | wikimediafoundation.org |
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is an American non-profit charitable organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. It is organized under the laws of the state of Florida, where it was initially based. It operates several online collaborative wiki projects including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies, Wikinews, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikimedia Incubator, Meta-Wiki. It also owns the now-defunct Nupedia. Its flagship project, Wikipedia, ranks in the top-ten most-visited websites worldwide. The creation of the foundation was officially announced on June 20, 2003, by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, who had been operating Wikipedia under the aegis of his company Bomis.
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