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Our mission<\/h6><\/div>

To empower everyone, everywhere, with offline access to free educational and cultural knowledge.<\/h1><\/div>

Born in 2006, the Kiwix project, due to the way it operates and in particular the creation and hosting of content in ZIM format, quickly faced operating and maintenance costs. For a long time, we relied on the French and Swiss Wikimedia chapters to obtain occasional financial support. <\/span>In 2018, we created the Kiwix Association in Switzerland to support our development, in particular the expansion to content beyond Wikimedia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Legal status and registration<\/h4><\/div>
Designation<\/h6><\/div>

Kiwix Association<\/p>\n<\/div>

Legal form and jurisdiction<\/h6><\/div>

Swiss non-profit association under the Swiss Civil Code.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Registration number<\/h6><\/div>

CH-550-1176457-5<\/p>\n<\/div>

Status<\/h6><\/div>

Tax-exempt with public-benefit status since 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Non-profit status<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Governance and statutes<\/h4><\/div>

The Kiwix Association is governed by a General Assembly, which elects a Board of 7 members that decides on overall strategic directions.<\/p>\n

Day-to-day management is handled by our CEO and our CTO who report to the Board every quarter.<\/p>\n

Our accounts are audited and we publish our activity report every year. Today, most of our expenses relate to the remuneration of employees and contractors who maintain and develop the Kiwix project as a whole. Next come infrastructure-related expenses.<\/p>\n<\/div>

View statutes<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Vision and core values<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Access<\/h6><\/div>

Knowledge should be available to everyone, regardless of connectivity, location, or income.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Openness<\/h6><\/div>

We build and share free and open-source tools and content, encouraging reuse and collaboration.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Equity<\/h6><\/div>

We focus on underserved and marginalised communities to help close the digital divide.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Privacy<\/h6><\/div>

We respect users by avoiding surveillance, tracking, and advertising.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Reliability<\/h6><\/div>

We provide robust tools that work in low-resource and difficult environments.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Collaboration<\/h6><\/div>

We partner with educators, NGOs, institutions, and volunteer communities worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Meet the Board<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>
Amanda Bittaker<\/h5><\/div>

Board member<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Isabelle<\/span><\/div>
Isabelle Cohen-Solal<\/h5><\/div>

Board Chair<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"St\u00e9phane<\/span><\/div>
St\u00e9phane Coillet-Matillon<\/h5><\/div>

CEO & Board member<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Emmanuel<\/span><\/div>
Emmanuel Engelhart<\/h5><\/div>

CTO & Board member<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Fabien<\/span><\/div>
Fabien Jacquier<\/h5><\/div>

Board member<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>
Emmanuel Pierron<\/h5><\/div>

Board member<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>
Barbla Plattner<\/h5><\/div>

Board member<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>
Frederic Schutz<\/h5><\/div>

Board member<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>
Joanna Thompson<\/h5><\/div>

Board member<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Annual Reports<\/h2><\/div>

Total transparency on our numbers<\/h1><\/div>

Grants are our main source of funding and we regularly apply to the Wikimedia Foundation and other organisations. Most of this funding is tied to new projects or the development of new features.<\/p>\n

Because this type of funding is by nature unpredictable and subject to global uncertainties, we now also offer broader services based on our solutions to companies (see pro.kiwix.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n

We also sell turnkey solutions to individuals, built around the Kiwix Hotspot (available on get.kiwix.org<\/a>). Finally, our most valued source of funding remains individual donations from our users and supporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2025<\/h5><\/div>

Coming soon<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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2024<\/h5><\/div>
Financial statement and audit report<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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2023<\/h5><\/div>
Financial statement and audit report<\/span><\/a><\/div>
Annual Report<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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2022<\/h5><\/div>
Financial statement and audit report<\/span><\/a><\/div>
Annual Report<\/span><\/a><\/div>
Supervisory Body<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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2021<\/h5><\/div>
Financial statement and audit report<\/span><\/a><\/div>
Annual Report<\/span><\/a><\/div>
Supervisory Body<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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2020<\/h5><\/div>
Financial statement and audit report<\/span><\/a><\/div>
Annual Report<\/span><\/a><\/div>
Supervisory Body<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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2019<\/h5><\/div>
Financial statement and audit report<\/span><\/a><\/div>
Annual Report<\/span><\/a><\/div>
Supervisory Body<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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2018<\/h5><\/div>
Financial statement and audit report<\/span><\/a><\/div>
Annual Report<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-2568","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kiwix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kiwix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kiwix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kiwix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kiwix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2568"}],"version-history":[{"count":133,"href":"https:\/\/kiwix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3279,"href":"https:\/\/kiwix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2568\/revisions\/3279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kiwix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kiwix.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=2568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}