Gnangarra, the first round of grantees with this pilot fund was based on suggestions from the Equity Fund Committee itself, as the Equity Fund was being created. However, we recognize that, for example, this round does not include any grantees based in Asia, and our goal is to concentrate in those regions in our next round of funding. We are also hoping to expand the diversity of grantees by asking the movement to share suggestions of grantees for the next round through this form [1]. Alongside those steps, we are continuing to evolve the Equity Fund Committee and open it up for more community participation as the Equity Fund evolves. We'll be sharing more details about that later this year.

For other questions, we’ll be answering questions on the Talk page [2] so happy to address additional questions there.

Thanks,
Nadee Gunasena
Communications
Wikimedia Foundation

[1] https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctHahuVnJQQNG2eo_3F7aB1Z2jQi1JxhNMRuzPCWLU4dJSig/viewform
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Knowledge_Equity_Fund
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On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 3:59 PM Gnangarra <gnangarra@gmail.com> wrote:
Adding to Andys observation of distribution being majority US centric projects. How we can learn if there isnt diverse cultural experiences, is there any information as to why the equity fund wasn't distributed  across all regions?

On Thu, 9 Sept 2021 at 00:12, Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
On Wed, 8 Sept 2021 at 15:09, Lisa Gruwell <lgruwell@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> We are excited to share that we have chosen the first round of grantees for
> the Knowledge Equity Fund pilot. The Equity Fund Committee selected six
> grantees across the Middle East, Africa, and North and South America who
> focus on issues of access, education and equity within the regions they
> support.

The press release [1] mentioned further down the thread lists:

* Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), Jordan ($250,000):
* Borealis Philanthropy’s Racial Equity in Journalism Fund, United
States ($250,000)
* Howard University School of Law and the Institute for Intellectual
Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ), United States ($260,000):
* InternetLab, Brazil ($200,000)
* Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Ghana ($150,000)
* STEM en Route to Change (SeRCH) Foundation, United States ($250,000)

so three of the six recipients  - receiving $760,000 of $1,360,000; or
more than half - are in the United States.


[1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/09/08/wikimedia-foundation-announces-first-grant-recipients-of-new-4-5-million-equity-fund/

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