Grants talk:Project/Minnesota's Diverse Communities

Cofinancing

Do I understand correctly that 100 k$ are being asked from WMF while 400 k$ will come from other sources? Please specify what kind of experience you have running such grants. Nemo 13:23, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Yes that is correct. Thank you for asking! As a public media organization, we are experienced in building a coalition of philanthropic support to complete our projects. For example, we have an upcoming podcast that is funded by three three foundations and several individual donors. We have processes in place to track grants and the expenses associated with each grant. IGmpr 13:03, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Scope and experience

It's impossible to make a financial plan for such a project without having clearly mapped exactly what kind of content you need to create. For an example of how such an activity can be planned, see for instance Wikipedia Primary School. You would probably need to start from w:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Minnesota and see what needs the community has identified.

To conduct such a project you will need to hire very experienced wikimedians. It's not clear from the proposal what kind of selection method and working group structure you envision. You can study past Wikimedian in residence projects and copy successful ones. Nemo 13:23, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Our financial plan is based on budgets for previous work mentioned in proposal: Ground Level and Truth and Transformation. IGmpr 13:03, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. So you didn't use any past experience of Wikimedia-related activities to craft your plan? Nemo 17:42, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

That is correct. We did not use any past experience of Wikimedia-related activities to craft our plan.

Comments from I JethroBT (WMF)

Hello IGmpr, and thank you for this proposal. My name is Chris Schilling, a program officer supporting the Project Grant program. We appreciate that Minnesota Public Radio is prioritizing narratives and needs from underrepresented racial groups in its community, and that you are interested in seeking ways to connect and share your findings with Wikimedia projects. We also appreciate that the outcomes of this work would be freely accessible. Unfortunately, this proposal is out of scope for our grant programs, as the impact of the interviews, surveys, and listening sessions on Wikidata, other Wikimedia projects or their communities is not clear. I have therefore marked the proposal as ineligible for review this round. Thank you for taking the time to prepare this proposal, and we would welcome future proposals or ideas from Minnesota Public Radio in the future. Thank you as well for the important work of promoting empathy, building mutual understanding, and connecting your communities together through your past and proposed work here. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 10:32, 2 March 2020 (UTC)