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company_type = [[Not-for-profit corporation]] |
 
company_type = [[Not-for-profit corporation]] |
 
foundation = [[June 20]], [[2003]] |
 
foundation = [[June 20]], [[2003]] |
location_city = St. Petersburg, Florida |
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location = {{flagicon|US}} [[City:=St. Petersburg|[[St. Petersburg]]]], [[State_Name:=Florida|[[Florida]]]], [[Country_Name:=United States|[[United States|USA]]]] |
location_country = USA |
   
key_people = [[Florence Nibart-Devouard]], Chair of the Board<br/>[[Jimmy Wales]], Chairman Emeritus<br>[[Erik Möller]], Executive Secretary<br>[[Michael E. Davis]], Treasurer<br>[[Tim Shell]], Vice-Chair<ref>[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees], last modified [[October 27]], [[2006]]</ref><br>Brad Patrick, Counsel<ref>[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Current_staff Wikimedia Foundation Current Staff], last modified [[October 2]], [[2006]].</ref><br>[[Danny Wool]], Assistant<br>[[Brion Vibber]], Chief Technical Officer  |
 
key_people = [[Florence Nibart-Devouard]], Chair of the Board<br/>[[Jimmy Wales]], Chairman Emeritus<br>[[Erik Möller]], Executive Secretary<br>[[Michael E. Davis]], Treasurer<br>[[Tim Shell]], Vice-Chair<ref>[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees], last modified [[October 27]], [[2006]]</ref><br>Brad Patrick, Counsel<ref>[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Current_staff Wikimedia Foundation Current Staff], last modified [[October 2]], [[2006]].</ref><br>[[Danny Wool]], Assistant<br>[[Brion Vibber]], Chief Technical Officer  |
 
industry = [[Internet]] |
 
industry = [[Internet]] |
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homepage = [http://wikimediafoundation.org wikimediafoundation.org]|
 
homepage = [http://wikimediafoundation.org wikimediafoundation.org]|
 
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The '''Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.''' is the parent organization of the [[Wikipedia]], [[Wiktionary]], [[Wikiquote]], [[Wikibooks]] (including [[Wikijunior]]), [[Wikisource]], [[Wikimedia Commons]], [[Wikispecies]], [[Wikinews]], [[Wikiversity]], and [[Meta-Wiki]] collaborative projects. It is a [[not-for-profit corporation]] based in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], [[United States|USA]], and organized under the laws of the state of [[Florida]]. Its existence was officially announced by Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]], who was hitherto running Wikipedia within his company [[Bomis]], on [[June 20]], [[2003]]. Its approval by the U.S. [[Internal Revenue Service]], by letter in April 2005, as an educational foundation in the category "Adult, Continuing Education" means all contributions to the Wikimedia Foundation are [[Tax deduction|tax deductible]] for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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