In an effort to stay free of advertising for another year, the Wikimedia Foundation raised $16 million to support Wikipedia, the world’s fifth largest website.
In an effort to stay free of advertising for another year, the Wikimedia Foundation raised $16 million to support Wikipedia, the world’s fifth largest website with an estimated 400,000 million users. Doubling the amount raised in 2009, more than 500,000 individuals from 140 countries donated an average of $22, with $13.7 million coming via the internet, including 130,000 donations to local Wikimedia chapters.