Wikipedia raises $6.2 M, exceeds 2008 fundraising goal
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization behind Wikipedia, the world’s largest free online encyclopedia, announced that it has passed its fundraising goal of $6 million for 2008. As of today, $6.2 million has been raised from over 125,000 donors.
A personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, posted in December on the web sites of Wikipedia and The Wikimedia Foundation, raked in $2 million from over 50,000 contributors in just eight days. The financial support will… Continue Reading