Annual Wikipedia Fundraiser Nets $8 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 5, 2010 - 9:31am.

San Francisco - The Wikimedia Foundation announced on Tuesday that its annual fundraiser this year raised just over $8 million, exceeding its goal of $7.5 million, with a record more than 230,000 individuals giving donations, up from 125,000 a year ago.

This year's campaign -- the foundation's sixth -- also brought in $2 million more than was raised during the 2008-09 campaign.

The average gift in 2009 was $33, although the Foundation also received a $500,000 challenge grant from the Omidyar Network.

The Wikimedia Foundation, which counts a staff of 33 and provides technical, administrative, legal and outreach support to the volunteer-run Wikipedia, said it will spend the funds on people and technology.

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