For over almost 25 years, Wikipedia has grown to become the backbone of knowledge on the internet. What started as a wildly ambitious and probably impossible dream is now an essential knowledge resource for humanity. It includes over 65 million articles in over 300 languages, all funded by readers like you. Wikipedia is filled with knowledge by nearly 250,000 volunteers from all kinds of backgrounds. They edit articles, check facts, fix code, and document information from a neutral point of view. Together, they make the internet’s knowledge better. Millions of readers visit Wikipedia each day and benefit from their work—all without seeing an advertisement, encountering a paywall, or being tracked. But have you ever wondered who pays to keep it online? Wikipedia operates on a unique revenue model, relying primarily on donations from everyday people who believe that knowledge should belong to everyone.…