Grants

(CoinDesk archives)
The Graph Backers Launch $205M Ecosystem Fund to Provide Grants to Dapp Builders
The fund aims to accelerate development of key projects in the data-indexing network’s ecosystem.
(CoinDesk archives)

Near co-founder Illia Polosukhin speaks at NEARCON 2021. (NEAR)
Near Protocol Offers $800M in Grants in Bid for DeFi Mindshare
Amid a spree of mammoth layer 1 incentive programs, Near has raised the bar in sheer size.
Near co-founder Illia Polosukhin speaks at NEARCON 2021. (NEAR)

Foundry, based in Rochester, N.Y., provides services to crypto miners such as equipment financing and pooling.
Open-Source Blockchain Explorer Scores Foundry Development Grant
While small in dollar terms, the grant represents an investment in the further decentralization of the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Foundry, based in Rochester, N.Y., provides services to crypto miners such as equipment financing and pooling.

A koala in Sydney.
Australian Government Grants $4.1M to 2 Blockchain Pilot Projects
Funding of AU$5.6 million has gone to blockchain provenance startup Everledger and tech consultancy Convergence.Tech.
A koala in Sydney.

Square CEO Jack Dorsey at Consensus 2018.
Square Completes $100M Investment in Underserved Communities
Of the remaining $25 million, $5 million was distributed to create The Bitcoin Endowment.
Square CEO Jack Dorsey at Consensus 2018.

Dollars
BitMEX, Human Rights Foundation Award Bitcoin Developer Grants Worth $150K
South Korea-based Calvin Kim works primarily on the bitcoin scaling project Utreexo.
Dollars

Mempool.space's interface, which shows average fees per block, among other data.
Square Crypto’s New Grant Funds Popular Bitcoin Blockchain Explorer
This marks the 26th grant by the Cash App parent-company offshoot.
Mempool.space's interface, which shows average fees per block, among other data.

Square crypto grant 20
Square Crypto’s 20th Grant Will Support Bitcoin Design, User Experience
Square Crypto is issuing another Bitcoin developer grant for research on Bitcoin design and user experience.
Square crypto grant 20

Kraken co-founder and CEO Jesse Powell
Kraken Exchange to Offer First Grants for Open-Source Ethereum Projects
Kraken is for the first time funding open-source Ethereum projects.
Kraken co-founder and CEO Jesse Powell

Executive Director Brittany Laughlin of the Stacks Open Internet Foundation (Stacks)
Stacks Foundation to Spend 'Majority' of STX Token Fortune on Ecosystem Development
Grant ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 will be paid out in dollars. Once Stacks 2.0 goes live, the funding switches over to STX.
Executive Director Brittany Laughlin of the Stacks Open Internet Foundation (Stacks)