Dear Wikimedia Colleagues:

As you may know, Annual Plan Grants are funds allocated to support an organization’s annual plan to achieve mission objectives, and the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) is a group of Wikimedians who make recommendations to the WMF Board about Annual Plan Grant (APG) proposals. Proposals to the APG program are accepted twice each year, in April and October. You may read more about the APG process and upcoming milestones here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Information.

Today, we are pleased to confirm that* twelve of the fifteen organizations that submitted letters of intent for 2014-2015 Round 1 of the APG process are eligible to submit proposal forms for 2014-2015 Round 1 *by the upcoming 1 October 2014 proposal form due date. Only eligible organizations that have already submitted letters of intent will be able to submit proposal forms using their proposal hub pages that were created at the time the letters were submitted.

The eligible organizations are Amical Wikimedia, Wikimedia Argentina, Wikimedia CH, Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia Eesti, Wikimedia Israel, Wikimedia Nederland, Wikimedia Österreich, Wikimedia Serbia, Wikimedia Sverige, Wikimedia Ukraine and Wikimedia UK. Three organizations that submitted letters of intent for 2014-2015 Round 1 will not be eligible since they did not fill the eligibility gaps by the 15 September deadline or were deemed ineligible initially: Wikimedia India, Wikimedia Magyarország, and Wikimedia Hong Kong. You may view a detailed summary of how eligibility was determined here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility/2014-2015_round1.

*Proposal forms for Annual Plan Grants will be due by 1 October 2014.* Here are some upcoming milestones: * Proposal forms due: by 1 October 2014 * Public review: 2 October 2014, until 31 October 2014 * Staff proposal assessments published: by 8 November 2014 * FDC deliberations: 15 November 2014 * FDC recommendation published: by 1 December 2014 * Board decision: by 1 January 2015 * Start of new grant terms: 1 January 2015

All eligible organizations must continue to comply with any agreements with WMF and meet all requirements listed in column (T) of the eligibility checklist in order to maintain eligibility until and after a grant is received, and the organization may not be able to receive a grant (or funds may be withheld) if the organization stops being eligible at any point. Once proposal forms are submitted, a 30-day public review period will begin on 2 October 2014, when comments on the proposal forms are strongly encouraged as an important input into the FDC process.

We encourage you to contact FDCSupport@wikimedia.org with any questions about the eligibility process or the proposal process. If you have general questions or concerns, you may also post them here on Meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Comments.

Best regards from FDC staff!

Winifred Olliff

FDC Support Team

Wikimedia Foundation

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Winifred Olliff wolliff@wikimedia.org wrote:

Dear Wikimedia Colleagues:

We are pleased to announce initial eligibility of all applicants submitting a Letter of Intent for 2014-2015 Round 1 of the Annual Plan Grants / FDC process. Only applicants confirmed as eligible by 15 September 2014 may submit proposals to the Funds Dissemination Committee by the 1 October 2014 proposal deadline. We have published the initial eligibility checklist here, so that applicants may review eligibility before it is confirmed on 15 September 2014: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility/2014-2015_round1.

No major changes or exceptions have been made to the eligibility requirements or the process for determining eligibility in this round. Of the fifteen organizations submitting a Letter of Intent, three are already considered eligible provided they continue to meet eligibility requirements throughout the duration of the FDC process, one is not eligible to participate in this round, and eleven could be considered eligible if all eligibility gaps listed in this table are met by the 15 September 2014 deadline. During the next two months, the FDC staff will work with all potential applicants to make sure eligibility requirements are clear and to form plans together to meet these requirements. Once applicants are confirmed by WMF staff as eligible, they must continue to meet these requirements throughout the duration of the Annual Plan Grants / FDC process.

Please expect another update once eligibility is finally confirmed on 15 September 2014, leading up to the 1 October 2014 proposal deadline. Proposal forms will be available by 1 September 2014.

Here is a breakdown of upcoming milestones for 2014-2015 Round 1, which you may also find here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Calendar .

• Eligibility confirmed: 15 September 2014

• Proposals due: by 1 October 2014

• Community review: 1 October 2014, until 31 October 2014

• Staff assessments published: by 8 November 2014

• FDC deliberations: middle of November 2014

• FDC recommendation published: by 1 December 2014

• Board decision: by 1 January 2015

• Start of new grant terms: 1 January 2015

We welcome your questions or comments about the Annual Plan Grants / FDC process at any time: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Comments. Feel free also to reach out to us over email at FDCstaff@wikimedia.org. We would be happy to speak with any organization about specific questions they may have about eligibility.

Best regards from FDC staff!

Winifred Olliff FDC Support Team Wikimedia Foundation