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Inside the Wikimedia Foundation.

The Wikimedia Foundation is dedicated to engaging people around the world to collect and develop educational content in the public domain, and to distributing that information effectively and globally.

Why We Invested

Wikimedia is a non-profit organization that encourages the growth, development, and distribution of free, multilingual content, and is committed to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Based in San Francisco, Wikimedia Foundation provides the supporting infrastructure for Wikipedia, one of the five most visited sites in the world and the most comprehensive encyclopedia in history.

Through Wikipedia, Wikimedia engages hundreds of millions of people in creating educational content, sharing information, and learning online. With more than 13 million articles in over 250 languages, Wikipedia is extending its reach and bringing valuable content to new people every day. A powerful example of massive online collaboration, Wikipedia demonstrates that open, community-based knowledge sharing can deliver access to information and transparency that positively impacts people worldwide.