Wikipedia's Parent Org Gets $2 Million Grant From eBay Founder
The Omidyar Network, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's philanthropic and investment organization, announced today that it will give the Wikimedia Foundation, parent organization of Wikipedia, a $2 million grant over the next two years.
At current spending levels, Omidyar will be contributing just over 10% of WIkipedia's full expenses. The Foundation has been concerned about the global economic climate's impact on donations and is about to enter into a major new period of its history in which the free-form editing of Wikipedia will be slowed by a new approval process that has long been expected.
Former eBay exec turned Omidyar partner Matt Halprin will become the ninth member of the Wikimedia Board of Trustees. Halprin doesn't have a Wikipedia entry, and the Omidyar Networks' entry "may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards."
Wikimedia said in its annual report that it plans to spend a total of $9.4 million over the 2009-2010 year. Just three years ago, in '06-'07, the organization spent only $3 million. Back in the old days of '04-'05, it cost just $100,000 to run everything.
Wikimedia joins a long list of organizations in the Omidyar portfolio, including well-known Web 2.0 names like Digg, Seesmic and the Sunlight Foundation.
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Hope one day I donate such amount :P
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