Endowment:Meetings/January 30, 2025
Agenda
5:00 - 5:10 PM Welcome (Board Chair, Annette Campbell-White)
- Introductions
- Approval of July 18th, 2024 meeting minutes
5:10 - 5:30 PM Wikimedia Foundation Update and Q & A with Maryana Iskander
5:30 - 6:40 PM Committee Updates and Actions
*Community & Grantmaking Committee (Chair, Phoebe Ayers)
- A presentation on potential areas for funding for 2025 with a Q and A with Tahj Taylor, VP of Data Science and Engineering.
*Finance Committee (Chair, Mayree Clark)
- An update on our portfolio performance, our ESG considerations, and the budget
*Governance Committee (Chair, Doron Weber)
- An update on an annual board survey and board member candidate recruitment.
6:40 - 6:50 PM Fundraising Update
*Confirm Next Meetings (Jayde Antonio)
7:20 PM Adjournment
Minutes
Endowment Board Meeting Minutes
Thursday, January 30, 2025 – 4:00 PM UTC
A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Wikimedia Endowment, a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation, was held in-person at Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 630 Fifth Avenue Suite 2200 New York, NY 10111 and virtually (via web conference) on January 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM UTC.
The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the meeting: Phoebe Ayers, Peter Baldwin, Annette Campbell-White, Mayree Clark, Laura Duchâtelet, Alex Farman-Farmaian, Michael Kim, Lisa Lewin, Patricio Lorente, Jimmy Wales, and Doron Weber.
Also present at the meeting were: Jayde Antonio, Lisa Seitz Gruwell, Maryana Iskander, Dhaval Patel, Chuck Roslof, Tajh Taylor and Caitlin Virtue.
Phoebe Ayers, Michael Kim, Lisa Lewin, Patricio Lorente, and Dhaval Patel attended virtually. All others attended in-person.
Annette Campbell-White acted as Chair of the meeting. Chuck Roslof acted as Secretary of the meeting. The meeting was called to order, and based on the number of directors in attendance at the meeting, the Secretary determined that a quorum was present and determined that the meeting could proceed.
Summary of Actions
Welcome (Jimmy Wales)
- Greetings of in-person and virtual attendees
- Approved minutes from July 18, 2024 (Chuck Roslof)
- Based on a motion by Alex Farman-Farmaian, seconded by Doron Weber, the Board members present unanimously approved the following resolution:
- Resolved, that the Board of Directors approves the minutes from the July 18, 2024 meeting.
- Based on a motion by Alex Farman-Farmaian, seconded by Doron Weber, the Board members present unanimously approved the following resolution:
Committee Updates and Actions
- Wikimedia Foundation Update and Q & A with Maryana Iskander
- Gratitude for board members’ active participation and invitation to join upcoming discussions to take place during the annual planning event in March 2025.
- Community & Grantmaking Committee (Chair, Phoebe Ayers)
- A presentation on potential areas for funding for FY2024-2025 suggested by Product & Technology with a Q & A (Tajh Taylor, VP of Data Science and Engineering)
- Finance Committee (Chair, Annette Campbell-White)
- An update on our portfolio performance, our ESG considerations, and the budget (Dhaval Patel)
- Governance Committee (Chair, Peter Baldwin)
- An update on an annual board survey to be distributed for this fiscal year and a discussion about board member candidate recruitment (Chuck Roslof)
Wrap-up and Q&A (Lisa Seitz Gruwell)
There being no other business to consider, the meeting was adjourned at 6:20 PM San Francisco local time.