Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia
Readers in the United States deserve an explanation.
Please don't skip this 1-minute read. If you're like us, you've used Wikipedia countless times. To settle an argument with a friend. To satisfy a curiosity. Whether it's 3 in the morning or afternoon, Wikipedia is useful in your life. Please give $2.75.
Wikipedia's been around since 2001. Back then, it was just a wildly ambitious, probably impossible dream. But it came together piece by piece—created by people, not machines. Wikipedia's not perfect, but it's always been free thanks to everyday readers.
Only 2% ever donate. But that small group makes a big difference. When you support Wikipedia, you're standing up for something simple but profound: that knowledge should belong to everyone.
If you agree, then this is your moment to give back. Even $2.75 makes a difference. Help keep it going—for you, for the next reader, and for the next generation.
25 years of the internet at its best
The internet we were promised
Most people donate because Wikipedia is the internet we were promised: useful, free, and filled with reliable, human-created knowledge. If you agree, please give $2.75. If everyone reading this right now gave just $2.75, we'd reach our goal quickly.
— The Wikimedia Foundation, host of Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects.