The Wikimedia Foundation is incredibly cost-effective. Our annual budget is minuscule compared to a lot of very worthy causes, and our impact is absolutely enormous.
JIMMY W., FOUNDER
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Your impact
in 2017
You visited
Wikipedia
15,000000000
timeseach month
You made
6.1 million donations
in support of
FREE knowledge
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You increased Wikipedia by
1
million new articles
You supported
119Wikimedia chapters and user groups
in more than
50countries
You learned from Wikipedia
6,000 timessecond
Jason Krüger - CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikimedians gather in Berlin, Germany in March 2017
Thank you!
Imagine a world
in which every single
human being can
freely share in the sum
of all knowledge.
— the Wikimedia vision statement
Read our storiesNiccolò Caranti - CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikimedians gather in Esino Lario, Italy in June 2016
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In 2017, we received four stars from Charity Navigator — their highest rating.
Wikipedia and its sister projects are not owned by anyone — they are owned by everyone.
KATHERINE M., Executive director