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| founded_date = [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], U.S.<br />{{foundation date|2003|6|20}}
| location = < !-- Please do not add the street address of the WMF Foundation -- >[[San Francisco|San Francisco, California]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| key_people = Ting Chen, Chair of the Board<br />[[Jimmy Wales]], Chairman Emeritus<ref name="bot">{{cite web | accessdate = 2008-01-19 | url = http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees | title = Board of Trustees | author = Cbrown1023 | authorlink = foundation:User:Cbrown1023 | archiveurl = http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Board_of_Trustees&oldid=24547 | archivedate = 2008-01-15 | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation }}</ref><br />[[Sue Gardner]], Executive Director
| focus = Free, [[open content]], [[wiki]]-based internet projects
| method = [[Wikipedia]], [[Wiktionary]], [[Wikiquote]], [[Wikibooks]], [[Wikisource]], [[Wikimedia Commons]], [[Wikispecies]], [[Wikinews]], [[Wikiversity]], [[meta:Wikimedia Incubator|Wikimedia Incubator]] and [[Wikipedia:Meta|MetaWiki]]
| revenue = [[US$]]10,632,254 (July – December 2009)<ref>[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/8/83/Jul_Dec09_Mid_Year_Financials.pdf 2009 Mid Year Financials]</ref>
| num_volunteers =350,000 (2005)<ref>{{fr}} Open for business (2007), Jaap Bloem & Menno van Doorn (trad. Audrey Vuillermier), éd. VINT, 2007 (ISBN 978-90-75414-20-2), p. 93. [http://stats.wikimedia.org/WikimediaProjectsGrowth.png No official number available since 2006]</ref>
| num_employees = 75 (as of July 2011)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff|title=Staff Page (Homepage from Wikimeda)|accessdate=2011-02-07|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation}}</ref>
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'''Wikimedia Foundation''' ('''WMF''') on Ameerika [[mittetulundusorganisatsioon|mittetulunduslik]] [[fond]], mille peakorter asub [[San Francisco]]s [[California]] osariigis [[USA]]-s ja mis on rajatud Florida seaduste alusel, kus organisatsioon algselt paiknes.
WMF haldab mitut veebipõhist koostööprojekti, mis põhinevad [[viki]]del. Nende seas on [[Wikipedia]], [[Wiktionary]], [[Wikiquote]], [[Wikibooks]], [[Wikisource]], [[Wikimedia Commons]], [[Wikispecies]], [[Wikinews]], [[Wikiversity]], [[Wikimedia Incubator]] ja [[Meta-Wiki]]. Suurim neist, Wikipedia, on maailma kümne enim külastatud veebilehe seas.<ref name=AlexaTop500>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_mode=global&lang=none |title=Top 500 |accessdate=2007-12-04 |publisher=[[Alexa Internet|Alexa]]}}</ref> Fondi loomisest teatas ametlikult 20. juunil 2003 [[Jimmy Wales]], üks [[Wikipedia]] kaasasutajaist,<ref name="Rupert Neate">Rupert Neate [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/3399843/Wikipedia-founder-Jimmy-Wales-goes-bananas.html "Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales goes bananas"] [[The Daily Telegraph]], 07.10.2008 (vaadatud 25.10.2009) "Entsüklopeedia tohutu fänkond hakkas Bomist sedavõrd kurnama, et hr Wales ja kaasasutaja Larry Sanger leiutasid uue radikaalse rahastusmudeli: heategevuse kaudu."</ref> kes varem juhtis Wikipediat oma ettevõtte [[Bomis]] kaudu.<ref>Jimmy Wales [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-June/010743.html "Wikipedia English mailing list message"] 20.06.2003</ref>
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The Wikimedia Foundation falls under section [[501(c)#501(c)(3)|501(c)(3)]] of the US [[Internal Revenue Code]] as a [[Charitable organization|public charity]]. Its [[National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities]] (NTEE) code is C60 ([[Adult education|Adult]], [[Continuing education|Continuing Education]]).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.guidestar.org/npo/ntee.jsp | title = NTEE Classification System | accessdate = 2008-01-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://nccs2.urban.org/ntee-cc/b.htm#b60 | title = NCCS definition for Adult Education | accessdate = 2008-01-28 }}</ref>
The foundation's by-laws declare a statement of purpose of collecting and developing educational content and to disseminate it effectively and globally.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws#ARTICLE_II_-_STATEMENT_OF_PURPOSE | title = Wikimedia Foundation bylaws | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | accessdate = 2008-01-28 | archiveurl = http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws&oldid=20641#ARTICLE_II_-_STATEMENT_OF_PURPOSE | author = Jd | authorlink = foundation:User:Jd | archivedate = 2007-04-20 }}</ref>
The Wikimedia [[Foundation (non-profit)|Foundation's]] stated goal is to develop and maintain [[open content]], [[wiki]]-based projects and to provide the full contents of those projects to the public [[gratis|free of charge]].<ref name="wikimedia-mission">{{cite web | url = http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement | title = Mission statement | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | accessdate = 2008-01-28 | archiveurl = http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Mission_statement&oldid=21859 | archivedate = 2007-09-01 | first = Florence | last = Devouard | authorlink = Florence Devouard }}</ref>
This is possible thanks to its [[wmf:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]] (updated and approved on June 2009, to adopt [[Creative Commons licenses|CC-BY-SA]] license).
==History and growth==
[[File:Jimmy Wales Fundraiser Appeal edit.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Jimmy Wales]], Founder of the Wikimedia Foundation, in December 2008]]
The Wikimedia Foundation was created from Wikipedia and [[Nupedia]] on June 20, 2003.<ref>[[Jimmy Wales]]: "[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-June/010743.html Announcing Wikimedia Foundation]", June 20, 2003, <Wikipedia-l@wikipedia.org></ref> It applied to the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] to [[trademark]] ''Wikipedia'' on September 17, 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. Technically a [[service mark]], the scope of the mark is for: "Provision of information in the field of general encyclopedic knowledge via the [[Internet]]."{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} There are 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 |publisher=Business Line |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2005/12/05/stories/2005120500070100.htm |accessdate=2008-12-26}}</ref>
The name "Wikimedia" was [[neologism|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 = 2003-03-16 | first = Sheldon | last = Rampton | authorlink = Sheldon Rampton }}</ref>
With the foundation's announcement, Wales also transferred ownership of all Wikipedia, Wiktionary and [[Nupedia]] [[domain name]]s to Wikimedia along with the copyrights for all materials related to these projects that were created by [[Bomis]] employees or Wales himself. The computer equipment used to run all the Wikimedia projects was also donated by Wales to the foundation, which also acquired the domain names "wikimedia.org" and "wikimediafoundation.org".
In April 2005, the US [[Internal Revenue Service]] approved (by letter) the foundation as an educational foundation in the category "[[Adult education|Adult]], [[Continuing education|Continuing Education]]", meaning all contributions to the Wikimedia Foundation are [[Tax deduction|tax-deductible]] for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
On December 11, 2006, the Wikimedia Foundation board noted that the corporation could not become the [[Cooperative|membership organization]] initially planned but never implemented due to an inability to meet the registration requirements of Florida Statute. Accordingly, the bylaws were amended to remove all reference 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>
On September 25, 2007, the Wikimedia Foundation board gave notice that the operations would be moving to the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. Major considerations cited for choosing San Francisco were proximity to like-minded organizations and potential partners as well as cheaper and more convenient international travel than is available from 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 | author = Carlos Moncada | work = [[The Tampa Tribune]] |date = 2007-09-25 | quote = }}</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 | author = Richard Mullins | work = The Tampa Tribune |date = 2007-09-26 | quote = }}</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 = 2007-10-10 | quote = }}</ref>
The one billionth edit to a Wikimedia project took place on April 16, 2010.<ref>[https://twitter.com/1BillionEdits Twitter]</ref>
=== Board of Trustees ===
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[[File:Beyondencyclopediawikimania2010-100714133959-phpapp02.pdf|thumb|''Beyond the Encyclopedia: The Frontiers of Free Knowledge'' - presentation by [[Erik Möller]] about the state of the Wikimedia Foundation's projects in 2010]]
* In January 2004, [[Jimmy Wales]] appointed his business partners [[Tim Shell]] and Michael E. Davis to the board of the Wikimedia Foundation. In June 2004, an election was held for two user representative board members. Following one month of campaigning and two weeks of online voting, [[Angela Beesley]] and [[Florence Devouard|Florence Nibart-Devouard]] were elected to join the board. In late 2004, Wales and Beesley launched a startup company, [[Wikia]], affiliated with neither Wikimedia nor Bomis, except for their presence as principals/trustees. In July 2005, Beesley and Nibart-Devouard were re-elected to the board.
* On July 1, 2006, Beesley resigned from the board effective upon election of her successor, expressing concern about "certain events and tendencies that have arisen within the organization since the start of this year," but stating her intent to continue to participate in the Wikimedia projects, and in the formation of an Australian chapter. A special election was held in September to finish Beesley's term, ending with the mid-2007 election. The election was won by [[Erik Möller]].
* In October 2006, Nibart-Devouard replaced Wales as chair of the Foundation. On December 8, 2006, the board expanded to seven people with the appointments of Kat Walsh and [[Oscar van Dillen]]. Effective December 15, 2006, [[Jan-Bart de Vreede]] was appointed to replace Shell.
* In the June 2007 election, Möller and Walsh were reelected; van Dillen, who ran for re-election, was narrowly edged by Frieda Brioschi.
* Davis left the board in November 2007. Nibart-Devouard's elected term expires in June 2008. The appointed terms for Wales and de Vreede expired in December 2008. Brioschi's and Walsh's elected terms expired in June 2009.
* In December 2007, Möller resigned from the Board of Trustees, and was hired as the foundation's deputy director by the executive director.
* In February 2008, Florence Devouard announced the addition of two new board members: Michael Snow, an American lawyer and chair of the Communication Committee; and Domas Mituzas, a Lithuanian computer software engineer, MySQL employee, and longtime member of the core tech team.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2008-February/038528.html | title = <nowiki>[</nowiki>Foundation-l<nowiki>]</nowiki> <nowiki>[</nowiki>Announcement<nowiki>]</nowiki> Welcome to our two new board members | date = 2008-02-13 | first = Florence | last = Devouard | authorlink = Florence Devouard | accessdate = 2008-02-13 }}</ref>
* In April 2008, the board announced a restructuring of its membership, increasing the number of board positions to 10 overall, as follows:
** Three community-elected seats
** Two seats to be selected by the chapters
** One board-appointed 'community founder' seat, to be occupied by Jimmy Wales
** Four board-appointed 'specific expertise' seats<ref name="April2008">{{cite web | accessdate = 2008-04-26 | url = http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees/Restructure_Announcement | title = Board of Trustees Restructure Announcement | last = Walsh | first = Jay | authorlink = foundation:User:JayWalsh | archiveurl = http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Board_of_Trustees/Restructure_Announcement&oldid=26599 | archivedate = 2008-04-27 | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation }}</ref>
* In the June 2008 board election, Ting Chen was elected for a one-year term, then in September Frieda Brioschi resigned to be elected at the board of [[Wikimedia Italia]].
* In the August 2009 board election, Ting Chen (reelected), Kat Walsh and Samuel Klein are elected. Their positions will be effective until July 2011.
* In the July 2010 board election, Michael Snow was replaced as chair of the board, although he retains his place on the Advisory Board.
=== Volunteer committees and positions ===
[[File:Wiki feel stupid v2.ogv|thumb|In April 2009, the Wikimedia Foundation conducted a [[Wikipedia]] usability study questioning users about the editing mechanism.<ref>[http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/UX_and_Usability_Study Wikimedia Foundation]</ref>]]
In 2004, the foundation appointed Tim Starling as developer liaison to help improve the [[MediaWiki]] software, Daniel Mayer as [[chief financial officer]] ([[management accounting|finance]], [[budgeting]] and coordination of fund drives), and [[Erik Möller]] as content partnership coordinator.
In May 2005, the foundation announced the appointment of seven people to official positions:<ref>{{cite news | last = Snow | first = Michael | title = Wikimedia names seven to official positions | url = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-05-30/Foundation_official_positions | work = The Wikipedia Signpost | date = 2005-05-30 | accessdate = 2008-03-10 }}</ref>
* Brion Vibber as chief technical officer (Vibber was also an employee of the Foundation, with other duties)
* Domas Mituzas as hardware officer
* Jens Frank as developer liaison
* Möller as chief research officer
* Danny Wool as grants coordinator
* Elisabeth Bauer as press officer
* [[Jean-Baptiste Soufron]] as lead legal coordinator
Möller resigned in August 2005, due to differences with the board, and was replaced by James Forrester. In February 2007, Forrester resigned, and the board appointed Gregory Maxwell to the position, renamed "chief research coordinator".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Chief_Research_Coordinator | title = Resolution:Chief Research Coordinator | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | accessdate = 2007-03-01 | first = Erik | last = Möller | authorlink = foundation:User:Eloquence | archiveurl = http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Resolution:Chief_Research_Coordinator&oldid=19693 | archivedate = 2007-03-01 }}</ref>
In January 2006, the foundation created several committees, including the Communication Committee, in an attempt to further organize activities essentially handled by volunteers at that time.<ref>{{cite web | accessdate = 2008-02-04 | url = http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolutions | title = Resolutions | first = Florence | last = Devouard | authorlink = Florence Devouard | archiveurl = http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Resolutions&oldid=24632 | archivedate = 2008-01-21 | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation }}</ref> Starling resigned that month to spend more time on his PhD program.
=== Employees ===
[[File:New Wikimedia Foundation Office 14.jpg|thumb|right|The location of the Wikimedia Foundation's [[San Francisco]] headquarters]]
[[File:Wikimedia Foundation Office Officey Photos-5.jpg|thumb|right|A workers area at the Wikimedia Foundation's [[San Francisco]] headquarters]]
[[File:Wikimedia Foundation Globe office Officey Photos-7.jpg|thumb|right|The Wikipedia Globe in the Wikimedia Foundation's [[San Francisco]] office]]
[[File:People Working At Wikimedia.jpg|thumb|right|The [[:meta:Research:Wikimedia_Summer_of_Research_2011|Summer of Research 2011]] team working at Wikimedia Foundation's [[San Francisco]] headquarters]]
The functions of the Wikimedia Foundation were, for the first few years, executed almost entirely by volunteers. In 2005, the foundation had only two employees, Danny Wool, a coordinator, and Brion Vibber, a software manager. Though the number of employees has grown, the foundation's staff is still very small, and the bulk of foundation work continues to be done by volunteers.
As of October 4, 2006, the Wikimedia Foundation had five paid employees:<ref>{{cite video | people = [[Jimmy Wales]] | date= 2006-10-04 | title = Charlie Rose (46:22) | url = http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5184822358876183858 | format = internet video | accessdate = 2006-12-08 | medium = TV-Series | location = Google Video | publisher = Charlie Rose }}</ref> two programmers, an administrative assistant, a coordinator handling fundraising and grants, and an interim [[chief executive officer|executive director]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_Announces_Interim_Executive_Director | title = Wikimedia Foundation Announces Interim Executive Director | archivedate = 2006-06-12 | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | accessdate = 2006-06-12 | author = Korg | authorlink = foundation:User:Korg | archiveurl = http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_Announces_Interim_Executive_Director&oldid=13996 }}</ref> Brad Patrick, previously the foundation's [[general counsel]]. Patrick ceased his activity as interim director in January 2007, and then resigned from his position as legal counsel, effective April 1, 2007. He was replaced by [[Mike Godwin]], who served as general counsel and legal coordinator from July 2007<ref>[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-July/031128.html Mailing list post] by the Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees announcing the appointment.</ref> until 2010.
In January 2007, Carolyn Doran was named [[chief operating officer]] and Sandy Ordonez came on board as [[wmf:Head of Communications|head of communications]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Current staff | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | url = http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Current_staff | accessdate = 2007-02-01 | author = Danny | authorlink = foundation:User:Danny | archiveurl = http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Current_staff&oldid=19370 | archivedate = 2007-02-01 }}</ref> Doran began working as a part-time bookkeeper in 2006 after being sent by a [[Temporary work|temporary agency]]. Doran later left the foundation in July 2007, and [[Sue Gardner]] was hired as consultant and special advisor (later CEO). Some months after Doran's departure, it was determined<ref>{{cite news | first = Cade | last = Metz | title = Wikipedia COO was convicted felon | url = http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/13/wikimedia_coo_convicted_felon/ | date = 2007-12-13 | accessdate = 2007-12-27 }}</ref> that she was a convicted [[felony|felon]], with a [[DUI]] arrest during her tenure at the foundation and a substantial criminal history, including shooting her boyfriend and complicity in credit card forgery.<ref>{{cite news |authorlink=Brian Bergstein | first = Brian | last = Bergstein | title = Felon Became COO of Wikipedia Foundation | url = http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hcWLu3fg-aDeJNfWTY6hlbz93oCwD8TM0HVG0 | date = 2007-12-21 | accessdate = 2007-12-27 }}</ref> Her departure from the organization was cited as one of the reasons the foundation took about seven months to release its fiscal 2007 financial audit.<ref>{{cite news | author = Ral315 | title = ''Signpost'' interview: Florence Devouard | url = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2007-11-19/Anthere_interview | work = The Wikipedia Signpost | date = 2007-11-19 | accessdate = 2008-02-19 }}</ref>
{{wikinews|Wikimedia Foundation announces departure of general counsel Mike Godwin}}
Danny Wool, officially the grant coordinator but also largely involved in fundraising and business development, resigned in March 2007. In February 2007, the foundation added a new position, chapters coordinator, and hired Delphine Ménard,<ref>{{cite web | title = Resolution: Chapters coordinator | url = http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Chapters_coordinator_-_Delphine_M%C3%A9nard}}, wikimediafoundation.org</ref> who had been occupying the position as a volunteer since August 2005. Cary Bass was hired in March 2007 in the position of [[wmf:Volunteer Coordinator|volunteer coordinator]]. In May 2007, Vishal Patel was hired to assist in business development.<ref>{{cite web | title = Current staff | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | url = http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Current_staff | accessdate = 2007-05-18 | first = Cary | last = Bass | authorlink = foundation:User:Cary Bass | archiveurl = http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Current_staff&oldid=21206 | archivedate = 2007-05-18 }}</ref> Oleta McHenry was brought in as accountant in May 2007, through a temporary placement agency and made the official fulltime accountant in August 2007. In [[wmf:Press releases/Jan2008 Staff Release|January 2008]], the foundation appointed three new staff: Veronique Kessler as the new chief financial and operating officer, [[wmf:User:Kwadhwa|Kul Wadhwa]] to replace Vishal Patel as head of business development, and [[wmf:User:JayWalsh|Jay Walsh]] as [[wmf:Head of Communications|head of communications]].
In June 2008, the foundation announced two staff additions in fundraising: Rebecca Handler as major gifts officer and Rand Montoya as head of community giving.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/06/26/wikimedia-foundation-announces-new-staff-appointments/ |title=Wikimedia Foundation announces new staff appointments |accessdate=2008-06-28 |first=Veronique | last=Kessler | authorlink= foundation:User:VeroniqueKessler |work=Wikimedia Blog |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |date=2008-06-26}}</ref> Soon afterward, Sara Crouse was hired as head of partnerships and foundation relations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/07/12/welcome-sara-crouse-to-the-wmf-staff/ |title=Welcome Sara Crouse to the WMF staff |accessdate=2008-07-17 |first=Veronique | last=Kessler | authorlink= foundation:User:VeroniqueKessler |work=Wikimedia Blog |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |date=2008-07-12}}</ref> In fall 2008, the foundation hired three software developers: Tomasz Finc, Ariel Glenn, and Trevor Parscal.<ref>{{cite web | title = Staff | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | url = http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff | accessdate = 2008-11-29}}</ref>
In May 2011, the Wikimedia foundation had 65 employees. A list of Wikimedia Foundation staff can be found at [[WMF:Staff|the Wikimedia Foundation's staff page]].
== Board members ==
=== Board of Trustees ===
[[File:Wikimedia Foundation Board Members Wikimania 2009.jpg|thumb|Board members at [[Wikimania 2009]] in [[Buenos Aires]]]]
These are the members of the [[wmf:Board of Trustees|Board of Trustees]] and the expiry of their terms, {{asof|July 2010|lc=yes}}:<ref>{{cite web | title = Board of Trustees | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation | url = http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees | accessdate = 2010-07-28 | last = Walsh | first = Jay | authorlink = foundation:User:JayWalsh}}</ref>
* Ting Chen, chair (July 2011)
* [[Stuart West (Wikimedia)|Stuart West]], vice-chair and treasurer (December 2010)
* [[Samuel Klein (Wikimedia)|Samuel Klein]], executive secretary (July 2011)
* [[Jan-Bart de Vreede]] (December 2010)
* [[Jimmy Wales]], chairman emeritus (December 2010)
* [[Matt Halprin]] (December 2010)
* [[Bishakha Datta]] (December 2010)
* [[Kat Walsh]] (July 2011)
* [[Arne Klempert]] (July 2012), the husband of Delphine Ménard, a prominent member of the [[Chapters Committee]]. Reelected internally in 2010.
* [[Phoebe Ayers]] (July 2012). Elected internally in 2010.
=== Advisory Board ===
The [[wmf:Advisory Board|Advisory Board]] is an international network of experts who have agreed to give the foundation meaningful help on a regular basis in many different areas, including law, organizational development, technology, policy, and outreach.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board | title = Advisory Board | accessdate =2009-10-07 | archiveurl = http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Advisory_Board&oldid=40197 | archivedate =2009-09-07 | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation }}</ref> {{asof|August 2010}}, the members are:
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* [[Angela Beesley Starling]]
* [[Ward Cunningham]]
* [[:foundation:Advisory Board#Melissa Hagemann|Melissa Hagemann]]
* [[Benjamin Mako Hill]]
* [[:foundation:Advisory Board#Mimi Ito|Mimi Ito]]
* [[Mitch Kapor]]
* [[Neeru Khosla]]
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* [[:foundation:Advisory Board#Teemu Leinonen|Teemu Leinonen]]
* [[Rebecca MacKinnon]]
* [[:foundation:Advisory Board#Wayne Mackintosh|Wayne Mackintosh]]
* [[Roger McNamee]]
* [[:foundation:Advisory Board#Domas Mituzas|Domas Mituzas]]
* [[:foundation:Advisory Board#Trevor Neilson|Trevor Neilson]]
* [[Craig Newmark]]
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* [[Florence Nibart-Devouard]]
* [[:foundation:Advisory Board#Achal Prabhala|Achal Prabhala]]
* [[Clay Shirky]]
* [[Michael Snow (attorney)|Michael Snow]]
* [[:foundation:Advisory Board#Jing Wang|Jing Wang]]
* [[Ethan Zuckerman]]
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== Projektid, initsiatiivid ja haruorganisatsioonid ==
=== Projektid ===
[[Pilt:Wikimedia logo family complete.svg|pisi|Wikimedia projektide logod]]
[[File:Wikimedia logo family complete.svg|thumb|Wikimedia projektide logod]]
Lisaks mitmekeelsele üld[[entsüklopeedia]]le ''[[Wikipedia]]'' majandab fond mitmekeelset [[sõnastik]]ku ja [[tesaurus]]t nimega ''[[Wiktionary]]'', tsitaadientsüklopeediat nimega ''[[Wikiquote]]'', igas keeles lähtetekstide andmebaasi nimega ''[[Wikisource]]'' ja õpilastele suunatud e-raamatute kogu (kus on [[õpik]]ud ja autoriõiguseta annoteeritud raamatud) nimega ''[[Wikibooks]]''. ''[[Wikijunior]]'' on Wikibooksi alamprojekt, mis tegeleb lasteraamatutega.
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<!-- === Wikimania ===
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Each year, Wikimedia organizes the event Wikimania, a conference for users of the Wikimedia Foundation projects. It was first organized in [[Frankfurt]] (Germany), 2005.
=== Local chapters ===
[[File:Wikimedia chapters.svg|thumb|350px|(<b style="color:#008">dark blue</b>) are existing chapters. (<b style="color:#068">dark turquoise</b>) indicates a chapter has been board approved but not yet founded. (<b style="color:#0a8">green</b>) indicates a chapter is in the planning stages. (<b style="color:#0dd">light blue</b>) indicates a chapter in discussion.]]
Wikimedia projects have an international scope. To continue this success on an organizational level, Wikimedia is building an international network of associated organizations.
[[M:Wikimedia chapters|Local chapters]] are self-dependent organizations, coordinated by a [[Chapters Committee]] (ChapCom), that share the goals of the Wikimedia Foundation and support them within a specified geographical region, usually based on physical boundaries. They support the foundation, the Wikimedia community and Wikimedia projects in different ways—by collecting donations, organizing local events and projects and spreading the word of Wikimedia, free content and Wiki culture. They also provide the community and potential partners with a point of contact capable of fulfilling specific local needs.
Local chapters are self-dependent associations with no legal control of nor responsibility for the websites of the Wikimedia Foundation and vice versa.
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! Area
! Title
! URL
! Since
|-
| {{flag|Argentina}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Argentina|Wikimedia Argentina]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.org.ar/ wikimedia.org.ar]
| {{dts|link=off|2007|September|1}}
|-
| {{flag|Australia}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Australia|Wikimedia Australia]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.org.au wikimedia.org.au]
| {{dts|link=off|2008|March|1}}
|-
| {{flag|Austria}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Österreich|Wikimedia Österreich]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.at wikimedia.at]
| {{dts|link=off|2008|February|26}}
|-
| {{flag|Canada}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Canada|Wikimedia Canada]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.ca wikimedia.ca]
| {{dts|link=off|2011|May|24}}
|-
| {{flag|Czech Republic}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Czech Republic|Wikimedia Česká republika]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.cz wikimedia.cz]
| {{dts|link=off|2008|March|6}}
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Danmark|Wikimedia Danmark]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.dk wikimedia.dk]
| {{dts|link=off|2009|July|3}}
|-
| {{flag|Estonia}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Eesti|Wikimedia Eesti]]
| [http://et.wikimedia.org et.wikimedia.org]
| {{dts|link=off|2010|August|31}}
|-
| {{flag|Finland}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Suomi|Wikimedia Suomi]]
| [http://fi.wikimedia.org fi.wikimedia.org]
| {{dts|link=off|2009|September|21}}
|-
| {{flag|France}}
| [[m:Wikimédia France|Wikimédia France]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.fr/ wikimedia.fr]
| {{dts|link=off|2004|October|23}}
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Deutschland/en|Wikimedia Deutschland]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.de/ wikimedia.de]
| {{dts|link=off|2004|June|13}}
|-
| {{flag|Hong Kong}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Hong Kong|香港維基媒體協會]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.hk/ wikimedia.hk]
| {{dts|link=off|2008|March|1}}
|-
| {{flag|Hungary}}
| [[m:Wikimédia Magyarország|Wikimédia Magyarország]]
| [http://wiki.media.hu/ wiki.media.hu]
| {{nowrap|{{dts|link=off|2008|September|27}}}}
|-
| {{flag|India}}
| [[m:Wikimedia India|Wikimedia India]]
| [http://wikimedia.in/ wikimedia.in]
| {{nowrap|{{dts|link=off|2011|January|3}}}}
|-
| {{flag|Indonesia}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Indonesia|Wikimedia Indonesia]]
| [http://wikimedia.or.id wikimedia.or.id]
| {{dts|link=off|2008|October|7}}
|-
| {{flag|Israel}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Israel|Wikimedia Israel]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.org.il/ wikimedia.org.il]
| {{dts|link=off|2007|June|26}}
|-
| {{flag|Italy}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Italia|Wikimedia Italia]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.it/ wikimedia.it]
| {{dts|link=off|2005|June|17}}
|-
| {{flag|Macau}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Macau|澳門維基媒體協會]]
| [http://wikimedia.org.mo wikimedia.org.mo]
| {{dts|link=off|2011|April|24}}
|-
| {{flag|Macedonia}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Macedonia|Викимедија Македонија]]
| [http://mk.wikimedia.org/ mk.wikimedia.org]
| {{dts|link=off|2009|September|21}}
|-
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Nederland|Wikimedia Nederland]]
| [http://nl.wikimedia.org/ nl.wikimedia.org]
| {{dts|link=off|2006|March|27}}
|-
| {{flag|Norway}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Norge|Wikimedia Norge]]
| [http://no.wikimedia.org/ no.wikimedia.org]
| {{dts|link=off|2007|June|23}}
|-
| {{flag|Philippines}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Philippines|Wikimedia Philippines]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.org.ph/ wikimedia.org.ph]
| {{dts|link=off|2010|April|12}}
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Polska|Wikimedia Polska]]
| [http://pl.wikimedia.org/ pl.wikimedia.org]
| {{dts|link=off|2005|November|18}}
|-
| {{flag|Portugal}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Portugal|Wikimedia Portugal]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.pt/ wikimedia.pt]
| {{dts|link=off|2009|July|3}}
|-
| {{flag|Russia}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Russia|Викимедиа РУ]]
| [http://wikimedia.ru/ wikimedia.ru]
| {{dts|link=off|2008|May|24}}
|-
| {{flag|Serbia}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Serbia|Wikimedia Serbia]]
| [http://rs.wikimedia.org/ rs.wikimedia.org]
| {{dts|link=off|2005|December|3}}
|-
| {{flag|Spain}}
| [[m:Wikimedia España|Wikimedia España]]
| [http://wikimedia.org.es wikimedia.org.es]
| {{dts|February 7, 2011}}
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Sverige|Wikimedia Sverige]]
| [http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida se.wikimedia.org]
| {{dts|link=off|2007|December|11}}
|-
| {{flag|Switzerland}}
| [[m:Wikimedia CH|Wikimedia CH]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.ch/ wikimedia.ch]
| {{dts|link=off|2006|May|14}}
|-
| {{flag|Republic of China}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Taiwan|中華民國維基媒體協會]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.tw/ wikimedia.tw]
| {{dts|link=off|2007|July|4}}
|-
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| [[m:Wikimedia Ukraine|Вікімедіа Україна]]
| [http://www.wikimedia.org.ua wikimedia.org.ua]
| {{dts|link=off|2009|July|3}}
|-
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[m:Wikimedia UK|Wikimedia UK]]
| [http://uk.wikimedia.org/ uk.wikimedia.org]
| {{dts|link=off|2009|January|12}}
|-
| {{flag|New York City}}
| [[m:Wikimedia New York City|Wikimedia New York City]]
| [http://nyc.wikimedia.org nyc.wikimedia.org]
| {{dts|link=off|2009|January|12}}
|}
== Disputes ==
{{Expand section|date=January 2010}}
Many disputes have resulted in [[litigation]]<ref>[http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=91968 Mondaq.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2008/11/canadian-court-rules-linking-to-libel-isnt-necessarily-libel318.html PBS.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.pr-inside.com/wikipedia-wikimedia-fraud-lawsuit-r1645034.htm PS-Inside.com]</ref><ref>[http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/08/judge-puts-defamation-lawsuit-against-wikipedia-to-the-sword.ars ArsTechnica.com]</ref> while others have not.<ref>[http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/wikipedia-suit-could-put-it-on-the-wrong-side-of-fair-use.ars?utm_source=microblogging&utm_medium=arstch&utm_term=Main+Account&utm_campaign=microbloggin ArsTechnica.com]</ref> Attorney Matt Zimmerman stated "Without strong liability protection, it would be difficult for Wikipedia to continue to provide a platform for user-created encyclopedia content."<ref>[http://altnews.com.au/drop/aggregator?page=150 AltNews.com]</ref>
== Finances == < !-- Economy of the Wikimedia Foundation redirects here -- >
[[File:2010-11 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan-page-49.svg|thumb|Increase in cash]]
The Wikimedia Foundation relies on public contributions and grants to fund its mission.<ref name="financialstatements">{{cite web | url = http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/28/Wikimedia_2006_fs.pdf | title = Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. – Financial Statements — June 30, 2006, 2005, and 2004 | accessdate = 2006-12-06 | date = 2006-12-06 | format = [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] | publisher = Wikimedia Foundation }}</ref> It is exempt from federal income tax<ref name="financialstatements" /><ref>See also Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the Florida Statutes</ref> and from state income tax.<ref name="financialstatements" /><ref>See also Chapter 220.13 of the Florida Statutes</ref> It is not a private foundation, and contributions to it qualify as tax-deductible charitable contributions.<ref name="financialstatements" />
The continued technical and economic growth of each of the Wikimedia projects is dependent mostly on donations but the Wikimedia Foundation also increases its revenue by alternative means of funding such as [[federal grant|grants]], sponsorship, services and brand merchandising. The Wikimedia [[OAI-PMH]] update feed service, targeted primarily at search engines and similar bulk analysis and republishing, has been a source of revenue for several years,<ref>[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/WMF_20072008_Annual_report.pdf 2007–2008 Annual report]</ref><ref>[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/41/FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF Annual Plan]</ref> but is no longer open to new customers.<ref>[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_update_feed_service Wikimedia update feed service]</ref> [[DBpedia]] was given access to this feed free of charge.<ref>{{Cite document|title=Web Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web|author=C Bizer|volume=7|issue=3|date=September 2009|pages=154–165|postscript=< !-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -- >{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref>
At the beginning of 2006, the foundation's [[net asset]]s were $270,000. During the year, the organization received support and revenue totaling $1,510,000, with concurrent expenses of $790,000. [[Net asset]]s increased by $720,000 to a total of over one million dollars.<ref name="financialstatements" /> In 2007, the foundation continued to expand, ending the year with net assets of $1,700,000.<ref name=report07>[[:wmf:Image:Wikimedia 2007 fs.pdf|Finance report 2007]]</ref> Both income and expenses nearly doubled in 2007.<ref name=report07/> Wikimedia has been given an overall three-star rating by [[Charity Navigator]], however, it has only a 1 star efficiency rating.<ref>[http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=11212 Charitynavigator.org]</ref>
There are both supporting and opposing arguments to that Wikimedia should switch to an advertising-based revenue model.<ref>[http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/12/31/wikipedia-begging-needs-new-revenue-model Webpronews.com]</ref>
=== Grants ===
In March 2008 the foundation announced its largest donation to date: a three-year, $3 million grant from the [[Alfred P. Sloan Foundation]].<ref name="3mill">{{Cite web|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i8x-wlh7nMm12x_kVQ6MZxrYWK9QD8VKMV1G0|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|title=Sloan Foundation to Give Wikipedia $3M}}</ref> In 2009, the foundation received three grants – the first grant was a $890,000 [[Stanton Foundation]] grant and aimed to help study and simplify user interface for first-time authors of Wikipedia.<ref>[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/StantonGrantQA Wikimediafoundation.org]</ref> The second was a $300,000 [[Ford Foundation]] Grant, given in July 2009, for [[Wikimedia Commons]] that aimed to improve the interfaces and workflows for multimedia uploading on Wikimedia websites.<ref>[http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/07/02/ford-foundation-awards-300k-grant-for-wikimedia-commons/ Blog.wikimedia.org]</ref> In August 2009, the foundation received a $500,000 grant from [[Hewlett Foundation]].<ref>[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Hewlett_Foundation_grant_August_2009 Wikimediafoundation.org]</ref> In August 2009, the [[Omidyar Network]] issued a potential $2 million in "grant" funding to Wikimedia.<ref>[http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-25-2009/0005082868&EDATE= Press release], ''Omidyar Network Commits $2 Million Grant to Wikimedia Foundation'', August 25, 2009.</ref> In 2010, [[Google]] donated $2 million to the Wikimedia Foundation.<ref>[http://mashable.com/2010/02/16/google-wikipedia-donation/ Mashable.com]</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Portal box|San Francisco Bay Area|Florida|Wikipedia}}
{{sisterlinks}}
* [[wmf:|Official website]]
* [irc://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia Wikimedia on freenode], irc.freenode.net
* [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/ Wikimedia Foundation mailing list archives]
=== Blogs ===
* [http://blog.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia blog], blog.wikimedia.org
* [http://techblog.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia technical blog], techblog.wikimedia.org
=== Documents (reports, plans etc.) ===
* [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:2010-11_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan_FINAL_FOR_WEBSITE.pdf Wikimedia Foundation 2010-11 Annual Plan] (published on 29 June 2010)
* [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Finance_report Wikimedia Foundation's financial report], wikimediafoundation.org
* [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Annual_Report The Wikimedia Foundation annual report], wikimediafoundation.org
* {{PDFlink|[http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/bylaws.pdf The Wikimedia Foundation bylaws]|259 [[Kibibyte|KiB]]< !-- application/pdf, 265867 bytes -- >}}, wikimediafoundation.org
* {{PDFlink|[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/28/Wikimedia_2006_fs.pdf Financial statements 2004–2005–2006]|90.2 [[Kibibyte|KiB]]< !-- application/pdf, 92405 bytes -- >}}, upload.wikimedia.org
=== Other ===
* [http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-pedia Wikimedia-pedia], knowledge-base, strategy.wikimedia.org
* [http://www.sunbiz.org/scripts/cordet.exe?action=DETFIL&inq_doc_number=N03000005323&inq_came_from=NAMFWD&cor_web_names_seq_number=0000&names_name_ind=N&names_cor_number=&names_name_seq=&names_name_ind=&names_comp_name=WIKIMEDIAFOUNDATION&names_filing_type= Public Record for Wikimedia Foundation Inc.], Division of Corporations – Florida Department of State, sunbiz.org
* [http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=11212 The Wikimedia Foundation] profile at [[Charity Navigator]], charitynavigator.org
* [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2003-March/001887.html Sheldon Rampton's WikiEN-l post], mail.wikipedia.org
* [http://en.wikizine.org/ en.Wikizine.org] (An independent internal news bulletin for the members of the Wikimedia community)
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