 A lot can happen in a wikim minute, like the 60 seconds of everything that happens on wikimedia projects. Or even the time it takes to answer, why do you see fundraising messages on Wikipedia? Wikipedia and 12 online wikibase projects dedicated to free knowledge are hosted and operated by a non-profit, the Wikimedia Foundation. This is important because it means Wikipedia is not funded by advertising. It doesn't charge a subscription fee or sell your personal data. Instead, Wikipedia is funded mostly by lots of small individual donations. This ensures the content on Wikipedia can stay neutral and independent from the interests of governments, investors and advertisers. Donations help us maintain servers, design software and build world-class tech that supports our projects and 16 billion page views on Wikipedia alone every month. Support Wikimedia volunteer communities with funds to improve and expand our projects. Protect the human right to free knowledge, use a privacy and speech and make knowledge accessible to all. And that's why you see fundraising messages on Wikipedia in only a minute.