Wonderful news, and an amazing set of board members. Thanks to the team for making the endowment a steady and growing pillar of support, and tending to its governance too with care :)
๐๐๐๐ On Wed., Sep. 22, 2021, 10:58 a.m. Lisa Gruwell, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Today I am very happy to announce the Wikimedia Endowment [1] has reached > its initial $100 million goal. The Endowment was started in 2016 as a > permanent > fund to support the Wikimedia projects in perpetuity [2]. > > My deep gratitude goes out to our generous donors, the Endowment board, > Foundation staff, and volunteers who made this possible. I am grateful to > the future-focused community members who began considering the idea of an > endowment years ago, to those who participated in community conversations > on Meta [3] to help us think through initial decisions regarding its > launch, and to all contributors whose work creating Wikimedia content has > brought free knowledge to the world. > > As part of this milestone, the Wikimedia Endowment Board has also welcomed > three new members: Phoebe Ayers, Patricio Lorente, and Doron Weber, > bringing in important expertise of the Wikimedia movement and priorities as > well as in nonprofit management. > > You can read more about this milestone, what it means for the movement, > and what comes next for the Endowment on Diff [4] and the Endowment Meta > page [5]. We invite you to share any questions or feedback on the Endowment > talk page [6]. > > Thank you to everyone who has made this incredible achievement possible. > > Best regards, > > Lisa > > [1] https://wikimediaendowment.org/ > > [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/mission/ > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/mission/> > > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Endowment_Essay > > [4] > https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/22/the-wikimedia-endowment-reaches-100-million-milestone-and-welcomes-three-new-members-to-its-board-more-on-what-these-developments-mean-for-the-projects-and-movement/ > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/22/the-wikimedia-endowment-reaches-100-million-milestone-and-welcomes-three-new-members-to-its-board-more-on-what-these-developments-mean-for-the-projects-and-movement/> > > [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment> > [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Endowment > > -- > > Lisa Seitz Gruwell > > Chief Advancement Officer > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/LUHSNVCRIHQCGADJM5GHXGLX6R6A7LNW/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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