Wikimedia Foundation Org
EIN 20-0049703 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 2 grants · $65.6k
Who it funds most
24 of its 42 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Wikimedia Foundation Org's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2022, filing 202431349349306233
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Form 990 | $274.1m | — | $168.3m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns6 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202611339349306831 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202511199349301026 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202431349349306233 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202311249349301126 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202241369349307899 | IRS batch file |
| 2019 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202101319349300105 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Wikimedia Foundation Org made 101 grants across 2019–2024, totalling $37.3m as filed.
- Grants
- 101
- Total, as filed
- $37.3m
- Years
- 2019–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| TIDES FOUNDATION | 3 | $12.0m |
| Tides Advocacy | 1 | $8.7m |
| WIKIMEDIA ENDOWMENT | 2 | $2.4m |
| WIKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION | 4 | $1.9m |
| ARTFEMINISM INC | 5 | $1.8m |
| BLACK LUNCH TABLE | 5 | $1.1m |
| WHOSE KNOWLEDGE | 4 | $781.6k |
| YALE UNIVERSITY | 4 | $670.0k |
| WIKIMEDIA NEW YORK CITY | 3 | $644.6k |
| FRACTURED ATLAS INC | 5 | $598.8k |
| TIDES FOUNDATIONPO BOX 29903 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129 | 1 | $516.6k |
| WIKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION 11 FUNSTON AVE SUITE A SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129 | 1 | $500.0k |
| WIKITONGUES INC | 4 | $435.1k |
| IDEAS BEYOND BORDERS | 2 | $415.3k |
| WIKI SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC INC DBA WIKIMEDIA DC | 3 | $386.3k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15 | $15.4m |
| 2020 | 14 | $6.6m |
| 2021 | 21 | $3.3m |
| 2022 | 17 | $3.9m |
| 2023 | 16 | $3.6m |
| 2024 | 18 | $4.4m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-200049703. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified