# Wikimedia Foundation The American nonprofit founded by [[Jimmy Wales]] in 2003 that hosts and operates [[Wikipedia]] and its sister projects. Funded mainly by small donations, the Foundation has become a target of right-wing pressure campaigns — including [[Elon Musk]]'s attacks and calls to investigate its tax-exempt status — that frame Wikipedia as ideologically biased. > [!note] Stub > Minimum-viable page created to support the [[Wikipedia Timeline]]. Expand with the governance model, funding, and the political pressure campaigns.