Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/General Support Fund/WikiPortraits:2025-26 Activities
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Applicant information
[edit]- Organization name or Wikimedia Username for individuals. (required)
- WikiPortraits
- Do you have any approved General Support Fund requests? (required)
- No, it is my first time applying for a General Support Fund
- You are applying as a(n). (required)
- Group of individuals not registered with an organization
- Are your group or organization legally registered in your country? (required)
- No
- Do you have a fiscal sponsor?
- Yes
- Fiscal organization name.
- Writing Downtown
- Please provide links to the following documents if they are available
These documentation can be provided in your local language(s), no translations required.
- Organizational website
- Detailed financial reporting and/or audits
- Documentation of the governance structure, board list, governance processes
- Documentation of the general assembly decision on your plan
https://www.wikiportraits.org/
Main proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be a title for the Meta-Wiki page. (required)
- WikiPortraits: 2025-26 Activities
- 2. Do you want to apply for the multi-year base funding for 3 years? (required) (only for returning applicants)
- N/A
- 2.1. Provide a brief overview of Year 2 and Year 3 of the proposed plan and how this relates to the current proposal and your strategic plan? (required)
N/A
- 3. Proposed start date. (required)
- 2025-07-01
- 4. Proposed end date. (required)
- 2026-06-30
- 5. Does your organization or group have an Affiliate or Organizational Annual Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required)
- No
- 6. Does your affiliate, organization or group have a Strategic Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required)
- No
- 7. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
- International (more than one country across continents or regions)
- WikiPortraits is currently mainly organized from the United States, but we have done WikiPortraits works in several countries, and hope to continue making it more global through 2025. This grant covers photography activities in the United States, Canada, France, Scotland, Sweden, Norway, and India to start, with likely additional countries as partnerships develop.
- 8. What are your programs, approaches, and strategies? What are the challenges that you are trying to address and how will your strategies support you in addressing these challenges? (required)
The WikiPortraits initiative addresses a critical gap in the availability of freely-licensed, high-quality photos of notable individuals across Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects, with a focus on women and underrepresented groups. It also recruits a new cohort of Wikimedia contributors from around the world, with again a conscious emphasis on women and underrepresented groups.
Despite ever increasing access to cameras, photographing notable individuals can be difficult as the best opportunities involve attending events where the people are, and can require the need to obtain media credentials. Access to these events can be logistically and financially challenging, and most organizations with access to these events — such as Getty — are commercial enterprises which do not freely license their photographs. Gaining press credentials requires both legitimacy as a media outlet and demonstrating a professional caliber of work. This has lead to a significant number of missing, poor quality, or out-of-date photos for biographies on Wikipedia. The New York Times published an article in 2009 titled, Wikipedia May Be a Font of Facts, but It’s a Desert for Photos—and while we have certainly come a long way since 2009, the root challenge remains.
The WikiPortraits initiative has developed a solid approach that allows Wikimedians to navigate the credentialing process, capture quality biographical images, and deliver them back to Wikimedia Commons for use across multiple projects.
WikiPortraits got its start at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where we were able to get two photographers credentialed ([[:commons:User:Frank Schulenburg|Frank Schulenburg, a Commons regular, and Jason, a professional photographer who was a newcomer to Wikimedia). Sundance was excited to have us, and Frank and Jason were able to cover several photocalls. We also set up a public portrait studio, where we did outreach for Commons and took portraits for attendees (notable or not). This was a good opportunity to do outreach and educate people about free licensing, and we were able to take some photos of notable individuals that have since been used on Wikipedia. We realized quickly these were models we could try to replicate at other events.
Throughout 2024 and early 2025, WikiPortraits has covered several major national and international events, across a spectrum of film, politics, journalism, literature, tech industry, and science. We have colloborated with several affiliates and recruited volunteer photographers from a number of countries, both existing Wikimedia contributors as well as newcomers to the movement.
WikiPortraits photographers have been able to get credentials for Nobel Prize week, the American Academy for the Advancement of the Sciences annual conference, the American Economics Association annual conference, CES tech show, the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and the Conservative Political Action Committee conference.
We have also done high quality photography at events without formal credentialing, including the Jaipur Literature Festival, the International Journalism Festival in Perugia Italy, and the National Book Awards reading. Our photographers have also captured a handful of notable people at events such as Renaissance Weekend and the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2025 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium. Our ever-expanding network has allowed us to cover an increasing variety of events across regions.
We have compiled an overview of our most significant event coverage through 2024 at commons:Commons:WikiPortraits/Reports/2024 (though note this report does not include additional one-off event coverage by our volunteers, as well as our event coverage so far in 2025).
Our photographers include both experienced Wikimedians as well as external photographers who are newly introduced to the Wikimedia Commons through joining the WikiPortraits project. Since we have come into existence, WikiPortraits has built out an international network of volunteers, ranging from college students to retirees, and has helped existing Commons photographers get credentials in New York, Spain, and Germany in exchange for their work being contributed as part of the WikiPortraits initiative. We have also connected with photographers from Wikimedia Benin, who would like to contribute, and Wikimedia Argentina, which would need help in credentialing local photographers. Among the people we have trained is a new editor who now ranks in the top 3,000 of new page creators on English language Wikipedia since being trained in July 2024.
Of the 26 photographers we have recruited so far to WikiPortraits, more than 50% are female or non-binary, 63% are people of color, and 75.6% are new contributors to Wikimedia. Note that these are not "one-and-done" new contributors. The overwhelming majority have covered multiple events and are active and ongoing contributors to WikiPortraits, in part because of the sense of community we have built.
At our flagship event coverage, we make it a point to try to bring together experienced photographers with photographers-in-training, the latter of which are able to gain more experience, take photos, and build rich portfolios to ease obtaining press credentials at future events. When we are covering an event, we also try to seek out any local affiliates and individuals who may be able to join as photographers to help cover the event (and become WikiPortraits contributors for the long term!). These photographers can then go on and take photos locally, whether at club concerts, local film festivals, and other events. As an example, one of our photographers that we met and recruited at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has recently started uploading photos of musicians from concerts they regularly attend in their hometown. We are conscious of the resource-intensivity and climate-cost of travel, and have been working on expanding our network globally to minimize the travel that is needed for WikiPortraits to cover events while maintaining quality – while also welcoming efforts from photographers who are motivated and potentially already traveling to attend certain events want to take photographs for WikiPortraits.
A list of most (though not all) of our organizers and photographers can be viewed on our website.
Now that we have a solid year of experience, we feel we are ready to scale our network and team more rapidly. We have launched a public Join page where we outline our expectations for photographers and the ways we can support photographers to get credentialed. We can provide an assignment letter, a WikiPortraits media badge, and our portfolio of our past coverage with notable statistics. We have even acquired a badge printer, to enable us to print our own custom media badges for WikiPortraits photographers (which some events require). Our goal is to build a global network of credentialed photographers so that we can cover notable events in more regions, minimizing travel and resource expenditure. We have also presented our efforts at WikiConference North America and Wikimania 2024, and collaborated with Wikimedia NYC in November to host Capturing the Moment, a photowalk and training session to teach the public about contributing to the Wikimedia Commons.
In all, since WikiPortraits launched in 2024, we have shot over 1,200 notable and near-notable individuals, plus another 600 one-day-could-be-notable individuals, for Wikimedia Commons. Our work has been used on almost 8,000 pages across 180 Wikimedia projects (over 150 of which are various language editions of Wikipedia), and generates upwards of 100 million image views per month (depending on the events of the month). In addition, our Creative Commons-licensed photos have been used in over 50 media outlets worldwide, ranging from Israel to Japan to CNN Brasil, showing our off-wiki impact.
At the rate it is contributing, and given its existing upload backlog, WikiPortraits will be responsible for 1 out of every 10,000 images on Wikimedia Commons by the time this General Support grant would be scheduled to start.
Our focus at these events is to not only photograph some of the most notable individuals, but to also photograph noteworthy and up-and-coming people from underrepresented communities and regions. For example, at the Cannes Film Festival, we spent most of our focus on photographing the Directors' Fortnight, which includes films from new talent from all around the world, especially the Global South. Having quality biographical photos on Wikipedia is particularly important for these individuals, as it strengthens the completeness of their biographies across the various language Wikipedias and beyond.
When deciding which events to cover with an eye for increasing coverage of underrepresented communities, we prioritize events that highlight emerging talent, diverse voices, and individuals from historically underrepresented regions and communities. We are in active discussions with wiki-aligned groups like Black Lunch Table and Equis to partner on event photography. In addition, we have had volunteers from other parts of the world, like Wikimedia Benin and Wikimedia Argentina who want to participate in WikiPortraits, so we would prioritize giving them subgrants to get better global representation. Our selection process involves identifying festivals, conferences, and other events that feature a rich mix of both established and emerging figures from various fields, including film, art, science, and technology. In addition to event selection, we can also prioritize who we photograph within the event itself. When an event makes their speaker/subject lists available beforehand, we will feed the list of people into the Wiki List Tool to identify which subjects have missing, low-quality, or old photos and need to be replaced, in order to prioritize the people we will photograph. One example of our prioritization efforts was at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), one of the more intensive events we cover with roughly 8 photocalls per day. While we try to capture as many panels and photocalls as we can, we make it a point to attend and photograph ones that feature notable people who come Global South or from communities that are otherwise underrepresented on Wikipedia. Our photographers attended photocalls in which we were the only photographer present, other than the official event photographer who was obligated to be there. We believe there is strong value in us photographing events and individuals that the more "mainstream" media is not interested in, as they often eye the biggest, most notable names. And we believe there is strong value in the long-tail. We get particularly excited when we see someone we photographed months earlier finally get a Wikipedia article, with our photo on-hand ready to illustrate the page.
In an effort to better track our efforts in covering diverse and underrepresented communities, we have started to categorize our photos by demographic. While the exact stats can vary by event, we have found that, on average, about 40% of our subjects have been women, and one-third are people of color.
WikiPortraits has also explored creating programs for people to release existing photos onto Wikimedia Commons, and while we have gotten rights holders written permissions over email, we are still figuring out a graceful way to navigate these at scale, which a general support grant would allow us to do. We have initiated a discussion at the Commons VRT noticeboard to explore whether e-signature services (e.g. Docusign) would serve as a sufficient way to manage releases, in a more modern, streamlined flow.
Fiscally, our strategy so far has been to request Wikimedia Foundation rapid grants to attend and photograph festivals, awards ceremonies, and conferences. These grants have mostly been used to subsidize housing, with a significant portion of our costs still being out-of-pocket for the photographers. Many photographers are willing to work long days for WikiPortraits as volunteers for the opportunity to photograph newsworthy events and people, have their lodging subsidized, and work with interesting people in a sense of community. Simultaneously, the steady stream of WikiPortraits photos creates a systemic way to identify bio and knowledge gaps, and thus we have catalyzed the creation of dozens of new articles. These rapid grants have supported us to experiment and develop this initiative, but we have outgrown the rapid grants system and are ready to scale. As a result, we are ready to apply for a larger General Support Fund grant to cover WikiPortraits throughout the first half of 2026.
Our proposed programming consists of the following elements:
- National and global events coverage: These are the heartbeat of WikiPortraits. We aim to cover culturally, politically, and intellectually significant events with WikiPortraits photographers where hundreds of notable and near-notable people can be shot in a concentrated period of time. While seemingly time and resource-intensive, these events are the most cost-effective way to serve the demand from the over 150 wikis that have used WikiPortraits images, ranging from Hausa to Ukrainian to Malagasy. Our model is to bring more experienced photographers together with newer contributors from underrepresented groups so we can cultivate mentorship relationships, especially across Wiki regions, and then send the new photographers off to shoot their own local events. These festivals include Jaipur Literature Festival, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, among others.
- Working with local Wikipedia affiliates and communities around the world to credential photographers. A number of Wikimedia affiliates do support their local Wikimedians in getting credentialed to events, but these efforts are often constrained by region, and not all affiliates have the experience to navigate media offices. WikiPortraits can serve as a resource for the global community, by showing a track record and evaluating photographers for their potential contributions. As mentioned above, we have launched a public Join page to invite Commons contributors to contact us for support in getting credentialed to attend events. This is especially critical for events in the Global South.
- Microgrant Subsidies and credentialing help to WikiPortraits contributors: Beyond the core WikiPortraits team, we can expand our impact nationally and globally by giving modest stipends (to help cover costs like local travel) or credentialing help to experienced and amateur photographers in exchange for their uploading photos from local events they want to or already plan to attend. As part of this, we train people in how to upload to Commons. This is how we covered CES tech conference in Las Vegas, American Economics Association conference in San Francisco, and the Conservative Political Action Committee in DC. For example, these grants can go to freelance photographers who are already credentialed and covering events and are willing to upload some of their works to Wikimedia Commons; or, simply attendees who have a DSLR and would like press credentials. Based on our current experience, we acknowledge that these photos may be of varying quality and speed of upload, but we will scale the subsidies in proportion to the contributions. While these photos will generally not get the same level of views as our mainline events, they allow us to systematically improve coverage in specific verticals such as science, business and academia, and help us identify knowledge and biography gaps.
- Creating a high school photography curriculum for Wikimedia Commons and WikiPortraits: As one of our WikiPortraits volunteer contributors is a high school photography teacher, we are working with him to design a Wikimedia Commons and WikiPortraits module for his students, which we ideally can export for other teachers to use. While we recognize that high school students may not be able to have easy access to very notable figures, they may be able to take photos of local notable figures.
- WikiPortraits Studio at cultural events and with partners: Setting up a portrait studio in an event space and inviting people to obtain Creative Commons-licensed headshots for Wikimedia Commons, and using this as an opportunity for public engagement around learning about Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and Creative Commons. We can do this at existing festivals such as SXSW, or in partnerships with libraries and non-profits like the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. Subjects often include notable people, as well as the general public. We have done this before at SXSW and Sundance in both 2024 and 2025 to great visibility and success. Our SXSW studio can be viewed here, and the banners we designed and printed for public engagement can be viewed here.
- Mentoring and training of new photographers and editors: Cultivating new contributors to photograph photocalls and portrait studios, edit images, and contribute to Wikimedia Commons. WikiPortraits has a mission of expanding and diversifying the contributors to Wikimedia, with one of our most recents efforts being collaborating with Wikimedia New York City on a Wikicurious photography event in November 2024. Our current hypothesis is to recruit newer photographers to cover local events in large cities such as New York City, which have an endless stream of events to cover. This is great for the photographers-in-training to gain experience and build a portfolio, and of course great for Commons when it comes to new media uploads.
- Wikicurious editathons to add photos to articles: Working with local chapters (specifically Wikimedia New York City) to have newbie-friendly editing events to add WikiPortraits photos to the respective pages. Thanks to tools like View it!, which won the Coolest Tool Award at Wikimania 2024, the bar for adding photos has been lowered such that new editors can meaningfully contribute in a time-efficient, low-reversion-risk manner. This is a great way to train new editors on how to contriubte to Wikimedia projects, and has them immediately feeling like part of a community through Wikimedia NYC and WikiPortraits.
- Developing streamlined processes for institutional and other rights holders to navigate the Wikimedia Commons and Creative Commons licensing: Through our work, we've met a number of individuals and institutions who would like to provide photos of themselves for Wikipedia. This ranges from individuals wanting to upload photos of themselves to universities interested in providing portraits. One challenge is misunderstandings or lack of clarity on who owns the copyright on a work. Another challenge is a willingness to provide a photo "for Wikipedia", but reservations on fully releasing a photo under a free license. Another challenge is the rather manual process for releasing a photo through the VRT process. This year, we are exploring ways to make releases more seamless, including creating a landing page/guide on our website and having releases done through a more user-friendly, Docusign-esque portal.
- Working with state governments and local Wikipedia chapters to clarify Public Domain status of their photos: In the United States, works by the federal government are largely public domain. This is not the case for the vast majority of states, as unfortunately only a handful of states (refer to Harvard Berkman Klein's center state copyright map) explicitly release their works into the public domain. Most states either retain copyright on their works, or have some level of free use but not to the point that it is clearly compatible with Commons. As another avenue to obtain portraits (and so much more!), we would like to explore working with state legislatures to gain clarifications or pass laws that would allow more state works to be uploaded to live on Commons. Notably, this can be an excellent way to engage Wikimedians state-by-state.
- Building tools to better showcase photos and ease bulk communal uploading: Wikimedia Commons displays (categories and in-page galleries) are often for functional purposes rather than to showcase photos. Some Commons users, such as Evan-Amos, have created rich galleries of their works, but this takes a lot of effort and technical know-how. Credentialing officers will often ask applicants for portfolios, but our photographers are limited in their ability to spin up portfolios of their Commons uploads. We have received a 20,000 CHF grant from Wikimedia Switzerland to create a new gallery tool on behalf of Commons photographers, to allow Commons users to easily spin up rich, easily navigable galleries (think Flickr or 500px). This will be beneficial to WikiPortraits photographers to create their portfolios for applications, as well as a generally helpful tool for Commons photographers at-large. This grew out of the Wikimedia Hackathon in Estonia in 2024.
- High-Profile One-Day Events: Our wishlist is covering media-intensive events such as the Oscars, Emmys, Met Gala, so that there are Creative Commons-licensed photos from these high-profile events that attract worldwide attention. We have yet to successfully apply for appropriate media credentials (Golden Globes said no), but this is a high water bar for WikiPortraits is aiming for. Notably, 9 of the 15 photos of the 2025 Academy Award winners on Wikipedia were shot on WikiPortraits assignments, and another 3 were shot by WikiPortraits photographers on their own.
- 9. What categories are your main programs and related activities under? Please select all that apply. (required)
| Category | Yes/No |
|---|---|
| Education | No |
| Culture, heritage or GLAM | Yes |
| Gender and diversity | Yes |
| Community support and engagement | Yes |
| Participation in campaigns and contests | No |
| Public policy advocacy | No |
| Other | No |
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 9.2. Select all your programs and activities for Culture, heritage or GLAM. (required)
- Introducing new approaches to underrepresented culture and heritage, e.g. decolonising or reparative work; oral and visual knowledge; outreach to communities of origin, indigenous and first nations self-determination, Partnering with institutions, professional associations, and allied organizations to raise awareness of open culture, ethical sharing, and related issues
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
Gender and diversity
- 9.3. Select all your programs and activities for Gender and diversity.
- Bringing in women and/or gender diverse participants and editors, Focusing on creating content about women and/or gender diverse groups, including biographies, intersectional topic areas and/or adding images, Focusing on creating content about marginalized (underrepresented) communities and their knowledge, Focusing on knowledge equity by bringing in contributors from underrepresented communities, Fomenting female leadership within the movement (either staff, members or boards)
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
Community support and engagement
- 9.4. Select all your programs and activities for Community support and engagement.
- Off-wiki training of community members, Organizing meetups, conferences, and community events, Supporting community members' participation in events and conferences, Offering micro-funding and other financial support to community members , Offering non financial support and services to community members (equipment, space, books, etc.)
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
- 10. Please include a link to or upload a timeline (operational calendar) for your programs and activities. (required)
- Our exact timeline is subject to change and we will be covering more events, but these are our lists of core planned events:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:WikiPortraits/2025_Timeline https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:WikiPortraits/2026_Timeline
- 11. Describe your team. (required)
Our grantees are Kevin Payravi and Andrew Lih.
Kevin Payravi (User:SuperHamster) is a software engineer and has been editing Wikimedia projects since 2007. He serves on the Board of Wikimedia DC and as an organizer for the Ohio Wikimedians User Group. He co-founded WikiPortraits in 2024 and has photographed numerous events for the project. Each year, he also helps organize WikiConference North America and Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States.
Andrew Lih (User:Fuzheado) is the 2021 Wikimedia Laureate, an internationally-renowned Wikipedia expert, author, professor, GLAMs activist, and long-time Wikimedia contributor. In 2023, Lih co-founded the WikiPortraits initiative. He is a long-time avid contributor of professional portrait photographs to Wikimedia Commons, accounting for more than 5 million monthly views. He has photographed high-impact events for Commons, such as the Pulitzer Prize awards, the National Book Festival, and the Hay Festival of Books. Some of his most widely used headshots on Wikipedia include Meghan Markle, Charlize Theron, Kendrick Lamar, Ronan Farrow, Lisa Su, and Priyanka Chopra.
Other WikiPortraits team members are listed at wikiportraits.org/our-team. These include additional co-founders Jennifer 8. Lee and Frank Schulenburg, and several other photographers.
- 12. Will you be working with any internal (Wikimedia) or external partners? Describe the characteristics of these partnerships and bring a few examples of the most significant partnerships. (required)
WikiPortraits has been fortunate to collaborate with several Wikimedia affiliates and contributors from various parts of the world. We worked with Wikimedia Canada to obtain credentials to the Toronto International Film Festival, Wikimedia Sverige for Nobel Prize connections, and Wikimedia Deutschland to obtain credentials for the Venice Film Festival. In addition, Wikimedia Benin has reached out to contribute and Wikimedia Argentina said it needs help with credentialing local photographers. We also expanded global network at Wikimania 2024, where we met and connected with photographers from several other affiliates, and expect to continue to do so at Wikimania 2025.
In 2025, we absolutely plan to continue and expand our work with affiliates, starting with Wikimedia NYC, AfroCrowd, and Black Lunch Table, with which we have the strongest relationships.
Our most immediate plans, pending resources, are the following:
- Photography training sessions with Wikimedia NYC, AfroCrowd, and/or Black Lunch Table.
- Photo editathons with Wikimedia NYC and Wikimedia DC.
- Photo studio events with AfroCrowd and/or Black Lunch Table, where they host a social gathering to invite notable people in their community.
- In collaboration with AfroCrowd and Black Lunch Table, cover large events such as the Congressional Black Caucus conference and the Essence Festival of Culture.
Long term, our goal is to work with more Wikimedia affiliates and contributors across the globe to build a network of photographers who can cover events in their own regions. This approach will allow us to increase the scale of the project. Ideally, WikiPortraits at a top-level will focus on covering the most notable international events; we would then support affiliates and individuals around the world who want to photograph regional events. Our support can come in the form of developing and sharing best practices; trainings; helping obtain press credentials; and brand.
- 13. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select all that apply. (required)
- Improve User Experience, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Innovate in Free Knowledge
Metrics
[edit]Wikimedia Metrics
[edit]- 14. Please select and fill out Wikimedia Metrics for your proposal. (recommended)
- 14.1. Number of participants, editors, and organizers.
All metrics provided are optional, please fill them out if they are aligned with your programs and activities.
| Metrics name | Target | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of all participants | 500 | This is a rough count for how many people we expect to directly engage through our outreach efforts, such as our portrait studios and edit-a-thons. This does not include people we photograph at events (that would be a much higher number). |
| Number of all editors | N/A | N/A |
| Number of new editors | N/A | |
| Number of retained editors | N/A | |
| Number of all organizers | 8 | We currently have a team of ~8 volunteer Wikimedians involved in the logistics, administration, and planning of WikiPortraits activities, and expect to add a few more. We have numerous more photographers and plan to bring on more through the duration of the grant. |
| Number of new organizers | 3 |
- 14.2. Number of new content contributions to Wikimedia projects. (recommended)
| Wikimedia project | Created | Edited or improved |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 50 | 3000 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 8000 | |
| Wikidata | 100 | 1000 |
| Wiktionary | ||
| Wikisource | ||
| Wikimedia Incubator | ||
| Translatewiki | ||
| MediaWiki | ||
| Wikiquote | ||
| Wikivoyage | ||
| Wikibooks | ||
| Wikiversity | ||
| Wikinews | ||
| Wikispecies | ||
| Wikifunctions / Abstract Wikipedia |
- Description for Wikimedia projects contributions metrics. (optional)
WikiPortraits initiatives through 2024 resulted in over 5,000 photos uploaded to Commons (this is a rough number, as it includes crops). Given our status quo and plans to expand with this grant, we expect our number of photos to increase.
As we upload photos, they are often used to illustrate both Wikipedia articles and Wikidata items. Our 2024 photos alone have illustrated thousands of Wikipedia articles on over 140 different language versions of Wikipedia. In addition, our uploads motivate editors (either editors on our team or external) to create new items and pages about notable subjects when they don't exist.
Other Metrics
[edit]- 15. Do you have other quantitative and qualitative targets for your project (other metrics)? (required)
- No
| Other Metrics | Description | Target |
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| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Budget
[edit]- 16. Will you have any other revenue sources when implementing this proposal (e.g. other funding, membership contributions, donations)? (required)
- Yes
- 16.1. List other revenue sources. (required)
We have no active revenue streams, but have received a few small donations from individual donors. We will continue to seek small donations and in-kind contributions to support WikiPortraits.
- 16.2. Approximately how much revenue will you have from other sources in your local currency? (required)
- 10000
- 17. Your local currency. (required)
- USD
- 18. What is the total requested amount in your local currency? (required)
- 120700 USD
| Year | Amount (local currency) |
|---|---|
| Year 1 | N/A USD |
| Year 2 | N/A USD |
| Year 3 | N/A USD |
- 19. Does this proposal include compensation for staff or contractors? (required)
- No
- 19.1. How many paid staff members do you plan to have? (required)
Include the number of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include them separately and mention their terms.
- N/A
- 19.2. How many FTEs (full-time equivalents) in total? (required)
Include the total FTE of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include their FTEs with the terms separately.
- N/A
- 19.3. Describe any staff or contractor changes compared to the current year / ongoing General Support Fund if any. (required only for returning grantees)
- N/A
- 20. Please provide an overview of your overall budget categories in your local currency. The budget breakdown should include only the amount requested with this General Support Fund (required).
| Budget category | Amount in local currency |
|---|---|
| Staff and contractor costs | 0 USD |
| Operational costs | 25300 USD |
| Programmatic costs | 95400 USD |
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13rYZ5Vq43TyDjplpCEnQhgkK4G2NN8H8tNnx88n25W4/edit?usp=sharing
Additional information
[edit]- 22. In this optional space you can add any other additional information about your proposal or organization that you think can help us when reviewing your proposal. (optional)
Thank you for your review! Please note, our proposed budget is quite flexible and includes a variety of projects we think would be of interest to the community. The budget is designed to be easily adjusted (e.g. removing coverage of certain events, or adjusting/cutting initiatives like trainings or the states copyright project). We would be happy to adjust our ask as the Committee might recommend, or otherwise can work with a subset of our budget.
By submitting your proposal/funding request you agree that you are in agreement with the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and the Universal Code of Conduct.
We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
- Yes
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