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TazeTSchnitzel on Feb 15, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Wikipedia starts work on $2.5M internet search eng...

Yes, it's the main (only?) source of income for the Wikimedia Foundation.

maxerickson on Feb 15, 2016 [–]

There are substantial donations from other foundations and company match programs (Huuuge page):

https://annual.wikimedia.org/2014/#s-5

I guess the foundations aren't reasonably a response to the Jimmy banners, the company matches probably are.

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