ART+FEMINISM

What ART+FEMINISM does

Art+Feminism is a US-based non-profit organization founded in 2014 and headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, that operates a global do-it-yourself and do-it-with-others campaign to close gender, feminist, and arts-related information gaps on Wikipedia and Wikidata. Since inception, the campaign has mobilized more than 40,000 participants at over 1,700 events across 27+ languages, resulting in the creation or improvement of more than 370,000 Wikipedia articles and contributing to Wikidata entries that now represent more than 900,000 women and people of genders other than men (per Humaniki, June 2025). The organization's core product is a year-round annual campaign (September to August, with events concentrated around International Women's Day on March 8), supported by a suite of free, Creative Commons-licensed resources including Quick Guides for Editing, Wikipedia Lesson Plans, Wikidata Learning Modules, a Security Toolkit, a Safe/Brave Space Policy, Community Hours virtual sessions, and limited microfunding for event organizers. The platform architecture is built on Wikimedia infrastructure — Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and the Wiki Education Dashboard — with no proprietary technology stack, and additional light integrations with Canva and Google Slides for organizer templates.

Art+Feminism is funded entirely by donations (via Donorbox, including a 10 Year Zine Fundraiser at $20/month or $100+ one-time) and external grants, and provides its services at zero cost to participants and organizers. Its GTM motion is community-led and event-driven: anyone can host an edit-a-thon without an application, accessing free organizer kits, training materials, and microfunding via a JotForm application. A global network of regional ambassadors covers Anglophone Africa, Francophone Africa + France, Lusophone regions, Europe/UK, Latin America, and US regions, with named ambassadors and a leadership collective spanning multiple continents. The customer base comprises three segments: women and non-binary participants (primary), global organizers and ambassadors, and educators/academic institutions that use the open-source lesson plans for coursework.

The 2025-2026 campaign — 'What would a truly feminist internet look like?' — expanded the organization's scope from Wikipedia editing alone to include Wikidata, AI systems, and structured data advocacy, anchored by the launch of Wikidata Learning Modules on April 17, 2026. Strategic initiatives in recent years include the Indigenous Communities Work (with Wikimedia Norge and the Inuit Art Foundation, naming Thérèse Ottawa and Sadik Shahadu as ambassadors), the Impact Research Project, the 'Reading Together' multilingual source reliability study, and the formation of an Anti-Harassment Working Group (Fall 2019) that developed the Security Toolkit with the Wikimedia Foundation's Trust and Safety team.

Name

ART+FEMINISM

Legal name

Art+Feminism

Website

https://artandfeminism.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Art+Feminism is a US non-profit founded in 2014 that runs a global do-it-yourself campaign teaching people of all gender identities to edit Wikipedia and Wikidata, closing gender-related information gaps. It serves 40,000+ participants across 1,700+ events in 27+ languages through free open-source training, microfunding, and a global ambassador network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Advocacy and Community Organizing

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights (BPADAGAF)

Keywords

• Wikipedia edit-a-thons
• Gender equity advocacy
• Digital literacy training
• Open knowledge campaigns
• Nonprofit community organizing

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: Art+Feminism operates as a non-profit organization funded through donations and grants. The website features a donation link (donorbox.org/art-feminism-general-donation) and a 10 Year Zine Fundraiser offering limited print editions for monthly $20 donors or one-time $100+ donors. The organization also provides microfunding to event organizers for event-related expenses, suggesting grant-based funding from external sources.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Art+Feminism operates a year-round, do-it-yourself and do-it-with-others campaign that teaches people of all gender identities and expressions to organize and edit Wikipedia, with the goal of closing gender, feminist, and arts-related information gaps. The organization provides free open-source educational resources, training materials, and limited microfunding to support event organizers globally, and has expanded its scope to include Wikidata structured data contributions.

Product overview

Art+Feminism is a non-profit organization operating as a single, unified campaign platform — the Art+Feminism Annual Campaign — supplemented by a suite of educational resources, community programs, and tools. The core offering is a year-round do-it-yourself and do-it-with-others campaign that teaches people to edit Wikipedia, centered on closing gender, feminist, and art-related information gaps. The campaign is supported by the Wikidata Learning Modules (which expand the organization's scope from Wikipedia to Wikidata structured data), Quick Guides for Editing and Wikipedia Lesson Plans for organizer training, Virtual Event Resources and the Security Toolkit for event and online safety, Community Hours for ongoing engagement, Brand Assets for campaign visuals, and limited funding for event organizers. Materials are open-source under Creative Commons licensing and available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Art+Feminism Annual Campaign The central initiative of Art+Feminism: a year-round do-it-yourself and do-it-with-others campaign that teaches people worldwide to organize and edit Wikipedia. The campaign runs September 1 to August 31 annually, with events concentrated around International Women's Day (March 8). Since 2014, over 40,000 people at more than 1,700 events in over 27 languages have participated, creating or improving more than 370,000 Wikipedia articles.
• Wikidata Learning Modules Educational modules created to enable Art+Feminism's community to work at the intersection of gender equity, knowledge justice, and open data within Wikidata. Modules cover introduction to Wikidata and linked open data, creating and editing items and statements, querying Wikidata, and integrating Wikidata into campaign workflows. Materials are available on Wikimedia Commons and YouTube.
• Security Toolkit A comprehensive suite of strategies and tools developed to help Art+Feminism community members deal with and prevent online harassment on Wikimedia projects. The toolkit was developed in consultation with the Wikimedia Foundation's Trust and Safety team and Legal team.
• Safe, Brave Space Policy A community agreement policy that Art+Feminism requires all organizers and partners to honor, establishing standards for creating harassment-free events. Covers anti-oppressive practices, all-gender inclusive language, accessibility, consent, and accountability procedures.
• Quick Guides for Editing on Wikipedia Step-by-step guides for new Wikipedia editors covering the basics of making successful contributions. Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French PDF formats, plus beginner training videos on Wikimedia Commons and intermediate/advanced videos on YouTube.
• Wikipedia Lesson Plans Seven slide presentation sets for teaching Wikipedia editing — five for beginners and two for advanced users. Covers topics including the gender gap, navigating Wikipedia pages, basic editing rules, user pages and sandbox, adding citations, creating new articles, and adding images. Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
• Virtual Event Resources Guides and platform walkthroughs for organizing virtual Art+Feminism events, including the Art+Feminism Virtual Guide (in-depth guide with platforms, accessibility, community care, and event outlines, available in English, French, and Spanish), screen captures for Zoom, StreamYard, and Google Meet.
• Community Hours Interactive online sessions where Art+Feminism's global community gathers to share knowledge, build skills, and support one another. Sessions cover topics relevant to the mission including event promotion, Wikidata editing, Wikipedia guidelines, funding opportunities, and case studies. Includes a $5 USD data/internet connectivity stipend for attendees in regions where costs are prohibitively expensive.
• Brand Assets Kit Downloadable Art+Feminism logos, patterns, fonts, and branding kit for organizers to use and create promotional materials for events. Available as a downloadable Brand-Assets.zip file on the Art+Feminism website.
• Funding for Art+Feminism Events Limited financial resources and a Funding Quick Guide provided to edit-a-thon organizers to create meaningful events beneficial to their local communities. Microfunding is available for masks, PPE, tests, HEPA air purifiers, hybrid technology, internet connectivity, childcare, food, and accessibility costs.
• 2021 Call to Action Art Commission An art commissioning program that selects contemporary artists to create Creative Commons licensed artwork visualizing Art+Feminism for use by global organizers. Commissions are hosted on Wikimedia Commons.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40,000+ participants and 370,000+ Wikipedia articles created or improved across 27+ languages since 2014
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Wikimedia FoundationcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2014Art+Feminism is a Wikimedia User Group affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation. The organization operates on and contributes to Wikimedia platforms including Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons. The partnership is foundational to Art+Feminism's mission, as all edit-a-thon activities take place within the Wikimedia ecosystem.
• Wiki EducationcoreTechnology or IntegrationArt+Feminism uses the Wiki Education Dashboard (outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org) to track event data, participant contributions, and article creation across campaign cycles. The Dashboard is a tool developed and maintained by Wiki Education for tracking Wikipedia-related outreach programs.
• Wayfinding PartnersminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWayfinding Partners, a Washington D.C.-based consulting firm that centers racial equity and justice, facilitated Art+Feminism's formal strategic planning process from June 2020 through April 2021. The process involved over a dozen stakeholder interviews and resulted in a revised vision, values, mission, and strategic roadmap.
• Wikimedia ArgentinaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt+Feminism collaborated with Wikimedia Argentina and partner organizations to produce a translated guide on 'Wikipedia and LGBTT+ Biographies' (2023), making the resource available across languages to support LGBTQ+ representation in Wikipedia content.
• Wikimedia DeutschlandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWikimedia Deutschland partnered with Art+Feminism on sessions such as 'Wikidata for Archives,' contributing to the organization's expansion into Wikidata and structured data advocacy work.
• Wiki Loves WomenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt+Feminism collaborated with Wiki Loves Women on editing sessions and knowledge-sharing, co-hosting sessions such as 'Editing Wikiquote with Wiki Loves Women team' as part of the 'Imagine a Different Internet' campaign.
• Whose Knowledge?minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt+Feminism partnered with Whose Knowledge? to host the session 'Feminist Structured Data (A+F × Whose Knowledge?)' as part of its campaign exploring what a truly feminist internet would look like, bringing together knowledge justice advocates and structured data practitioners.
• Wikimedia NorgeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt+Feminism partnered with Wikimedia Norge and the Inuit Art Foundation on the Indigenous Community Work initiative, developing a project to add more circumpolar content from Indigenous perspectives to Wikimedia projects.
• Inuit Art FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating with Art+Feminism and Wikimedia Norge, the Inuit Art Foundation supports the Indigenous Community Work initiative aimed at increasing circumpolar Indigenous content and perspectives in Wikimedia projects, with Thérèse Ottawa and Sadik Shahadu serving as inaugural Art+Feminism Indigenous Communities Ambassadors.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Black Lunch Table: Artist collective that hosts Wikipedia edit-a-thons focused on Black American artists and people of color in the arts. Direct peer — closely comparable mission overlap with Art+Feminism's focus on arts-related content and edit-a-thon mechanics.
• AfroCROWD: Volunteer-driven initiative that creates and improves Wikipedia articles about African and African-American history and culture. Direct peer — operates edit-a-thons focused on underrepresented communities using identical Wikimedia tooling and similar grassroots organizer models.
• Wiki Loves Women: Initiative that organizes Wikipedia edit-a-thons and content campaigns to improve coverage of women, particularly in Africa. Direct peer — co-hosts sessions with Art+Feminism (e.g., 'Editing Wikiquote') and targets the same gender-gap problem using the same Wikimedia platform.
• Wiki Education: Non-profit that supports Wikipedia-based education at universities and develops the Wiki Education Dashboard used by Art+Feminism to track event data. Direct peer — close technology and pedagogy collaboration, and overlap in serving educators who teach Wikipedia editing.
• Whose Knowledge?: Global campaign dedicated to centering the knowledge of marginalized communities on Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects. Direct peer — both organizations collaborate via the 'Feminist Structured Data' session and share a focus on knowledge justice and information equity on the same platforms.

Broad incumbents

• Wikimedia Foundation: The host organization and infrastructure provider for Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons — and Art+Feminism's core platform partner. Broad incumbent — owns the platforms on which Art+Feminism operates and funds Trust & Safety resources cited in Art+Feminism's Security Toolkit.

Regional players

• Wikimedia Argentina: Wikimedia chapter that produces Spanish-language resources and co-developed the 'Wikipedia and LGBTT+ Biographies' guide with Art+Feminism. Regional peer — operates on the same Wikimedia platform with overlapping mission, primarily focused on Latin America.

Others

• Internet Archive: Non-profit digital library archiving web pages, books, audio, and video. OTHERS — adjacent knowledge-equity and information-preservation infrastructure with overlapping values but a fundamentally different product surface and mission.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/artandfem
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/art-feminism

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Profiles2 records

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