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Public Knowledge

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Summary

Public Knowledge is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of nonprofit organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: communications law[3], policy[4], intellectual property[5], technology policy[6], copyright[7], advocacy[8]
  • Member of: Digital Right to Repair Coalition[9], Re:Create Coalition[10], Rebuild Local News[11]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Washington, D.C.[12]
  • Country: United States[13]
  • Founder: David Bollier[14], Gigi Sohn[15]
  • Headquarters location: Washington, D.C.[16]
  • Chairperson: Chris Lewis[17]
  • Inception: August 16, 2001[18]
  • Official website: http://publicknowledge.org[19]
  • Director / manager: Brewster Kahle[20], Kevin Werbach[21], Michael Copps[22]
  • Employees: 21[23], 7[24]
  • Legal form: 501(c)(3) organization[25]
  • Short name: PK[26]
  • Different from: Public Knowledge Project[27], open knowledge[28]
  • Total revenue: 3,133,213 US dollars[29], 1,754,024 US dollars[30], 2,153,552 US dollars[31], 5,629,518 US dollars[32], 3,845,217 US dollars[33], 3,004,007 US dollars[34], 4,001,662 US dollars[35], 1,962,772 US dollars[36], 1,981,881 US dollars[37], 1,645,912 US dollars[38], 4,064,859 US dollars[39], 2,105,881 US dollars[40], 3,768,704 US dollars[41]
  • Total assets: 6,568,652 US dollars[42], 4,572,647 US dollars[43], 7,232,309 US dollars[44], 1,513,843 US dollars[45], 1,419,603 US dollars[46], 961,159 US dollars[47], 2,361,398 US dollars[48], 1,819,987 US dollars[49], 2,202,528 US dollars[50], 5,010,054 US dollars[51], 4,367,874 US dollars[52], 3,634,724 US dollars[53], 4,820,777 US dollars[54]
  • Partnership with: Entertainment Consumers Association[55]
  • Board member: Moses Boyd[56], Michael Copps[57], Brewster Kahle[58], Kevin Werbach[59], Hal Abelson[60], David Bollier[61], Susan P. Crawford[62], Jesse Dylan[63], Lawrence Lessig[64], Warrington Hudlin[65], Reed Hundt[66], Joi Ito[67], Gigi Sohn[68], Jonathan Taplin[69]

Why It Matters

Public Knowledge is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[70]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [11] ↑ . rebuildlocalnews.org. Retrieved . rebuildlocalnews.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [70] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · NGOgo · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'PK'}
    Eu transparency register id → 191801220089-74, 5427755105345-89
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8d ago · NGOgo · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase id → /m/02pgs8
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Washington, D.C.
    Field of work → communications law, policy, intellectual property +3
    Donations → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+1720514'}, {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+3813928'}, {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+2996834'} +10
    + 42 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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