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IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT ANNUAL PLAN GRANTS

IMPORTANT NOTICE: COVID-19 pandemic and cancellation of Wikimedia Foundation grant-funded events

• All offline (in-person) public events funded by Rapid Grants, Project Grants, or Annual Plan Grants must be cancelled or postponed until further notice.
• Instructions related to events funded through Conference & Event Grants are detailed in this e-mail sent on 24 March 2020.
• Cancellation fees, other penalties, and expenses already incurred can be covered through grant funds
• We will not be approving grants for offline events happening before September 15, 2020 until further notice
• Please contact your program officers for further guidance

For more information, please see a copy of the email sent from Katherine Maher to all active Project, Rapid, and Annual Plan grantees on March 12, 2020.
(effective March 13, 2020)

We are currently not accepting new applications to the APG program, but current grantees will be able to reapply through a simplified process.

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Applications for Annual Plan Grants through the FDC process are currently closed.

WIKIMEDIA MOVEMENT

The Wikimedia movement consists of the people sharing common goals and activities with regard to creating and supporting free knowledge educative content.

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ANNUAL PLAN GRANTS

Annual Plan Grants (APG) are Wikimedia movement funds allocated to support an organization’s overall annual plan to achieve mission objectives.

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FUNDS DISSEMINATION COMMITTEE

The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) is a group of Wikimedians who make recommendations to the WMF Board about Annual Plan Grant proposals.

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Calendar

This table explains important milestones for each round of the Annual Plan Grants (APG) process, from the submission date for letters of intent through the submission of audited financial statements at the conclusion of the reporting period. Each milestone links to process documentation about that event, while links to documents for each round may be found in the body of this table. For more information, you can review the proposal process documentation. See archived rounds.

NOTE: In 2018-2019, the process will follow a different timetable which will be shared with the organizations participating in the APG process. The process will not be accepting new FDC-APG organizations applicants before at least June 2019. Reporting requirements have not changed.

Milestone	2015–2016 Round 2	2016–2017 Round 1	2016–2017 Round 2	2017–2018 Round 1	2018–2019 Round 1
Letters of intent due	1 November 2015	1 July 2016	1 November 2016	1 July 2017
WMF assesses eligibility	15 January 2016 Eligibility checklist	15 July 2016 Eligibility checklist	15 January 2017 Eligibility checklist	15 July 2017 Eligibility checklist	15 July 2018 Eligibility checklist
WMF confirms eligibility	15 March 2016	15 September 2016	15 March 2017	15 September 2017	15 October 2018
Proposals due Proposal form	1 April 2016	1 October 2016	1 April 2017	1 October 2017	1 November 2018
Community review until	30 April 2016	30 October 2016	30 April 2017	30 October 2017	{{{month}}}
Staff assessments due Assessment form	8 May 2016 Assessments	8 November 2016 Assessments	8 May 2017 Assessments	8 November 2017 Assessments	{{{month}}}
Deliberations	13 May 2016	16 November 2016	1 May 2017	16 November 2017	{{{month}}}
FDC recommendation due	1 June 2016 FDC recommendation	1 December 2016 FDC recommendation	1 June 2017 FDC recommendation	1 December 2017 FDC recommendation	{{{month}}}
Board decision due	1 July 2016 Board decision	1 January 2017 Board decision	1 July 2017 Board decision	1 January 2018 Board decision	1 January 2019 Board decision
Appeals and complaints until	8 June 2016	8 December 2016	8 June 2017	8 December 2017	8 December 2018
Progress reports Q2 due	30 January 2017	30 July 2017	30 January 2018	30 July 2018	30 July 2018
Impact reports due	28 September 2017	28 March 2018	28 September 2018	28 March 2019	28 March 2020
Financial statements due [*] see notes	28 October 2017	28 April 2018	28 October 2018	28 April 2019	28 April 2020

[*] Notes

• Dates in this line are indicative. As per the grant agreements, audited financial statements are due 120 days after the end of an organization's fiscal year. This may vary depending on the organization. As of June 2017:

• Round 1: WMUK has a fiscal year ending on 31 January, so due date is 31 May

• Round 2:
  • CIS has a fiscal year ending on 31 March, so due date is 31 July
  • WMAM and WMNO have a fiscal year ending on 31 December, so due date is, as per round 1, 28 April

Documents and reports for reference

• [[<tvar|guidance>foundation:Minutes/2013-04-18#Guidance_for_the_FDC</>|Board guidance for the Funds Dissemination Committee 2013]]
• [[<tvar|report2012-13>Grants:APG/FDC portal/Annual report on the Funds Dissemination Committee process 2012-2013</>|Annual report on the Funds Dissemination Committee process 2012-2013]]
• [[<tvar|fdcag>Funds Dissemination Committee Advisory Group</>|Funds Dissemination Committee Advisory Group]]