The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Access for All

Founder of Wikipedia has an encyclopedic mission

By Brennen Jensen

What Jim Wales seeks is as simple as it is sweeping: He says he wants everyone in the world to have free and ready access to the sum of all human knowledge. Mr. Wales works to achieve this ambitious aim as head of what, in a sense, could be considered one of the world's largest nonprofit organizations — its more than...

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