A few responses to questions raised here about the annual plan:

Thanks Mike for your question about community input into the annual plan, which I answered briefly on Meta [1]. Yes, you are correct that the annual plan is a finalized product as it has been each year since the launch of the Foundation’s Medium Term Plan (MTP) in 2019 [2]. Basically, the Annual Plan is a set of commitments on areas of work along with goals. It is produced through Foundation teams connecting the long term ambitions voiced through collaboration with volunteer communities with our budget, staff, legal and fiduciary requirements, technical systems, and other constraints. It’s not meant to be a list of activities that we’ll do - this level of detail is worked out (and evolves a lot!) throughout the year in collaboration with volunteers within individual projects. But the annual plan guides Foundation teams in building their strategies and work plans throughout the year.

Andreas - yes, you are correct that the Foundation’s annual budget has increased by $38 million this year, with the largest part of this growth going to supporting a  thriving Wikimedia movement. The Foundation  has budgeted for a 157% increase in “Thriving Movement” from last year, meaning this budget category has roughly doubled in size as part of the Foundation’s overall budget. These new funds include an overall grants budget for the movement that has almost doubled (from roughly $8 million to $15.6 million) and support for initiatives like movement governance, movement strategy, better access to data about the Wikimedia movement, and the Universal Code of Conduct.

In a world of widespread disinformation, sociopolitical instability, and threats to open knowledge, a thriving and independent Wikimedia movement faces more challenges now than ever before - and it is with the generosity of our donors across the world that our movement answers this call.

Best,

Kelsi
kstinerowe@wikimedia.org

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019/Annual_Plan_2021-2022
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019
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