The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit foundation.

Their main headquarters are

in the United States. The Wikimedia Foundation runs many projects using the wik
i idea and the MediaWiki software. These projects include Wikipedia, Wiktionary,
Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, Wikimedia Commons, Wik
idata, Wikivoyage, and Meta-Wiki.[1]
There are many other wikis related to the foundation, but these are mostly small
er projects. They include the Wikimedia Foundation wiki, the MediaWiki wiki, the
Test Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Incubator, Bugzilla, and the Wikimania wiki.
The foundation's creation was officially announced by Wikipedia co-founder[2][3]
Jimmy Wales, who was running Wikipedia within his company Bomis, on June 20, 20
03.
The foundation gets most of its funds from donations, as it is nonprofit. It als
o looks for grants. Some companies have helped Wikimedia by giving free computer
hardware, and by hosting servers. Since people can write the wikis, Wikimedia p
rojects are free to use.
Patricio Lorente is the current Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board.[4]
Contents
1 The different boards
1.1 Board of Trustees
1.2 Advisory Board
2 References
3 Other websites
The different boards
Board of Trustees
Board members at Wikimania 2009 in Buenos Aires
The Board of Trusteesis in charge of all the affairs of the Foundation. It ihas
ten members:
four who are appointed by the Board itself;
three who are selected by the community of all the different Wikimedia proje
cts;
two who are selected by the local chapters and thematic organizations;
and one emeritus for the foundation's founder, Jimmy Wales.
Advisory Board
The Foundation also has an Advisory Board, an international network of experts w
ho have agreed to give the foundation meaningful help on a regular basis in many
different areas, including law, organizational development, technology, policy,
and outreach.[5]