Thanks for calling this out and working on this aspect, Kassia!
A critical bottleneck for supporting emerging communities is a plan for
comprehensive regional microgrant programs, run through affiliate groups.
We should set these up where they don't exist so as to cover the world.
S
On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 1:58 PM Kassia Echavarri-Queen <
kechavarriqueen(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
The report created by my colleagues in the Advancement Team is useful for
providing aggregated data on the distribution of grants since 2016 and has
helped the Community Resources team understand where we stand today in
terms of equity. The current grants have seen an increase in access from
emerging Wikimedia communities. However, the distribution of funds to those
communities is still lagging far behind. With the relaunch of the Grants
strategy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021/Proposed_programs>
we will work towards overcoming this challenge and shape an equitable
future for the distribution of grants resources across the movement.
The information from this report has been analyzed and already
incorporated into the current grants strategy relaunch process. In the
newly proposed grants strategy a priority is to substantially increase
funding in emerging communities also taking into account the need for peer
learning and knowledge sharing. The feedback period is still open, please
help the grants relaunch process by letting us know how to adapt and
improve the strategy.
The new grants strategy is aligned with the strategic direction of the
movement and is founded on the principles
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Movement_Strategy_Principles#Subsidiarity_&_Self-Management>
of Subsidiarity & Self management, Equity & Empowerment, Collaboration &
Cooperation, and People Centeredness, as well as efficient data and
iterative practices. This has grounded our approach in the values
identified by the movement.
We are grateful to all the community members who have already helped to
enrich this strategy relaunch. Please come to the grants meta page to
engage, learn more about the proposed changes, and to provide your
feedback.The month of feedback on the new grants strategy proposal will
come to a close Monday April 5th, 2021.
All the best,
Kassia Echavarri-Queen
On Behalf of the CR team
[1] Grants Relaunch Meta Page
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunc…
[2] Movement Strategy principles -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 10:25 AM Guillaume Paumier <gpaumier(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hi folks,
I wanted to share the link to a report covering grants given out by the
Wikimedia Foundation during the 2019−2020 fiscal year. This was inspired by
the Fundraising reports that fundraising teams have prepared for many
years. The intent is to publish similar yearly reports for grantmaking
going forward.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking/Reports/2019-2020
Questions and comments are welcome, preferably on the talk page.
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