Thanks Lisa for the information.
Now that we have $100 millions, let's see if we can hire someone to solve our
technology, design and community wishes enormous lag. It may be a good inversion.
Thanks
Galder
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From: Lisa Gruwell <lgruwell(a)wikimedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 4:57 PM
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Endowment reaches initial $100 million goal and welcomes
new board members
Dear all,
Today I am very happy to announce the Wikimedia Endowment [1] has reached its initial $100
million goal. The Endowment was started in 2016 as a permanent fund to support the
Wikimedia projects in perpetuity [2].
My deep gratitude goes out to our generous donors, the Endowment board, Foundation staff,
and volunteers who made this possible. I am grateful to the future-focused community
members who began considering the idea of an endowment years ago, to those who
participated in community conversations on Meta [3] to help us think through initial
decisions regarding its launch, and to all contributors whose work creating Wikimedia
content has brought free knowledge to the world.
As part of this milestone, the Wikimedia Endowment Board has also welcomed three new
members: Phoebe Ayers, Patricio Lorente, and Doron Weber, bringing in important expertise
of the Wikimedia movement and priorities as well as in nonprofit management.
You can read more about this milestone, what it means for the movement, and what comes
next for the Endowment on Diff [4] and the Endowment Meta page [5]. We invite you to share
any questions or feedback on the Endowment talk page [6].
Thank you to everyone who has made this incredible achievement possible.
Best regards,
Lisa
[1]
https://wikimediaendowment.org/
[2]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/mission/
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/mission/>
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Endowment_Essay
[
4]https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/22/the-wikimedia-endowment-reaches-100…
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/22/the-wikimedia-endowment-reaches-100-million-milestone-and-welcomes-three-new-members-to-its-board-more-on-what-these-developments-mean-for-the-projects-and-movement/>
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment>
[6]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Endowment
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Lisa Seitz Gruwell
Chief Advancement Officer
Wikimedia
Foundation<https://wikimediafoundation.org/>