Donors
In every language, we wish to say ‘thank you.’ This year, we received donations from millions of supporters. Those donations make our work possible. Thank you for sustaining Wikimedia and benefiting readers around the world.
We are proud to list donors here who gave 1,000 USD and more between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017. Thank you again for supporting free knowledge in the world. We are honored to have you with us.
Major benefactors
($50,000+)
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Apple Inc. Matching Gifts Program
- Peter Baldwin and Lisbet Rausing
- Antoine Bello
- Boris and Inara Teterev Foundation
- Brin Wojcicki Foundation
- Cards Against Humanity
- Charina Endowment Fund
- Craig Newmark Foundation
- craigslist Charitable Fund
- Google Matching Gifts
- Humble Bundle
- Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
- Siegel Family Endowment
- Anonymous Donors (3)
Patrons
($15,000 — $49,999)
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Matching Gift Program
- The Bitcoin Community
- Stephen Bernard Browne
- Donors to the National Combined Federal Campaigns
- Carl de Marcken
- Spencer Glendon and Lisa Tung
- Intel Corporation Matching Gifts Program
- Keel Foundation
- Jack Little
- MathWorks
- Drew Perkins
- The Shor Family Foundation
- Russel Simmons
- Tripling Elephants
- Two Sigma Investments LLC
- VMWare Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- Anonymous Donors (11)
Leading donors
($5,000 — $14,999)
- Adobe
- Argosy Foundation
- Bank of America Matching Gifts Program
- Kathy Bates
- Peter Bing
- The Boeing Company Gift Match
- Tor Braham
- Timothy Carey
- James Chambers
- Chevron Matching Employee Funds
- Ranae DeSantis
- Jack Dorsey
- William Dougherty
- The Durst Family
- The Durst Organization LP
- Eagleridge Foundation
- William Forrest
- GE Foundation
- Goldman, Sachs & Co. Matching Gifts Program
- The Grainger Foundation
- Holly Gray
- The Gray Family (Calgary)
- Hewlett Packard Company Foundation
- John Horne
- William H Hurt
- Amy Jernigan
- John Templeton Foundation
- Jay Jones
- Scott Eric Jordan
- Steve Kass
- Ficus and Beth Kirkpatrick
- Igor Kopylov
- The Lehoczky Escobar Family
- Darrin Massena
- The Montgomery Family Foundation
- Sheila Mossman
- Newgen KnowledgeWorks, Chennai
- Newsmax Media, Inc.
- Oracle Corporation Matching Gifts Program
- Shyam Patel
- PediaPress GmbH
- Pinion Street Foundation of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
- Qualcomm Matching Gift Program
- Red Oak Foundation
- Rick & Susan Goings Foundation
- Philip Rogers
- Bow Ruggeri
- Ruth & Peter Metz Family Foundation
- Salesforce.org
- Isai Scheinberg
- Scooter Software
- Mark Heising & Liz Simons
- Sprague Foundation
- Stack Exchange, Inc.
- Susan Isabel Foundation
- Richard S. Sutton
- Paul Sween
- Rabbi Rob and Lauren Thomas
- Tradebot Ventures, Inc.
- Tungare Manohar Family Foundation
- Jaime & Elliot Turner
- UnitedHealth Group
- William Van der Kloot
- Jason VanWees
- Peter Wheeler and Elizabeth Munro
- Tony Wheeler
- Bill and Cynthia Wilby
- Samantha Xu
- Yardi Systems, Inc.
- YourCause, LLC
- David and Monica Zwirner
- Anonymous Donors (85)
Sustaining donors
($1,000 — $4,999)
- Abt Electronics / Abt.com
- Dianne Adelberg
- In honor of Yousef A. Alsager
- Ameriprise Financial
- Amgen Foundation
- Mashhur Anam - Life Harmonized
- The Anderson Family
- Dalibor Antonic
- Maite Arango
- Ram Darshan Arora
- Jesse Ausubel
- Autodesk Foundation Employee Engagement Fund
- Sam & Sylvia Autrey
- Axiom Works, Inc
- Prabhu & Rina Balasubramanian
- R & A Bandela
- Leora Barish and Henry Bean
- Michael Barnstijn
- Douglas Bates and Mini Pathria
- BD Group
- David Beck
- Belay Foundation
- Stefan Bengtsson
- John and Nancy Benson
- William Benter
- Jayashree and K.S. Bhaskar
- Graeme Birchall
- Claude Blackburn and Family
- BlackRock Matching Gifts Program
- Carson Block
- On behalf of BMO Financial Group
- BP Foundation, Inc.
- Barry William Boehm
- Trace Bond
- Olivier Bonnet and family
- The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.
- Bill and Joann Boyd
- Brickell Analytics LLC
- Bridgeville Animal Hospital
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Employee Giving Program
- Daniel Brönnimann
- Brian and Melissa Brothers
- Phil and Valerie Brown
- Ernest L. Bruns Jr. & Sue Ann Kendall
- James Buckingham
- Sailesh Buddhavarapu
- Thomas Buhr
- Chica Burnett
- The Burnett Family
- Burt and Diana Cutler Family Foundation
- Buy Now Signal
- Barry Buzan
- David Bydeley
- Kevin C.
- CA Technologies Matching Gift Program
- Brian Cairns
- Cameron Foundation
- Craig Campbell
- Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation
- Rob Capps
- Raul Carmenate
- In Memory of Andrea F. Carret
- Linda Carver & Wayne Hathaway
- William Cassidy
- Century Arts Foundation
- Charles Schwab Foundation Employee Matching Gifts Program
- Viola Chen
- Stuart Cheshire
- James Cho & Sophia Kim
- Elmira Choopani & Khanh Vu
- Nicholas Chu & Vivian Fuh
- In loving memory of N.Gandhi Chowdary, Penumuli
- Frank O. Clark, Ph.D.
- Mayree Clark
- Kathleen Collins
- Ryan Conlan
- Guy Connolly
- Conoco Phillips Gift Matching
- John and Lenore Cooney
- Thomas Cooper
- CouponBuffer.com
- CouponCause.com
- CouponFollow
- CouponLab.com
- Christopher Cowart
- Ardelle Cowie
- Stone Coxhead
- Meg Coyle
- Oisin Crawley
- Critical Mass
- In memory of Oliver Cromwell Cyan
- Daboosh Family, Israel
- Danny Dawson
- Phil and Jenni Deamer
- Carole Deitrich
- Dell Employees Giving Program
- Stephen & Elizabeth Detwiler
- Jude Deveraux
- Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation U.S. Matching Gifts Program
- Hester Diamond
- Joshua S. Dillon
- Alex Dingle
- A Sibbald Doan
- Ann Doerr
- David Donoho
- Mathew Donovan
- Frank H. Douglas
- Dropbox, Inc.
- Matías Duarte
- Edgar Durbin
- Susanne Durst
- Mark Duttweiler and Christine Pajak
- eBay Foundation
- Jennifer Ann Eckstine
- Kenneth Eddings
- Ron Bailey & Bill Edwards
- Mats Stafseng Einarsen
- Gretchen Eisenach
- James Elam
- Larry and Kas Eldridge
- Ellen Coopers Paris
- Ericsson Employee Engagement Fund
- Davide G. Erro
- Exelon Employee Giving Campaign
- Expedia Inc.
- ExxonMobil Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- Peter Farrell
- Damian Farry
- Yoseph Feit
- Russell Fernald
- John Fisher
- Gerald & Nancy Fishman
- Margaret Flickinger
- Norman & Jill Fogelsong
- David Ford
- Wesley Ford
- William Ford
- Luigi Francia
- Bill & Peri Frantz
- Freeman Foundation
- Zsupun Frigyes
- David Fry and Meidee Goh
- Jackson Gabbard
- Gartner (The Matching Gift Center)
- Genentech Employee Giving Program
- George & Alice Rich Charitable Foundation
- Betty Harrell Gerlack
- Tyson & Elizabeth Gill
- Sam & Emily Glick
- Jeff & Kelly Glisch
- Globalgiving Foundation Inc
- Jack Goodman
- Richard Gorton
- J. Alex Graeffe
- Grainger Matching Gifts Program
- Ulf Grenander
- Dr. Marie R. Grif
- Caroline and Dan Grossman
- Lisa and Chris Gruwell
- Mary Beth Guard
- Joshua and Meggan Guberman
- Frans Guepin
- Alan Guth
- Linne Ha
- Alexandre Haag
- Joanna Haas
- Ian Hall
- Pauliana and Eric Hall
- Mark D Halperin
- Lang Hames
- Sean Hammons
- Ellen Hanson and Richard Perlman
- The Harrity Family
- Janet and Richard Hart
- Healers Who Share
- Vanessa Heckman and Brett Babin
- Dick Heiser
- Stephen Henderson and James LaForce
- Paul Henry
- Nick Hodulik & Jonathan Taylor
- Kenneth Holden
- Christopher and LuAnne Hormel
- HP Inc
- HSBC
- Celia and Daniel Huber
- David Humm
- Jeffrey Hutchins
- Carla and Philippe Ifrah
- Illinois Tool Works Foundation
- International Monetary Fund
- Intetics Co.
- Intuit Foundation
- Roy Jablonka
- Douglas Jaffe
- Dirk Jagdmann
- Jalam
- Kent Janér
- The Joh Family Charitable Fund
- JP Morgan Chase Foundation
- Juniper Networks’ Company Matching Gifts Program
- In honor of APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India
- Mitch Kapor
- Danny Kaufman
- Aruna and Sudhakar Kaveeshwar
- KDSM Fund
- KeepCalling
- Susan S Kelly
- Peter Kelsey
- The Keough Family Foundation
- Jack Kessler
- Michael W. Kidd
- Donald King Jr
- In honor of Harold D. King
- Sam King
- Louise Kinkel & William August Boehmke
- Nora Klein, MD
- Igor Kliakhandler and Ekaterina Podossinnikova
- Jeffrey Knauth
- Don & Jill Knuth
- Elliott Krause
- Joshua Kwan and Angeline Protacio
- Thomas Kwiatkowski
- En souvenir de Réal Labelle
- Robert and Vivian Lamb Fund
- Jeffrey Lamkin
- Lam Research
- Laurence Lapeyre
- Lawrence Livermore Labs
- Diane & John Laxmi Family
- Jaebum Lee
- Leo Model Foundation
- David Levy
- Richard Li
- Li Lu Humanitarian Foundation
- Richard Lin
- Greg Linden
- Yonghong Lily Li
- Christopher J. Lingle
- LinkedIn Matching Gifts Program
- John Longres & Jeff Graham
- Joseph Love & Laurie Reynolds
- Jennifer Luft
- MABTOOLS
- In honor of Pessie Madan
- Williams & Christina Maddox
- Anup Mantri
- Gary Marcus
- Greg Marra and Elizabeth Dixon
- John Marx AIA
- Matshym Foundation
- Charles Maxfield Parrish and Gloria F. Parrish Foundation
- Merck Foundation
- Rosa and Brian McCormick
- Bill and Marilyn McCune
- Josh McFarland
- Elizabeth McGlynn
- McKesson Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- McKinsey & Company Matching Gift Program
- Evie and John McNiff
- Medtronic Foundation Volunteer Grant Program
- Inspired by Ann Melim
- Bardia Mesbah
- Kathleen Messina
- Marten Mickos
- Steven Miller & Patricia Meyer
- Ryan Mills
- In honor of Trudy Milne
- Craig Minassian
- Dr. L. David Mirkin
- Moneta Asset Management
- J. Stuart Moore
- Morgan Stanley c/o Cybergrants, Inc.
- Tim Mott for Sam Mott
- MRC-Holland bv
- The Mudd Foundation
- Mr. Money Mustache
- Jasmine Nabi
- Radha Narayan
- National Instruments Employee Engagement Fund
- Nead Werx, Inc.
- Netent Casino
- Netflix
- Jerrold Newman/Willowridge Partners, Inc
- Nike Employee Matching Gift Program
- Niverplast BV
- Jeremy Norman and Patricia Gilbert
- Becky Norquist
- North American Herb and Spice
- Nvidia Employee Giving Program
- Jim O'Brian
- Jocelyn Olcott
- Open Geo Group
- Laura O’Shea
- Others Foundation
- P&C Collins Fund at the Bessemer Trust
- Pale Blue Dot
- PayPal Gives Employee Engagement Fund
- Paradox Interactive
- Jean Park and Jacob Taylor
- James Parks
- Philipp Patch
- In memory of my beloved mother, Pravina Patel
- Paul Pedersen and Sally Johnson
- The Perullo Family
- In honor of Nick Peter
- Bjoern Peters
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
- In memory of Andrew G. Phillips
- Duane Phillips
- Joseph C. Pistritto
- James Pitcock
- Joel and Tamara Podolny
- Alexander Polsky
- Dan and Gail Powell
- Stephen Powelson
- Rob and Anna Prestezog
- Thomas G. Pretlow II
- William Prinzmetal
- PromoCodeWatch
- Prudential Financial Inc
- Quality Logo Products
- Bouchra Rachid and Nicolas Pinto
- Christine Raimondi
- Venkat Ramdass
- Marsha D Rappley, MD
- Tom and Xiaoling Rawson
- Raymond Family Foundation
- Chris Redlich Jr
- Regeneron Matching Gift Program
- Nancy B. Coleman & Paul M. Resch
- Paul Resnick and Caroline Richardson
- Paul & Lori Reszutek
- Richard and Beth Sackler Foundation
- Revouchers
- James and Cyndi Richardson
- Tim and Mary Riordan
- Green Rives
- Kathleen Rogers & Rick Teller
- Ileana Roman & Sam Roman
- Donald Rosenfeld
- Jesse I Rosenthal
- Robert Rosenthal
- Wayne Rosing
- Dennis Rossman
- Richard Royce
- Robert Rubenstien
- Flavio Rump
- Runtime
- M. Duane Rutledge
- Kavita Saini
- Shell Oil Company Foundation
- Dr Steven G. Sanders
- Sarva Mangal Family Trust
- Scott Satterwhite
- David Schloss
- E. Schmale
- Richard Schmidt
- Roy Schneiderman
- Robert Schroeder
- Tony Schwartz and Deborah Pines
- The Schweitzer Family
- Mick & Alison Seaman
- Raquel Sefton and J. Daniel Sharp
- Piet Selhorst - S-con bvba
- Selz Foundation
- Bertrand Serlet
- Jerome Seydoux
- Michael Shannon
- Nathaniel Sharpe
- Shell Matching Gifts Program
- Michael Shimoide
- Theodore C. Shiveley
- Edward and Elaine Shoben
- Benjamin Wiley Sittler and Rebecca Middleton
- www.ski-epic.com
- Sara Smollett
- Anne Soder
- Jordan Sorensen
- S&P Global Community Matching Gifts Program
- Spelautomater Casino
- Joel Spiegel
- Squiddershins.com
- D. Squire
- James Stanard
- Thomas Stanis
- Standard Insurance
- StartPage.com
- Leonard Steuart (Skip)
- Steuart Foundation
- Stormy and Rusty
- G. & M. Swaminathan
- Robert C Switzer III, Ph.D.
- Tableau Foundation Employee Engagement Fund
- Steve Tai and Kin-Ching Wu
- Vincent Talbot
- Yael Taqqu and Jeremy Levine
- Tyrus and Samantha Tenneson
- John S Thompson
- Thomson Reuters My Community Program
- T-Mobile USA, Inc
- Jonathan Tobert
- Kit Transue
- TripAdvisor Gift Matching Program
- Ben Tristem
- Ashok Trivedi
- Truist
- U-Blox
- Puduvankunnil Udayakumar
- Rui Ueyama
- Peter Ungar
- United Technologies Matching Gift and Volunteer Grant Programs
- Jason Ursaner
- In Memory of Mary and Theodore Urzy
- James Uttley
- Erik Vaaler
- Vafa Family
- Verizon Foundation
- Maximilian Vermilye
- Visa Matching Gifts Program
- Ernst Volgenau
- Jennifer and Luke Wagner
- In memory of Jack Wahl
- Ted Waitt
- Walt Disney Company Foundation
- Yejun Wang and Minmin Cui
- Robert Wares
- Jim and Judy Warner
- Rich Warner
- Wells Fargo Community Support
- 丁磊
- Naida S. Wharton
- Janet White and Michael Clark
- Benjamin Wiley Sittler and Rebecca Middleton
- John and Lacey Williams Family
- Ms. Caryl and Janice McNeilly and Dr. Robert E. Williamson
- Wil Wilstro
- The Witter Family
- The Wolff Family
- Daniel Wong - Love trumps hate
- Workday, Inc.
- Yahoo Employee Funds Matching Gifts
- Hiroo Yamagata
- Alan Frederick Young
- Alice Young
- Mimi Yu
- Brandon Zehm
- Zephyr Charitable Foundation
- Yuan Zheng & Jeffrey van Gogh
- Patricia Ziel
- Brian Zingale
- Matt Zukowski
- Anonymous Donors (553)