Hi Woubzena, I've submitted a couple of requests in July, hoping that we can get them going before the new changes take place: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Grants:Project/Rapid/UG_LEV/Summer_2019-2020_Education_Program_in_Palestine
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Grants:Project/Rapid/UG_LEV/Summer-Winter_2019-2020_Education_Program_in_Palestine Can you please let me know what the status is? Thanks! Farah On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 2:35 AM Woubzena Jifar <wji...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello all, > > Hope this email finds you well. We are sending this message to select > community mailing lists and all previous recipients of Wikimedia Foundation > Rapid Grants. > > As you know the Rapid Grants Program > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid> [1] has played an > important role in helping our communities to grow. The number of grants we > have given out grew by 30% between FY16 -17 to this fiscal year, and they > grew by 55% when measured by the total amount disbursed. (See the spending > analysis > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_spending_analysis> > [2] for reference.*) > > While communities have valued these flexible funding opportunities, on our > part, it hasn’t been easy to measure and track their impact. We therefore > will be implementing a number of changes in Fiscal Year 19/20, starting > *August > 1 2019*, to sharpen the focus and impact of rapid grants, whilst at the > same time maintaining the quick and flexible funding options for community: > > 1) In the months specified below, we will prioritize support to *contests > and campaigns* which have been an exciting source of growth in > editorship, innovative participation and content generation by communities. > These months will be solely dedicated to different contests and campaigns > throughout the year: > > - *August*: only receiving proposals for *Wiki Loves Monuments* > - *September*: only receiving proposals for *Awareness Grants* > (campaign) > - *December*: only receiving proposals for *Wiki Loves Africa * > - *January*: only receiving proposals for *Art + Feminism* (campaign) > - *March*: only receiving proposals for *Wiki Loves Earth* > > 2) Outside the months specified above, proposals are welcomed in all > other categories: edit-a-thons, contests, photowalks, general promotion > campaigns, and video campaigns. For added flexibility, we will also > consider proposals outside of these categories, such as software > development. However, we will no longer be providing rapid grants for > travel support, equipment purchase or meetups. > > 3) We will evaluate each batch of grants once a month and accept the best > proposals in alignment with the Wikimedia Foundation’s medium-term goals. > > We will share the evaluation for the Rapid Grants Program that led us to > sharpen the focus for the program once the evaluation is completed by > September 30, 2019. In addition to these changes, we’ve also considered > comments around Wikimedia Foundation Rapid Grants eligibility criteria and > have clarified these criteria. Please take the time to re-familiarize > yourselves with the Wikimedia Foundation Rapid Grants Guidelines and > Criteria <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Learn> [4] > page. > > The Wikimedia Foundation’s Medium-term > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019> > [3] plan goals are set out here for information. > > If you have any questions, please email us at <rapidgra...@wikimedia.org>. > > > Best regards, > Woubzena > > *Please note that we have not yet put out the final FY 2018-19 numbers and > we’re basing this calculation based on up to date internal numbers of 184 > grants and $270,194. > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid > > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_spending_analysis > > [3] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019 > > > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Learn > > Woubzena Jifar (pronouns - she/her/hers) > > Program Officer, Rapid Grants > > User: WJifar (WMF) > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>