[Foundation-l] [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
I am glad that it is the enterprise of the Foundation that ensures that we
do not need advertisements. Yay
Thanks,
     GerardM

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu> wrote:

> This is also the first indication I've seen that this ginormous new
> Foundation might actually work! It seems to give us credibility.
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu> wrote:
>
> > That is so awesome. Nice work Erik!
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Sue Gardner <sgardner at wikimedia.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > I'm delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan
> Foundation
> > > board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1
> million
> > > annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread
> over
> > > three years.
> > >
> > > This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning,
> a
> > > form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in
> our
> > > case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality,
> > > increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material
> > > beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we've recently expanded the
> staff
> > > from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this
> funding
> > > will offset those increased costs.
> > >
> > > This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected:
> > > this donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals
> that
> > > Sloan sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
> > >
> > > I'd like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our
> first
> > > contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the
> > > Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL
> funder.)
> > >  Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to
> > > present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a
> formal
> > > request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay,
> Erik
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also
> > > send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff
> and
> > > board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Sue
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Sue Gardner
> > > Executive Director,
> > > Wikimedia Foundation
> > >
> > >
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