Expert guidance. Proven success.
Great grants programs start with the right strategy—and scale with smooth execution. Gain access to unmatched expertise and industry best practices. Partner with Gitcoin to bring your funding goals to life.
Used by leading ecosystems
Proven Expertise
Backed by years of experience with over $60 million in capital distributed, Gitcoin provides a strategic advantage in grants management.
End-to-End Support
From round set up and management to post-round analysis, our services streamline the entire grants process, allowing you to focus on core goals.
Tailored Solutions
Our offerings are adaptable to your unique needs, from structured grants rounds to custom builds, ensuring a perfect fit for your program.
Cutting-Edge Tools
With Gitcoin’s Allo Protocol-powered tools, you’ll have access to the latest innovations in capital allocation, making every grants program efficient and effective.
Strategic services,
tailored to your needs
Gitcoin offers a comprehensive suite of strategic services to support each stage of your grants program. Whether you’re running a single grants round, or scaling your program, the right strategy is critical for success.
Round Setup
Guidance and implementation support to ensure every round is set up for success.
Round Strategy & Design
For program managers who seek best practices and expert guidance to launch their funding round. Gitcoin will consult across each step of the round, including defining eligibility criteria and application questions.
Campaign Strategy
For programs aiming to leverage grants as a marketing tool, Gitcoin provides multi-round guidance to achieve targeted objectives.
Program Design
For ecosystems looking to turn grants into a competitive advantage, we provide bespoke guidance to align with your ecosystem’s long-term funding goals.
Hassle-free round support
Running a grants round requires proactive communication and coordination across every step from announcement and management to results finalization. Our services ensure successful execution without the operational burden.
Applicants & Donors Support
Dedicated Resource Center
Communications Support
Monthly Program Reports
Custom builds to meet your unique needs
Gitcoin’s Allo Protocol can easily be forked to create innovative funding mechanisms to achieve any use case conceivable. Gitcoin services for custom builds involve a consultative approach with our leadership team across design and development.
Retro Public Good Funding
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Use Case
Optimism sought to integrate milestone-based funding into it’s retroactive funding tool, and to scale it impact across the Superchain.
Solution
Gitcoin implemented metrics-based voting for Optimism’s RPGF tool. As demand scaled, we built the Easy RPGF app on Allo Protocol, expanding reach across the EVM.
Sunny's Awards
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Use Case
Optimism launched the Sunny’s to register builders, encourage competition, and distribute incentives based on measurable metrics.
Solution
Gitcoin built a leaderboard and metrics dashboard to track project performance, driving data-driven participation in the Superchain.
MACI Minimal Anti-Collusion Infrastructure
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Use Case
Zuzalu needed a voting mechanism that ensured privacy, collusion resistance, and weighted votes based on verified community participation.
Solution
Gitcoin implemented the MACI solution with zk-SNARKs for private voting and an allowlist feature integrated with Zupass.
Hear what our partners have to say
Gitcoin has enabled us to engage with our ecosystem in a transformative manner. Their hands-on approach and strategic guidance empowered us to swiftly launch a program that prioritized our key objectives. Gitcoin’s customizable product stack has been instrumental, and we are excited to further expand our collaboration.
The Gitcoin team helped us kick off The Uniswap-Arbitrum Grant Program (UAGP), one of the first cross-ecosystem Grants programs of two major ecosystems. They helped us from start to finish, making us more visible and setting up the easy-to-use Grant Stack. Thanks to them, we were able to give out over $800k to 10 projects.
The inaugural Village Infra QF Round on Polygon distributed 130K MATIC to 23 projects…The Gitcoin team delivered end-to-end support, from setup and launch to post-round insights, ensuring seamless execution that exceeded our expectations.
GMX needed to set up a professional Grants Program in a limited timeframe. Gitcoin assisted with spreading awareness of the grant opportunities, mobilizing the community, and efficiently managing the 54 applications, which no doubt contributed to the GMX Grants Program’s success.
We partnered with Gitcoin to leverage their operational support and experience with novel funding mechanisms. The collaboration allowed us to focus on our core strengths while leveraging their expertise and guidance, resulting in a more efficient and far-reaching program execution. Above all else, working with Sov was a pleasure, and he was instrumental to the success of our partnership.
Gitcoin made our first QF round seamless by ensuring we understood every critical step, from planning promotions to calculating matching funds. Their expertise helped us avoid common mistakes and deliver an efficient and successful program.
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