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

[Lennart Guldbrandsson]

Good work and kudos to the Hewletts.

/Lennart

2009/8/21 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>

> 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.
>
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Swedish Wikipedia // ordförande för Wikimedia Sverige och presskontakt för
svenskspråkiga Wikipedia