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Approved Annual, Multi-year, and Conference Grants in Fiscal Year 2023–24
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Map of all approved annual, multi-year, and conference grants in fiscal year 2023–24. Click on the pin to see the details. For the grants with international scope, the grantee organization's country is listed. If the non incorporated group is international, the fiscal organization's location is shown, even if it is outside of the funding region. The location data is accurate to the country level only. For the Conference Funds, the conference location is shown. This map does not include Rapid Funds.     Central & Eastern Europe & Central Asia     East, Southeast Asia, & Pacific     Latin America & Caribbean     Middle East & North Africa     North America     Northern & Western Europe     South Asia     Sub-Saharan Africa     Conference Funds

Regions are in alphabetical order.

Central & Eastern Europe & Central Asia

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Grantee organization Awarded amount in USD Level of funding Comment
Wikimedia MKD (GLAM Macedonia & Shared Knowledge) $81,161.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikimedia Estonia (Mittetulundusuhing Wikimedia Eesti) $85,772.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikimedia Polska $108,998.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikimedia Ukraine $146,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikimedia User Group Georgia $58,358.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikimedians of Albanian Language User Group $47,206.00 Full funding Returning grantee
Wikimedia Serbia $164,159.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikimedia Czech Republic $229,124.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikimedia Republic of Srpska $54,087 Full funding Returning grantee
Wikimedia User Group Turkey $72,912 Full funding Returning grantee
CEE Spring User Group $10,946 Full funding Renewal application
Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova User Group $22,342 Full funding Returning grantee
Wikimedia Armenia $152,549 Partial funding New multi-year funding decision
TOTAL OF AWARDS IN USD $1,233,614.00

East, Southeast Asia, & Pacific

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Grantee organisation Country Awarded amount in USD Level of funding Comment
User Group Malaysia Malaysia $57, 000.00 Partial funding Returning
Wikimedia Korea Korea $117,968.40 Full funding Returning

Includes additional funding of $15,314

Wikimedia Taiwan Taiwan $137,321.00 Full funding Returning
Wikimedia Thailand Thailand $40,347.00 Full funding Returning
Hopengiu Wikimedians User Group (not a recognized affiliate) Taiwan $11,000.00 Partial funding First GSF grant
Shared Knowledge Asia Pacific (SKAP) Inc. Philippines $20,000.00 Partial funding First GSF grant
Wikimedia Indonesia Indonesia $368,500 Partial funding Returning
Wiki Advocates Philippines Philippines $69,730 Partial funding Returning
Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group Philippines $47,527 Partial funding Returning
Wikimedians of Japan User Group Japan $65,399 Partial funding Returning
漱石の猫 Japan $24,000 Partial funding Rapid to GSF, First GSF grant
Wikimedia Asian Month Taiwan $39,795 Partial funding Rapid to GSF, First GSF grant
Progress Gateway NGO (Alliances) Mongolia $40,000 Partial funding Returning
Creative Commons Indonesia (Alliances) Indonesia $67,000 Partial funding Returning
Wikimedia Australia [Multi-year] Australia $266,376 Full funding Existing multi-year
Wikimedia User Group of Aotearoa New Zealand [Multi-year] New Zealand $212,337 Full funding Existing multi-year
TOTAL OF AWARDS IN USD $1,584,300

Latin America & Caribbean

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Grantee organization Awarded amount in USD Level of funding Comment
Wiki Movimento Brasil $527,511 Full funding Existing multi-year grant
Wikimedia Argentina $375,000 Full funding New multi-year funding decision*

Renewal application

Wikimedia México $365,126 Partial funding Partial funding based on persistent concerns about long-term strategy, internal capacity, and historical underspending. Grant conditional on meeting specific deliverables

Renewal application

Wikimedia Chile $284,953 Full funding New multi-year funding decision*

Renewal application

Wikimedia Colombia $195,858 Full funding Existing multi-year grant. For year 2, funding increased followed by the request for adjustment based on inflation and other unforeseen expenses
Wikimedia Uruguay $154,258 Full funding New multi-year funding decision*

Renewal application

Wiki Acción Perú $121,496 Full funding New multi-year funding decision*

Renewal application

Wikimedistas de Bolivia $110,096 Full funding New multi-year funding decision*

Renewal application

Groupe d'Utilisateurs Wikimedia d'Haiti $80,305 Full funding New multi-year funding decision*

Renewal application

Wikimedistas Wayúu (Colombia & Venezuela) $70,688 Full funding Renewal application
Wikimedistas de Perú $58,129 Full funding Renewal application
Mais Teoria da História na Wiki (Brasil) $51,448 Full funding Renewal application
Equipo de Wikimedistas de La Universidad de La Plata (Argentina) $36,300 Partial funding Partial funding due to some costs considered to be elevated

Renewal application

TOTAL OF AWARDS IN USD $2,431,168

*The LAC Regional Fund Committee has decided to keep the funding amounts the same for both years until information about the regional budget for FY 24-25 is available.

Middle East & North Africa

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Grantee organization Awarded amount in USD Level of funding Comment
Algeria Wikimedians User Group $28,000.00 Partial funding First GSF grant, partial funding due to some high equipment costs and some work needed related to community leadership
Egyptian Wikimedians User Group $29,364.61 Full funding First GSF grant
Iraqi Wikimedians $12,000.00 Partial funding First GSF grant, partial funding to test new leadership and ambitious timeline
Wikimedia Libya $14,000.00 Partial funding First GSF grant, partial funding to test new leadership and ambitious timeline
Wikimedians of the Levant (Jordan) $34,050.00 Full funding
Wikimedians of the United Arab Emirates User Group $50,000.00 Partial funding MEA Committee wanted to see greater impact before approving larger funding
Wikimedia MA (Morocco) $108,800.00 Full funding First multi-year funding approved for MENA until 2026
Jordanian Digital Arabic Content Association $20,000.00 Partial funding First GSF grant
TOTAL OF AWARDS IN USD $296,214.61

North America

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Grantee organization Awarded amount in USD Level of funding Comment
Wikimedia DC $42,450.00 Full funding Existing multi-year grant, funded for 1-1/2 years to support affiliate to switch future funding rounds.
Wikimedia NYC $177,000.00 Partial funding Existing multi-year grant
Art + Feminism $404,689.00 Full funding Existing multi-year grant
Black Lunch Table $301,793.10 Partial funding Existing multi-year grant
Whose Knowledge? $200,000.00 Partial funding Returning multi-year grant
Wikimedia Canada $211,740.98 Full funding Returning grant
Wiki Education Foundation $445,000.00 Partial funding Returning multi-year grant
WikiTongues $58,000.00 Full funding New annual grant
WikiProject Medicine $145,000.00 Partial funding With $15,000.00 amendment included
AfroCROWD $150,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikimedia LGBT+ UG $131,000 Full funding New grantee
WikiJournal UG $32,000 Partial funding Six-month grant, see proposal talk page for details
TOTAL OF AWARDS IN USD $2,298,673.08

Northern & Western Europe

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Grantee organization Awarded amount in USD Level of funding Comment
Wikimedia France $465,676.75 Full funding Existing multi-year grant Y2 with no change in budget compared to approved amount at the time of application
Wikimedia France $40,541.27 Partial funding Direct costs of a one-year project mitigating the effects of the conflicts of French Wikipedia for the wider francophone community

Amendment

Wikimedia Community Ireland User Group $132,351.00 Partial funding Annual grant - also awarded a Conference Grant
Wikimedia Norge (Norway) $123,062.73 Full funding 6 months bridging request due to changing application Rounds from R2 to R1

Amendment of 2023 grant

Wikimedia Portugal $136,588.66 Partial funding Annual grant awarded with the condition of a strategic review
Wikimedia Österreich - WMAT (Austria) $358,297.17 Partial funding Existing multi-year grant Y3 with change in budget compared to approved amount at the time of application, difference compensated from Alliance Funds
Wikimedia Sverige - WMSE (Sweden) $409,353.26 Full funding Existing multi-year grant Y3 with no change in budget compared to approved amount at the time of application
Wikimedia Sverige - WMSE (Sweden) $34,500.00 External fundraising support External fundraising support: one-time partial funding of a CRM system’s upfront costs

Amendment

Wikimedia UK $549,887.78 Partial funding Existing multi-year grant Y2 with small change in budget compared to approved amount at the time of application, difference compensated from Alliance Funds
Wikimedia Nederland (Netherlands) $451,258.85 Partial funding New multi-year grant, awarded for Y1
Wikimedia Nederland (Netherlands) $46,458.20 External fundraising support External fundraising support: self-fund of a project on decolonizing work in Aruba and the Caribbean

Amendment

Wikimedia Israel $396,262.22 Partial funding Annual grant
Wikimedia Israel $15,000.00 Partial funding Extra funding for the maintenance costs of the GLAM-Wiki Dashboard, compensated from the Tech Budget.
Wikimedia España (Spain) $273,928.50 Partial funding New multi-year grant, awarded for Y1
Les sans PagEs (Switzerland) $155,694.14 Partial funding New multi-year grant, awarded for Y1
Wikimedia Suomi (Finland) $115,049.97 Partial funding Annual grant awarded with the condition of a strategic review
Wikimedia Suomi (Finland) $32,871.30 External fundraising support External fundraising support: self-fund of a project on gamification of outdoor photography

Amendment

Wikiesfera (Spain) $76,699.98 Partial funding New multi-year grant, awarded for Y1
AvoinGLAM (Finland) $65,742.84 Partial funding Annual grant
Wikimedia Belgium v.z.w (BE) $21,914.28 Partial funding Annual grant awarded with the condition of a strategic review
Wikimedia Belgium v.z.w (BE) $16,435.00 Full funding Support to hire a part-time consultant for 4 months (the chapter has had no paid staff at all).

Amendment

Wiki Editoras Lx (Portugal) $65,742.84 Partial funding New multi-year grant, awarded for Y1
Wikimedia Community Malta User Group $46,602.91 Full funding Annual grant
Basque Wikimedians User Group $54,785.70 Partial funding First GSF grant
TOTAL SPENDING IN THIS FISCAL YEAR: $4,084,705.35
Compensations from other budget lines: $52,759.67

South Asia

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Grantee organization Country Awarded amount in USD Level of funding Comment
Atudu/Wiki Loves Butterfly - Phase VII & Phase VIII India $ 23,193.40 Full funding Returning
Wiki Loves Folklore International Organizing Team $ 22,000.00 Partial funding Returning
Pavanaja India $ 19,814.00 Partial funding Returning
Boli Cheto The Language And Livelihood Foundation India $ 11,917.40 Partial funding First GSF grant
Indic MediaWiki Developers UG 2024 Annual Plan India $ 46,158.21 Full funding First GSF grant
Karavali Wikimedians User Group India $ 13,068.00 Full funding First GSF grant
West Bengal Wikimedians User Group India $21,255.00 Full funding Returning
CIS India $123,132.00 Full funding Returning (6 month grant extension)
Oral Indic Cultural Project India $21,815.00 Full funding First GSF grant
TOTAL OF AWARDS IN USD $480,679.01

Sub-Saharan Africa

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Grantee organization Country Awarded amount in USD Level of funding Comment
African & Proud (Afroyanga Cultural Enlightenment Initiative) Nigeria $22,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Global Open Initiative Ghana $79,000.00 Full funding Returning grantee
Hausa Wikimedians User Group Nigeria $50,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Igbo Wikimedians User Group Nigeria $81,000.00 Partial funding Multi-year grantee - 3 years
Open Foundation West Africa Ghana $156,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wiki in Africa South Africa $194,282.00 Full funding On-going multi-year funding with a 19% increase in year 2
Wiki Kouman Cote d'Ivoire $50,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikimedians of Kenya UG Kenya $19,570.00 Full funding First GSF grant
Wikimedia Community User Group Cote D'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire $150,000.00 Full funding Multi-year grantee - 3 years
Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda Uganda $91,000.00 Full funding Returning grantee
Wikimedia Nigeria User Group Nigeria $139,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikimedia South Africa South Africa $100,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikimedia User Group Rwanda Rwanda $33,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Yoruba Wikimedians User Group Nigeria $60,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikimedians of Arusha Tanzania $42,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Tanzania University Students Wikimedians User Group Tanzania $30,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Access to Knowledge Africa Initiative Nigeria $15,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Dagbani Wikimedians User Group Ghana $50,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikimedians of the Democratic Republic of Congo User Group Democratic Republic of Congo $36,960.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos Nigeria $11,800.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group Cameroon $30,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Wikimedia Ghana User Group Ghana $45,000.00 Partial funding Returning grantee
Tyap Wikimedians Organisation Nigeria $15,000.00 Partial funding First GSF grant
WAFTAI - Women's Association For Technology And Innovation - Wiki N'zuñdeuh Cameroon $14,817.00 Full funding First GSF grant
Wikimedia Community Kilimanjaro Tanzania $15,000.00 Partial funding First GSF grant
TOTAL SPENDING IN THIS FISCAL YEAR: $1,530,429.00

Conference Funds

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For further information, see Funded Conferences in FY 2023-24.
Grantee organization Awarded amount in USD Level of funding
Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia - ESEAP Conference 2024 $175,000 Partial funding
Wikimedia ZA - WikiIndaba South Africa 2024 $207,469 Full funding
Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey - Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2024 $134,960 Full funding
WikiConference North America $130,970 Full funding
Wikimedians of United Arab Emirates User Group - WikiArabia 2024 Conference  Oman $186,665.00 Full funding
Grupo de usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil - WikiCon Brazil $100,619 Full funding
Wikimedia and Libraries User Group - Wikimedia and Libraries Conference 2024 $115,000 Full funding
Wikimedia Canada - WikiConvention Francophone 2024 $148,927 Full funding
Wikimedia Ireland  - Celtic Knot Conference 2024 in Ireland $114,763.72 Full funding
Indian Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad - 3rd Wikimedia Technology Summit 2024 $112,002 Full funding
Wikimedia Indonesia - Wikisource Conference 2024 $140,162 Partial funding
Wikimedia Nigeria - WikiConference Nigeria 2024 $54,007 Full funding
Open Space Tanzania - Wiki Student Summit 2024 $49,136 Full funding
Wikimedia GMSZ MKD Skopje - WikiOutdoor Training 2024 $24,033 Full funding
WikiAcción Perú - Climate justice, indigenous voices and open knowledge $84,517 Full funding
Wikimedia Bangladesh - Bangla WikiConference 2024 $24,183 Full funding
Wikimedia Chile - Global Wiki Advocacy Meet-up $72,780 Full funding
TOTAL OF AWARDS IN USD $1,875,194

*For the ESEAP Conference, Wiki Indaba, CEE Meeting, WikiCon North America, Wiki Arabia, Wikimedia Libraries Conference and the Celtic Knot Conference a % of the funding was paid directly by the WMF travel team which will handle flight and accommodation for specific conferences.