WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION ORG: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization: WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION ORG (EIN 20-0049703)
Tax period: 2009-07-01 to 2010-06-30
Filed: 2011-04-01
IRS object ID: 201130919349300623
Schema version: 2009v1.7
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-04-01T22:21:18-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KPMG LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	55 Second Street 1400	AddressLine1
City	San Francisco	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	94105	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2009-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	200049703	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Wikimedia Foundation Inc	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	WIKI	NameControl
Phone	4158396885	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	149 New Montgomery 3rd Floor	AddressLine1
City	San Francisco	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	94105	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Veronique Kessler	Name
Title	Cfoo	Title
Date Signed	2011-03-29	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	4159635100	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2009	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Name Of Principal Officer Person	Veronique Kessler	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	149 New Montgomery 3rd Floor	AddressLine1
City	San Francisco	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	94105	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	16508344	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	www.wikimediafoundation.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2003	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	FL	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	The wikimedia foundation supports wikipedia and eight other wiki-based projects designed to enable people around the world to collaboratively develop educational materials for the benefit of all.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	10	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	10	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	36	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	100000	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	7664458	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	15226464	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	422906	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	1149842	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
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Investment Income Current Year	9270	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
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Other Revenue Current Year	-130710	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	8137235	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	16254866	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	17709	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
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Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
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Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	8231767	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	14542731	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain and to disseminate it effectively and globally. In collaboration with a network of chapters, the Foundation provides the essential infrastructure and an organizational framework for the support and development of multilingual wiki projects and other endeavors which serve this mission. The Foundation will make and keep useful information from its projects available on the Internet free of charge, in perpetuity.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	3268986	Expense
Grants	0	Grants
Revenue	1149842	Revenue
Description	Support Wikipedia.org (the 5th most popular web property in the world) and other websites where volunteers can collaborate to develop free educational resources. The Foundation's projects are used by more than 375 million people a month and are available in more than 270 languages and contain more than 16 million volunteer-authored articles. The overwhelming majority of the Foundation's project activities are carried out by an international network of volunteers whose activity is not reflected in Part IX of functional expenses.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	1779491	Expense
Grants	0	Grants
Revenue	0	Revenue
Description	DEVELOP AND MaiNTAIN OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE USED TO RUN wikipedia.org and other websites operated by wikimedia foundation with the goal of continuing innovation to facilitate the development of more and higher quality educational resources.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	2115720	Expense
Grants	116359	Grants
Revenue	0	Revenue
Description	foster the development of international wikimedia chapter organizations, advise and facilitate volunteer efforts, and build partnerships with like-minded organizations in order to recruit new volunteers, assess and improve the quality of existing content, reach new readers, and import new educational content.	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther

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Revenue	0	Revenue
Description	WIKIMANIA	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Total Of Other Program Service Grnt	266724	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceGrnt
Total Of Other Program Service Rev	0	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceRev
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Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Balance Sheet Amounts Reported	true	BalanceSheetAmountsReported
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
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School	false	School
Foreign Office	true	ForeignOffice
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More Than5000 K To Organizations	true	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	true	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
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Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
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Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	36	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	true	ForeignFinancialAccount
Name Of Foreign Country	BE	NameOfForeignCountry
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Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
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Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
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Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
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Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
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The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	VERONIQUE KESSLER	NamePerson
Telephone Number	4158396885	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	149 NEW MONTGOMERY 3RD FLOOR	AddressLine1
City	SAN FRANCISCO	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	94105	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (14 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
Michael Snow Through July 2010
Chair	10.0	X	X	0	0	0
Jan-Bart de Vreede
Vice-Chair	10.0	X	X	0	0	0
Stu West
Treasurer	10.0	X	X	0	0	0
Domas Mituzas Through July 2009
Executive Secretary	10.0	X	X	0	0	0
Jimmy Wales
Trustee (Founder)	10.0	X		0	0	0
Ting Chen
Trustee	10.0	X		0	0	0
Bishakha Datta
Trustee	10.0	X		0	0	0
Matt Halprin
Trustee	10.0	X		0	0	0
Samuel Klein Since 082009
Executive Secretary	10.0	X	X	0	0	0
Arne Klempert
Trustee	10.0	X		0	0	0
Kat Walsh
Trustee	10.0	X		0	0	0
Sue Gardner
Executive Director	40.0		X	222550	0	17609
Veronique Kessler
CFOO	40.0		X	124574	0	11270
Mike Godwin
General Counsel	40.0			124184	0	9025	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	471308	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	37904	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	3	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (3 entries)

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BRIDGESPAN GROUP
535 BOYLSTON STREET 10TH FLOOR	BOSTON	MA	02116	CONSULTING SERVICES	304210
FENTON COMMUNICATIONS
1438 WEBSTER STREET STE 205	OAKLAND	CA	94612	COMMUNICATIONS	195000
SQUIRE SANDERS AND DEMPSEY LLP
8000 TOWERS CRESCENT DRIVE 14 FLOO	TYSONS CORNER	VA	22182	LEGAL SERVICES	116627

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	3	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
All Other Contributions	15226464	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	253477	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	15226464	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
LICENSING FEES	518210	1004315	1004315
DATA PROVIDER SERVICES	518210	130667	130667
WIKIMANIA CONFERENCE	611600	14860	14860

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	1149842	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

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Total Revenue Column	11205	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$11,205	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	997	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$997	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	251543	Securities

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	253478	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-1935	Securities

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

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Total Revenue Column	-1935	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	-$1,935	ExclusionAmount

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (3 entries)

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE LOSS	900099	-162540	-$162,540
SPEAKER FEES	900099	5250	$5,250
NIH TRAINING	900099	20000	$20,000

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenue

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Total Revenue Column	5583	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$5,583	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	-131707	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

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Total Revenue Column	16254866	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1149842	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	-$121,440	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

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Total	5500	Total
Program Services	5500	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	377583	Total
Program Services	377583	ProgramServices

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	346800	Total
Program Services	95502	ProgramServices
Management And General	196344	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	54954	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

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Total	2421415	Total
Program Services	1706723	ProgramServices
Management And General	274897	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	439795	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	318630	Total
Program Services	224591	ProgramServices
Management And General	36171	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	57868	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	216698	Total
Program Services	142291	ProgramServices
Management And General	35617	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	38790	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	148065	Total
Program Services	133259	ProgramServices
Management And General	7403	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	7403	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

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Program Services	34857	ProgramServices
Management And General	8450	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	9506	Fundraising

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2382489	Total
Program Services	2112982	ProgramServices
Management And General	154703	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	114804	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	756870	Total
Program Services	489120	ProgramServices
Management And General	134681	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	133069	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

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Total	1119944	Total
Program Services	1098442	ProgramServices
Management And General	10119	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	11383	Fundraising

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	318541	Total
Program Services	210237	ProgramServices
Management And General	50967	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	57337	Fundraising

Travel Travel

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Management And General	121872	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	51611	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	15299	Total
Program Services	15299	ProgramServices

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	524341	Total
Program Services	471907	ProgramServices
Management And General	26217	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	26217	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7615	Total
Management And General	7615	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

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PAYPAL FEES	311564	311564
ASSET DISPOSITION	26849	10670	11671	4508
LOSS ON SUBLEASE	26125	4703	17242	4180
RETURN OF RESTRICTED DONATION	19729	19729
COMMISSION ON LICENSING FEES	58304		58304

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

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Total	26085	Total
Program Services	11337	ProgramServices
Management And General	4381	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	10367	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

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Total	9941851	Total
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Management And General	1078125	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1359770	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

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BOY	5893963	BOY
EOY	4664679	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	349508	BOY
EOY	2512698	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1300000	BOY
EOY	500000	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	72589	BOY
EOY	353375	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	186489	BOY
EOY	463537	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	2803528	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	1609948	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	799586	BOY
EOY	1193580	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	1699832	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	3839755	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	197721	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8602135	BOY
EOY	15425177	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	264368	BOY
EOY	732710	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	106000	BOY
EOY	139236	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	10500	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	370368	BOY
EOY	882446	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6164309	BOY
EOY	13876828	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2067458	BOY
EOY	665903	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8231767	BOY
EOY	14542731	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8602135	BOY
EOY	15425177	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1357614	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2280787	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	6533539	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	7664458	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	15226464	CurrentTaxYear
Total	33062862	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1357614	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2280787	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	6533539	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	7664458	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	15226464	CurrentTaxYear
Total	33062862	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	5343331	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	27719531	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	8224	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	27581	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	33382	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	32534	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	12202	CurrentTaxYear
Total	113923	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2517	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	6541	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	72246	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	30417	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	-131707	CurrentTaxYear
Total	-19986	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	33156799	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	1798853	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.83601	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.77619	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmts
Held Works Of Art Amts		HeldWorksOfArtAmts

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	0	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	0	Depreciation
Book Value	0	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	0	Depreciation
Book Value	0	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	2803528	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	1609948	Depreciation
Book Value	1193580	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	0	Depreciation
Book Value	0	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	1193580	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Financial Derivatives		FinancialDerivatives
Closely Held Equity Interests		CloselyHeldEquityInterests

Other Securities OtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITS	Description
Book Value	3839755	BookValue
Method Of Valuation	F	MethodOfValuation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Securities	3839755	TotalOfBookValueSecurities
Federal Income Tax Liability	0	FederalIncomeTaxLiability

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	REFUNDABLE DEPOSITS PAYABLE	Description
Amount	$10,500	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	10500	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	16254866	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	9941851	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	6313015	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	-2051	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Total Adjustments	-2051	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	6310964	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	16577757	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	-2051	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	502558	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	500507	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	16077250	RevenueSubtotal
Other Revenues Not Included	177616	OtherRevenuesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	177616	RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	16254866	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	10266793	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	502558	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	502558	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	9764235	ExpensesSubtotal
Other Expenses Not Included	177616	OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	177616	ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	9941851	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Part XIV	Identifier
Explanation	Part XII line 4b and Part XIII line 4b: 1)reclass Wikimania Conference revenue netted in expense; 2) reclass commission netted in licensing fees	Explanation

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	true	GrantRecordsMaintained

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable (30 entries)

RegionRegion	Number Of EmployeesNumberOfEmployees	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConducted	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvided	Total ExpendituresTotalExpenditures
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	0	Fundraising	NA	0
East Asia and the Pacific	0	Fundraising	NA	0
Middle East and North Africa	0	Fundraising	NA	0
North America	0	Fundraising	NA	0
Russia and the Newly Independent States	0	Fundraising	NA	0
South America	0	Fundraising	NA	0
South Asia	0	Fundraising	NA	0
Sub-Saharan Africa	0	Fundraising	NA	0
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	2	Program Services	OPERATE WIKIPEDIA	444831
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	4	Program Services	OPEN SOURCE	127498
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	0	Program Services	FOSTER VOLUNTEERS	19067
East Asia and the Pacific	1	Program Services	OPERATE WIKIPEDIA	33852
East Asia and the Pacific	3	Program Services	OPEN SOURCE	60855
South Asia	0	Program Services	FOSTER VOLUNTEERS	1503
Middle East and North Africa	0	Program Services	FOSTER VOLUNTEERS	1497
North America	0	Program Services	OPERATE WIKIPEDIA	2254
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	0	Program Services	WIKIMANIA	20046
South America	0	Program Services	WIKIMANIA	3179
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	0	Grantmaking	WIKIMANIA	37320
East Asia and the Pacific	0	Grantmaking	WIKIMANIA	9878
South Asia	0	Grantmaking	WIKIMANIA	8889
South America	0	Grantmaking	WIKIMANIA	7581
Russia and the Newly Independent States	0	Grantmaking	WIKIMANIA	3255
Middle East and North Africa	0	Grantmaking	WIKIMANIA	10976
North America	0	Grantmaking	WIKIMANIA	4027
East Asia and the Pacific	0	Grantmaking	FOSTER VOLUNTEERS	20608
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	0	Grantmaking	FOSTER VOLUNTEERS/WIKI	72451
South America	0	Grantmaking	FOSTER VOLUNTEERS/WIKI	176420
Sub-Saharan Africa	0	Grantmaking	FOSTER VOLUNTEERS	15801
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	0	Investments	n/A	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of Offices	0	TotalNumberOfOffices
Total Number Of Employees	10	TotalNumberOfEmployees
Total Amount Spent	1081788	TotalAmountSpent

Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS (9 entries)

RegionRegion	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursement	Description Of Non Cash AssistanceDescriptionOfNonCashAssistance	Method Of ValuationMethodOfValuation
East Asia/Pacific	further mission	7500	WIRE	none	fmv
East Asia/Pacific	CONFERENCE	6500	WIRE	none	fmv
East Asia/Pacific	FURTHER MISSION	6608	WIRE	none	fmv
Europe/Iceland/Greenland	further mission	8600	WIRE	none	fmv
Europe/Iceland/Greenland	further mission	40000	WIRE	none	fmv
Europe/Iceland/Greenland	further mission	6000	WIRE	none	fmv
Europe/Iceland/Greenland	further mission	8150	WIRE	none	fmv
Sub-Saharan Africa	further mission	15801	WIRE	none	fmv
South America	futher mission	174420	WIRE	NONE	fmv

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of501c3 Orgs	8	TotalNumberOf501c3Orgs
Total Number Of Other Orgs	0	TotalNumberOfOtherOrgs

Grants To Ind Outside US GrantsToIndOutsideUS (7 entries)

Type Of AssistanceTypeOfAssistance	RegionRegion	Number Of RecipientsNumberOfRecipients	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursement	Description Of Non Cash AssistanceDescriptionOfNonCashAssistance	Method Of ValuationMethodOfValuation
SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND CONFERENCE	Europe/Iceland/Greenland	23	37320	WIRE	none	fmv
SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND CONFERENCE	East Asia/Pacific	6	9878	WIRE	none	fmv
SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND CONFERENCE	South Asia	3	8889	WIRE	none	fmv
SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND CONFERENCE	South America	10	7581	WIRE	none	fmv
SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND CONFERENCE	Russia	2	3255	WIRE	none	fmv
SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND CONFERENCE	Middle East/North Africa	6	10976	WIRE	none	fmv
SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND CONFERENCE	North America	4	4027	WIRE	none	fmv

Form990 Schedule F Part IV Form990ScheduleFPartIV (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
GRANTS FUNDS OUTSIDE THE U.S.-	Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds outside the U.S.-	Potential grantees participate in a grants application process by providing a proposal. The proposal contains a description of the mission related work they are proposing, a budget, a timeline and how this will impact the mission goals. Once an applicant is awarded a grant, they receive an email stipulating that by accepting funds,they agree to the reporting requirements which include maintaining receipts/documentation of expenses, agreeing to return unused funds and/or submit a request for reallocation of funds, and submission of a final report which includes an estimate of the impact of the funded activities on mission goals and a summary of best practices and lessons learned. These reports are submitted to and reviewed by the deputy director.
Grant Funds to Individuals	Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds to individuals	Grants to individuals follow the same process as other grants unless they are travel scholarships. Individuals apply for travel scholarships (primarily to attend the annual conference, Wikimania) and applications are reviewed and either accepted or denied. In most cases, travel is then arranged for the individual and paid for directly by The Wikimedia Foundation. In very limited cases, individuals book travel themselves and provide receipts to the Foundation which then reimburses them based on the receipts.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Name Business RecipientNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Wikimedia New York City Inc	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	227 Dean Street	AddressLine1
City	Brooklyn	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11217	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN Of Recipient	270520584	EINOfRecipient
IRC Section	501(c)(3)	IRCSection
Amount Of Cash Grant	5500	AmountOfCashGrant
Amount Of Non Cash Assistance	0	AmountOfNonCashAssistance
Method Of Valuation	fmv	MethodOfValuation
Description Of Non Cash Assistance	none	DescriptionOfNonCashAssistance
Purpose Of Grant	Organize conference	PurposeOfGrant

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	1	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations	0	TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	MONITORING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE I PART I QUESTION 2	ReturnReference
Explanation	Potential grantees participate in a grants application process by providing a proposal. The proposal contains a description of the mission related work they are proposing, a budget, a timeline and how this will impact the mission goals. Once an applicant is awarded a grant, they receive an email stipulating that by accepting funds,they agree to the reporting requirements which include maintaining receipts/documentation of expenses, agreeing to return unused funds and/or submit a request for reallocation of funds, and submission of a final report which includes an estimate of the impact of the funded activities on mission goals and a summary of best practices and lessons learned. These reports are submitted to and reviewed by the deputy director. Schedule I Part II - Purpose of grant to Wikimedia New York City, Inc.: To organize a conference of the North American Wikimedia community and to organize a photo competition to document the NYC region.	Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	X	CompensationCommittee
Independent Consultant	X	IndependentConsultant
Form990 Of Other Organizations	X	Form990OfOtherOrganizations
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Sue Gardner	NamePerson
Base Compensation Filing Org	150050	BaseCompensationFilingOrg
Comp Based On Related Orgs	0	CompBasedOnRelatedOrgs
Bonus Filing Org	72500	BonusFilingOrg
Bonus Related Orgs	0	BonusRelatedOrgs
Other Compensation Related Orgs	0	OtherCompensationRelatedOrgs
Deferred Comp Filing Org	0	DeferredCompFilingOrg
Deferred Comp Related Orgs	0	DeferredCompRelatedOrgs
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	17609	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg
Nontaxable Benefits Related Orgs	0	NontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgs
Total Compensation Filing Org	240159	TotalCompensationFilingOrg
Total Compensation Related Orgs	0	TotalCompensationRelatedOrgs
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrg
Comp Report Prior990 Related Orgs	0	CompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Works Of Art		WorksOfArt
Art Historical Treasures		ArtHistoricalTreasures
Art Fractional Interest		ArtFractionalInterest
Books And Publications		BooksAndPublications
Clothing And Household Goods		ClothingAndHouseholdGoods
Cars And Other Vehicles		CarsAndOtherVehicles
Boats And Planes		BoatsAndPlanes
Intellectual Property		IntellectualProperty

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	3	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	253477	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	average market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities Closely Held Stock		SecuritiesCloselyHeldStock
Securities Prtnrshp Trust Intrsts		SecuritiesPrtnrshpTrustIntrsts
Securities Miscellaneous		SecuritiesMiscellaneous
Qualified Contrib Hist Struct		QualifiedContribHistStruct
Qualified Contrib Other		QualifiedContribOther
Real Estate Residential		RealEstateResidential
Real Estate Commercial		RealEstateCommercial
Real Estate Other		RealEstateOther
Collectibles		Collectibles
Food Inventory		FoodInventory
Drugs And Medical Supplies		DrugsAndMedicalSupplies
Taxidermy		Taxidermy
Historical Artifacts		HistoricalArtifacts
Scientific Specimens		ScientificSpecimens
Archaeological Artifacts		ArchaeologicalArtifacts
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsed

Form990 Schedule M Part II Form990ScheduleMPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Part I, line 9	Identifier
Explanation	The organization is reporting the number of contributions received.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990 Part III Line 4d	support the planning and implementation of an annual conference, wikimania, to bring together volunteer contributors to the educational projects operated by the wikimedia foundation. Form 990 Part VI, line 11A Review of Form 990: The first draft of the 990 was developed by an external accounting firm under the direction of the Chief Financial and Operating Officer. It was reviewed for accuracy and completeness by the CFOO, and then by the Executive Director. Then, a meeting of the audit committee was held at which the CFOO walked through the draft in detail for the audit committee's approval. Once the audit committee approved a final version, the treasurer provided it to the Board members prior to it being filed with the IRS.
Form 990 part VI, line 12	Conflict of interest: The organization's Board Members, Officers, and Key Employees (covered persons) complete annually a Conflict of Interest Statement the purpose of which is to identify any personal, family and/or business relationships and/or transactions that may pose a potential conflict. These forms are submitted to the general counsel and are reviewed by the Board. Additionally, the covered persons also complete annually a Pledge of Personal Commitment that affirms that the individual is in compliance with the Conflict of Interest Policy and that the individual will promptly notify the Executive Director and the Board Chair when a conflict or potential conflict arises. Furthermore, in the case of a conflict, the individual agrees to refrain from using his or her personal influence to encourage the Foundation to enter the transaction and must physically excuse himself or herself from any further discussions other than to answer questions about the transaction. In the case of potential conflict, the remaining Board members review the potential transaction to determine whether said transaction is fair and reasonable to the Foundation and legal counsel is consulted as necessary to ensure that such a transaction would not constitute an excess benefit transaction.
Form 990 Part VI Line 15a and 15b	Form 990 Part VI Line 15a- The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is responsible for determining the compensation of the Executive Director, and has delegated that responsibility to the ED Evaluation Committee and board treasurer which is comprised of independent Board members. For 2009 compensation, in setting the ED's compensation,the Evaluation Committee has secured and reviewed comparability data about non-profit CEO compensation for organizations of similar size and scope to the Wikimedia Foundation, including salary, bonuses and non-monetary benefits and perquisites. The information came from a variety of sources including Guidestar, Boardsource, the Center for Non-Profit Management, and the Non-Profit Times. Additionally,recruiters at Russell Reynolds, Korn/Ferry, and Spencer Stuart were consulted with to review potential compensation packages and to provide feedback. The committee also consulted with independent experts in the field. The Evaluation Committee also annually sets performance goals with the Executive Director, and works with her to evaluate performance against those goals. Both compensation and performance assessment information is shared with the full Board for its review and approval. At various points in the process, discussions and deliberations are reviewed via email. Once deliberations are complete, the final determination is summarized by the Board Treasurer in writing, including the members present and voting, the comparative data used and the deliberations and decisions of the committee. Form 990 Part VI Line 15b- The Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director is responsible for determining the compensation of all Wikimedia Foundation officers and key employees (with the exception of herself). In setting compensation for Wikimedia Foundation officers and key employees, the Executive Director has secured and reviewed comparability data about compensation at organizations of similar size and scope to the Wikimedia Foundation, including salary, bonuses and non-monetary benefits and perquisites. The information came from a variety of sources including Guidestar, Boardsource, the Center for Non-Profit Management, the Non-Profit Times, the San Francisco Business Times, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services and the Meyer Foundation. Additionally, the Executive Director and her staff have consulted with independent experts in the field, including those with specific subject-matter expertise in areas of non-monetary compensation such as health and dental coverage and retirement saving plans. The Executive Director also annually sets performance goals with officers and key employees, and works with them to evaluate performance based on those goals. Both compensation and performance assessment information is shared at a high level with the Board of Trustees, but the Board does not review this information in detail, nor does it approve specifics.
Form 990 Part VI, line 19	The organization's website includes links to its governing documents, its conflict of interest policy and its audited financial statements. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Bylaws http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest_policy http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Financial_reports