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Wikipedia Gets $500,000 Grant from Hewlett Foundation

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 21, 2009 - 8:36am.
San Francisco - The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates the Wikipedia online encyclopedia, announced on Friday that it has received a $500,000 grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

"The enormous popularity of Wikipedia and its collaborative premise make the Wikimedia Foundation an ideal vehicle for spreading the open educational resources movement," said Barbara Chow, director of the education program at Hewlett.

The Wikimedia Foundation said that priorities for its current fiscal year include several initiatives to improve user-friendliness; the development of training tools for prospective new editors; the establishment of metrics to track Wikimedia's impact; and improved access to Wikimedia project data for researchers.

 

Related Links:
http://wikimediafoundation.org

Published in DMW Daily, August 21, 2009
tags: Deals | Wikipedia | Investments | Wikimedia Foundation | Hewlett Foundation |



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