Wikimedia Foundation
CA · 5 filings, 2025
The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (WMF) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, and registered there as a charitable foundation. It is most known for hosting Wikipedia, one of the world's most visited websites. It also hosts 14 related open collaboration projects, and supports the development of MediaWiki, the wiki software that underpins them. The foundation was established in 2003 in St. Petersburg, Florida by Jimmy Wales, as a nonprofit way to fund Wikipedia and other wiki projects that had previously been hosted by Bomis, Wales's for-profit company. via Wikipedia ↗
1Lobbies on
Its filings list: Science/Technology · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties · Government Issues · Media (information/publishing)
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3Bills moving in its lanes
No bill names this company outright; these are recent bills in the sectors it lobbies.
- S 5224A bill to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through…
- S 5226A bill to require social media platform providers to obtain parental consent with respect to children creat…
- HR 10033Rules for self-driving cars and emergency crews
- HR 10041Study on data centers near military and transport hubs
- HR 10015Expand health savings accounts and price transparency