WIKIPEDIA users have noticed a new pop-up when using the website. It asks readers to donate money to keep the site going. But why is one of the biggest websites in the world asking for donations?

Wikipedia does not post adsSo we are seeking donations from time to time, and it is now displayed as Decadeca at the top of the site to ask the reader to donate. The Wikipedia Foundation of Wikipedia, ...

The non-profit organisation has asked for a donation to defend Wikipedia's independence and it fears that commercialisation would be a great loss to the world. Wikipedia, a free multi-lingual online ...

The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) is doing its annual fundraising drive where it beseeches all visitors to Wikipedia to make small monetary donations as it runs zero adverts, surviving primarily on ...

This news may surprise donors and users around the world who have seen Wikipedia fundraising banners displayed at various times during the past year—including, for the first time, in India. Presently ...

The Wikimedia foundation, a nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects, recently announced that Amazon made a $1 million gift to its endowment fund. This donation makes ...