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Wikimedia Foundation ORG

Public charity990-T FY2023
DBA: % JAIME VILLAGOMEZ
Other · SAN FRANCISCO, CA · EIN 20-0049703

About

Websites: our CORE functions include support for wikipedia.ORG and the other wikimedia websites, 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.

In care of Jaime Villagomez

Donations are tax-deductible
Category
Other
Employees
375
Volunteers
286,000

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2023-06-30
Revenue
$180.2M
Expenses
$168.3M
Assets
$274.1M
Liabilities
$19.2M

Financial history

$180.2M$90.1M$0
1617181920212223
RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2023: $180.2M · Avg: $122.8M

Foreign activity (Schedule F)

Total spent abroad$32.0M
Foreign employees64
Foreign offices0
Foreign partnership interestNo
Foreign trust interestNo
RegionActivitySpent
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
EUROPE
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
NORTH AMERICA
SOUTH AMERICA
SOUTH ASIA
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

501(h) election

This 501(c)(3) elected the 501(h) safe-harbor — lobbying expenditures are capped under a clear dollar formula instead of the "insubstantial part" standard.

Political & Grant Activity

Campaign Spending
Lobbying
$53K
Grants Given
$20.7M
WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION ORG
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Address

1 Sansome ST STE 1895
SAN Francisco, CA, 94104-443

Governance

Voting board members12
Independent members12
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
Audit committeeYes
990 reviewed by boardYes

Compensation practices

Severance paymentsYes
Equity-based compNo
Supplemental retirement planNo
Compensation committeeYes
Used comp surveyYes
Board approved compYes
Initial contract exceptionNo

Fundraising activity (Schedule G)

Uses professional fundraisersYes
ChannelsMail · Email · In-person · Grant solicitation
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