GG23 Community Rounds Announced
We are thrilled to announce the Community Rounds that have been accepted into GG23! ICYMI, to be eligible to run a community round in GG23 and receive matching funds from Gitcoin, each community needed to apply via the new platform, Grant Ships.
This was the first iteration of using Grant Ships as the new governing platform for GG Community Rounds. The council took 5 days to review and vote publicly on the rounds that were deemed eligible to participate as ships. The top 6 rounds (ships) will compete during GG23, where another community vote will take place after the round is complete. More details below.
Detailed voting results can be found here.
Voting Guidelines:
- Each proposal is to be scored according to the rubric.
- Proposals with the highest average points were prioritized.
- All votes were handled transparently on the Grant Ships platform.
Thank you to everyone for applying to this round, the most applications we have ever received! It was highly motivating to see such a diverse set of applications for GG23, including a huge amount of experimentation with funding mechanisms. Please note that if your round wasnât selected, we will ensure that all participants receive feedback on how they might improve for the next round. There will be more opportunities coming up, and we will move to focusing more on education and support for upcoming rounds to ensure everyone is set up for success!
Thank you to the council @wasabi, @SEEDGov, @Tane, @ivanmolto, @PGov for your engagement and stewarding of this decision.
Results
After discussion and coordination with the council, the funding allocated to GG23 rounds will remain at $130k, with room for increase in GG24. Collectively, it was decided that the funds would be split evenly across the top 6 rounds:
- Regen Coordination - $21k
- GoodDollar GoodBuilders - $21k
- Token Engineering the Superchain Retro Round - $21k
- Regen Rio de Janeiro - $21k
- Gitcoin Grants Garden - $21k
- Web3 for Universities - $21k
We are excited to have these rounds run alongside our OSS Program in GG23!
Next Steps
As weâre gearing up for GG23, we will contact all round operators to begin the onboarding process for this round!
As per the new flow with Grant Ships, the top 6 rounds matched by Gitcoin will also be competing and participating in the vote that will occur after GG23 concludes. The community will have the opportunity to vote on which rounds they deemed most âsuccessfulâ within GG23, according to self-reported metrics by each round operator. The Top 3 performing rounds will have automatic eligibility in GG24. More details to come.
NOTE: Any other eligible round that applied and was reviewed, but is not receiving matching funds from Gitcoin may still participate in GG23. Due to limited resources within the Gitcoin team, we will not be able to offer much support outside of highlighting rounds on grants.gitcoin.co. We will add all round operators to a TG group and ensure we have the necessary info from everyone.
Key Dates for GG23 to keep in mind for all rounds as all rounds wishing to participate must run in parallel:
Applications for OSS Program: March 17 - 31
QF Donations: April 2 - 16
We understand that some rounds may wish to have a different application timeline, but if youâre running QF, your roundâs donations must remain in line with the OSS Programâs. If youâre using a different mechanism, weâll get the information needed from you to share out with the community on how youâll be structuring your round.
A huge shoutout to the Grant Ships team who have done an incredible job at building out the first pilot for improving our governance around GG Community Rounds! We will continue to iterate and evolve round over round but the team is excited to see this positive shift within the decentralized part of our Gitcoin Grants Program.