Category: Community
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Open Source Workshops: November 2020 report
The WordPress Foundation has been organizing Introduction to Open Source workshops, as part of our continuing efforts to educate the public about WordPress and related open-source software (OSS). In 2019, as part of our goal of organizing workshops in parts of the world with less participation in open source, we held four successful workshops in…
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Charity Hackathons: August 2020 Report
In September 2019, we shared about the progress of do_action charity hackathons for the year. We went on to work with 15 local communities to organize charity hackathons in 2019, which is a remarkable improvement over the 12 events from 2018. 2020 brought in some unexpected challenges for community organizers across the world due to…
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Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship for WordCamp US 2020
MAY 8, 2020 UPDATE: Because WordCamp US 2020 will be online, we will not be issuing the scholarship this year. The WordPress Foundation will once again offer the Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship. Kim was a valued and committed contributor to the WordPress open source project, and this is the WordPress Foundation’s way of honoring her…
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Charity Hackathons in 2018
A few months ago we reported on the progress of the do_action charity hackathon event series so far in 2018 — at that stage of the year, we had supported eight local communities to help them run their own do_action events. By the time the year came to a close, we had worked with a…
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Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship for WordCamp US 2019
The WordPress Foundation is once again offering the Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship, a travel assistance program. Kim was a valued and committed contributor to the WordPress open source project, and this is the WordPress Foundation’s way of honoring her. This scholarship will be awarded to a woman-identifying WordPress contributor who has never attended WordCamp US…
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WordPress Foundation 2017 Annual Report
We’re very excited to announce the publication of our Annual Report for 2017. Our deepest thanks to everyone who contributed their resources to open source education, charity hackathons, WordPress meetups, and annual WordCamps in 2017. We’re so grateful for your work, and so proud of how these programs continue to grow!
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Successful Open Source Workshops in Mombasa and Kanpur
In 2017, we set a goal of supporting the organizing of two “Introduction to Open Source” workshops in parts of the world with less participation in open source: Latin and South America, Africa, Oceania, and Asia*. This was accomplished with events in Mombasa, Kenya and Kanpur, India. Mombasa The Introduction to Open Source workshop in…
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Call for Organizers: Introduction to Open Source
To further the WordPress Foundation’s charter to educate the public about WordPress and related open source software (OSS), we want to sponsor a new series of workshops/training events introducing people to open source. Specifically, we want to shine more light on the potential of open source software in countries where there is less participation in…
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Looking forward to a great 2017
Happy New Year! We are excited for a great 2017. This year the WordPress Foundation will continue to pursue our educational mission in a number of ways. First, we plan to contribute financially to other non-profit organizations; we’ll be making major (to us) grants to Hack the Hood, Internet Archive, and Black Girls Code. Second,…
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Introducing WordPress Community Support, A Public Benefit Subsidiary
Since January, we’ve been working on switching all operations related to official WordCamp and Meetup organizing to the new subsidiary of the WordPress Foundation, which is a public benefit corporation called WordPress Community Support, PBC (WPCS). One of the main advantages to the change from the WordPress Foundation (a non-profit) to the WPCS (a public…