Grants:Administration/Countries

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This page documents a process common to all or most of WMF's grants programs. Please don't edit this page, but please do leave a comment on the discussion page instead.

There are varying complexities with grant making in the different parts of the world. Sometimes, the challenges and restrictions are because of US regulations (e.g. US sanctions). Other times, it can be funding challenges with the grantee's local jurisdiction^[1].

Below are lists of countries that we have:

funded with few or no challenges/restrictions for both the grantor and grantee
not yet funded

Funded

Countries that we have funded with few or no challenges for grantees to receive grants, and for us as a non-profit organization based in the United States to award international grants.

Albania
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Benin
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Ivory Coast
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominica
Estonia
Finland
France
The Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guinea
Haiti
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Madagascar
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Moldova
Mongolia
Morocco
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Republic of the Congo
Romania
Rwanda
Senegal
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan Island
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Uganda
Ukraine^[2]
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia

Not yet funded

We have not received funding requests from these locations so we do not have any information on whether there are restrictions to receive foreign funding or challenges for us to award grants as a non-profit organization based in the United States.

Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
The Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Brunei
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Comoros
Curaçao
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Gabon
Gibraltar
Grenada
Guyana
Iceland
Jamaica
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Liberia
Macau
Malawi
Maldives
Mauritania
Mauritius
Montenegro
Montserrat
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Qatar
São Tomé and Príncipe
Samoa
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Sint Maarten
Solomon Islands
Suriname
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Vanuatu

Countries not listed

If you are interested in applying for a grant with one of our grant programs^[3] that aligns with our mission and your country is not listed here, please:

check if your country is one of the US sanctioned countries. It is likely that we would not be able to award grants where there are US sanctions.
check if there are known restrictions for receiving foreign funds in your country. One reference is The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law's (ICNL)^[1] Civic Freedom Monitor page. Please note that ICNL's assessments on foreign funding have more of a focus on registered non-profits within that country, but this does not mean that grants to individuals might not be impacted as well.

If your country is not listed on this page, not listed in the US sanctions page, and not listed in ICNL's ^[1]Civic Freedom Monitor page, please:

Email us at grantsadmin wikimedia org
with a subject line of "[possible application] grant request for YOUR COUNTRY"
and include:
- a brief description of the grant
- who the grantee would be (i.e. person or non-profit organization name)
- what the expected impact/outcomes of your grant activities would have on increasing the quantity, quality, diversity and reach of free knowledge
- how it aligns with our mission and goals

Footnotes

↑ ^a ^b ^c The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law's Civic Freedom Monitor provides up-to-date information on legal issues affecting civil society and civic freedoms, including freedoms of association, expression, and peaceful assembly for 50+ countries. It is one of the resources that we first refer to for gaining insight and context on possible funding challenges, with consideration to the country receiving the grant funding and/or where grant activities might occur.
↑ Grant applicants from Ukraine must be aware that a grant from WMF must not fund Crimea, Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), and Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) regions AND if the request is funded, the grant agreement will include language around the 2014 Executive Order 13685 funding Crimea region restrictions and 2022 Executive Order prohibiting funding in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) regions.
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As of 1 July 2021, the Wikimedia Foundation funding programs include:
Other funding programs may be found at Grants:Start#Other funding programs

[icnl-1] The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law's Civic Freedom Monitor provides up-to-date information on legal issues affecting civil society and civic freedoms, including freedoms of association, expression, and peaceful assembly for 50+ countries. It is one of the resources that we first refer to for gaining insight and context on possible funding challenges, with consideration to the country receiving the grant funding and/or where grant activities might occur.

[2] Grant applicants from Ukraine must be aware that a grant from WMF must not fund Crimea, Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), and Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) regions AND if the request is funded, the grant agreement will include language around the 2014 Executive Order 13685 funding Crimea region restrictions and 2022 Executive Order prohibiting funding in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) regions.

[3] As of 1 July 2021, the Wikimedia Foundation funding programs include:
Wikimedia Community Fund

Wikimedia Alliances Fund

Wikimedia Research Fund

Movement Strategy Implementation Grants (MSIG)
Other funding programs may be found at Grants:Start#Other funding programs

[4] Wikimedia Community Fund

[5] Wikimedia Alliances Fund

[6] Wikimedia Research Fund

[7] Movement Strategy Implementation Grants (MSIG)

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