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Wikimedia Endowment

A permanent endowment that invests donor gifts to safeguard Wikipedia's long-term future, funding both continuity and new knowledge infrastructure across free knowledge projects.

11named by WE
92named by peers

Peer societies

Five societies Wikimedia Endowment is read alongside.

SFE

Siegel Family Endowment

A technologist's endowment treating philanthropy as society's risk capital, funding inquiry into how…

ONF

Omidyar Network Fund

A founder backed philanthropy that blends grants and investments to steer the digital revolution toward…

TF

Tech Foundation

An intermediary channeling technology, expertise, and capital to nonprofits so that mission-driven…

11 companies named

AFE

American Floral Endowment

The shared endowment of an entire industry, the body that gathers money from every corner of floriculture and…

81 companies named

AEF

American Endowment Foundation

A cause neutral sponsor of donor advised funds that moves billions from many givers to tens of thousands of…

Who backs WE

Every company Wikimedia Endowment names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.

CompanySupport as publishedAlso named by
AmazonFoundation donorAAA AAPA AAF AIHA ASSP +3
Google.orgFoundation donorAAA ARF ACC AAF AAS +3
FacebookFoundation donorCRA IWSMF NAS SC
StrongAuth Inc.Foundation donorNTA
Moneta Asset ManagementFoundation donorOnly Wikimedia Endowment, so far
Pactolus Ventures and Birchaven GroupFoundation donorOnly Wikimedia Endowment, so far
Pactolus Ventures and Birchaven GroupFoundation donorOnly Wikimedia Endowment, so far
Sports Reference LLCFoundation donorOnly Wikimedia Endowment, so far
Telemus GroupFoundation donorOnly Wikimedia Endowment, so far
The BehemothFoundation donorOnly Wikimedia Endowment, so far
Willowridge Partners/Jerrold NewmanFoundation donorOnly Wikimedia Endowment, so far
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026

Thank You To Our Benefactors. Read September 28, 2026. Cumulative benefactor list on the homepage, no year stated; tiers are dollar ranges so not recorded. Only companies kept; individuals, estates, trusts and foundations omitted.

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Who backs Wikimedia Endowment's peers, but not Wikimedia Endowment

Companies named publicly by at least one of Wikimedia Endowment's five peer societies, and not found in Wikimedia Endowment's reviewed public records.

CompanyTFAFEPeers
1800FlowersPlatinum Sponsors1 of 2
AltrueNamed1 of 2
American Floral Services, Inc.Named1 of 2
Arizona Family Flowers, LLCCopper Sponsors1 of 2
bachmansSilver Sponsors1 of 2
BaischGold Sponsors1 of 2
BallPlatinum Sponsors1 of 2
Bill Doran CompanyFriends of Floral1 of 2
Billy Heroman'sSilver Sponsors1 of 2
Blackmore Co., Inc.Platinum Club1 of 2
broadleafNamed1 of 2
burgeflowershopSilver Sponsors1 of 2
BurtonBurtonSilver Sponsors1 of 2
CDWNamed1 of 2
Central Floral SupplyCopper Sponsors1 of 2
Connor Park Florist, Inc.Copper Sponsors1 of 2
Delaware Valley Wholesale FloristPlatinum Club1 of 2
DellNamed1 of 2
dvfloraPlatinum Sponsors1 of 2
DWF Wholesale FloristsNamed1 of 2
Eastern FloralBronze Sponsors1 of 2
everonNamed1 of 2
Family_FlowersSilver Sponsors1 of 2
FloraCraftPlatinum Sponsors1 of 2
floriexpoGold Sponsors1 of 2
Flower CliqueBronze Sponsors1 of 2
FlowerShopNetworkSilver Sponsors1 of 2
FreshPathSilver Sponsors1 of 2
Freytag’s FloristCopper Sponsors1 of 2
FTDPlatinum Sponsors1 of 2
GreenPointSilver Sponsors1 of 2
Griffin’s Floral DesignFriends of Floral1 of 2
Grower-TalksGold Sponsors1 of 2
Hackney NurseryCopper Sponsors1 of 2
Hall’s Flower Shop and Garden CenterCopper Sponsors1 of 2
HallmarkPlatinum Club1 of 2
Highland Supply CorporationNamed1 of 2
horticaGold Sponsors1 of 2
IBMNamed1 of 2
Imakenews.comNamed1 of 2
In Bloom Flowers & GiftsCopper Sponsors1 of 2
Inglis FloristsCopper Sponsors1 of 2
Jack’s Basket Import Inc.Bronze Sponsors1 of 2
kaseyaNamed1 of 2
KennicottDiamond Sponsors1 of 2
Kitayama Brothers/Greenleaf Wholesale Florist, Inc.Platinum Club1 of 2
Lafayette Florist & Greenhouses, Inc.Bronze Sponsors1 of 2
Los Angeles Flower Market of the American Florists’ Exchange, LTDNamed1 of 2
Manatee Fruit CompanyNamed1 of 2
Mass High TechNamed1 of 2
mayeshPlatinum Sponsors1 of 2
McNamara FloristSilver Sponsors1 of 2
MellanoGold Sponsors1 of 2
MetrolinaGreenhousesSilver Sponsors1 of 2
mischlersfloristPlatinum Sponsors1 of 2
mt-eden-floralSilver Sponsors1 of 2
Nanz & Kraft Florists, Inc.Copper Sponsors1 of 2
Neubauer’s Flowers, Inc.Friends of Floral1 of 2
North Creek NurseriesCopper Sponsors1 of 2
NorthernTrustSilver Sponsors1 of 2
Olive Hill GreenhousesPlatinum Club1 of 2
originallaflowermarketGold Sponsors1 of 2
Passion Growers LLCPlatinum Club1 of 2
Patterson’s Flowers Inc.Copper Sponsors1 of 2
PC ConnectionNamed1 of 2
Pennock CompanyNamed1 of 2
Pete Garcia Company/Garcia GroupDiamond Sponsors1 of 2
Phillip’s FlowersCopper Sponsors1 of 2
purebeautyfarmsSilver Sponsors1 of 2
QurbNamed1 of 2
Reliant RibbonFriends of Floral1 of 2
rockwellDiamond Sponsors1 of 2
Rose Bud FlowersBronze Sponsors1 of 2
Smithers-Oasis FloralifeDiamond Sponsors1 of 2
Soderbergs Floral and GiftFriends of Floral1 of 2
stadiumflowersSilver Sponsors1 of 2
Suntory FlowersBronze Sponsors1 of 2
Syndicate SalesDiamond Sponsors1 of 2
Syngenta FlowersCopper Sponsors1 of 2
Tagawa GreenhousesNamed1 of 2
telefloraSilver Sponsors1 of 2
The Elite Flower CompanyNamed1 of 2
The Giant CompanyGold Sponsors1 of 2
The John Henry CompanyPlatinum Club1 of 2
Tradewinds Intl, LLCCopper Sponsors1 of 2
Twixwood NurseryCopper Sponsors1 of 2
Vans, Inc. – Van Namen FamilyNamed1 of 2
Viviano Flower Shop, Inc.Copper Sponsors1 of 2
Walter R. Knoll FloristCopper Sponsors1 of 2
WestRockNamed1 of 2
Yoder BrothersNamed1 of 2
Zeidler Floral Company Inc.Copper Sponsors1 of 2

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The outside view

A permanent endowment that invests donor gifts to safeguard Wikipedia's long-term future, funding both continuity and new knowledge infrastructure across free knowledge projects.

  • Authority
  • Preserve
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Legacy

Faithful to what was handed down.

The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.

Also reads toward The Citadel and The Frontier.

Strengths

→Unmatched continuity and a trusted name.
→Decisions honor a long arc, not a news cycle.
→Members feel part of something lasting.

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