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{{short description|American non-profit and charitable organization}}
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| logo                = Wikimedia Foundation logo - vertical.svg
| type                = [[501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3)]], [[charitable organization]]
| tax_id              = 20-0049703<ref name="WMF 2014 IRS 990">{{cite web | url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/27/Form_990_FY_2014-2015_-_Public.pdf | title=2014 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (form 990) | publisher=WMF (Public Inspection Copy) | date=11 May 2016 | access-date=13 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914023823/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/27/Form_990_FY_2014-2015_-_Public.pdf | archive-date=September 14, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref>
| founded_date        = {{start date and age|2003|6|20}}<br>[[St. Petersburg, Florida]], US
| founder            = [[Jimmy Wales]]<ref name="Rupert Neate">{{cite news | first = Rupert | last = Neate | title = Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales goes bananas | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/3399843/Wikipedia-founder-Jimmy-Wales-goes-bananas.html | work = The Daily Telegraph | date = October 7, 2008 | access-date = October 25, 2009 | quote = The encyclopedia's huge fan base became such a drain on Bomis's resources that Mr Wales, and co-founder Larry Sanger, thought of a radical new funding model&nbsp;– charity. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081110041546/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/3399843/Wikipedia-founder-Jimmy-Wales-goes-bananas.html | archive-date = November 10, 2008 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Announcing Wikimedia Foundation"/>
| location            = [[San Francisco, California]], US<br>[[Los Angeles, California]], US ([[registered agent]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Contact us - Wikimedia Foundation|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Contact_us|website=Wikimedia Foundation|access-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625061209/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Contact_us|archive-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| area_served        = Worldwide
| focus              = Free, [[open content|open-content]], [[wiki]]-based [[Internet]] projects
| products            = [[Wikipedia]], [[MediaWiki]], [[Wikibooks]], [[Wikidata]], [[Wikimedia Commons]], [[Wikinews]], [[Wikiquote]], [[Wikisource]], [[Wikispecies]], [[Wikiversity]], [[Wikivoyage]], [[Wiktionary]]
| revenue            = {{ublist|class=nowrap|{{increase}} {{USD}}157 [[million]] (2021, WMF est.)<ref name=2122AP>{{Cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019/Annual_Plan_2021-2022|title=Difference between revisions of "Wikimedia Foundation Medium-term plan 2019/Annual Plan 2021-2022" - Meta|website=meta.wikimedia.org}}</ref>|127.2 million (2020)<ref name="2019-2020" />}}
| expenses            = {{ublist|class=nowrap|{{increase}} {{USD}}112.5 million (2020)|91.4 million (2019)<ref name="2019-2020" />}}
| endowment          = > {{USD}}100 million<ref name=Endo100/>
| endowment_year      = 2021
| num_volunteers      =
| num_employees      = > 550 staff/contractors ({{as of|2021|10|02|df=US|lc=y}})<ref name="WMF staff">{{Cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/|title=About Wikimedia Foundation |website=wikimediafoundation.org|date=May 30, 2018 }}</ref>
| membership          = [[Board-only]]
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| homepage            = {{URL|wikimediafoundation.org}}, {{URL|foundation.wikimedia.org}}
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| abbreviation        = WMF
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'''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' ('''WMF''', also colloquially referred to as '''Wikimedia''') is a [[nonprofit organization]] headquartered in [[San Francisco, California]], registered as a [[Foundation (United States law)|foundation]] under US law.<ref name="Hanson2016">{{cite book|first=Jarice|last=Hanson|title=The Social Media Revolution: An Economic Encyclopedia of Friending, Following, Texting, and Connecting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ePEZDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA375|year=2016|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-768-2|page=375}}</ref> It owns and operates the [[#Wikimedia projects|Wikimedia projects]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jacobs |first1=Julia |title=Wikipedia Isn't Officially a Social Network. But the Harassment Can Get Ugly. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/us/wikipedia-harassment-wikimedia-foundation.html |work=The New York Times |date=8 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Cohen |first1=Noam |title=Wikipedia Is Finally Asking Big Tech to Pay Up |url=https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-finally-asking-big-tech-to-pay-up/ |magazine=Wired |date=16 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kolbe |first1=Andreas |title=Wikipedia is swimming in money—why is it begging people to donate? |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/wikipedia-endownemnt-fundraising/ |work=The Daily Dot |date=24 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Culliford |first1=Elizabeth |title=Exclusive: Wikipedia launches new global rules to combat site abuses |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wikipedia-rules-exclusive-idUSKBN2A21PW |work=Reuters |date=2 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>


It was established in 2003 by [[Jimmy Wales]] as a way to fund [[Wikipedia]] and its sibling projects through non-profit means.<ref name="Rupert Neate"/><ref name="Announcing Wikimedia Foundation"/> {{As of|2021}}, it employs over 550 staff and contractors, with annual revenues in excess of {{US$|150 million|link=yes}}.<!-- for sources see infobox -->


== Goal ==
==My uploads in bharat pedia Commons==
It has the stated goal of developing and maintaining [[open content]], [[wiki]]-based projects and providing the full contents of those projects to the public [[free of charge]].<ref name="wikimedia-mission">{{cite web | url = https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement | title = Mission statement | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | access-date = January 28, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080117000000/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement | archive-date = January 17, 2008 | first = Florence | last = Devouard | author-link = Florence Devouard | url-status = live }}</ref> Another objective is [[advocacy group|political advocacy]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Jasper |date=12 Feb 2017 |title='We always look for reliability': why Wikipedia's editors cut out the Daily Mail |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/12/wikipedia-daily-mail-reliability-ban-katherine-maher |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=13 Feb 2017 |quote="Another core job for the foundation – and Maher – is political advocacy. While copyright and press freedom are important issues for Wikipedia, there is one area even more fundamental to its operation - the rules that protect web firms from full liability for what their users post." |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213213309/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/12/wikipedia-daily-mail-reliability-ban-katherine-maher |archive-date=February 13, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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[[Merajul Islam]]


It was granted section [[501(c)(3)]] status by the U.S. [[Internal Revenue Code]] as a public charity in 2005.<ref>Charity Navigator
== January 2022 ==
[http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.irs&ein=200049703#.Vq6z_FMrKV4 Charity Navigator IRS (Forms 990) Tab] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218054913/http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.irs&ein=200049703#.Vq6z_FMrKV4 |date=December 18, 2015 }}.  Page accessed January 31, 2016</ref> Its [[National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities]] (NTEE) code is B60 ([[Adult education|Adult]], [[Continuing education]]).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.guidestar.org/npo/ntee.jsp | title = NTEE Classification System | access-date = January 28, 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080202052634/http://www.guidestar.org/npo/ntee.jsp | archive-date = February 2, 2008 | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://nccs2.urban.org/ntee-cc/b.htm#b60 | title = NCCS definition for Adult Education | access-date =January 28, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226053606/http://nccs2.urban.org/ntee-cc/b.htm|archive-date=December 26, 2007}}</ref> The foundation's [[by-law]]s declare a statement of purpose of collecting and developing educational content and to disseminate it effectively and globally.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws#ARTICLE_II_-_STATEMENT_OF_PURPOSE | title = Wikimedia Foundation bylaws | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | access-date = January 28, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080123082936/http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws#ARTICLE_II_-_STATEMENT_OF_PURPOSE | author = Jd | author-link = foundation:User:Jd | archive-date = January 23, 2008 | url-status = live }}</ref>


== History ==
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[[Internet entrepreneur]] Jimmy Wales and online community organizer/[[philosophy]] professor [[Larry Sanger]] founded Wikipedia in 2001 as an Internet encyclopedia to supplement [[Nupedia]]. The project was originally funded by [[Bomis]], Jimmy Wales's for-profit business. Since Wikipedia was depleting Bomis's resources, Wales and Sanger thought of a charity model to fund the project.<ref name="Rupert Neate" /> The Wikimedia Foundation was incorporated in Florida on June 20, 2003.<ref name="Announcing Wikimedia Foundation">{{cite web|first=Jimmy|last=Wales|author-link=Jimmy Wales|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-June/010743.html|title=Announcing Wikimedia Foundation|date=June 20, 2003|publisher=[[mail:wikipedia-l]]|access-date=November 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330033331/http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-June/010743.html|archive-date=March 30, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations.  [http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION%20N030000053230&aggregateId=domnp-n03000005323-6dc7ff3a-b7ba-4c97-9b9e-4545cef1ca0a&searchTerm=Wikimedia&listNameOrder=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION%20N030000053230 Wikimedia Foundation, Inc Record] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618194844/http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION%20N030000053230&aggregateId=domnp-n03000005323-6dc7ff3a-b7ba-4c97-9b9e-4545cef1ca0a&searchTerm=Wikimedia&listNameOrder=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION%20N030000053230 |date=June 18, 2016 }} and  [http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ConvertTiffToPDF?storagePath=COR1%5C2003%5C0620%5C90039369.tif&documentNumber=N03000005323 Letters of Incorporation, Wikimedia Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618163144/http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ConvertTiffToPDF?storagePath=COR1%5C2003%5C0620%5C90039369.tif&documentNumber=N03000005323 |date=June 18, 2016 }}, filed June 20, 2003</ref>  It applied to the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] to trademark ''Wikipedia'' on September 14, 2004. The mark was granted registration status on January 10, 2006. Trademark protection was accorded by Japan on December 16, 2004, and, in the [[European Union]], on January 20, 2005. There were plans to license the use of the Wikipedia trademark for some products such as books or DVDs.<ref>{{cite news |first=Vipin |last=Nair |title=Growing on volunteer power |date=December 5, 2005 |newspaper=Business Line |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2005/12/05/stories/2005120500070100.htm |access-date=December 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011182601/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2005/12/05/stories/2005120500070100.htm |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>


The name "Wikimedia", a [[Compound (linguistics)|compound]] of [[wiki]] and [[media (communication)|media]], was coined by American author [[Sheldon Rampton]] in a post to the English mailing list in March 2003,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2003-March/001887.html | title = Wikipedia English mailing list message | date = March 16, 2003 | first = Sheldon | last = Rampton | author-link = Sheldon Rampton | access-date = July 11, 2005 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051101074301/http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2003-March/001887.html | archive-date = November 1, 2005 | url-status = live }}</ref> three months after [[Wiktionary]] became the second wiki-based project hosted on Wales' platform.
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'''Welcome to Wikipedia!''' ''Anyone'' can edit almost every page, and [[Special:RecentChanges|millions already have]].


In April 2005, the U.S. [[Internal Revenue Service]] approved the foundation as an educational foundation in the category "[[Adult education|Adult]], [[Continuing education]]", meaning all contributions to the foundation are [[Tax deduction|tax-deductible]] for U.S. federal income tax purposes.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
This page takes you through a set of tutorials aimed at '''complete newcomers''' interested in contributing. It covers all the basics<noinclude>, and each tutorial takes only a few minutes, so you could become a proficient [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]] in no time!</noinclude>


On December 11, 2006, the foundation's board noted that the corporation could not become the [[membership organization]] initially planned but never implemented due to an inability to meet the registration requirements of Florida statutory law. Accordingly, the by-laws were amended to remove all references to membership rights and activities. The decision to change the bylaws was passed by the board unanimously.<ref>[[wmf:Resolution:Bylaws revision|Bylaws revision]].</ref><ref name="Announcing Wikimedia Foundation" />
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On September 25, 2007, the foundation's board gave notice that the operations would be moving to the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. Some considerations cited for choosing San Francisco were proximity to like-minded organizations and potential partners, a better talent pool, as well as cheaper and more convenient international travel than is available from [[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]], Florida.<ref name="MoncadaWikimoveTribune">{{cite web | url = http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/sep/25/wikimedia-foundation-moving-another-bay-area/?news-breaking | title= Wikimedia Foundation Moving To Another Bay Area | first = Carlos| last = Moncada | work = [[The Tampa Tribune]] |date = September 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228091301/http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/sep/25/wikimedia-foundation-moving-another-bay-area/?news-breaking|archive-date=December 28, 2007}}</ref><ref name="MullinsWikimoveTribune">{{cite web | url= http://www.tbo.com/news/money/MGBNF5F517F.html | title = Online Encyclopedia To Leave St. Petersburg For San Francisco | first = Richard| last = Mullins | work = The Tampa Tribune |date = September 26, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228091316/http://www.tbo.com/news/money/MGBNF5F517F.html|archive-date=December 28, 2007}}</ref><ref name="KimWikimoveSFChronicle">{{cite web | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/10/BU69SNMQ2.DTL&tsp=1 | title = Wikipedia team plans move to San Francisco | first = Ryan | last = Kim | work = San Francisco Chronicle | date = October 10, 2007 | access-date = August 7, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011020807/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F10%2F10%2FBU69SNMQ2.DTL&tsp=1 | archive-date = October 11, 2007 | url-status = live }}</ref> The move from Florida was completed by January 31, 2008, with the headquarters on Stillman Street in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Relocation|title=Press releases/Relocation - Wikimedia Foundation|date=October 9, 2007|website=wikimediafoundation.org|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316152024/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Relocation|archive-date=March 16, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref>
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In October 2017, the headquarters moved to San Francisco's [[One Montgomery Tower]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-September/088654.html|title=Wikimedia Foundation Office Move|last=Villagomez|first=Jaime|date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413050245/https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-September/088654.html|archive-date=April 13, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2018-03-15}}</ref> The board appointed [[Janeen Uzzell]] as [[Chief operating officer|Chief Operating Officer]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/janeen-uzzell/|title=Janeen Uzzell|date=2019-01-31|website=Wikimedia Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref>
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In September 2020, WMF's application to become an observer at the [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO) was blocked after objections from the government of China<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-23|title=China blocks Wikimedia Foundation's application to become an observer at WIPO|url=https://www.keionline.org/33999|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Knowledge Ecology International|language=en-US}}</ref> over the existence of a Wikimedia Foundation affiliate in [[Taiwan]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hui |first1=Mary |title=Beijing blocked Wikimedia from a UN agency because of "Taiwan-related issues" |url=https://qz.com/1908836/china-blocks-wikimedia-from-un-agency-wipo-over-taiwan-dispute/ |website=qz.com |publisher=Quartz |access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref> In October 2021, WMF's second application was blocked by the government of China for the same reason.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moody|first=Glyn|date=2021-10-07|title=If You Want To Know Why Section 230 Matters, Just Ask Wikimedia: Without It, There'd Be No Wikipedia|url=https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211007/07051447716/if-you-want-to-know-why-section-230-matters-just-ask-wikimedia-without-it-thered-be-no-wikipedia.shtml|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-23|website=[[Techdirt]]}}</ref>
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On October 25, 2021, the foundation launched Wikimedia Enterprise, a commercial product designed to sell and deliver Wikipedia's content directly to [[Big Tech]] companies.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=Cohen|first=Noam|date=2021-03-16|title=Wikipedia Is Finally Asking Big Tech to Pay Up |magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-finally-asking-big-tech-to-pay-up/|access-date=2021-03-17|issn=1059-1028}}</ref><ref name="WE-launch">{{cite web |title=Wikimedia Foundation launches Wikimedia Enterprise: the new, opt-in product for companies and organizations to easily reuse content from Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects |url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/10/25/wikimedia-foundation-launches-wikimedia-enterprise-the-new-opt-in-product-for-companies-and-organizations-to-easily-reuse-content-from-wikipedia-and-wikimedia-projects/ |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |access-date=25 October 2021 |date=25 October 2021}}</ref> WMF will also offer Wikimedia Enterprise to smaller companies.<ref name=":0" />


== Projects and initiatives ==
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=== {{anchor|Projects}} Wikimedia projects ===
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Content on most Wikimedia project [[website]]s is licensed for redistribution under [[Wikipedia:Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License|v3.0]] of the [[Attribution (copyright)|Attribution]] and [[Share-alike]] [[Creative Commons license]]s.


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My uploads in bharat pedia Commons[edit]

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