In 2012, with 7 of 8 surveyed funds reporting, the grantmakers featured in "Who Decides" received a range of 64 to 1,146 proposals, with a total of 4,008 proposals. In contrast, in that same year the Wikimedia Foundation received only 87 proposals. In 2013, the number rose to 141.[1] Even across the past three fiscal years, total number of Wikimedia Foundation proposals received and grants made are comparatively low.
The disparity in ratio of dollars given to number of requests received is explained by a few outlying grants to large Wikimedia organizations. In Fiscal Year 2013-14, Wikimedia Foundation distributed a total of $6.3 million in Annual Plan Grants to organizations, of which 60%, or $3.78 million, was distributed to the largest four Wikimedia Chapter organizations.[2]
Above image from Grantmaking Overview, June 2014.
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