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Here we list all the relevant documentation to make it easier for chapters and other organizations in the free knowledge movement to apply for external grants and other types of funding.

Information resources

Frameworks and Guidelines

• Eight Steps to a Partnership, developed together with participants at the WMCON Follow-Up Day at Wikimania; by Anne-Laure Prévost (WMFR)
• The 25 Questions to ask when building partnerships and developing funds (by Nikki Zeuner (WMDE))
• Tips and suggestions for building successful partnerships (by Jack Rabah (WMF))
• Guidelines for drafting a memorandum of understanding (MOU) (by WMF Legal)
• Wikimedia Foundation partnership reflections

Learning Patterns

• A successful crowdfunding operation (by Alex.cella)
• Failing at a Crowdfunding Campaign and What We Can Learn from It (by Jan Apel (WMDE) and Barbara Fischer (WMDE))
• Developing strong relationships with donors - more than communication via banners (by Tobias Schumann (WMDE))
• How to write an agreement with a GLAM or institution (by Iolanda Pensa)
• Towards a Successful GLAM Partnership (by Barbara Fischer (WMDE) and Lilli Iliev (WMDE))
• How to involve cultural partner as active GLAM participants (by Anna Torres (WMAR))

Templates

• A handout for evaluating the various requirements of a Partnership, to help with evaluating the partnership
• Template for listing grant opportunities
• Template for creating an edit-a-thon budget
• Memorandum of understanding sample template

Case Studies

• WMFR's partnership policy (English, French)
• WMUK template partnership (WIR) agreement
• Wikipedia Library Publisher Partnership Pitch Guide
• Key success factors for an effective relationship - a tale of two GLAM partnerships

Surveys

• Partnerships & Resource Development/Survey October 2015, questions of the first survey of the Partnerships & Resource Development group
  • Partnerships & Resource Development/Survey October 2015/Results, results of the survey

Events

Partnerships Workshop (November 2017)

• Partnerships Workshop November 2017

Wikimedia Conference 2017

• Increasing awareness of Wikipedia: How to forge strategic partnerships to achieve this goal? (by WMF Global Reach & Partnerships Team)
• A quest for the holy grail of the Wikimedia movement: how to get communities and volunteers involved in partnerships (by Isla Haddow-Flood (WikiAfrica) and Julia Kirchner (WMDE))
• Bringing collaborative approaches from software development into other partnerships (Birgit Müller (WMDE))
• Working together: Wikimedia Foundation Communications and Wikimedia movement affiliates (by Gregory Varnum, Juliet Barbara, Ed Erhart and Heather Walls (all WMF))
• Partnerships Clinic: Warning signs and how to deal with them (by WMF Global Reach & Partnerships Team)
• Love & Money? How to make it work. Or: What is the relation between funding and partnerships? (by John Andersson (WMSE) & Nicola Zeuner (WMDE))
• Put a ring on it – benefits of a formal partnership agreement and how to write one (by Daria Cybulska (WMUK))
• Sharing talks: Awareness / Usage
• Sharing talks: Advocacy / Outreach
• Sharing talks: Content donations / GLAM

WikiIndaba 2017

• "Partnerships: Experiences & Learnings" by Jack Rabah (WMF) and Julia Kirchner (WMDE) (presentation & session documentation, with input from WikiIndaba attendees)

Partnerships Workshop (November 2016)

• /Partnerships Workshop November 2016/Documentation

Wikimania 2015

• “External funding give more than money” session by John Andersson (WMSE) (with slides and full text)
• "Building-up a successful partnership (workshop)" by Anne-Laure Prévost (WMFR) (with slides)

Wikimedia Conference 2015

• “Independent Fundraising Experiences” session by Nikki Zeuner (WMDE) (with slides)
• “Collective Impact” session by Nikki Zeuner (WMDE) (with slides; blog post)
• “What could local organizations bring to the movement?” world café session (with thematic tables on fundraising and partnerships)

Wikimedia Conference 2014

• “Diversifying fundraising models and sources” session (with examples from South Africa, Indonesia and Estonia)

Grant applications

Share your successful and unsuccessful grant applications here, so other Wikimedia affiliates can learn from it!

List of Successful Grant Applications

Country	Year	Title of the application	Funding	Summary of the application (around 50 words)	Link to the application text	Project page (if the project has started)	Contact person
Sweden	2012	Wiki älskar offentlig konst (Wiki Loves Public Art)	Requested: 375,200 SEK (circa US$56,422). Received: 375,200 SEK (circa US$56,422)	The project will create an open database with public works of art in Sweden. Municipalities and other actors will be contacted to convince them to release their data; hence we will spread the concept of open data to many important actors. Data can be used for the photo contest Wiki Loves Public Art.	wmse:Ansökan till Vinnova/Öppna data 2012 omgång 2	wmse:Projekt:Öppen databas för offentlig konst	User:John Andersson (WMSE), email: john.anderssonwikimedia.se
Germany	2016	Wikipedia: Film Frauen	Requested: project chapter by project chapter Received: everything we needed from partners and last but not least WMDE	The project is about women in Film and TV. Started in February 2016 during Berlinale in Berlin/Germany. And has got Follow-ups. Wikipedia Film Frauen.	WPFF Berlinale 2016 and the follow-up: Follow up - starting the 2nd Wednesday Event for Women in Film and TV and have a look at that event in Köln/Germany.	Wikipedia Film Frauen.	User:WS ReNu, email: ws_renuwikipedia.de