Community Engagement Insights 2016-17 Report

Across audiences Editors Affiliates Program Leaders Developers
Goal 1 - "Improving new editor engagement"
Goal 2 - "Improving community health"
Goal 3 - "Improving collaboration and communications between the Foundation and communities"
Goal 4 - "Improving collaboration and communications around software development"
Goal 5 - "Improving collaboration with affiliates related to partnerships"
Goal 6 - "Improving software for contributors"
Goal 7 - "Increasing software awareness and use"
Goal 8 - "Growing the Wikimedia technical community"
Goal 9 - "Improving information sharing for program leaders and affiliates"
Goal 10 - "Developing the capacity of affiliates"


Question 424.01 (LE25) edit

How prepared do you feel your organization is for meeting its needs in: - Communications


Median = 4
1% selected "No opinion" [?]

1 – Not at all (2%)
2 – Slightly (13%)
3 – Moderately (27%)
4 – Mostly (41%)
5 – Completely (17%)
From the affiliate members who participated in this question, 58% feel their affiliate is mostly or completely prepared to meet its needs in communications.


Question 424.02 (LE25) edit

How prepared do you feel your organization is for meeting its needs in: - Fundraising or grant applications


Median = 3
4% selected "No opinion" [?]

1 – Not at all (10%)
2 – Slightly (19%)
3 – Moderately (35%)
4 – Mostly (23%)
5 – Completely (13%)
From the affiliate members who participated in this question, 33% feel their affiliate is mostly or completely prepared to meet its needs in fundraising or grant applications.


Question 424.03 (LE25) edit

How prepared do you feel your organization is for meeting its needs in: - Finance management & budgeting


Median = 4
4% selected "No opinion" [?]

1 – Not at all (12%)
2 – Slightly (13%)
3 – Moderately (23%)
4 – Mostly (27%)
5 – Completely (25%)
From the affiliate members who participated in this question, 52% feel their affiliate is mostly or completely prepared to meet its needs in finance management & budgeting.


Question 424.04 (LE25) edit

How prepared do you feel your organization is for meeting its needs in: - Volunteer engagement


Median = 4
1% selected "No opinion" [?]

1 – Not at all (7%)
2 – Slightly (9%)
3 – Moderately (33%)
4 – Mostly (33%)
5 – Completely (18%)
From the affiliate members who participated in this question, 51% feel their affiliate is mostly or completely prepared to meet its needs in volunteer engagement.


Question 424.05 (LE25) edit

How prepared do you feel your organization is for meeting its needs in: - Project management


Median = 4
2% selected "No opinion" [?]

1 – Not at all (6%)
2 – Slightly (4%)
3 – Moderately (24%)
4 – Mostly (40%)
5 – Completely (26%)
From the affiliate members who participated in this question, 66% feel their affiliate is mostly or completely prepared to meet its needs in program management.


Question 425 (LE26) edit

Which of the following support or training does your organization's (Board/Leadership) need most? (Choose up to 3)

Participants could select more than one option

5% did not select an option [?]

1 – Conflict of Interest (13%)
2 – Human resources & culture (32%)
3 – Volunteer engagement (59%)
4 – Donor outreach (43%)
5 – Board recruitment (19%)
6 – Governance (27%)
7 – Non-profit Law (8%)
8 – Leadership (25%)
9 – Other (specify) (9%)
NOTE: user groups were shown the word "leadership" while chapter participants were shown the word "board"


Question 429 (LE22) edit

Which of the following programs does your affiliate organize?

Participants could select more than one option

1% did not select an option [?]

1 – Edit-a-thons (84%)
2 – Editing Workshops (88%)
3 – Conferences (77%)
4 – Wikipedia Education Programs (68%)
5 – GLAM Content Donations (57%)
6 – Wiki Loves Monuments (60%)
7 – On-wiki Writing Contests (61%)
8 – Other Photo Events (43%)
9 – Wikipedian-in-Residences (48%)
10 – Hack-a-thons (19%)
11 – Other (specify): (13%)
12 – Wiki Loves Earth (38%)
13 – Research Project (0%)
14 – WikiExpeditions (0%)
15 – WikiTakes (0%)
16 – None (0%)
From the affiliate members who participated in this question, the three most selected programs that affiliates organize are editathons, conferences, and editing workshops.


Question 432 (LE28) edit

Which of the following aspects of your organization do you have significant knowledge of or experience with?

Participants could select more than one option

1% did not select an option [?]

1 – Partnerships and programs (80%)
2 – Finances or fundraising (47%)
3 – Use of Central Notice, also called "the banner" (31%)
4 – I don't have experience with any of these (15%)


Question 433 (LE18) edit

What was the approximate spending for your organization's most recent fiscal year?


Median = 1
5% selected "I dont know" [?]

1 – Less than $25,000 (54%)
2 – $25,000 to $49,999 (5%)
3 – $50,000 to $74,999 (5%)
4 – $75,000 to $99,000 (0%)
5 – $100,000 to $199,999 (12%)
6 – $200,000 or more (24%)
54% of affiliate members who participated in this question reported that their affiliate's spending in the most recent fiscal year was less than $25,000 USD


Question 434 (LE19) edit

Which of the following does your organization use to fund your activities and events?

Participants could select more than one option

5% did not select an option [?]

1 – None (5%)
2 – Membership fees (50%)
3 – Other (specify): (23%)
4 – Grants from the Wikimedia Foundation (77%)
5 – Endowment (7%)
6 – Income tax deductions (16%)
7 – Major gifts/corporate donations (25%)
8 – Grants from public institutions (e.g. government, EU) (20%)
9 – Grants from private institutions (e.g. foundations, corporations) (32%)

Question list edit

Goal 11 - "Developing the capacity of program leaders"
Goal 12 - "Improving access to research materials by contributors"
Goal 13 - "Improving understanding of movement fundraising and fundraising needs"
Goal 14 - "Increasing awareness of GLAM and Libraries"
Goal 15 - "Increasing knowledge and capacity related to policy issues"