Wikimedia Foundation/Advancement

Advancement

The Wikimedia Foundation Advancement department ensures the Wikimedia movement has the relationships and resources it needs to thrive. The department is responsible for fundraising, partnerships, grantmaking and programs that fuel our movement.

Leadership

Lisa Seitz Gruwell

Chief Advancement Officer

Yael Weissburg

Vice President of Community Growth

Fiona Romeo

Director of Community Programs

Jorge Vargas

Director of Community Resources and Partnerships

Greg Grossmeier

Director of Engineering

Sheetal Puri

Senior Director of Digital Fundraising

Erica Roden

Director of Fundraising Operations

Caitlin Virtue

Senior Director of Development

Lane Becker

Senior Director of Earned Revenue

Community Growth

The Community Growth team supports the volunteers and affiliates of the Wikimedia movement to achieve the movement's strategic goals, with a particular focus on advancing Knowledge Equity. Our work is organized into four main areas: funding and collaborative grantmaking (Community Resources), campaigns and programmatic work (Community Programs), capacity development and peer learning (Community Development), and partnership development (Partnerships).

The team

Yael Weissburg

Vice President of Community Growth

Jorge Vargas

Director of Community Resources and Partnerships

Simona Ramkisson

Director of Community Development

Fiona Romeo

Director of Community Programs

Ben Vershbow

Principal Strategist, Community Growth

Community Resources and Partnerships

The Community Resources subteam supports the Affiliates and contributors of the Wikimedia Movement by offering institutional and individual funding to help achieve the Movement’s goals.

Community Programs

We support major global organizing and outreach themes of the Wikimedia movement, including Culture & Heritage, Education, and Gender.

Community Development

We support resilient and growing communities by helping volunteers build the capacities and skills needed to grow their contributions and communities.

Partnerships

The Partnerships subteam supports the Wikimedia Foundation and the Affiliates of the Wikimedia Movement to develop and maintain strategic relationships with external partners.

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Wikimedia Enterprise

Wikimedia Enterprise is an API service of the Wikimedia Foundation. Designed for the specific needs of commercial reusers of Wikimedia content.

The team

Lane Becker

Senior Director, Earned Revenue

Amy Muller

Customer Support and Success Manager

Christopher Petrillo

Principal Product Manager

Haroon Shaikh

Senior Engineering Manager

Naïké Nembetwa Nzali

Senior Program Manager

Nicholas Perry

Tech & Product Partnerships

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Fundraising

The Wikimedia Foundation Fundraising team cultivates the resources that propel our movement. We engage millions of people from countries across the globe to support Wikipedia and its sister projects. The overwhelming majority of the Foundation's funding comes from individual readers from all over the world giving an average of $11. Donations help the Wikimedia Foundation maintain server infrastructure, improve the software that supports our projects, and make Wikipedia and its sister projects accessible globally to millions of people. For additional information, please see the 2022–2023 Fundraising Report.

The team

Julia Brungs

Lead Community Relations Specialist

Greg Grossmeier

Director of Engineering

Sheetal Puri

Senior Director of Digital Fundraising

Erica Roden

Director of Fundraising Operations

Caitlin Virtue

Senior Director of Development

Online Fundraising

The Online Fundraising team cultivates donations from millions of people around the globe to support Wikipedia and its partner projects.

Fundraising Operations

The Fundraising Operations team supports our fundraising efforts by providing the systems and processes to ensure our shared fundraising goals are met.

Fundraising Technology

The Wikimedia Foundation is a global leader amongst non-profits in providing donation systems that prioritize broad market support while ensuring the security and privacy of donor data.

Major Gifts & Endowment

The Major Gifts & Endowment team creates opportunities for individuals and organizations with inclination and high capacity to support our mission through donations to the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedia Endowment.

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