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Wikimedia Endowment

The Wikimedia Endowment is an American nonprofit charitable organization based in San Francisco, California. It provides financial support for numerous projects in the Wikimedia network, including MediaWiki, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia and Wiktionary.[1]

History

In January 2016, the Wikimedia Foundation announced the creation of the Wikimedia Endowment, a $100 million fund managed by the Tides Foundation.[2]

Organization

Name Position Notes
Lisa Seitz-Gruwell President[1:1] Wikimedia Foundation
Jimmy Wales Board Chair Wikipedia
Phoebe Ayers Board member Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Peter Baldwin Board member Arcadia Fund
Annette Campbell-White Board member Kia Ora Foundation
Alexander Farman-Farmaian Board member Edgewood Management
Michael Kim Board member Cendana Capital
Lisa Lewin Board member Primary Venture Partners
Patricio Lorente Board member National University of La Plata
Doron Weber Board member Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Laura Duchâtelet Board member LD&U
Mayree Clark Board member -

Funding

Benefactors of the Wikimedia Endowment include:[1:2][3]

  • Aber D. Unger Foundation
  • Amazon
  • Arcadia
  • The Behemoth
  • Christopher Seiwald
  • Craig Newmark Philanthropies
  • Dalio Philanthropies
  • Eubanks Memorial Trust
  • Facebook
  • Geisel Family Foundation
  • George Soros
  • Giancarlo Pallavicini Onlus Humanitarian and Cultural Foundation
  • Google.org
  • Gupta Family Foundation (GFF)
  • Helen Ingham Foundation
  • Howard Gilman Foundation
  • Karen A. & Kevin W. Kennedy Foundation
  • Krebs on Security
  • Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation
  • Minassian Media
  • Moneta Asset Management
  • Musk Foundation
  • Netflix
  • One Point of Light Foundation
  • R&S Cohen Foundation
  • Rothschild Foundation
  • Scrum.org
  • Sigrid Rausing Trust
  • Sports Reference
  • StrongAuth
  • Vint Cerf
  • Willowridge Partners

  1. Home. Wikimedia Endowment. Retrieved August 26, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240826221241/https://wikimediaendowment.org/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Dredge, S. (2016, January 15). Wikipedia launching $100m fund to secure long-term future as site turns 15. The Guardian. https://web.archive.org/web/20240827214852/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/15/wikipedia-fund-future ↩︎

  3. 2022 – 2023 Annual Report. Wikimedia Endowment. Retrieved August 28, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240828012021/https://wikimediaendowment.org/annualreports/2022-2023-annual-report/#undefined-1712315582975 ↩︎