Open Knowledge Foundation

Summary

Open Knowledge Foundation is a nonprofit organization^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Open Knowledge Foundation was a member of MyData Global^[3].
• Open Knowledge Foundation was a member of Radical Open Access Collective^[4].
• Open Knowledge Foundation was a member of CKAN Association^[5].
• Open Knowledge Foundation was a member of Communia^[6].
• Open Knowledge Foundation is in the country of United Kingdom^[7].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's video is recorded as Entrevista Michael Bauer CCCB.webm^[8].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's image is recorded as Geo-datos.jpeg^[9].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's image is recorded as OpenGLAM Logo.svg^[10].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[11].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's instance of is recorded as business^[12].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's instance of is recorded as open content^[13].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's founder is recorded as Rufus Pollock^[14].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's logo image is recorded as Open Knowledge Foundation logo.svg^[15].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's headquarters location is recorded as London^[16].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's headquarters location is recorded as Cambridge^[17].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's chief executive officer is recorded as Renata Ávila Pinto^[18].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 200830293^[19].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2011181896^[20].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 167520221^[21].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's child organization or unit is recorded as Open Knowledge Belgium^[22].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's child organization or unit is recorded as Open Knowledge Finland^[23].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's child organization or unit is recorded as Open Knowledge Österreich^[24].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's child organization or unit is recorded as Open Knowledge Sweden^[25].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's Commons category is recorded as Open Knowledge (organization)^[26].
• Open Knowledge Foundation's chairperson is recorded as Vanessa Barnett^[27].

Body

Founding

Open Knowledge Foundation's founder is recorded as Rufus Pollock^[14]. +2004-05-20T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[28].

Identity

Open Knowledge Foundation's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'OPEN KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION'}^[29]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'OKF'}^[30].

Leadership

Open Knowledge Foundation's chief executive officer is recorded as Renata Ávila Pinto^[18]. Its chairperson is recorded as Vanessa Barnett^[27].

Operations

Headquarters locations include London^[16], a metropolis^[31], in Roman Empire^[32], founded in 0047^[33] and Cambridge^[17], a college town^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], founded in 0001^[36]. Subsidiaries include Open Knowledge Belgium^[22], an organization^[37], in Belgium^[38], founded in 2012^[39], headquartered in BeCentral^[40]; Open Knowledge Finland^[23], a nonprofit organization^[41], in Finland^[42]; Open Knowledge Österreich^[24], a nonprofit organization^[43], in Austria^[44], headquartered in Vienna^[45]; and Open Knowledge Sweden^[25], an organization^[46], in Sweden^[47].

Why It Matters

Open Knowledge Foundation ranks in the top 7% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[48] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[49]

Works attributed to it include Open Database License^[50], a copyleft license^[51], written by it^[52].