Hi Lodewijk, Dankjewel, this is very helpful indeed!
Hartelijke groet, Michelle van Lanschot Projectleider (ma, di, wo, do) *Post- en bezoekadres:* Wikimedia Nederland Mariaplaats 3 3511 LH Utrecht tel. (+31) (0)30 3200238 <(+31)%2030%203200238> mob. (+31) (0)6 42154479 www.wikimedia.nl Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaNL>, Twitter <https://twitter.com/wmnl> en Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/company/wikimedia-nederland/> *Overtuigd van het belang van vrije kennis? * *Steun Wikimedia Nederland! <https://www.wikimedia.nl/pagina/steun-ons>* *Wikimedia Nederland organiseert regelmatig bijeenkomsten, u bent daarbij van harte welkom. Kijk voor meer informatie in onze agenda <https://www.wikimedia.nl/pagina/agenda>.* Op do 22 jun 2023 om 18:17 schreef effe iets anders < [email protected]>: > HI Michelle, > > Excellent question that may be relevant for many potential organizers! > > There is three categories of funding I would suggest they could consider: > 1. relevant local funding: this is usually very advisable to consider. > Whenever you can find local funds from governments etc, it will help the > group develop also more long term relationships. Think about heritage > organizations, tourist boards or even companies willing to sponsor a prize. > 2. WMF funding. This will depend on their affiliate status within the > Wikimedia movement. See this page > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start> for a full overview. The rapid > fund <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Apply> is > probably what you're looking for, with relatively low requirements and a > maximum funding amount of $5000. I see there's a new timeline and this > means that the deadline to submit grants is July 1 (the September 1 > deadline will be too late for WLM). > 3. WLM minigrants. Up to a few hundred dollars, the WLM international team > has limited ability to fund local organizers with basic prizes, events. The > idea behind this is to have even faster turnaround times, and also help > groups that want to apply below the minimum amount of $500 that the WMF has > set. Sending a quick email with a brief description of what you're looking > for and want to do, is the way to go. > > Hopefully this is helpful. I'm sure a member of the international team > would be able to give more information in the group 3. > > Lodewijk > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 12:06 AM Michelle van Lanschot < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> We are starting up preparations to organise Wiki Loves Monuments in >> Suriname this year, and the organising team would like to expand the >> activities this year, so we were wondering what funding opportunities we >> might reach out to to make that happen? >> >> Thanks so much for pointing us in the right direction! >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Michelle van Lanschot >> Projectleider >> >> (ma, di, wo, do) >> >> *Post- en bezoekadres:* >> Wikimedia Nederland >> Mariaplaats 3 >> 3511 LH Utrecht >> tel. (+31) (0)30 3200238 <(+31)%2030%203200238> >> mob. (+31) (0)6 42154479 >> www.wikimedia.nl >> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaNL>, Twitter >> <https://twitter.com/wmnl> en Linkedin >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/wikimedia-nederland/> >> >> *Overtuigd van het belang van vrije kennis? * >> *Steun Wikimedia Nederland! <https://www.wikimedia.nl/pagina/steun-ons>* >> >> >> *Wikimedia Nederland organiseert regelmatig bijeenkomsten, u bent daarbij >> van harte welkom. Kijk voor meer informatie in onze agenda >> <https://www.wikimedia.nl/pagina/agenda>.* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected] >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org
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