Sloan Foundation to Give Wikipedia $3M

March 25, 2008 By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- The nonprofit group behind Wikipedia, the mammoth Internet encyclopedia built by volunteers, is getting its largest donation ever - $3 million from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.



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