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Wikimedia Foundation

EIN 20-0049703Arts, Culture, Humanities California Large

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, the fourth most visited website in the world. In collaboration with a network of chapters, the Foundation provides the essential infrastructure and an organizational framework for the support and development of multilingual wiki projects and other endeavors which serve this mission.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

96.15Overall score
out of 100

94.56Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$89,973,967

Total expenses · USD$69,076,192

Program expenses

$50,149,315.39 recorded amount

72.6%

Fundraising expenses

$7,874,685.89 recorded amount

11.4%

Administrative expenses

$10,983,114.53 recorded amount

15.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Katherine Maher
Recorded compensation: $307,141.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.44%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Wikimedia Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, the fourth most visited website in the world. In collaboration with a network of chapters, the Foundation provides the essential infrastructure and an organizational framework for the support and development of multilingual wiki projects and other endeavors which serve this mission.
`ein` EIN	20-0049703
`tot_exp` Total expenses	69076192.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.159
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.114
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.726
`fscore` Financial score	94.56
`leader` Recorded leader	Katherine Maher
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	307141.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0044
`motto` Tagline	Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge
`name` Charity name	Wikimedia Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	89973967.0
`score` Overall score	96.15
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	50149315.392
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	7874685.888
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	10983114.528

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 20-0049703
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Public Broadcasting and Media
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.