IMHO it would be absolutely OK to support such organizations/groups
with works related to Wikimedia project, which could also benefit
general public.
2014-04-15 22:27 GMT+02:00 David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>om>:
On 15 April 2014 20:50, Erik Moeller
<erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I'd be interested in hearing broader
community opinions about the
extent to which WMF should sponsor non-profits purely to support work
that Wikimedia benefits from, even if it's not directed towards a
specific goal established in a grant agreement.
Creative Commons, OpenStreetMap spring to mind. What are their budgets
like? I expect ours dwarfs theirs. We should throw money at Freenode
on a regular basis.
OSM Foundation budget is roughly 100 000 GBP per year.
http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Finances/Income_2012
http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Finances/Balance_Sheet_2012
and they are not charity, however I can imagine supporting them via
WMF Grant Program for specific projects (for example buying and
maintaining separate server for tiles for Wikimedia Projects, which
could speed up MiniWikiAtlas, :-) ).
For Document Foundation (LibreOffice) - I can imagine supporting them
with grant to improve their MediaWiki extension, etc... They are
charitable in Germany, their income is about 120 000 EUR per year:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Tdfbudget2013.pdf
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