Wikimore

Who are we?

The Wikimedia Foundation Fundraising team cultivates the resources that propel our movement. We engage millions of people from countries across the globe to support Wikipedia and its sister projects. The overwhelming majority of the Foundation's funding comes from individual readers from all over the world giving an average of $11.

Donations help the Wikimedia Foundation maintain server infrastructure, improve the software that supports our projects, and make Wikipedia and its sister projects accessible globally to millions of people. For additional information, please see the 2024–2025 Fundraising Report.

Current fundraising activities

Operated by Wikimedia Foundation

For the Financial Year 25/26

Q3 and Q4 FY25/26 campaigns:

Italy campaign. Email: February 3-February 24, Banners: March 3-March 31. Here are some email examples: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4
Czech Republic campaign. Email: February 23-March 20, Banners: March 31-April 28. Here is an Email example: Power Email
Sweden campaign. Email: April 6-May 1, Banners: April 6-May 4. Here are some example emails: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4
Portugal campaign. Email: June 8-June 12, Banners: April 6-May 4. Here are some email examples: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4
Belgium campaign. Email: February 16-March 13, Banners: May 5-June 2 Here are some Email examples: Email 1 English Email 2 English Email 3 English Email 4 English Email 1 Dutch Email 2 Dutch Email 3 Dutch Email 4 Dutch Email 1 French Email 2 French Email 3 French Email 4 French
Latvia campaign. Email: March 3-March 24, Banners: May 5-June 2. Here are some example Emails. Please note, emails will only be send in English: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4
Luxembourg campaign. Email: March 3-March 24, Banners: May 5-June 2 Here are some example Emails. Please note, emails will only be send in English: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4
Poland campaign. Email: March 3-March 24, Banners: May 5-June 2 Here are some example Emails. Please note, emails will only be send in English: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4
Romania campaign. Email: March 3-March 24, Banners: May 5-June 2 Here are some example Emails. Please note, emails will only be send in English: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4
Slovakia campaign. Email: March 3-March 24, Banners: May 5-June 2 Here are some example Emails. Please note, emails will only be send in English: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4
Spain campaign. Email: March 9-April 3, Banners: May 5-June 2. Here are some example Emails: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4
Japan campaign. Email: May 4-May 29, Banners: June 2-June 30. Here are some email examples: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4
Austria campaign. Email: March 17-April 7, Banners: June 2-June 30. Here are some Email examples: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4
Denmark campaign. Email: June 1-June 26, Banners: June 2-June 30. Here some email examples: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4
Greece campaign. Email: May 18-May 22, Banners: June 2-June 30 Here are some email examples: Greek example, English example
Malaysia campaign. Email: March 3-March 24, Banners: June 2-June 30 Here are some example Emails. Please note, emails will only be send in English: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4
South Africa campaign. Email: June 1-June 26, Banners: June 2-June 30Here are some Email examples: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4
Norway campaign. Email: March 3-March 24, Banners: June 2-June 30 Here are some example Emails. Please note, emails will only be send in English: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4
English campaign. Email: March 30-April 17
Hungary campaign. Email: June 1-June 26. Here are some example emails: Email 1, Email 2, Email 3, Email 4

For the Financial year 2026/27

English fundraising campaign in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the US will start with testing in July 2026. You can find all information around this closer to the time on the Fundraising Hub
Latin American fundraising campaign in Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. Banners 3rd to 31st of August 2026. Emails 13th of July to 31st of August 2026.
Brazil fundraising campaign. Banners 3rd to 31st of August 2026. Emails 13th of July to 31st of August 2026.
Dutch fundraising campaign. Banners 1st - 29th of September 2026. Emails 3rd to 31st of August 2026.
Austria fundraising campaign. Banners 2nd to 30th of September 2026. Emails
Denmark fundraising campaign. Banners 2nd to 30th of September 2026. Emails
Greece fundraising campaign. Banners 2nd to 30th of September 2026. Emails
Malaysia fundraising campaign. Banners 2nd to 30th of September 2026. Emails
South Africa fundraising campaign. Banners 2nd to 30th of September 2026. Emails
Hungary fundraising campaign. Banners 2nd to 30th of September 2026. Emails
France fundraising campaign. Banners 1st to 29th of October 2026. Emails 3rd of August to 1st of October 2026.

Community collaboration pages around WMF's fundraising campaigns 2022/23
Swedish fundraising campaign community engagement page Czech fundraising campaign community engagement page Mexico fundraising campaign community engagement page Brazil fundraising campaign community engagement page

Community collaboration pages around WMF's fundraising campaigns 2023/24

Community collaboration pages around WMF's fundraising campaigns 2024/25

Community collaboration pages around WMF's fundraising campaigns 2025/26

Community collaboration pages around WMF's fundraising campaigns 2026/27

Contact Us

We have an FAQ for donors and one for community members.
Please stay in contact with us on the fundraising talk page.
IRC channel: #wikimedia-fundraising^connect (publicly logged)
To report technical software bugs in Phabricator, follow mw:How to report a bug and use the #wikimedia-fundraising project tag.
- For a breakdown of how fundraising tech uses Phabricator, check out this wikitech page.
For a calendar of all central-notice banners, including fundraising, see CentralNotice/Calendar.

Fundraising updates

See the full archive

Documents, Reports, Articles, Videos and more

Articles:

How does the Wikimedia Foundation use donations to Wikipedia?

How is Wikipedia funded?

Building a secure financial future for Wikipedia by Lisa Seitz Gruwell

Foundation 360 Building the relationships and resources we need to thrive Interview with Megan Hernandez, Advancement Department

The finances of free knowledge Lessons in transparency and impact by Jaime Villagomez

7 reasons you should donate to Wikipedia by Lisa Seitz Gruwell

Reports and Documents:

2023/2024 Fundraising Report

Fundraising Content Strategy Overview

2025/26 Q3 Update

During Q3 the fundraising team focused on finalising the Big English fundraising campaign through a Thank you email campaign and the campaign community recap. At the same time, the team started preparing for the international email campaigns that launched in late Q3 in Italy, Belgium, Spain, Austria, and The Netherlands, as well as the Italian banner campaign during March (community collaboration page).

Planning for Q4 is underway when many more international campaigns are taking place across the globe (see full calendar above).

2025/26 Q2 Update

During Q2 the fundraising team focused mainly on the Big English fundraising campaign in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the US as well as the yearly fundraising campaign in France.

The fundraising team engaged the English Wikipedia community from July onwards on the community collaboration page and shared test ideas, product experimentations, and gave everyone space to contribute. Additionally, the fundraising programme was presented in a workshop at Wikimania.

In France the fundraising team hosted a community collaboration page and a community call giving the French community a chance to share their thoughts and feedback. Several suggestions from community members were implemented.