Wikipedia bags $20mn in annual fundraising

BANGALORE, INDIA: Popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia today announced that it has raised $20 million in its annual plea for donations to help expand and improve the firm.

As per media reports, more than 1 million people throughout the world contributed the money during a 46-day fundraising drive, which concluded on 1-1-2012.

The amount pledged to the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit group that oversees the volunteer-driven Wikipedia, is a third more than the $15 million donated during the previous year's fundraising campaign.