╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ "Don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness." ║ ║ - Grace Hopper ║ ║ ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
[ GRANTS ]
Non-dilutive funding for Network State builders. From protocol grants to DAO funding, get capital without giving up equity.
[ GRANT PROGRAMS ]
Ethereum Foundation Grants
@EF_ESP
The OG Ethereum grants. Building the foundation of Web3.
Ethereum infrastructure, Research, Public goods
$10K - $500K
Gitcoin Grants
@gitcoin
Community-driven funding. Your donors get matched through quadratic funding magic.
Public goods, Open source, Community
Quadratic funding
Optimism RetroPGF
@optimismFND
Get paid for impact you've already created. The future of public goods funding.
Public goods, Impact
$10M+ per round
Protocol Labs Research Grants
@protocollabs
Building the decentralized web. IPFS, Filecoin, and beyond.
Decentralized storage, Research
$5K - $200K
Polygon Grants
@0xPolygon
Building on Polygon. Grants for devs scaling Ethereum.
Scaling solutions, dApps, DeFi
$5K - $100K
Arbitrum Grants
@ArbitrumFdn
Growing the Arbitrum ecosystem. From hackathons to serious grants.
L2 ecosystem, Developer tools
$1K - $250K
Starknet Grants
@Starknet
Building with zero-knowledge proofs. The future of scaling.
ZK technology, Cairo development
$5K - $100K
Uniswap Grants Program
@uniswap
Building the DeFi stack. Grants from the largest DEX.
DeFi, Governance, Analytics
$1K - $100K
Balaji's 1729 Grants
@balajis
Get paid to learn and build. Tasks, tutorials, and bounties.
Network States, Longevity, Crypto
Variable
Moloch DAO
@MolochDAO
The OG grant DAO. Community-governed funding for Ethereum public goods.
Ethereum infrastructure, Public goods
$5K - $50K
Nouns DAO
@nounsdao
Proliferating the Nouns meme. Daily auctions funding public goods.
CC0 art, Culture, Public goods
$1K - $500K
MetaCartel Ventures
@META_CARTEL
The grant DAO for builders by builders. Community-first funding.
Community DAOs, DeFi, NFTs
$1K - $10K
[ GRANT APPLICATION TIPS ]
- • Show existing work and traction
- • Be specific about milestones
- • Highlight public good impact
- • Include timeline and budget
- • Build in public and share updates
- • Ask for unrealistic amounts
- • Be vague about deliverables
- • Ignore community feedback
- • Disappear after receiving funds
- • Copy-paste applications
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│ Builder: "Need grant." │
│ DAO: "What's the impact?" │
│ Builder: "Public good vibes." │
│ DAO: "Approved. Ship it." │
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│ [ ngmi ] → [ wagmi ] → [ gm ] │
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