Re: Refreshed Funding Principles ready for review

These are some of the best such principles I've seen.  Thank you for doing
this, may it propagate through the ecosystem.

🌍🌏🌎🌑

On Tue, Feb 3, 2026, 5:42 PM Anna Torres via Wikimedia-l <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> We hope this message finds you well.
>
> The interim Global Resource Distribution Committee
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Resource_Distribution_Committee> (GRDC)
> has published a first version of the Funding Principles
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Resource_Distribution_Committee/Funding_Principles>.
> The GRDC is expected to address important questions and to make important
> decisions about resource distribution across Wikimedia. To do this work
> well, we need to agree on answers and decisions based on a refreshed
> strategy grounded in our current situation and objectives as a movement.
> These Funding Principles guide the strategic priorities of the GRDC as well
> as the broader grantmaking ecosystem across the Wikimedia Movement. They
> also guide us on how decisions are made and why.
>
> The principles are structured around the following sections:
>
>    -
>
>    Collaboration & Cooperation
>    -
>
>    People-centered
>    -
>
>    Subsidiarity
>    -
>
>    Iterative, evidence-based and collaborative practices
>    -
>
>    Equity & Empowerment
>
>
> This is a major update and we welcome your feedback for improvements in
> the Discussion
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Global_Resource_Distribution_Committee/Funding_Principles>
>  page.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> On behalf of the Global Resource Distribution Committee,
>
> --
>
> *Anna Torres (she/her)*
>  Community Operations Associate
>   Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
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