:) Dimi, do you know of reports on subsets of this, for groups and projects in Europe? I discovered to my delight a beautiful summary of WMF grants made up to 2020 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking/Reports/2019-2020> -- thanks Guillaume! -- which partly answers the first question. But this does not include donations + external grant funding that directly supports affiliates.
One other point -- It was noted that 3a and 3d seem similar. I updated these Qs on meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:MSIG> to be clearer. I meant: *3a*: What groups do we envision making individual funding recommendations? [timing, who decides, what constraints] *3d*: How do we envision reviewing how things are going? [peer feedback on budgets and plans, reflection on the overall balance of funding across the movement.] These inform one another, but are distinct. And the first is more than just updating current processes: major gaps to fill include funding for projects under $500, and multi-year funding for infrastructure and projects -- among the most common requests. SJ On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 6:52 AM Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Samuel, > > Thanks for structuring these questions regarding funding and fundraising. > I just wanted to pitch in a +1. > > It would be very useful to have answers to some of these for our public > facing work. Such questions pop up naturally in conversations and the more > granular we can be in our answers the better the reaction we get. > > Cheers, > Dimi > > На пн, 17.05.2021 г. в 21:13 ч. Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> написа: > >> Dear list, >> >> Risker posed an excellent question in the AffCom thread about *review >> and development of movement funding*, which could use its own dedicated >> thread. Riffing on the theme, here are a dozen questions for anyone who >> knows part of the answer -- particularly those who helped develop the 2019 >> recommendations on resource allocation >> <http://Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups/Resource_Allocation#Recommendations> >> , >> the 2020 approach to hubs and participatory resource allocation >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Ensure_Equity_in_Decision-making#Participatory_resource_allocation>, >> and the grants strategy relaunch >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021> >> . >> >> We can move this discussion to meta >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MSIG> if the thread becomes unwieldy. >> (: >> >> *1. Current state of movement funding* >> >> 1a. Roughly what % of global fundraising is currently allocated to >> affiliates, or other entities + projects not run by the WMF? (*my poor >> guess*) >> >> 1b. Roughly how much regional fundraising goes directly to major >> affiliates? >> >> 1c. Which affiliates with annual plan grants have been growing over >> time, and how is the expansion of existing budgets approved? >> >> 1d. Which affiliates have gotten their first APG in the past five years, >> and how has that developed over time? >> >> *2. Current review process* >> >> 2a. How is funding by WMF of movement affiliates (general operations, >> and large specific projects) currently determined? Does the Board engage >> with this? >> >> 2b. Is the funding of affiliate work linked to goals of increasing >> equity across the world, and supporting underrepresented communities? >> If so, how / how is this visualized? >> >> 2c. What other mechanisms for focusing and allocating resources are good >> examples to replicate? >> >> 2d. What other bilateral projects (such as joint projects, and grant or >> microgrant programs), run by large affiliates and hubs other than the WMF, >> currently exist? Which seem like examples to replicate? >> >> *3. Desired futures!* >> >> 3a. What movement bodies are expected to play any role in >> recommendations about funding (extending, withdrawing, denying funding) to >> new and existing affiliates, now that the FDC is inactive? >> >> 3b. Is there a possibility of the FDC returning? How do past FDC members >> have about this? What was found to be good and bad about the FDC process? >> >> 3c. What elements of this is the global council expected to take up in >> its first year? What elements are hubs expected to take up, now and in the >> future? >> >> 3d. What roles do we envision each of {WMF, hubs, affiliates, community >> members} to play in reviewing movement budgets/plans and the volume and >> focus of future funding [re]allocation? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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