George Herbert wrote:
The US Government is funding $5m for up to 5
organizations working on
"how to use new media and technology to increase participation and
education in the middle east and africa", to paraphrase badly...
http://mepi.state.gov/opportunities/129624.htm
That's interesting, and I'd encourage interested parties to explore this
possibility. For the Wikimedia Foundation itself, our approach for the
time being does not include pursuing government grants. Among other
things, the administrative and reporting overhead such grants require
are not the optimal use of our resources.
--Michael Snow