Yearly grant

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The Yearly grant is a simple yearly Chapter grant that is evaluated and granted by the WMF Grants team.

Why

The grant is necessary to fund the Affiliate programs, projects, activities, and pay for the administrative and service costs.

How it works

Small chapters register a simple yearly grant; large chapters have a more complicated and larger multi-year grant.

Responsibilities

The grant process is a shared responsibility amongst the Affiliate and the WMF Grants team. It requires quite a lot of effort, both from the Foundation and the Chapter. It is spread amongst 3 consecutive calendar years (at least 4 + 12 + 2 months). It goes in parallel with the statutory reporting. Since 2022 the grants teams are organised by region.

• The Affiliate is responsible for the creating grant request, the execution, and the reporting (both content and financials).
• The WMF Program officer is responsible for the review, the approval, and the evaluation of the grant.
• The Grants admin team administers the financials.

Grant process

Yearly grant timing

Team	Action	Deadline
Chapter	Create plan	September Y-1
	Propose plan	1 October Y-1
WMF	Evalulate plan	November Y-1
	Accept plan	December Y-1
	Grant payment	January Y
Chapter	Execute	Year
	Midpoint report	15 July Y
	Final report	30 January Y+1
	Settlement	February Y+1
	Compliance reporting	April Y+1
WMF	Evaluation	February Y+1
	Close

Strategy

The chapter implements year by year the affiliate strategy, in respect of the Statutes.

Communication

Always send your demands and feedback to NWE fund Support Team for the requests, and Grants Admin for the financials.

See also

Yearly

• Annual plan
• Budget and resource plan
• Yearly grant reporting

Administration

• WMF Grants admin
• WMF Chapter Roles and responsibilities
• Affiliate administration

Meta

• Grants:Regions/Northern and Western Europe