# Wikimedia Foundation

> American charitable organization

**Wikidata**: [Q180](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/wikimedia-foundation

## Summary

The Wikimedia Foundation was founded on June 20, 2003[1][2] by Jimmy Wales[3][4]. It is a 501(c)(3) organization[5][6][7] headquartered in San Francisco[4]. The organization had 212 employees in 2014[8], and its CEO is Bernadette Meehan[9].Its products include Wikipedia, MediaWiki, Wikibooks, Wikidata, Wikifunctions, and Wikimedia Commons.


## References

1. [Source](https://www.lobbyfacts.eu/datacard/wikimedia-foundation?rid=596597913132-95)
2. WorldCat Entities
3. [Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales goes bananas - Telegraph. The Daily Telegraph. 2008](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/3399843/Wikipedia-founder-Jimmy-Wales-goes-bananas.html)
4. [Source](https://www.usenix.org/about/stug)
5. [Source](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap_Awards)
6. LinkedIn
7. Announcing our new Executive Director: Lila Tretikov – Wikimedia Blog. Wikimedia Foundation. 2014
8. [Press releases/Katherine Maher appointed as interim executive director for the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikimedia Foundation](https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Katherine_Maher_appointed_as_interim_executive_director_for_the_Wikimedia_Foundation)
9. [Wikimedia taps leader of South African nonprofit as its next CEO. The Washington Post. 2021](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/14/wikipedia-maryana-iskander-ceo/)
10. [Wikimedia Foundation appoints Bernadette Meehan as Chief Executive Officer. Wikimedia Foundation website. 2025](https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/12/09/wikimedia-foundation-appoints-bernadette-meehan-as-chief-executive-officer/)
11. Virtual International Authority File
12. MusicBrainz
13. [Charity Navigator - Rating for Wikimedia Foundation](https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=11212)
14. [Detail by Entity Name: Florida Not For Profit Corporation WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION, INC.. Florida Department of State](http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION%20N030000053230&aggregateId=domnp-n03000005323-6dc7ff3a-b7ba-4c97-9b9e-4545cef1ca0a)
15. OpenCorporates
16. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
17. [Donors. annual report](https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/annualreport/2022-annual-report/donors/)
18. [Celebrating and thanking the Wikimedia Foundation’s generous donors. annual report](https://wikimediafoundation.org/annualreports/2022-2023-annual-report/#toc-donors)
19. [Template:STAFF-COUNT. Wikimedia Foundation](https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Template:STAFF-COUNT)
20. [Source](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)
21. [Source](https://www.guidestar.org/profile/20-0049703)
22. [Source](https://wikimediafoundation.org)
23. [Source](https://wikimediafoundation.org/ar)
24. [Source](https://wikimediafoundation.org/es)
25. [Source](https://wikimediafoundation.org/fr)
26. [Source](https://wikimediafoundation.org/de)
27. [Source](https://wikimediafoundation.org/ru)
28. [Source](https://wikimediafoundation.org/zh)
29. [Source](https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/de-wikipediaan-die-een-lintje-kreeg-ik-kan-ook-netflix-gaan-kijken-maar-wat-heeft-de-wereld-daaraan~b2a5ba52/)
30. [Tax_Deductibility. Wikimedia Foundation](https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Tax_Deductibility/en#United_States)
31. [Florida](http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION%20N030000053230&aggregateId=domnp-n03000005323-6dc7ff3a-b7ba-4c97-9b9e-4545cef1ca0a&searchTerm=Wikimedia%20Foundation&listNameOrder=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION%20N030000053230)
32. [Source](https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/200049703)
33. [Alexa Internet](https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/https://wikimediafoundation.org/)
34. [Wikimedia Foundation](https://wikimediafoundation.org/#content)
35. GitHub
36. [Source](http://km.aifb.kit.edu/services/crunchbase/)
37. annual report
38. [annual report](https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/annualreport/2022-annual-report/financials/)
39. [Navigating the Numbers. annual report](https://wikimediafoundation.org/annualreports/2022-2023-annual-report/#toc-financial-accountability)
40. [Nonprofit Explorer](https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/200049703)
41. Nonprofit Explorer
42. [Wikimedia Foundation Org. Nonprofit Explorer. 2013](https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/200049703)
43. [The World Health Organization and Wikimedia Foundation expand access to trusted information about COVID-19 on Wikipedia. 2020](https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/10/22/world-health-organization-and-wikimedia-foundation-expand-access/)
44. [Wikimedia/Yale Law School Initiative on Intermediaries and Information | Yale Law School](https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2017/07/12/intermediary-liability-protections-research-initiative/)
45. EU Transparency Register
46. [Press releases/Raju Narisetti joins Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Wikimedia Foundation](https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Raju_Narisetti_joins_Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees)
47. [Source](https://www.iana.org/assignments/enterprise-numbers/enterprise-numbers)
48. Google Maps
49. [Source](http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/198.35.26.0)
50. [Source](http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/208.80.152.0)