Grants:Project/Rapid

• General Support Fund
• Rapid Fund
• Conference Fund
• Hub Fund
• Research Fund

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How to apply

What we fund

• Individuals coordinating local events related to a global campaign in their community.
• Informal and formal community meetup
• Wikimedia editathons and workshops
• Strategic and annual plans from Wikimedia affiliates
• Education projects, for example, reading or editing training on Wikipedia, Wikidata or other Wikimedia projects
• Cultural and heritage projects that support contribution of content, curation of the content and promote accessibility of that content.
• Gender and diversity projects, for example, bringing in and training women and gender diverse participants and editors. Also, creating content about women, gender diverse groups, underrepresented communities and their knowledge.
• Small-scale software development projects

• Working space, services, prizes, outreach, and other common costs needed to support edit-a-thons, contests, photowalks, and promotional campaigns.
• Data costs to support access to online events
• Project-related travel for organizers
• Compensation for well-defined roles that do not replace volunteer activities, including (but not limited to) graphic design, training, childcare services, translation, project management, and Wikimedian-in-Residence roles.

• No funding for travel scholarships or conference participation. Rapid Funds are project-based resources and only fund travel related to the direct implementation of the project.
• Equipment purchase is allowed for groups, organizations and affiliates. Equipment-based grants need to clearly demonstrate how the equipment will be shared with other community members. An equipment log or list must be publicly available for community members and included in the application. Examples of equipment funded with Rapid Funds are: laptops, cameras and projector, routers, external drives.

• Smaller-scale software development projects may be eligible for funding pending review from Community Resources and Technology department staff.
• Project code must be publicly available and published under a free software license compatible with relevant Wikimedia projects.
• A documentation plan should be incorporated as a part of the proposed activities.
• Proposals that depend on multiple or continuous Rapid Funds for long-term maintenance or development goals are generally ineligible.

• Applications to complete proposed research related to the Wikimedia movement are not eligible. Please review the Wikimedia Research Fund for these funding opportunties.
• Applications for open access publication fees to publish completed research are not eligible at this time. We encourage researchers to review the WikiJournal User Group, which publishes a set of open-access, peer-reviewed academic journals with no publishing costs to authors.

• Wikipedia exhibition 2023 at the Library fair (Ja̱pan, East, Southeast Asia, & Pacific)
• Wiki Loves Bangla 2023 (Bangladesh, A̱siya A̱tak)
• WikiProject Climate Change - Credible Resources and Quotables list (International)
• Building a knowledge repository for cultural heritage post-earthquake disaster in southeast Türkiye (Turkiya, Central & Eastern Europe & Central Asia)
• Fortalecimiento de la incubadora de la Wikipedia maya kaqchikel -Wikiwuj- (Guatemala, Latin America & Caribbean)
• Wikidata para bibliotecários brasileiros:edição e visualização de dados (Bi̱razi̱t, Latin America & Caribbean)

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Eligibility requirements

• The project you have in mind aims to improve third-party websites.
• The project includes lobbying activities, as per United States Internal Revenue Service definitions.^[1]
• Works and contributions are not published under ethical, open access agreements.
• You are a General Support Fund grantee partner.
• You are a board member, leader (contacts submitted to AffCom), president, bank account signatory^[2] , executive director, or other paid staff or contractor of a Wikimedia affiliate/group/organisation with existing Wikimedia Foundation Fund awards (General Support Fund, Rapid Fund, Research Fund, Conference Fund, Movement Strategy Implementation Grants).
  • When there is no significant overlap between the volunteer role (especially board members), group activities, and individual grant, the Program Officer may make exceptions to this criterion.
• You are an individual applying on behalf of different groups or organisations.

Primary and secondary contacts, agreement signatories, bank account signatories, and any individuals in roles that direct the implementation of grant activities, must:

• Follow the Universal Code of Conduct and Friendly Space Policies.
• Comply with all requirements and be in good standing for any current activities funded through the Wikimedia Foundation.
• Be in good standing in regard to ethical behavior within the community (e.g. social behavior, financial behavior, legal behavior, etc.), as determined through the due diligence process of the grant program.
• Have no recent or recurring violations:
  • Must not be blocked on any Wikimedia project, even if the proposed work is unrelated to that project.
  • Within the past year, must not have been blocked, banned, or flagged by Wikimedia Foundation staff or affiliates for violations of the Universal Code of Conduct, Friendly Space Policies, or other conduct issues.
  • Must not have been repeatedly blocked or flagged for the same issue on a Wikimedia project.
  • If prior issues or blocks have occurred, must demonstrate learning and understanding in regard to the cause for the issue, such that they are ready to serve as a role model for others as a grantee.
• Not appear on the United States Department of Treasury Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List (SDN).
• Be located in a a country that can legally receive funding for the described activities and expenses in accordance with the laws governing the sending and receiving of funds in the United States and their respective country.
• Not be Wikimedia Foundation staff members or contractors working more than part time (over 20 hours per week).
• Provide all information and documentation needed to receive the funding from the Wikimedia Foundation.

Youth Safety Policy must be in place for any activity that involves underage community members.

• If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, it also outlines compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provides documentation of the local laws in the annex.
• The proposal demonstrates how they will ensure the safe engagement of young people in all of the project’s activities.
• The proposal demonstrates that any adults who will be working in close contact with young people have been properly vetted and trained.
• The proposal outlines an action protocol in the case that incidents occur relating to the physical and psychological safety of young people.

Application process

Timeline

Cycle 1 - 1 Zwat A̱ni̱nai 2024 – 30 Zwat A̱kubunyiung 2024

Cycle 2 - 1 Zwat Swak 2024 – 29 Zwat Swak ma̱ng Jhyiung 2024

Cycle 3 - 1 Zwat Swak ma̱ng Sweang 2024 – 7 Zwat Sweang 2025

Cycle 4 - 15 Zwat Sweang 2025 – 11 Zwat Nyaai 2025

Cycle 5 - 1 Zwat Tswuon 2025 – 27 Zwat A̱taa 2025

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