Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/WikiJournal 2023/budget plan

WikiJournal User Group
Open access • Publication charge free • Public peer review • Wikipedia-integrated

WikiJournal User Group is a publishing group of open-access, free-to-publish, Wikipedia-integrated academic journals. <seo title=" WJM, WikiJMed, Wiki.J.Med., WikiJMed, Wikiversity Journal User Group, WikiJournal WikiMed, Free to publish, Open access, Open-access, Non-profit, online journal, Public peer review "/>

Period: 1 January 2023 – 31 December 2023

Programs

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Item Expected cost (US$) Notes
Community support and administrative growth
Crossref membership 275 Publisher membership with revenue <USD 1M
COPE membership 806 Note: Publisher membership (£584)
OASPA membership 300 Professional Small Publishers (€300.00)
CLOCKSS membership 490 Publisher membership
Outreach, awareness and partnerships
ACRL presentation 549 Registration to conference of Association of College & Research Libraries
Event attendance 3,000 Airfare, Hotel, and Expenses for 1-2 members to attend a Wiki event, academic conference, or other to help promote and network for the WikiJournals

Staffing

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Item Expected cost (US$) Notes
Technical Editors 34,000 1.0 FTE; 13 people distributed dynamically; back office tasks per this list
CEO 10,000 0.1 FTE; 1 person; oversee the running of the journal group and promote and increase the size of the journals
Administrative Assistant 5,000 0.1 FTE; 1 person; help with the increasing demands of a growing journal group
Project Coordinators 3,000 Stipend; 3 people (1 per journal); allocate journal-specific projects and keep them continuously moving
Tax filing 1975 estimated

Operational expenses

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Item Expected cost (US$) Notes
Insurance coverage estimate 40,000 Expenditure includes a $30.00 Wells Fargo wire transfer fee. (already contracted July 2022 - July 2023)
Payroll service ADP 21,000 1750/month (ADP)
Domain fees 48 WikiJ.org ; WikiJMed.org ; WikiJSci.org ; WikiJHum.org ; WikiJPPB.org
Bank account fees 30 Transfer fee
Zoom subscription 200 Allow for communication between team members

Totals

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Item Amount (US$) notes
Total intended 2023 spend 120,673 total of items listed above
Wikimedia Foundation grant money awarded 2023 116,900
Wikimedia Foundation grant money received for 2023 92,704 awarded minus 2021's underspend
Remaining from previous budget (2022) ~65,000 underspend from 2022 (likely will be deducted from 2024 grant)
Total available funds for 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2023 ~158,000 amount effectively in accounts

Notes

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