[Edited extract from public address]
You might donate because Wikipedia is useful to you. That’s one of the main reasons people tell me when asked why they support Wikipedia. But what may surprise you is that one of the top reasons people don’t give is because they can’t afford to.
At the Wikimedia Foundation, we believe that no one should have to pay to learn. We believe knowledge should always be free. We will never charge anyone to use Wikipedia. So how do we afford the infrastructure of one of the world’s most popular websites?
Because of the generosity of people like you.
Common ways to give
https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ways_to_Give
PS. Many employers will generously match employee contributions: please check with your employer to see if they have a corporate matching gift program.
MORE:
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 98204, Washington, DC 20090-8204, USA.
U.S. tax-exempt number: 20-0049703
Katherine Maher, Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation
Donations Email: donate@wikimedia.org
Website: www.wikimedia.org
Wikipedia is yours: yours to read, yours to edit, yours in which to get lost. We’re not the destination, we’re the beginning.
The essential story of Wikipedia is the story of an individual, like you, giving a little bit of themselves to keep the doors of discovery open. Your contribution shows a spirit of our vision is alive and well.You might donate because Wikipedia is useful to you. That’s one of the main reasons people tell me when asked why they support Wikipedia. But what may surprise you is that one of the top reasons people don’t give is because they can’t afford to.
At the Wikimedia Foundation, we believe that no one should have to pay to learn. We believe knowledge should always be free. We will never charge anyone to use Wikipedia. So how do we afford the infrastructure of one of the world’s most popular websites?
Because of the generosity of people like you.
Common ways to give
https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ways_to_Give
PS. Many employers will generously match employee contributions: please check with your employer to see if they have a corporate matching gift program.
MORE:
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 98204, Washington, DC 20090-8204, USA.
U.S. tax-exempt number: 20-0049703
Katherine Maher, Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation
Donations Email: donate@wikimedia.org
Website: www.wikimedia.org