Lobbying

Wikimedia Foundation's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $150K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $450K. Its first report covers Q1 2025; the issues it reports most are Science/Technology and Civil Rights/Civil Liberties.

Wikimedia Foundation

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$450K
Last 4 quarters
vs last quarter
−100.0%
Q3 2026 against the quarter before
First report
Q1 2025
The first quarter a report named it

Lobbying by quarter

Wikimedia Foundation lobbying by quarter
Wikimedia Foundation lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q1 2025$10K1
Q2 2025$180K2
Q3 2025$150K1
Q4 2025$150K1
Q1 2026$150K1
Q2 2026$150K1
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Science and technology$700K · 5 reports
  • Civil rights and liberties$30K · 2 reports
  • Government issues$30K · 2 reports
  • Media and publishing$30K · 2 reports

An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.

Who was lobbied

  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES5 reports
  • SENATE5 reports
  • Federal Communications Commission (FCC)2 reports
  • Justice, Dept of (DOJ)1 reports
  • White House Office1 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
Holland & Knight$700K5 quarters
Steptoe$90K2 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
LESLIE POLLNERChief of Staff, Rep. Suzanne Kosmas; Chief of Staff, Rep. Tim MahoneyQ3 2025
THOMAS MILBURN DAVIS iiiMember, U.S. House of RepresentativesQ3 2025

Lobbying reports

Filed by
07/05for Q2Holland & Knight$150K
04/10for Q1Holland & Knight$150K
01/11for Q4 2025Holland & Knight$150K
25/10/11for Q3 2025Holland & Knight$150K
25/07/21for Q2 2025Steptoe$80K
25/07/20for Q2 2025Holland & Knight$100K
25/06/11for Q2 2025Holland & KnightUnder $5,000
25/04/21for Q1 2025Steptoe$10K
25/04/18for Q1 2025SteptoeUnder $5,000