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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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Logo of the Wikimedia Foundation,
designed by Wikipedia user "
Neolux"
Type Not-for-profit corporation
Founded June 20, 2003
Headquarters Template:Country data US [[City:=St. Petersburg|St. Petersburg]], [[State_Name:=Florida|Florida]], [[Country_Name:=United States|USA]]
Key peopleFlorence Nibart-Devouard, Chair of the Board
Jimmy Wales, Chairman Emeritus
Erik Möller, Executive Secretary
Michael E. Davis, Treasurer
Tim Shell, Vice-Chair[1]
Brad Patrick, Counsel[2]
Danny Wool, Assistant
Brion Vibber, Chief Technical Officer
IndustryInternet
ProductsWikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks (including Wikijunior and Wikiversity), Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies, Wikinews, and Meta-Wiki
Revenuenon-profit
Employees5 paid employees
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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, 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 deductible for U.S. federal income tax purposes.