Giving

Our Benefactors

Thank you to our benefactors for their generous donations to the Wikimedia Endowment and for providing free access to knowledge to the world.
*Denotes deceased donor

  • $5million+

    • Amazon
    • Arcadia
    • Wikipedia readers and supporters

  • $2million+

    • Google.org
    • Musk Foundation
    • George Soros

  • $1million+

    • Craig Newmark Philanthropies
    • Facebook
    • King Baudouin Foundation
    • Jim Pacha*
    • Dr. David S. Starr Estate*

  • $100k+

    • Alan Bauer
    • Vivek Basrur
    • Antoine Bello
    • Annette Campbell-White
    • Dalio Philanthropies
    • Alex & Patricia Farman-Farmaian
    • Gupta Family Foundation
    • I.W. Foundation
    • Pitch and Cathie Johnson
    • Richard Jay Seidel and Caren Kaplan*
    • Ike and Ellen Kier
    • Ellen Koshland
    • Nth Degree Scholarship Fund
    • Estate of Karl Pfenninger*
    • Estate of John Robert Phillips*
    • Julia Rausing Trust
    • Sigrid Rausing Trust

  • $50k+

    • Estate of Evan C. Bacon*
    • Karel Bujok
    • Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation
    • Holly Gray
    • In honor of Hank and Demaris Hudspeth
    • Moneta Asset Management
    • The Rothschild Foundation
    • Christopher Seiwald
    • Silverleaf Foundation (Mayree Clark)

  • $15k+

    • The Aber D. Unger Foundation
    • Cynthia C. Wainwright and Stephen Berger
    • Kevin Bonebrake and Winnie Scheuer
    • Samuel Bowen
    • Michael Brown
    • Charlton Burch
    • In Honor of Annette Campbell-White
    • David Carter
    • Emily and Sam Glick
    • Spencer Glendon and Lisa Tung
    • Robert Griesemer
    • Marie Griffin and Robert Coffey
    • Frans P. Guepin*
    • Steven Hamburger
    • Mark Jacobson and Ilona Frieden
    • Khandros-Bloch Family
    • The Kipping Family
    • Jeremy Levine & Yael Taqqu
    • Victor Linck
    • Gregory and Kathy Nelson
    • The O’Brien Family, New Jersey
    • Manish Pandya
    • Tim and Mary Riordan
    • Doug Standing
    • The Stephen Craig Moore Living Trust*
    • Diana Strassmann and Jeffery Smisek
    • Paul von Kuster
    • Bonnie J. Tisch and Daniel R. Tisch
    • K.L. Won

  • $5k+

    • Glenn Anders
    • Paula Begoun
    • The Behemoth
    • William Benter
    • Steven and Sandra Berglund
    • Will Bloch
    • Barry Boehm
    • The Bommadevara family (Vedant, Maaya, Vamseeja & Nagendra)
    • Chris and Jennifer Brahm
    • Burton Family Foundation
    • Romelle Castle
    • Elmira Choopani & Khanh Vu
    • Juan Cockburn
    • In honor of David Colander
    • Guy and Helen Connolly
    • Helen Darling
    • Paul Demmitt
    • John Dove
    • Peter Emch
    • In honor of Alex Farman-Farmaian
    • Kevin Kelly and Germaine Fuh-Kelly
    • Geisel Family Foundation
    • Laurie and Thomas Fusco
    • Edwin A. Goodman
    • Kiwan Gu
    • In memory of Nan Harris from her family
    • Janet and Richard Hart
    • Helen Ingham Foundation
    • Jack Hetherington
    • Ernest Hildner
    • Sue Hollingsworth
    • Howard Gilman Foundation
    • Huebner Waller Family Fund
    • In memory of our parents, Richard and Priscilla Hunt
    • Brian Jaffe
    • Kent Janér
    • Celia Johnson
    • Christine & Jordan Kaplan
    • In memory of H. Kwan
    • Jerry LeClaire
    • Leo Liu, MD
    • Meraj Mana
    • Sydney McDole and Naresh Lakhanpal
    • Michael Merwin
    • Carol Fryer and Bernard Moret
    • John Nagle
    • In memory of Don & Joyce Neufeld
    • Estate of Orville Michael Baggett*
    • Barbara Perreault
    • Lynda & Stewart Resnick
    • Madeleine Richard
    • Sarah Rouse
    • Barbara Ryan
    • Nathan and Nancy Sambul
    • In memory of Salomon (Monis) Samuelides
    • Scott Satterwhite
    • Rogil Schroeter
    • In honor of Gay Sharman
    • Edward and Elaine Shoben
    • The Sigler Family
    • Bill Spindler
    • Albert & Candace Staton
    • Frank and Cheryl Stearn
    • Jon Thaler
    • Fred Thorlin
    • Jack Triplett
    • Konstantin Vinogradov
    • Milan Votava
    • Mickey Weinstein
    • Steven Dee Yeutter*

  • $1k+

    • Pat and Bob Nixon
    • Ebrahim Ahmadi, M.D.
    • Feras Alhou
    • Lawanda Allee
    • Paul B. Anderson
    • Anonymous M
    • Anyone Can Whistle Foundation of Los Angeles
    • Kathleen and Jack Applewhite
    • Edward and Sallie Arens
    • Alden, Alison and Ansel Ashby
    • Michael Ashby and Nancy Till
    • Ken and Valerie Baker
    • Ellen Balaguer and Mark Chase
    • R & A Bandela
    • Steven Barnes
    • Dan Batson
    • Daniel Baulig
    • Charles and Jennifer Beeler
    • Heather Bendler
    • In memory of Peter Bial*
    • Audrey and Gary Billerbeck
    • Paul Black
    • Brent Blumenstein and Anne Ryan
    • Adam Bly
    • Edward Boehme
    • Roger and Helen Bohl
    • Artem Bolgar
    • Eleanor, Lauren and Tyler Brandt
    • Joseph Brandt
    • In memory of Roger Edward Broughton*
    • Kathy and Charley Brown
    • Patrick Brown
    • Mary F. Burns
    • Craig Campbell
    • Gary Campbell
    • Raul Carmenate
    • Ken and Kyra Carson
    • The Carter Family
    • Carol Causey
    • Vint Cerf
    • Niranjan and Savita Chandragiri
    • Christian Channell
    • Sarah Charlton
    • Anjan Chatterjee
    • Saul and Nan Chase
    • Marg Chauvin
    • Crystal Chen
    • Joseph Chen
    • Karl Chen
    • Liang Chen
    • Paulina and Eric Cheung Hall, Esq.
    • Michael and Maureen Chowen
    • Irene Clardy
    • Frank O. Clark, Ph.D.
    • In memory of Principal Joe Clark, who appreciated the value of knowledge and education*
    • Mary Cody
    • Louis Cohen
    • Jeremy Coller
    • Luke Comer
    • Linda D Cooley
    • Lenore C Cooney
    • Stone Coxhead
    • In memory of Edward Coyle*
    • Meg Coyle
    • Michael Danahy, Ph. D.
    • Austin Daily
    • H. Andrew Decker
    • Mary Liz DeJong
    • Michaela Depatie
    • Douglas Derrer
    • L Peter Deutsch
    • Andrew Dick
    • A Sibbald Doan
    • James Docauer
    • In memory of Dr. Paul Leighton Donoho*
    • Ronald Doyle
    • Greg Durrett
    • Douglas Durst
    • David and Casey Eichenberger
    • Otho Eskin
    • The Eubanks Memorial Trust
    • James Fallon
    • Mark Farley
    • Peter Farrell
    • Anita and John Fiorillo
    • In memory of Günter Fleig*
    • Margaret Flickinger
    • Will Forrest
    • Susan Leigh Foster
    • Andrew Fraser
    • In memory of Johnnie Ruth Friedman*
    • Paul Funk
    • Jennifer V. Furman
    • Charles J. Gallant
    • Charles Garrett
    • Douglas Gatchell
    • Marilyn Gatin
    • John and Melanie Geleynse
    • Elizabeth and Robert Geltz
    • Safar Ghazal
    • Giancarlo Pallavicini Onlus Humanitarian and Cultural Foundation
    • Mary E. Glidden and Paul Francoeur in memory of Yves Francoeur
    • Jeff and Kelly Glisch
    • Thomas Goddard
    • Jack Goodman
    • P. Goetze
    • Loretta Montanari Gottshall
    • James and the late Connie Gossett
    • Alan Gould
    • Terence E. Gray
    • In loving memory of Norman G. Greenberg*
    • Lisa Seitz Gruwell
    • Mary Beth Guard
    • Adrienne Kent Gunst
    • David and Carolyn Hahn, Wisconsin
    • Kathryn Hall
    • Mark Halperin
    • Jeannene Hansen
    • Chalmers Hardenbergh
    • In memory of Rosebud Smith Haywood*
    • Thomas Hazlehurst, M.D.
    • Wenshan (Susan) He
    • Mary and Paul Henry
    • In memory of Professor Dr. Walter Higbee
    • Matthew Hill
    • Christopher Hinton
    • Tran Ho
    • Charles Hogan
    • Hanna W. Hopp*
    • Celia and Daniel Huber
    • Philippe Ifrah
    • In honor of Zach Intrater and Marc Agnifilo
    • Rex Jaeschke
    • Martin Jansche
    • Peter and Linda Jeschofnig
    • Robert Johnson
    • Eric Jones and Daniel Monasterio
    • Douglas W. Jones
    • Jay Jones
    • In memory of Dr. James L. Julian
    • In memory of James Ralph Justus, Jr.*
    • Gary Kahn
    • In honor of APJ Abdul Kalam, former president of India*
    • Elaine Kant
    • Alice Kaplan
    • Catherine Kayser
    • Emily and Zak Keir
    • Peter Kelsey
    • Jack Kessler
    • Prakhar, Prerak, Akta, and Pravin Khandelwal
    • John Kiely
    • Kim and Jesse Kinder
    • Don King
    • Robert King
    • Sam King
    • Brendan Kirby, P.E.
    • Evgeny Kissin
    • Nora Klein
    • Eric Klusman
    • Paul Kostenuik
    • Richard Paul Krafsur
    • Krebs on Security
    • Kurt Kufeld
    • Kishor Kulkarni
    • Joshua Kwan and Angeline Protacio
    • Sally Lawrence and David Lai
    • Amanda Lao
    • In memory of Robert E. Lasky*
    • Linda Lee
    • Richard Lenon and Leslie Hsu
    • Lai-Yet Lam and Peter Lew
    • Lisa Lewin
    • Russ Lewis
    • Gregg and Libby Lindahl
    • Girts Linde
    • Ken Lipper
    • Christopher Lingle
    • Chelcie Liu
    • Kevin Lloyd
    • Robert Lonergan
    • John Longres
    • Riley MacPhee and Julie Pedtke
    • In memory of my sister Madeleine
    • Victor Mair
    • Gary Marcus
    • Alexis Martinsen
    • The Isaac and Enedina Hernandez Martinez Cabrera Family and the Angelo A. and Flora Pagana Nardi Family for their pursuit and devotion to Learning and education
    • John Marx
    • Barbara K Matheson
    • Linda and Richard Maxson
    • Heather and Peter McHugh
    • Rajalaxmi McKenna
    • Karen Meckstroth
    • Member & Volunteer instructor for the OLLI program
    • Gilbert Miller
    • Minassian Media
    • Maureen and Gary Meller
    • Leta Miller
    • Patricia and Charles Mintz
    • Deb Morrison
    • Jeff Morrow
    • Judith Morton
    • Mary G. Murray
    • Jasmine Nabi
    • Anil Nair
    • Robert Neale*
    • In memory of John C. Nelson
    • Alan Nies
    • George Nikopoulos
    • Becky Norquist
    • Og & Ogina
    • Leon Older
    • Ray Olszewski
    • Robert Ordal
    • Miriam and Robert Owens
    • Andrew Pace
    • Trey Parker
    • John Parkinson
    • Mary Patterson
    • Steve Pittman
    • Jim Polisano
    • Jonathan Pool
    • Daniel and Gail Powell
    • Susan Pritzker
    • Borden Putnam
    • R&S Cohen Foundation
    • Donald Radina
    • Sarah Reade
    • Anne Reece
    • Paul Resch
    • The Rex Flash Ministries
    • Maximilien Reynolds
    • In memory of Charles Rich, Ph.D.*
    • Lorraine and Gary Roberts
    • Diana Rogers
    • Carol Rose
    • Dennis Rossman
    • Terry Rossow
    • Philip and Reggie Roy
    • In memory of Frank Rust
    • Rana Sadik and Samer Younis
    • David Sassen
    • Anthony John Savory*
    • Charles Schade
    • Paul Scharf
    • The Schmajoros Giving Fund
    • Andrew Schorr
    • Stephen K. Schuck, on behalf of those who prefer facts to wishful thinking
    • Ann Schumacher
    • Donald Schwab
    • Curtis Scribner
    • Scrum.org
    • Rich Seifert
    • R. Jeff Serne
    • H Rodney Sharp III
    • Rasha Shehada
    • Bradford Sherburne
    • Michael Shimoide
    • Clay Shirky
    • David Smith
    • Martin Smith
    • Steve Solomon in Josh’s memory — He loved to learn.
    • Mike Speciner
    • Sports Reference LLC
    • Frederick Stanton
    • John Stares
    • Betty Ann Stedman
    • Timothy Steinert
    • Elizabeth Story
    • Phil Straus
    • StrongAuth Inc.
    • Marcus F. Stuart
    • Rich & Bonnie Sutton
    • Melissa & Karl Sweitzer
    • The Tarpenning-Schillinger Family Fund
    • Virginia & Robert Taylor
    • In memory of Emma Elizabeth (Larsen) Teeter
    • Adam Theriault-Shay.
    • Rabbi Rob & Lauren Thomas
    • In loving memory of Dolly Marguerite Thompson*
    • Jack Thompson
    • Jean and Roger Thompson
    • Michael Thonis
    • Kelly Townsend
    • Christopher Transue
    • Kit Transue
    • Natalie and Bobby Tulsiani
    • James Uttley
    • Erik Vaaler
    • Jos van Schagen and Marjon Floris
    • Amélie & Kunal Verma
    • Nicolas Veron
    • Caitlin Virtue
    • Charlotte von der Hude
    • In memory of Robert Henry Walpole
    • Rich Warner
    • Richard Warner
    • Beverly and Darrell Weaver
    • Doron Weber
    • Matthew Weiner
    • Mike Weiss
    • The West-Heidel Family Fund
    • Patti White
    • Albert Whittlesey
    • Peter Wiley
    • David E. Wilkins
    • Matt Williams
    • Robert Williamson
    • Willowridge Partners/Jerrold Newman
    • In honor of Suzie T. Windward
    • The Wolff Family
    • Adam Wolff
    • Eugene Yarovoi
    • Tim and Cc Yu

  • Wikipedia Legacy Society

    Thank you to Wikipedia Legacy Society members for pledging a legacy gift to the Wikimedia Endowment — ensuring Wikipedia’s future, in perpetuity.

    • Mark Ahn
    • Jessica A. Allen
    • Chance Amelsberg
    • Lakeisha Angel
    • Seth M. Asser, MD
    • Estate of Evan C. Bacon*
    • Estate of Orville Michael Baggett*
    • Brandon D. Barton
    • Oliver Beattie
    • Linda L. Bertiaux
    • Sean and Cinthya Bertoni
    • Jean Bilala
    • Caiden Block
    • Joshua Aron Bloomfield
    • Nan Borton
    • Fernando Botello
    • James Brennan
    • Jason W. Britton
    • Aaron Paul Brock
    • Daniel Burton
    • Mendell Calabia
    • Douglas Calder
    • Annette Campbell-White
    • Matthew Carlson
    • Edward Noel Castro
    • Kattie Chesser
    • Stephanie Chrismer
    • Sarah Cline
    • Julie Ann Coffey
    • Melinda Cogen
    • Peter Compo
    • Scott Conley
    • Douglas Christopher Dantini
    • Kandis-Dene Foundation
    • Raj Dhubba
    • Marlene Dial
    • Bruno Laan de Oliveira Dias
    • Bobbi Divine
    • David Donald
    • Gail Ewart
    • Dr. William Fusfield
    • Dr. Kathy Joy Townley
    • Thomas E.
    • Traci Fix
    • Thomas Flaherty
    • MaryAnn Gardner
    • Samantha Geesling
    • Alyssa Louise Gentry
    • Lisa Gilbert
    • Sean Christopher Howard Beam Glasgow MD-PhD
    • John Alexander Gomez
    • Sumaltha and Sreenivas Gudavalli
    • Kathryn Guggenheim, M.D.
    • Erik Hanson
    • Emil Hanzevack and Theresa Long
    • Jamie Elizabeth Harrison
    • Jason Hatfield
    • Anita Hayes
    • George W. Haywood Jr., USMC
    • Morgan A. Heien
    • Guillermo Herrera
    • Shannon Hickey-Flores
    • Nathan Hoover
    • Leslie Hunt
    • Robert M. Hust
    • Ivan Igulo
    • Nigel Allenby Jaffé
    • Mark Jacobson and Ilona Frieden
    • Barbara Kelso
    • Stephen Kenny
    • Rich Kerr
    • The Knowlton Shelnut Family Endowment
    • Karel Marriott Kramer
    • Bill Kutik
    • David E. LaBarge
    • Oscar Alexander Lakowicz
    • Steve Larsen
    • S.M. Lemkowitz*
    • Zachary Jon Lemons
    • Leonard M. Levie
    • Jacob Levine
    • Jonathan E. Lewanda
    • Gloria Y. Lopez-Hicks
    • Andy Lowery
    • Tyrell Mann-Sanford
    • Jasmine Macias
    • Steve Manes
    • Justin Martin
    • Patrice J. Martin
    • Maribel Matos
    • Laura Mattox
    • Carolyn May
    • Eileen E. McCauley
    • James McDow
    • Christian Melchor
    • Heather Marie Mercer
    • Katrina Milan
    • Aaron & Rebecca Milestone
    • Mrs. Ann Jean Millikan, Daughter of Prof. Louis B Kahn
    • Kaska Miskolczi
    • Pete Misner
    • Marilyn A. Moffitt
    • Edgar M. Moran, MD
    • Cathy Muste
    • Christopher Myers
    • Priscilla S. Naizghi
    • Chris Fowler O’Connor
    • Tyler O’Neill
    • Colm O’Toole
    • Melissa Pacetti
    • Jim Pacha*
    • Chris Parker
    • Bradford A. Patrick
    • Courtney J. Pavlovich
    • Bar Perry
    • Estate of Karl Pfenninger*
    • Estate of John Robert Phillips*
    • James Pinder
    • Mark Purves
    • Brad Reel
    • Stacey Reeves
    • Rikki and Guy Rehn
    • Angie Rozar
    • Michael Ray Russell
    • Tony Rutherford
    • Cece Cettina Sambataro
    • Anthony John Savory*
    • Elliott Schuchardt
    • Brian Schulman
    • Laura Sebastian Hundley
    • Richard Jay Seidel and Caren Kaplan*
    • Jerard Shannon
    • Richard Sheets
    • Donna Simmons
    • Aaron Simons
    • Matthew L. Stegall
    • Eren Alexander Steinhersch
    • Alf Stegmeyer
    • Luke A. Stovall
    • Duke Joshua Stow-Moulden
    • Carson Sullivan
    • Kristina M. Sutton
    • Susan Thaddies
    • Joolie Thordarson
    • Võ Thị Thuỳ
    • Scott Timm
    • Jennifer Kelly Trantanella
    • Rick Ulrich and Julia Busch
    • Kevin Valenta
    • Rev. Nathan and Betty Wadewitz
    • Jim Warhol
    • Roger Watts
    • Latanya Webster
    • Leigh Westin
    • Robert Earl Whitworth
    • Elizabeth Windsor
    • Donald Winslow
    • Todd Helicopter Wood
    • Steven Dee Yeutter*
    • Scott Zajac
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