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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.
Wikipedia is funded primarily by donations and grants. It does not charge for access nor offer any paid subscription services. If you're looking to acquire a profitable company to diversify your business portfolio, or if you're thinking of trying to save an indebted company from bankruptcy, Wikipedia isn't it. See Wikipedia:Fundraising statistics.
The money that you and I put aside for charity could be spent in worse ways than donating to Wikipedia, but I think there are better causes for me to donate my money to, at least while the WMF has the assets and income that it does (and is planning to with its for-profit plans).
Wikipedia and its fellow sites are hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organisation based in the United States. Sites like Google or Yahoo are hosted on thousands of servers, with thousands of employees; we have around 800 servers and around 350 staff, and cover our costs through donations—almost all from members of the public.
As of November 12, 2002, Wikipedia is officially FOR SALE! That's right! All 6,956,911 articles on English Wikipedia (including this one ) could be yours to do with as you please.
This month, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has been fundraising in the Global South.It has also published finance updates in its quarterly reviews.This seems, therefore, a good time to review the Foundation's fundraising messages against the background of its increasing wealth.
It does not need donations from private individuals and therefore ought not to be begging money off them.—S Marshall T/C (Later) I think the key takeaways for the WMF here are: (1) We as a community are very accustomed to people who want to use Wikipedia for fundraising or marketing. We've developed efficient and effective processes for ...
I think it is a great idea to allow wikipedians to put their money where their editing is, so to speak, but I also think the running total of donations and whatever use is made of the money should be documented on the donations page. With greater transparency will come greater donations. -- Miguel. Yep, that point is raised Wikipedia:Donations# ...