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North America

This region includes the following countries:

United States of America and Canada

Program Officer

Chris "Jethro" Schilling

Senior Program Officer for North America

cschillingwikimedia.org

Location: Chicago, Illinois,
United States

Timezone: UTC-6/-5

Language(s) spoken: English, Japanese

I JethroBT (WMF)

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Regional calendar

General Support (Wikimedia Community Fund)

Upcoming Round 1 (2023-24)

• Applicant proposal support starts: August 25, 2023
• Submission deadline: September 15, 2023
• Eligibility check: August 25 - September 15, 2023
• Application translation: September 19 - September 23, 2023
• Review process starts: September 25, 2023
• Feedback received: October 20, 2023
• Engaging with feedback: October 20 - November 10, 2023
• Decisions announced: November 21, 2023
• Agreement signed: December 8, 2023
• First payment sent: December 8, 2023 - January 12, 2024
• Midterm conversation due: July 15, 2024
• Final report due: January 31, 2025
• Yearly report due for multi-year funds: January 31, 2025

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Please reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.

General Support (Wikimedia Community Fund)

Round 2 (2023-24)

• Applicant proposal support starts: February 16, 2024
• Submission deadline: March 8, 2024
• Eligibility check: February 16 - March 8, 2024
• Application translation: March 8 - March 12, 2024
• Review process starts: March 18, 2024
• Feedback received: April 5, 2024
• Engaging with feedback: April 5 - April 26, 2024
• Decisions announced: May 10, 2024
• Agreement signed: May 24, 2024
• First payment sent: May 24 - June 1, 2024
• Midterm conversation due: January 15, 2025
• Final report due: July 31, 2025
• Yearly report due for multi-year funds: July 31, 2025

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Please reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.

Contact us

Rapid Fund

If you want to apply or if have any questions about the Rapid Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: na_rapidwikimedia.org

General Support Fund

If you have any questions about the General Support Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: na_fundwikimedia.org

Office hours

The regional program officer is available several times during the week to meet with you to answer questions, receive feedback, and provide any general support or guidance around our funding programs in the region. Please review the program officer's availability on Google Calendar below and reserve a time that is most convenient for you:

Reserve a time for Office Hours

(Note: Reservations require you to use services independent from the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information on usage policies of Google Calendar, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy).

To support preparation needs, please provide a brief explanation about the purpose of the meeting when reserving a time. This information can alternatively be provided via e-mail (cschillingwikimedia.org).

If none of the available times works for you, please contact the program officer via e-mail with a few times that will work well for you.

Regional Committee

• Emjackson42, August 2021 -
• Effeietsanders, August 2021 -
• Redwidgeon, August 2021 -
• Matthewvetter, August 2021 -
• Wugapodes, August 2021 -
• AbhiSuryawanshi, August 2021 -

Inactive and Past Committee Members