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

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/8/21 Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org>:
> 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.
>
> Big thanks to Sara Crouse for her work on the proposal that led to this grant.

Congratulations! That is really good news.