"narrowing of focus" shift have necessarily come to WMF with explicit experience in grantmaking — crucial for taking the work of the Foundation to new levels of strategic effectiveness.
In alignment with the WMF strategic goal to shift "from primarily funding organizations, to increased funding for individuals," in January 2013, the Individual Engagement Grants program was established to support individuals piloting experiments for online impact.[1]
Since the founding of its Grantmaking Programs, the total amount of grants made by WMF has made grants totals more than $15 million.[2]
Key WMF Grantmaking Staff List in chronological order of joining the Wikimedia movement
Asaf Bartov joined as a long-time Wikipedian volunteer, first editing in English at the beginning of the Wikipedia movement, and then in Hebrew when Wikimedia Israel started in 2003. He joined his local Israeli chapter in 2008, and joined the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation in 2011.
Winifred Olliff was involved in grantmaking since 2010 as the Assistant to the Chief Global Development Officer, worked as Grants Administrator for several years, and is now Program Officer supporting organizations receiving grants.
Jessie Wild Sneller joined WMF in 2010 as Special Projects Manager, after her work on the development of the strategic plan as a consultant, and served as Senior Manager of Global Learning & Evaluation until late 2014.
Janice Tud joined WMF in 2010 as a member of the human resources team, and transitioned to Grants Administrator in 2013.
Siko Bouterse joined the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2011, first as Head of Community Fellowships, and later as Head of Individual Engagement Grants.
Anasuya Sengupta joined WMF in July 2012, as Director of Global Learning and Grantmaking, and later headed the department as Senior Director of Grantmaking.
Katy Love joined the Wikimedia Foundation in January 2013 as Senior Program Officer for the newly constituted Funds Dissemination Committee.
Alex Wang joined WMF as Program Officer for the Project and Event Grants Program in January 2014.
- ↑ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Learning/Round_1_2013/Impact#cite_note—1
- ↑ Grantmaking Overview, June 2014. Page 10.
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