| Amount of donations and contributions to Wikimedia Foundation (in dollars) | |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 100000 |
| 2005 | 300000 |
| 2006 | 1300000 |
| 2007 | 2300000 |
| 2008 | 6500000 |
| 2009 | 7700000 |
| 2010 | 15100000 |
| 2011 | 26400000 |
| 2012 | 38000000 |
| 2013 | 45300000 |
| 2014 | 52600000 |
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Despite the fact that it doesn't charge for its services, the Free Encyclopedia is doing quite well for itself. In only a decade, the Wikimedia Foundation has gone from earning a paltry one hundred thousand dollars in donations and contributions to pulling in a whopping 52.6 million.