Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/General Support Fund/Wikimedia Norge 2025/Final Report
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Part 1: Understanding your work
[edit]Per the recent update on the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy process, Wikimedia Affiliates that are General Support Fund grantees will fulfill their affiliate reporting requirements through their final or yearly grantee report.
If you are a Wikimedia Affiliate, you will use this form for your affiliate reporting and to address the affiliate health criteria. You do not need to submit a separate report to AffCom. Follow the guidance in the green boxes to report on how you met the corresponding affiliate health criteria.
If you are not a Wikimedia Affiliate, aligning your responses with the affiliate criteria is optional and not required.
1. Please share to what extent your programs, approaches, and strategies contributed to addressing the challenges you shared in your proposal. If they did not contribute as you believed they would, please share what obstacles you faced and what, if anything, you learned from them? (required)
For affiliates, use this space (Question 1.) to address Affiliate Health Criterion 1.1 (Goal delivery). Describe how you actively delivered on mission goals, e.g. content creation.
Wikimedia Norge effectively addressed core challenges identified in our proposal, particularly regarding membership growth and gender diversity. As described in our 2025 Annual Report, we achieved a 50 % growth in membership, exceeding the ambitious 40 % annual target in our 2023-2028 Strategic Plan. Our long-term efforts to address gender gaps in Wikimedia projects’ content and among editors yielded good results in 2025 as well. Our "Growing the female ratio on Wikipedia" project is progressing according to plan, and the annual “Women in Red” campaign resulted in 600 new Wikipedia biographies about women.
Also, our communications efforts have steadily grown our website and social media reach, helping us on our way towards a visible public profile. This is crucial to our outreach efforts as well as future and existing partnerships. Please refer to our Metrics on Communications and the "Communications efforts" section in our 2025 Annual Report for details.
What slowed us down in 2025, was reduced staff capacity due to natural turnover and absence. These constraints impacted our ability to develop new partnerships and to apply for fresh funding, meaning our efforts to diversify revenues and increase our unrestricted income were less successful than we anticipated. Furthermore, while our strategic plan prioritises the educational sector, the "Wiki into education" project faced delays due to these same capacity issues before resuming development in the autumn.
We know that maintaining predictable and sufficient staff capacity, and having the right internal skillsets, is key to solve some of our challenges and to reach our goals. This is being addressed.
2. Is there a plan to build on the key successes you had? If yes, please describe the plan and if no, please share the limitations to do so. For instance, did the activities lead to any new priorities, ideas for activities, or goals for the future? (required)
Our 2026 Annual_Plan is a natural continuation of the work we have been doing recent years, in accordance with the 2023-2028 Strategic Plan. While remaining agile and following up on opportunities, it’s also important to trust our strategic direction and prioritise efforts that will yield long-term results. In 2026, of course, the attention that Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary gets adds momentum to our initiatives. So, we’re stepping up our fundraising efforts, specifically asking businesses for anniversary gifts. But in general, rather than shift and turn, we choose to build on successes and existing priorities: Community outreach, membership growth, larger multi-year projects such as "Growing the Female Ratio on Wikipedia", "Wiki into Education" and collaborations with research institutions around AI and disinformation. The success of the "Fix it!" campaign to add citations to, and to remove maintenance templates from, Wikipedia articles, will be brought forward in spin-offs for editors and GLAM partners. Our capacity limitations are being handled by ongoing processes to recruit new staff, which we expect to finalise in the 2nd quarter of 2026.
3. Please provide a link to reports that detail the activities that took place in the last year. This can include an annual report, Meta pages, and websites. If there are no links available, briefly describe the implemented activities and programs below or upload any files. (required)
For affiliates, use this space (Question 3.) to address Affiliate Health Criteria 2.1 (Affiliate health & resilience), 4.1 (Internal engagement), 4.2 (Community connection), and 4.3 (Partnerships and collaboration):
- Describe your activities engaging new users, new members for your decision-making body(ies), and developing leaders and organizers (2.1).
- Describe your activities creating or hosting spaces to encourage greater collaboration and engagement among your members (4.1).
- Describe how you engage with the contributing community that you serve and/or support (4.2).
- Describe your partnerships with other affiliates or with non-Wikimedia entities (4.3).
4. Are you interested in sharing what you achieved or learned this year with the wider community through different peer learning programs (e.g. Let's Connect program, Diff)? (optional)
We take part in a number of peer learning opportunities, and we share our work in our own channels and occasionally on Diff.
5. Did you collect feedback from your community or target groups on how the activities implemented impacted them? If yes, please attach/provide information on the results (e.g. community surveys, stories, impact booklets/reports, interviews with partner institutions, etc). Did you collect other impact-specific data? (required)
For affiliates, the response to Question 5. also partially addresses Affiliate Health Criteria 4.1 (Internal Engagement), 4.2 (Community Connection), or 4.3 (Partnerships & collaboration), where applicable.
We collected feedback from participants in "Growing the female ratio on WIkipedia" project, and results were evaluated by project staff and the project reference group. 82 % of these participants ticked off the highest satisfaction level on a three-tier survey scale.
We also surveyed participants that took part in our Annual General Assembly and our Admin and mentor retreat. The feedback was overall positive, but more importantly: We use these surveys to evaluate our programming and to gauge interest in future topics.
6. During the fund period, did your efforts do any of the following? (required):
For affiliates, the response to Question 6. also partially addresses Affiliate Health Criterion 2.2 (Diversity balance).
- 6.1 Bring in participants from the following groups: women, indigenous groups , speakers of minority languages, underrepresented geographical regions (ESEAP, LATAM, SSA, MENA, SA)
- 6.2 Develop content about the following underrepresented topics or groups of people: women, indigenous groups, LGBTQ+ groups, underrepresented geographical regions (ESEAP, LATAM, SSA, MENA, SA)
- 6.3 Support the retention of: Editors, Organizers, Partnerships
7. What, if any, effective tactics or approaches can you share that worked well when dealing with the programs under points 6.1-6.3 that you selected? (optional)
Over the years, and certainly in 2025, monthly editing competitions on Wikipedia and photo competitions on Wikimedia Commons have proved to be highly effective for us. Not just to generate new content, but for editor recruitment and retention, as well as being attractive elements in campaigns to bridge knowledge gaps. Our competitions are also a link between activities with GLAM partners, such as topical workshops or photo walks, and the volunteers in the wiki communities that we support. Competitions help us all interact and share positive results. Finally, competitions are a great way of stimulating public awareness as they are our most effective way of getting media attention.
8. If you developed partnerships, which of the following factors most helped you to build partnerships? Please pick a MAXIMUM of the three most relevant factors (optional):
Permanent staff outreach, Staff hired through the fund, Partners proactive interest
Part 2: Metrics
[edit]| Metrics name | Target | Result | Comments and tools used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of all participants | 500 | 337 | Manual counting. Participants in editing competitions are not included. |
| Number of all editors | 375 | 337 | Manual counting. |
| Number of new editors | 100 | 157 | |
| Number of retained editors | N/A | ||
| Number of all organizers | 30 | 36 | |
| Number of new organizers | N/A |
| Wikimedia project | Target - Number of created pages | Target - Number of improved pages | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 500 | 30000 | 1301 | 4637 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 1000 | 4344 | ||
| Wikidata | 500 | 500 | ||
| Wiktionary | ||||
| Wikisource | ||||
| Wikimedia Incubator | ||||
| Translatewiki | ||||
| MediaWiki | ||||
| Wikiquote | ||||
| Wikivoyage | ||||
| Wikibooks | ||||
| Wikiversity | ||||
| Wikinews | ||||
| Wikispecies | ||||
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
Tool used and comments (optional):
Dashboards, competition statistics, manual counting.
In addition to the listed Wikipedia articles, our "Fix it!" competition generated a lot of activity: 14 042 citations were added to existing Wikipedia articles, and 5943 maintenance templates were removed.
We don't have Wikidata metrics for 2025, as that project by mistake was not included in our monitoring.
11. Did you set other quantitative and qualitative targets for your project (other metrics)? (required): No
11.1. Other Metrics.
In your application, you outlined some other open metrics that you would like to measure. Please fill out the achieved results for each of the open metrics you defined.
| Other Metrics name | Metrics Description | Target | Result | Tools and comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language versions. | Wikimedia language versions that our contributors and partners represent. | 20 | ||
| Our own metrics | Our goals and metrics are listed in detail in our annual plan. We also measure and document WMNO's performance, as well as certain aspects of the Norwegian and Sámi Wikimedia projects, at no.wikimedia.org/wiki/Statistikkbank/en. | |||
Part 3: Skill Development / Capacity Building
[edit]12. Reflecting on your programmatic (external) and organizational (internal) work, did your grant support you to undergo any skill development that made a difference to your success? If yes, what skill was developed, and how did it lead to success? (e.g. received coaching on public speaking, attended training on nonviolent communication, hosted professional development conversations on leadership, learned and used a new tool for project management, etc.)? Can you share any materials? (required)
For affiliates, use this space (Question 12.) to address Affiliate Health Criteria 2.2 (Diversity balance) and 3.1 (Diverse, Skilled, and Accountable Leadership):
- Describe actions taken to prioritize gender balance in affiliate leadership, as well as any areas of diversity relevant to your affiliate's context (2.2).
- Describe the management, financial, or other leadership skills of your affiliate leaders. If you have a succession plan, please include it here (3.1).
- Describe any training or skill development (as outlined in the question above) (3.1).
- Incorporate into the annual report a disclosure of conflict of interests (if any) from the leadership (3.1).
The WMF grant is the only way we have of financing general community outreach activities. Recruitment and training efforts, as well as Wiki Meetups, are at the core of our operations, and this is where our communities grow their skills and interact socially. WMNO hosted almost 50 activities in 2025.
Aligned with our strategic goal of strengthening our organisational foundation, our board had a weekend retreat to learn more about civil society governance and board responsibilites. For staff, the biggest leaps in skill development have come from participation in international forums, national political processes, and research collaborations that address AI and disinformation. What we learn immediately dripples down to our own events, where members and other volunteers are keen to take part in knowledge exchange around those topics. The staff capacity and skill development made possible by the WMF grant, is what enables us to stay updated in a rapidly changing digital landscape.
13. What is one capacity/skill area that you would like to focus on for the next year? And how do you plan to achieve this capacity? (required)
We will be working on project methodologies. We will be hiring a new staff member with proven project management track record, and some of our current staff will undergo training.
14. If you have additional information or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here. Use the space below to upload any additional documents that would be useful to understand your report.
For affiliates, also use this section (Question 14) to fulfill the Affiliate Health Criteria requirements.
- Describe and link to any public-facing documentation for affiliate governance, including affiliate leadership and membership with a breakdown of the demographics; how elections are conducted; how conflicts of interest are declared; and how decisions are made and communicated (2.2, 2.3, 3.1).
- Describe and link to any public-facing documentation for activities incorporating, promoting awareness about, or enforcing the Universal Code of Conduct in your affiliate's activities (3.3).
- Describe and link to any public-facing documentation for internal membership engagement, such as notes from your regular meetings and how you communicate to or involve your membership (4.1).
Part 4: Financial reporting
[edit]For affiliates, also use this section (Part 4: Financial reporting) to address Affiliate Health Criterion 3.2 (Financial & Legal Compliance).
| Description | Planned / received budget for this category (NOK) | Amount spent (NOK) |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel costs | 2330000 | 1954785 |
| Operational costs | 65000 | 447931 |
| Programmatic costs | 65000 | 57284 |
| Total General Support Fund | 2460000 | 2460000 |
| Other revenue | 941251 | 789954 |
| Remaining funds from General Support Fund | N/A |
15. Please state the total amount spent from this fund in your local currency. (required)
2460000 NOK
16. Please provide an overview of the amount spent from this fund in the following budget categories in your local currency. (required)
- Operational costs: 447931 NOK
- Programmatic costs: 57284 NOK
- Staff and contractor costs: 1954785 NOK
17. Did you have any other revenue sources (e.g. other funding, membership contributions, donations)? (required): Yes
- 17.1. Provide the total amount received from other revenue sources in your local currency. (required): 941251 NOK
- 17.2. Provide the total amount spent from other revenue sources in your local currency. (required): 789954 NOK
18. Provide a financial report document which will provide the details of funds received and spent in the currency of your fund. (required)
- Upload Documents, Templates, and Files.
- Report funds received and spent, if template not used.
18.2. If you have not already done so in your financial spending report, provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal. (optional)
Please see "Finances" in our Annual Report, pages 7-9.
Included in 16.2 "Operational costs" above are purchases of external services to compensate for staff absence.
19. Do you have any unspent funds from this funding?: No
20. Final confirmations (required)
- 20.1. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement? You must be in compliance with relevant tax laws and regulations restricting the use of the Funds as outlined in the grant agreement. In summary, this is to confirm that the funds were used in alignment with the Wikimedia Foundation mission and for charitable/nonprofit/educational purposes.
- Yes
- 20.2. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?
- Yes
- 20.3. Are you in compliance with provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and with relevant tax laws and regulations restricting the use of the Funds as outlined in the grant agreement? In summary, this is to confirm that the funds were used in alignment with the WMF mission and for charitable/nonprofit/educational purposes.
- Yes
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