Wikimedia Foundation

Wikimedia Gets $2 Million Grant From Omidyar Network

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 25, 2009 - 12:02pm.

Redwood City, Calif. - Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm launched in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam, on Tuesday announced a grant of up to $2 million over the next two years to the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates user-generated online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

Wikipedia Gets $500,000 Grant from Hewlett Foundation

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 21, 2009 - 8:36am.

San Francisco - The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates the Wikipedia online encyclopedia, announced on Friday that it has received a $500,000 grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Wikimedia Gets $300K to Expand Web Media Repository

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 7, 2009 - 6:00am.

San Francisco - The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates the Wikipedia online encyclopedia, has been awarded a $300,000 Ford Foundation grant that the company says will make it easier for people to participate in Wikimedia Commons, an online repository of shareable multimedia assets.

Mozilla Grants $100,000 for Development of Open Source Video

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 27, 2009 - 8:35am.

Los Angeles - Mozilla, developers of the Firefox Web browser and other open source software projects, announced that it has made a $100,000 grant to the Wikimedia Foundation, earmarked for the development of open source video technology.

Wikipedia Surpasses $6 Million Fundraising Goal

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 5, 2009 - 7:58am.

San Francisco - The Wikimedia Foundation has announced that it surpassed its $6 million fundraising goal to sustain the Wikipedia online encyclopedia.

Wikipedia Gets $890K Grant to Simplify User Interface

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 3, 2008 - 9:15am.

San Francisco - The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates the Wikipedia online encyclopedia, announced on Wednesday that it has received an $890,000 grant from the Stanton Foundation, which will fund a project designed to make it easier for first-time users to contribute articles to the site.

Wikimedia Foundation Gets $500,000 Donation

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 27, 2008 - 7:30am.

San Francisco - On the heels of receiving a $3 million donation from the Sloan Foundation, the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates the Wikipedia online encyclopedia, announced on Thursday that it has received another $500,000 donation from philanthropists Vinod and Neeru Khosla.

Wikipedia Gets $3 Million Donation From Sloan Foundation

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 26, 2008 - 12:17pm.

New York - The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, announced that it has received a $3 million donation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to continue its efforts.