Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship
Funding Amount
Covers event ticket, round-trip flight, and lodging
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Other requirements
- Must identify as a woman
- Must be a WordPress contributor
- Must demonstrate financial need
- Must have never previously attended the specific flagship event they are applying for
Overview
The Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship provides annual funding for WordPress contributors who identify as women to attend flagship WordPress community events.
Mission Context: This scholarship recognizes the under-representation of women in STEM fields.
Eligibility
- Must identify as a woman
- Must be a WordPress contributor
- Must demonstrate financial need
- Must have never previously attended the specific flagship event they are applying for
Award Details
- Coverage: Event ticket, round-trip flight, and lodging during the event
- Scope: One scholarship per year per eligible event
- Events: Limited to WordCamp US, WordCamp Asia, or WordCamp Europe only
- Announcement: Recipients announced 3 months in advance of the event
- Funder: WordPress Foundation
- Administrator: Global community team
Past Recipients
- 2025: Eleni Stergatou (WCEU), Zeel Thakkar and Pooja Derashri (WC Asia)
- 2024: Cynthia Norman
- 2023: Yumi Nishioka (mimi)
- 2022: Margherita Pelonara, Simona Simionato, Pooja Derashri
- 2019: Carol Gann
- 2018: Nidhi Jain
- 2017: Bianca Welds
- 2016: Elizabeth Shilling
- 2015: Anyssa Ferreira
What Wordpress Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 1
- Total given
- $100K
- Median grant
- $100K
- By dollars: California 100%. Top recipient cities: San Francisco, CA.
Example grants
Internet Archive · San Francisco, CA
$100K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Women
- Technology
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