[Foundation-l] $500, 000 operational support from Hewlett Foundation

[Mohamed Magdy]

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has decided to generously
> support us with $500,000 in operational funding. More information in
> the press release:
>
>
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Hewlwett_Fdn_grant_August_2009
>
> This is not a project-based grant like the Stanton and Ford
> initiatives, but designed to advance the mission of the Wikimedia
> Foundation as a whole. We're very grateful to Hewlett for their
> support! :-) It comes out of Hewlett's Open Educational Resources
> initiative, which is an acknowledgment that Wikimedia is an important
> part of the OER movement.
>
That's great. Congratulations.


>
> Big thanks to Sara Crouse for her work on the proposal that led to this
> grant.


Thanks Sara!