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FY 2023

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2023EIN 20-0049703

Wikimedia Foundation Inc

San Francisco, CANTEE: B60Founded 2003Website

mission statement

Wikimedia FDN supports wikipedia and its sister projects, (see schedule o for more)and the wikimedia community to help the world share in free knowledge.

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Total Revenue

$185.4M

FY 2023

Program Spending

77.4%

of total expenses

Known Funders

1014

2019–2025 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2023)

The Numbers

$286.8M

Total Assets

$271.6M net

18.25 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2023

+3%

Revenue Growth

YoY

363

Total Employees

FY 2023

Funding Track Record

Backed by 1014 Institutional Funders

$84.3M raised across 2946 grants · +$4.9M committed (2019–2025 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 49 states (2019–2025 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund	BOSTON, MA	$18,689,582
American Online Giving Foundation Inc	NEWARK, DE	$14,475,080
Tides Foundation	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	$9,864,620
Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	$3,736,442
Alfred P Sloan Foundation	New York, NY	$3,663,333 +$4,311,666 committed
Tides Advocacy	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	$3,176,116
Paypal Charitable Giving Fund	WASHINGTON, DC	$3,066,913
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program	SOUTHEASTERN, PA	$2,901,204
Wikimedia Endowment	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	$2,600,000
Craig Newmark Foundation	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	$2,500,000

Total tracked: $84,254,140 across 2946 grants · +$4,933,450 committed across 42 commitments (2019–2025 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2023)

What They Do

$80.8M in expenses

Technology: our core functions include support for the technology that makes wikipedia and other wikimedia projects possible, which together are one of the world's most popular web platforms, and the world's largest collaborative free knowledge project. The wikimedia foundation provides the servers and electricity needed to keep the websites running, along with dedicated technical resources to build, improve, and maintain the technical infrastructure of wikimedia projects. These ongoing engineering efforts and product improvements require research and design work, as well as legal support. All of this allows for the best experience for our readers and volunteer community, ensuring users continue to access, contribute to and grow the world's largest online free knowledge resource. In addition to our two main data centers and four caching data centers, we maintain the software and infrastructure on which we operate some of the world's most multilingual sites with over 950 separate wiki instances and over 3,350 community-contributed tools, many of which are essential to maintaining the content and quality of wikipedia, as well as seven mobile applications. Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the wikimedia foundation receive more than 18.2 billion pageviews per month. Wikipedia is available in more than 321 languages and contains more than 61 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community.

$57.5M in expenses

Grantmaking and program activities: the wikimedia foundation grantmaking and program activities focus on growing wikimedia in various regions around the world and expanding diversity within the contributor base. These programs and efforts directly support contributors through grants for projects, programs, and campaigns by individuals and organizations. The grantmaking and program activities teams also strive to further the missions of wikimedia, such as open access and education, through activities like volunteer support, engagement programs, partnerships,evaluation, research, and communications. Because openness and inclusivity are key to the success of the wikimedia projects, grantmaking and program activities aim to broaden the diversity of voices and expand the reach of our projects to wide ranging expertise and perspectives around the world.

Financial History