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==Last quarter of 2004== |
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[[image:Grants.png|left|Grants]] |
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One grant was obtained rather unexpectedly this fall, when the '''Beck Foundation''' suggested they would be interested in supporting a "[[m:Wikijunior]]" project. They gave Wikimedia a US$10,000 grant to produce content for short encyclopedia-style children's books on specific subjects. The current plan is to create content for 48-page print books, on the subjects of ''Geography'', ''Animals'', and ''Astronomy'' [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikijunior]. (See the special report in the Out of the Projects section.) |
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In January 2005, we applied for and received a grant from the '''[http://rlounsbery.org/default.asp Lounsbery Foundation]''' to 1) cover our daily operations, 2) enable us to launch our new Wikispecies project, and 3) enable us to continue improving our existing projects. We applied for around $48,000 and received $40,000. |
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Thank you very much for the trust offered by both Foundations. |
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There was also an important meeting with the '''[http://www.soros.org/ Open Society Institute]'s Information Project''' in New York, during December. They invited the Wikimedia board to join them for part of their yearly board meeting, and are interested in helping Wikipedia expand in key languages and into the developing world. No specifics were decided on, but ideas for specific projects to better develop Arabic-language content or to increase the number and variety of contributors from African countries, were agreed to be particularly welcome. |
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Revision as of 07:39, 22 October 2005
First quarter of 2005
One grant meeting was held on IRC in February, with about 10 people in attendance. As a direct result, a UNESCO IFAP grant was pursued, unsuccessfully, to support the initial development of a universal dictionary.
Shortly thereafter, a similar proposal won a 5000 EUR grant for software development from Kennisnet, a Dutch educational organisation (for a full report on the grant and its effects, see Kennisnet and Wikimedia, pg. 7).
Wikimania supported by GuruNet
Bob Rosenschein of GuruNet agreed to be a primary sponsor of Wikimania for an amount of 30,000 EUR. He is a very enthusiastic supporter of Wikimedia's charitable goals, and his company is prospering in part due to reuse of Wikipedia content.
Socialtext, a corporate wiki development company, agreed to sponsor the conference for 5000 EUR; and other sponsorships were being discussed as of the end of March.