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The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., abbreviated WMF, is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, and registered there as a charitable foundation. [5]
Based in San Francisco, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) is a nonprofit charitable organization incorporated in the United States of America, that is registrant of the domain wikipedia.org, owner of the trademark and operator of the wiki platform. [1]
Wikipedia is hosted and funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization which also operates Wikipedia-related projects such as Wiktionary and Wikibooks. [W 64] The foundation relies on public contributions and grants to fund its mission. [216]
A charitable organization [1] or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definition of a charitable organization (and of charity) varies between countries and in some instances regions of the ...
Baan Gerda; Beckstrand Cancer Foundation; Belarus Solidarity Foundation; Best Friends Animal Society; Bharat Sevashram Sangha; Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
A note on the separate status of the Wikimedia Endowment. The Wikimedia Endowment, held from 2016 to 2023 by the Tides Foundation and now a standalone 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is not and has never been included in Wikimedia Foundation assets, even though Wikimedia Foundation fundraising staff solicit donations to the Endowment and the Wikimedia Foundation itself made donations to the Endowment.
A charity with only one director or trustee is automatically designated as a private foundation. To be designated as a charitable organization or public foundation, more than half of the directors, trustees, or officials must be at arm's length.
A 501(c)(3) organization is allowed to conduct some or all of its charitable activities outside the United States. [64] [65] A 501(c)(3) organization is allowed to award grants to foreign charitable organizations if the grants are intended for charitable purposes and the grant funds are subject to the 501(c)(3) organization's control. [66]