Jimmy Wales the Nupedia and Wikipedia projects until Bomis discontinued funding for his position in February 2002; Sanger resigned as editor-in-chief of Nupedia and as "chief organizer" of Wikipedia on March 1 of that year. Early on, Bomis supplied the financial backing for Wikipedia, and entertained the notion of placing advertisements on Wikipedia before costs were reduced with Sanger's departure and plans for a nonprofit foundation were advanced instead. Wales has asserted that he is the sole founder of Wikipedia, and has publicly disputed Sanger's designation as a co-founder. Sanger and Wales were identified as co-founders at least as early as September
Wales Co-operative Centre the Communities First Support Network to support the work of the Communities First Programme . The Coalfields Regeneration Trust provided further funding in 2002 for the Centre to administer the Debt Redemption and Money Advice Scheme to protect those most at risk from doorsetep lenders. The Centre secures European Objective One funding in 2004 to continue work in developing co-operatives and leads to a major expansion of the Centre. In 2005, the Welsh Assembly Government's 'Social Enterprise Strategy for Wales' formally recognises the role which social enterprises and co-operatives play in economic development. Communities@One is launched by the Communities Directorate