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Wikimedia Foundation – Frequently Asked Questions

En resumen, ¿qué es Wikipedia? y ¿qué es Wikimedia?

Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) es la enciclopedia más grande y popular del mundo. Publicada en Internet, es de libre uso para cualquier propósito y no contiene publicidad. Wikipedia contiene más de 47 de artículos escritos por autores voluntarios en más de 276 idiomas, y es visitada por más de 430 millones de personas cada mes, por lo que es uno de los sitios más populares en el mundo.

Se trata de una creación colectiva complementada y modificada por millones de personas durante el último decenio: cualquiera pueda editar en ella, en cualquier momento. Se ha convertido en la mayor recopilación de conocimiento compartido de la historia de la humanidad. Las personas que la mantienen tienen en común su deseo de aprender, la curiosidad intelectual y la conciencia del hecho de que todos podemos aprender más juntos que cada uno por sí mismo.

La Fundación Wikimedia es una organización sin ánimo de lucro que opera Wikipedia y otros proyectos de conocimiento libre. En conjunto, estos sitios ocupan el quinto puesto de visitas en la web. La Fundación Wikimedia es una organización sin ánimo de lucro con oficinas en San Francisco, California, EE.UU., y exenta (desde abril de 2005) del pago de impuestos bajo la sección 501 (c) (3) del Código de Rentas Internas de los EE.UU. el cual reconoce su misión de caridad pública. La carta de exención de impuestos, nuestros informes financieros y declaraciones anuales están disponibles para su inspección.

Nuestra misión es apoyar a una comunidad global de voluntarios que recopilan y desarrollan todo el conocimiento del mundo y lo ponen a disposición de todos, independientemente de su uso. Trabajamos con una red de asociaciones locales de muchos países para lograr este objetivo.

Si hago una donación a Wikimedia, ¿a qué se dedica mi dinero?

Las donaciones se dedican al pago del salario de nuestros empleados y tecnología. Aunque Wikipedia junto con sus proyectos hermanos sirven a 430 millones de persones cada mes, solo emplea 302 personas; vea la descripción de nuestra plantilla.

Nuestros empleados están distribuidos en tres departamentos: tecnología (operaciones del sitio web y programación); comunidad (relaciones públicas, publicidad y programas comunitarios, donaciones), y desrrollo global (mantenimiento de los programas de los capítulos globales y el crecimiento de Wikimedia a novel mundial). El resto trabajan en supervisión, finanzas y administración, incluyendo la protección legal de nuestra obra. Su donación también paga los servidores, ancho de banda, y espacio en la web utilizados para la disponibilidad y desarrollo continuo de Wikimedia. Si dona a un capítulo local en su área geográfica, su dinero ayuda tanto a la Fundación Wikimedia como a las actividades en su país.

Por encima de todo, la Fundación Wikimedia existe para apoyar e incrmentar la vasta red de voluntarios que escriben y editan en la Wikipedia y sus proyectos adjuntos — más de 100,000 personas en el mundo.

¿Dónde puedo encontrar más información sobre las finanzas del proyecto?

El Informe Anual de la Fundación Wikimedia 2009–2010 cubre solo el período del primero de julio de 2009 al 30 de junio de 2010) con un anticipo del año siguiente. Este es nuestro tercer informe anual. El informe anual de la Fundación Wikimedia es un resumen de la finanzas de la organización, las actividades de los programas, metas y logros.

El Plan Anual 2011-2012 detalla nuestro presupuesto para el próximo año. Continen un resumen de nuestros objetivos estratégicos, gastos e ingresos detallados con justificaciones completas y análisis de riesgos.

Pinche en las imágenes siguientes para descargar copias del Informe Anual o del Plan Anual.

	Plan Anual 2011-2012
Descargue el Informe Anual 2009–2010 : Versión PDF (5.0 MB)	Descargue el Plan Anual 2011-2012: PDF version (400 KB) Plan Anual 2011-2012 — FAQ

¿Cual es el plan? ¿A dónde nos lleva esto?

Como fundador de Wikimedia, jimmy Wales lo describe asi: «Imagina un mundo en el que cada ser humano pudiera compartir libremente la suma de todo el conocimiento».

Nos tomamos en serio esta visión. Cada mes, más de 430 millones de personas de todo el mundo están usando Wikipedia. Está disponible en red, en tu dispositivo movil, en DVD, en libros y muchas otras formas. Aspiramos a llegar a todo el mundo y a proporcionar continuamente más y mejor información.

Con el apoyo de un intenso proceso de planificación impulsado por la comunidad, en 2010 la Junta Directiva de la Fundación Wikimedia establece las «metas grandes, peludas y audaces» de Wikimedia. Estas objetivos a cinco años (PDF) incluyen aunmentar el alcance global de Wikimedia hasta un billón de personas y el número de artículos en Wikipedia a 50 millones. También estamos aumentando y diversificando dramaticamente la participación y midiendo y mejorando la calidad de todo el contenido de Wikimedia.

Wikimedia no es una organización tradicional. Es un movimiento global. El nucleo del trabajo es realizado por miles de voluntarios de todo el mundo. Esta comunidad de voluntarios es apoyada por una red de organizaciones, con la Fundación Wikimedia en el centro, trabajando en equipo con grupos geográficamente concentrados en 37 regiones o paises. Es nuestra comunidad voluntaria la que nos permite llegar a tanto con tan poco.

Estas son algunas de las actividades en las que nos centramos ahora mismo:

	Manejar la quinta propiedad más grande de internet En su corazón, Wikimedia necesita excelencia operativa para continuar existiendo. Hasta 2011, estamos usando varios cientos de servidores en tres localizaciones. Como nuestro tráfico global continua creciendo, nuestro afan es proporcionar la mejor experiencia posible en nuestro sitio web a la gente de todo el mundo, maximizar el rendimiento y asegurar que toda la información en los proyectos Wikimedia es segura. Fotografía: servidores de Wikimedia en nuestras instalaciones de hospedaje en Florida
	Dar a los voluntarios de Wikipedia las mejores herramientas posibles para hacer su trabajo El nucleo tecnológico que hace posible que exista Wikipedia y sus proyectos hermanos, el wiki, fue inventado en 1995. Las cosas han cambiado desde entonces. Los proyectos de Wikimedia han dado lugar a un software de código wiki libre llamado MediaWiki, el cual desarrollamos y mejoramos. Como minimo, hay que mantenerse al día con las tendencias clave en la red en constante cambio de la que somos parte. Como es un software de código libre, todos pueden usarlo y mejorarlo. Fotografía: Diagrama de afinidad creado en base al estudio de usabilidad de Wikipedia.
	Desarrollar recursos de reclutamiento de nuevos voluntarios Wikimedia está hecha para la gente. Para que nuestra comunidad global crezca, necesitamos estimular a la gente ante la perspectiva de formar parte de ella, y ayudarles es sus primeros pasos. A este fin, desarrollamos y mantenemos una biblioteca de recursos, como videos y capturas de pantalla, pero también manuales impresos y otros formatos dependiendo del público al que van dirigidos (para profesores, bibliotecarios, estudiantes…). Mira nuestra biblioteca de recursos. Video: Voluntarios de Wikimedia hablan sobre sus motivaciones. Grabado en la conferencia Wikimanía 2010 (se verá mejor en Firefox).
	Organización de eventos comunitarios y de difusión en todo el mundo Una vez al año, cientos de voluntarios de Wikimedia se reunen en Wikimania, cada vez en una localización diferente. (¡Ven! En verano de 2012 Wikimania estará en Washington DC, EEUU.) Y las organizaciones de Wikimedia han protagonizado decenas de eventos adicionales, concursos y conferencias en todo el mundo. Algunas están ideadas para reclutar nuevos voluntarios, otras le dan espacio a la comunidad para reflexionar sobre su trabajo y para hacerlo. Reconocen que el valor de la unión de la gente cuando se reunen por su pasión hacia la misión de Wikimedia ha sido la clave del éxito. Fotografía: Participantes de la competicion de estudiantes «Libera tu conocimiento» en Indonesia escuchando la presentación (2010).
	Partnering with cultural institutions. Galleries, libraries, archives, and museums protect and make available the world's history, culture and knowledge. Their mission is to serve and inform the public, just like Wikimedia's. We've successfully partnered with cultural institutions around the world – not just in working with them to make digital reproductions available for free, but also in improving Wikipedia articles and other content related to their collections and archives. Wikimedia chapters are playing a lead role in organizing conferences and meetings targeting the cultural sector, and executing partnerships. Photograph: Wikipedia volunteers at a "backstage pass" event organized by the British Museum (2010).
	Working with the educational sector. In the age of the open web, there's the potential for student projects to be more than just exercises. Pioneering professors have long assigned Wikipedia writing as coursework to their students. Everybody wins: students get an audience for their work, teachers successfully motivate their students, and readers get better articles. Wikimedia chapters have also reached out to schools to develop media literacy and to promote responsible use of Wikipedia in the classroom. Photograph: Indiana University students of Barry Rubin's Seminar in Urban Economic Development are improving Wikipedia articles as part of their coursework.
	Providing access to Wikipedia everywhere. The next billion people to discover the web will do it using mobile phones, some without ever having touched a laptop. We need to make sure that our sites and services work both on modern smartphones and (to the extent it's possible) on lower-end devices. Our current mobile version is a start and we'll continue to improve it (including moving beyond the read-only experience). And for people with no or intermittent Internet access, we're supporting copies of Wikipedia that can be used completely offline, including projects like the WikiReader, offline readers for desktops and smartphones, and printed versions of Wikimedia content. Photograph: Wikipedia's mobile version works on the PlayStation Portable – and on your smartphone.
	Informing our decision-making with facts and data. Analytics, research, experiments and forecasts are essential to make good decisions in a complex environment like Wikimedia. The Wikimedia Foundation Report Card and the Statistics Portal provide a wealth of up-to-date analysis which helps us understand the impact of our work. The Strategy Wiki is a public planning space where longer term trends are analyzed. Research projects provide us with in-depth analysis and experiments, supported by the volunteer-driven Research Committee. We're data nerds – what else would you expect from the kinds of people who love working on an online encyclopedia? Illustration: Projection regarding availability of mature language editions useful to different segments of the world's population.

The Wikimedia Foundation isn't a start-up company that will fade away in a few years. We're in this for the long haul. Everything we do is aimed at providing you, and the rest of the world, with free and immediate access to all the world's knowledge. Join us!

Which projects do you support?

The Wikimedia Foundation supports Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and one of the five most-visited websites world-wide. From the founding of Wikipedia in January 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded to more than 6,000,000 articles today. All Wikipedia languages combined contain more than 47,000,000 articles.

Besides Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation also supports:

• Wikimedia Commons, a media repository containing more than 43,000,000 freely usable images, videos, and sound files
• Wikibooks, a project to create free textbooks
• Wiktionary, a multilingual dictionary and thesaurus
• Wikisource, a library of source texts containing more than 3,200,000 proofread pages in 49 languages
• Wikinews, a citizen news website
• Wikiversity, an interactive learning platform
• Wikiquote, a collection of quotations
• Wikispecies, a directory of life on Earth

We lead and support the development of MediaWiki, the open source wiki software behind all our public websites. We help to organize outreach and community events to encourage people to contribute to our projects, and we provide downloadable offline copies and database archives of Wikipedia content.

The Wikimedia Foundation is not affiliated with WikiLeaks.

More information may be found on the page about our projects.

How do you balance keeping Wikipedia open with making it more reliable?

We believe increased participation makes Wikipedia better. At the same time, we must maintain the tough standards that have made Wikipedia respected by scientists, academics, journalists, and foundations.

How is the Wikimedia Foundation run?

The Wikimedia Foundation has a staff of 302, led by the Executive Director, Sue Gardner. The staff supports the work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who contribute content to the Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia Foundation is also supported by countless volunteers participating through committees, as interns, or on an ad hoc basis.

The Board of Trustees articulates the mission and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation, reviews and helps to develop long term plans, provides oversight, and supports the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts. It is the ultimate organizational authority of the Wikimedia Foundation as defined in its bylaws. See Meetings for published Board minutes and Resolutions for published Board resolutions. The Board is partially elected from the community of contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The Board is supported by an Advisory Board, chaired by Angela Beesley Starling.

We have an office, located in San Francisco, California (USA), where most of our employees are working. All board members and remaining staff work remotely.

We strive to operate highly transparently, and have published key policies and financial information.

How is the Wikimedia Foundation funded?

Wikimedia is funded primarily through donations from hundreds of thousands of individuals, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see benefactors).

The Wikimedia Foundation receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world. The average donation is quite small, but their sheer numbers have ensured our success. People make contributions year-round, and once a year the Wikimedia Foundation makes a formal request for donations.

We are not considering advertising as a source of revenue.

The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See deductibility of donations for details. Click here for details on how to make a donation via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact us through donatewikimedia.org.

How much money are you hoping to raise?

The 2011-12 plan posits revenue of $29.5 million, a 24% increase over projected revenue of $23.8 million for 2010-11.

More details about our finances can be found in our financial reports. Here is our 2011-12 Plan (PDF), and here is the Questions and Answers page related to it.

Who else is supporting you in this goal?

Most of our funding comes from individuals – people like you. We also receive grants from community and private foundations, as well as in-kind contributions from corporations. They can be seen on our Benefactors page.

Where can I learn more about your recent activities?

For the fiscal year 2009-10, please Download the 2009-2010 Annual Report: PDF version (5.0 MB)

If you want to keep up with Wikimedia events more regularly, we recommend the following sources:

• the Wikimedia Foundation blog
• Planet Wikimedia, which includes Wikimedia community blogs
• the Wikimedia Announcements mailing list, which includes announcements from chapters and community members

How do I donate?

To donate, please visit our fundraising page. You can donate using any major credit card (including VISA, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), PayPal, Moneybookers, bank transfer, or by sending a check to the Foundation. Our donation options support many (although not all) currencies.

Can I make an automatic monthly gift?

Yes. The Wikimedia Foundation supports monthly recurring giving - you can sign up by going to this page. Monthly recurring donations are processed by PayPal, but may be funded using any of their approved payment methods, which include credit cards. You will be required to set up a PayPal account. Recurring gifts happen once per month, on the anniversary of the date you made your first monthly gift, and continue for 12 months. During the twelfth month, you will be sent a notification asking you whether you wish to continue the gift. If you do not, do nothing. The gift will not automatically renew. If you wish to extend it for another year, follow the instructions that will be provided then.

Can you withdraw my monthly gift directly from my bank account?

While the Wikimedia Foundation can not directly withdraw your gift from your bank account, you may fund your PayPal account that way - see PayPal for up-to-date instructions.

What if I need to cancel my automatic monthly gift?

We understand that circumstances may change. If you need to cancel your monthly gift, log into your PayPal account, locate the "subscription creation" line item, click "details", and then click "cancel subscription". You will not be billed any further monthly payments. Alternatively, you can cancel by contacting the Wikimedia Foundation (email givingwikimedia.org) with your name, your email address, and a telephone number (so that we can let you know it has been cancelled).

Where do I send checks?

Send checks to:

Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 98204
Washington, DC 20090-8204
USA

Note: donations by check are processed directly at our centralized lockbox location which is in Washington, DC.

Our preference is for checks in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. bank accounts. Checks in currencies other than U.S. dollars, or from bank accounts outside the U.S., can be very expensive for us to process, which reduces the value of your gift. If you do not have a U.S. bank account, you can maximize the value of your donation by giving via credit card, PayPal or wire transfer.

Where do I send forms, letters or other materials to the Wikimedia Foundation?

Please send all correspondence, including Payroll Deduction applications and Matching Gifts forms, to our secure lockbox address:

Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 98204
Washington, DC 20090-8204
USA

Note: donations by check are processed directly at our centralized lockbox location which is in Washington, DC.

Can I make a stock donation to the Wikimedia Foundation?

The Wikimedia Foundation accepts stock donations. You can make a donation by transferring stock from your brokerage to ours by providing your broker with our name, investment account number and DTCC clearing number.

Account holder name: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Financial broker: Smith Barney
Investment account number: 546-0356C-14-782
DTCC Clearing account number: #0418

Are my donations tax-deductible?

Please refer to the list of countries for the details of tax-deductibility.

If I make a donation, how do I get my tax receipt?

If you donate by PayPal or credit card, you'll receive a tax receipt by e-mail, as long as your e-mail address was included with your donation. Donations by check over $50 will receive a tax receipt by mail, if you gave us your return address. You may also request a tax receipt for your donation by writing us at givingwikimedia.org (please include your contact information, the method you used to donate, and the amount of your donation).

Can I give you a targeted or restricted donation to be used for something very specific?

Charities based in the United States, including the Wikimedia Foundation, are required to honor restrictions requested by donors. This means that if you specify your donation needs to be restricted for a specific use, we will either honor your request or return your donation. But before you decide to do that, please consider that unrestricted donations are much more useful for us. Every restriction imposes administrative overhead and planning costs, and increases internal complexity.

Why is there a minimum donation?

The minimum donation amount is $1. We receive small donations from people who don't have much money, and we are really, really grateful to those donors. Truly, if the gift is meaningful to you, it's meaningful to us. But, it's not uncommon for people to use donation mechanisms such as ours to test stolen credit cards to see if they work. Those people typically use a very small dollar amount for their testing: we find a $1 minimum donation amount seems to deter them.

What can I do to help you spread the word?

Spread the word any way you can! Tell your friends and family. Tell them what Wikipedia means to you. Ask them if they use it and if so, what it means to them. Use this text as the signature file on the bottom of your emails:

We’ve created the greatest collection of shared knowledge in history. Help protect Wikipedia. Donate now: http://donate.wikimedia.org

What is your donor privacy policy?

We are serious about protecting the privacy rights of our donors. Please see our Donor Privacy Policy for our full details. In short, we do not share, sell, or trade your email address with anyone.

How can I contact the Foundation?

If you still have questions or concerns please feel free to contact us. For donation questions you can email donationswikimedia.org

For other questions see the Contact us page for more details.