My R(E)volution towards Participatory Philanthropy

Katy LoveWikimedia Foundation

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Commons

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participatorybudgeting

I joined philanthropy.

Image: Katy Love

collectivegiving

Image by Katy Love

large-scale collaboration

“The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice.

In theory, it's a total disaster.”

Jimmy WalesUser:Jimbo Wales

Multi-license with GFDL and CC BY 2.5, author unknown

First try: Nupedia

● Traditional, peer-

reviewed model

● 7 step approval

process

● 21 articles in first

year

What about a wiki?

CC BY SA 2.0 Generic, Andrew Laing

18,000 articles in the first year

CC BY-SA 2.0, Laura Bittner

englishdeutschcatalà日本語русскийespañolالعربية

svenskafrançais中文nederlandsmagyarעברית

italiano portuguêstürkçeminangkabaucymraegҚазақшаesperantotagalogcymraegతలుగు

latviešubosanskiБеларуская(тарашкевіца)malagasydiné bizaad

arpitanهوس

ქართულიМакедонскиshqipbasa jawaНохчийнmāorilëtzebuergeschमराठी

Íslenska नपाल भाषा

srpskohrvatski/cрпскохрватскиதமிழ

tatarça / татарчаاردو

Українськаفارسی

norsk (bokmål)suomibahasa indonesiacрпски/srpskičeština한국어bahasa melayuromânănouormand/normaund

ไทย

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slovenščinaമലയാളം

粵語ससकतम

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Eλληνικάpiemontèislatinawinaraysinugboanong binisayatiếng việtpolskisoomaali

azərbaycancalietuviųoccitanଓଡଆ

বাাংলা

eestio’zbekБашҡорт

پنجابیمکھیشاہ

gaeilgeမြနြာဘာသာ

lumbaartfryskТоҷикӣyorùbáaragonésЧăвашscotskiswahiliКыргызчаनपाली

idoગજરાતી

ইমার ঠার

ববষণবিযা মবিপরী

sicilianuHak-kâ-fa / 客家話Vènetotarandíne

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ਪਜਾਬੀ

አማርኛ

soranî / کوردی

interlinguannapulitanobasa ugiМонголŽemaitėškawalonمصرى

basa banyumasanසංහල

مزروني

bân-lâm-gú古文 / 文言文aymarsarduភាសាខមែរ

Kaszëbscziיידיש

Føroysktcаха тылаboarisch

plattdüütschkurdî / كوردی

kernewek/karnuacrumantschУдмурт кыл吴语emiliàn e rumagnòlПерем Коми

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Русиньскыйگيلکی

भोजपरी

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~300 languages+40,000,000 articles3,000,000,000 edits

Public domain

1.2 billion monthly unique devices*

* As of October 2016

How does it work?

1. Anyone can edit.2. Everything is transparent.

More people want to do good than harm.

Keep it open.

Let people make the rules.

Verifiability.

Neutral point of view.

No original research.

● Non-profit based in

San Francisco, USA

● Established 2003

Imagine a world in which every single human being

can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.

Public domain, NASA

Our role:

Support Wikimedia volunteer contributors

around the world

Photo by Pax Ahimsa Gethen, CC BY-SA 4.0

participatory grantmaking

participatorygrantmaking

Cornelius Kibelka (WMDE), CC BY-SA 4.0

“nothing about uswithout us”

general principles

● decision making by those

affected

● diverse people collaborating

● transparency in decision-

making

transparency

D'Arcy Norman, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

participation

Jason Krüger for Wikimedia Deutschland e, CC BY-SA 4.0

shared power

Meghanriegel CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia

Commons

accountability

diversity

we’re not alone.

Disability Rights Fund

Disability Rights Fund

participatory grantmaking

isn’t new

broadercontext

● Distrust towards

government, corporations,

NGOs & institutions

● Backlash against top-down

● Move away from hierarchy

broadercontext

● democratization

● transparency

● public engagement

● social movements

● grassroots activism

but why bother?

what are the benefits?

better grants

leadership

networks & knowledge

innovation

trust

We’re still learning.

Signed by Gernsback's illustrator, Frank R. Paul [Public domain], via

Wikimedia Commons

“You can’t put the participation genie back in the bottle.”

Danny Sriskandarajah

THANK YOU.

klove@wikimedia.org