[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the first round of grants from the Equity Fund

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 08:49:24 -0700 

Hi Lisa,
Thanks, I didn't spot that page (I was looking on diff and meta). These are big grants (>$150k/ea - total is $1.36 million), so I think it's really important that a decent amount of information about their application and plans is posted on meta, as per the internal Wikimedia movement grants processes. Ideally that would also involve some level of public commenting process by the community. 

Thanks,
Mike

On 8/9/21 16:41:38, Lisa Gruwell wrote:

Hi Mike-


Thanks for the questions.  The amounts of the grants and descriptions of 
them are in the press release:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/09/08/wikimedia-foundation-announces-first-grant-recipients-of-new-4-5-million-equity-fund/ 
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/09/08/wikimedia-foundation-announces-first-grant-recipients-of-new-4-5-million-equity-fund/>


We will be sure to add that information to Meta as well.

Best,
Lisa


On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 8:06 AM Mike Peel <em...@mikepeel.net 
<mailto:em...@mikepeel.net>> wrote:


    Hi Lisa,

    Thanks for the info, and congratulations to the grantees! I'm trying to
    find out more information about the grants (US$ amount, details of what
    the money will be spent on, and expected impact), but I can't see the
    applications or further information on meta - could you point
    towards it
    please?

    Thanks,
    Mike

    On 8/9/21 15:09:15, Lisa Gruwell wrote:
     > Hi everyone,
     >
     >
     > We are excited to share that we have chosen the first round of
    grantees
     > for the Knowledge Equity Fund pilot. The Equity Fund Committee
    selected
     > six grantees across the Middle East, Africa, and North and South
    America
     > who focus on issues of access, education and equity within the
    regions
     > they support. You can read an overview of the six grantees and their
     > work on Diff[1]. We’ve also added information about the grantees and
     > what’s next for this pilot program to our Meta page[2].
     >
     >
     > We are happy to welcome these new grantees, and look forward to
    their
     > work as movement partners to support the free knowledge
    ecosystem. Let
     > us know if you have questions on the Talk Page[3].
     >
     >
     > Thank you,
     >
     > Lisa Gruwell and the Equity Fund Committee
     >
     >
     > [1]
     >
    
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/08/welcome-to-the-first-grantees-of-the-knowledge-equity-fund/
    
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/08/welcome-to-the-first-grantees-of-the-knowledge-equity-fund/>

     >
    
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/08/welcome-to-the-first-grantees-of-the-knowledge-equity-fund/
    
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/08/welcome-to-the-first-grantees-of-the-knowledge-equity-fund/>>
     >
     > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Equity_Fund
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Equity_Fund>
     > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Equity_Fund
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Equity_Fund>>
     >
     > [3]
     >
    
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Knowledge_Equity_Fund&action=edit&redlink=1
    
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Knowledge_Equity_Fund&action=edit&redlink=1>

     >
    
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Knowledge_Equity_Fund&action=edit&redlink=1
    
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Knowledge_Equity_Fund&action=edit&redlink=1>>
     >
     > --
     >
     >
     >
     > Lisa Seitz Gruwell
     >
     > Chief Advancement Officer
     >
     > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/
    <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>>
     >
     >
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