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North America

This region includes the following countries:

United States of America and Canada

Program Officer

Chris "Jethro" Schilling

Senior Program Officer for North America

cschillingwikimedia.org

Location: Chicago, Illinois,
United States

Timezone: UTC-6/-5

Language(s) spoken: English, Japanese

I JethroBT (WMF)

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Regional calendar

Please reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.

General Support Fund - Round 1 (2024-25)

September 2 – September 30, 2024

Applicant support and eligibility check

September 2, 2024

Renewal deadline

September 30, 2024

Submission deadline

September 30 – October 24, 2024

Review and translation

October 24 – November 15, 2024

Review feedback and applicant engagement

November 29, 2024

Decision announced

December 16, 2024 – January 17, 2025

Agreement and first payment

July 1 – July 31, 2025

Midpoint conversation

January 30, 2026 / March 31, 2026

Final or first year report due

General Support Fund - Round 2 (2024-25)

February 17 – March 7, 2025

Applicant support and eligibility check

February 17, 2025

Renewal deadline

March 7, 2025

Submission deadline

March 10 – April 4, 2025

Review and translation

April 4 – May 2, 2025

Review feedback and applicant engagement

May 16, 2025

Decision announced

May 30 – June 14, 2025

Agreement and first payment

January 15, 2026

Midpoint conversation

July 31, 2026 / August 15, 2026

Final or first year report due

Contact us

Rapid Fund

If you want to apply or if have any questions about the Rapid Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: na_rapidwikimedia.org

General Support Fund

If you have any questions about the General Support Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: na_fundwikimedia.org

Office hours

The regional program officer is available several times during the week to meet with you to answer questions, receive feedback, and provide any general support or guidance around our funding programs in the region. Please review the program officer's availability on Google Calendar below and reserve a time that is most convenient for you:

Reserve a time for Office Hours

(Note: Reservations require you to use services independent from the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information on usage policies of Google Calendar, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy).

To support preparation needs, please provide a brief explanation about the purpose of the meeting when reserving a time. This information can alternatively be provided via e-mail (cschillingwikimedia.org).

If none of the available times works for you, please contact the program officer via e-mail with a few times that will work well for you.

Regional Committee

• Emjackson42, August 2021 -
• Effeietsanders, August 2021 -
• Redwidgeon, August 2021 -
• Matthewvetter, August 2021 -
• Wugapodes, August 2021 -
• AbhiSuryawanshi, August 2021 -

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