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12 funders with a record of paying for “wikimedia”
Where the money went
Wikimedia FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $3.9M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to WIKIMEDIA ENDOWMENT — board-approved remit of planned gifts to the wikimedia endowment
Largest: $700,000 to WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION — to support the extension of structured data from wikimedia commons across all wikimedia content, improving the search function and making it easier to read, edit, and access knowle…
Largest: $75,000 to WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION — educational research
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $20,500 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION — to provide general support
Largest: $680,000 to WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — organization's charitable purposes
Largest: $12,000 to Wikimedia Foundation — general support for wikimedia foundation
Gold Family Charitable TrustBriarcliff Manor, NY
3 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION — to support wikipedia and the wikimedia community to help the world share in free knowledge
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $13.2M · through 2024Largest: $8.9M to WIKIMEDIA ENDOWMENT — healthy individuals and communities
Largest: $5,518 to WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — program/operating support
Largest: $5,954 to WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION — in support of rf donations to charitable organizations
Largest: $50,000 to WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION — to fund the recipient's operating budget
Largest: $50,000 to WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — general & unrestricted
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →