Our community-forward, ecosystem growth program

Contribute to Gitcoin’s mission and grow the ecosystem together

Gitcoin is launching the Citizen Grants program, split into Citizens Retro (Retroactive Funding), Citizens Innovate (Citizen Proposals) and Citizens Forward (RFPs), to foster innovation and community participation.

<aside> 💡 Citizens Retro #3 is live. Apply today!

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Program Pillars

Citizens Innovate

Community-led ideas on achieving the DAO's goals

Proposals take the form of ‘Gitcoin Citizen Proposals’ (GCPs) or Citizen Proposals for short.

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Citizens Forward

DAO-led initiatives calling for Citizen contributions.

Like RFPs, DAO teams can allocate parts of their budgets toward specific projects they’d like to see created, built, and fulfilled.

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Citizens Retro

Retroactively rewarding community contributions

Our retroactive quadratic funding program focuses on rewarding Citizens for their contributions to the Gitcoin ecosystem.

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Introduction

Gitcoin firmly believes that grant programs are a key lever for ecosystem growth. To bootstrap further innovation at Gitcoin and leverage the awesome power of its community, Gitcoin will formally spin up its Citizen Grants program.

Gitcoin Grants funds external causes Citizen Grants funds internal initiatives

Think of this as a part of Gitcoin’s own grants program (separate from Gitcoin Grants). The Citizen round was the first iteration of this - retroactive funding for community members working on expanding the Gitcoin ecosystem. This “new” program will expand beyond just retroactive funding and will also include opportunities for proactive funding for community members, not using QF as a funding mechanism but rather more of a “direct grants” style of funding.

In the future, more grants-awarding experiments will be introduced to continue innovating on novel ways to allocate capital effectively to develop the Gitcoin ecosystem.

A Brief Insight into Mechanics

• Essential Intents Think of Essential Intents as our North Stars – a medium-term objective or a direction we want to head in. While the destination might be clear, the paths to get there could be many. That’s where the collective wisdom of our community comes in.
• Gitcoin Citizen Proposals (GCPs) Ideas emerging from one or more community members on tangible steps we can take to achieve our Essential Intents. They’re specific, actionable, and time-bound initiatives that guide our journey toward our objectives.
• Request for Proposals (RFPs) Ideas emerging from Business Units and Ecosystem Collective that they are willing to fund (with their DAO-approved budgets) in order to achieve their team or DAO-wide goals.
• Grants Council A collection of high-context internal DAO contributors (typically Workstream leads) who (for now) get ultimate decision rights on which GCPs to fund

Aligned to Gitcoin’s Essential Intents

Our medium-term objectives for the next 12-18 months

Community First

Cultivating a community that thrives on providing positive change and meaningful engagement.

Network Effects

Maximizing the network effects of our ecosystem to grow product adoption.

Financial Longevity

Ensuring the economic health and vitality of Gitcoin.

Stay informed

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Citizens Twitter

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