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Grant programs across
crypto, AI and open source.

Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.

480 programs on file258 active programsCrypto · AI · Open source

1-18 of 33 programs

Aave
CryptoGrants

Aave Grants DAO

Aave Grants DAO was Aave's grant-making arm. TokenLogic confirmed on 2026-07-15 that the program has sunset and is not accepting or reviewing applications.

Status
Ended
How to apply
Not recorded
AI Security Institute

AISI's Alignment Project funded research to prevent advanced AI systems from behaving dangerously, intentionally or accidentally, with awards up to £1 million per project. Part of over £15M AISI has committed across three grant programs; closed with no current open applications.

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Ended
How to apply
Not recorded
AI Security Institute

AISI's Challenge Fund supported UK and international academic institutions and non-profit organizations researching safeguards, control, alignment, and societal resilience to advanced AI risk, with awards up to £200,000 per project. Closed with no current open applications.

Status
Ended
How to apply
Not recorded
Arbitrum Foundation

Arbitrum DAO Grant Program offered milestone-based funding to builders, dApps, technical infrastructure projects, adoption initiatives, and community growth efforts on Arbitrum One and Arbitrum Nova. Season 3's active submission phase closed on March 17, 2026. The program then entered a lower-capacity phase for remaining application reviews, milestone checks, and disbursements through September 2026.

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Ended
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Not recorded
Arbitrum Foundation

The Arbitrum Foundation Grant Program provided milestone-based funding for projects supporting Arbitrum adoption, technical infrastructure, and sustainable communities. Arbitrum's official grants directory now labels this specific program inactive and complete.

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Ended
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Arbitrum Foundation

A concluded Arbitrum Foundation program distributing 5M ARB worth of grants to projects building with Stylus, marked "Program Complete" on the Foundation's grants page.

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Ended
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Not recorded
Arbitrum Foundation

A concluded $1M Arbitrum Foundation grants pool for agentic DeFi on Arbitrum, paying up to $10,000 per project for deployed AI agents, Vibekit open-source templates, or capability integrations already live on Arbitrum chains. Marked "Program Complete" on the Foundation's grants page.

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Ended
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Arbitrum Foundation

A concluded $1,000,000 Arbitrum Foundation initiative funding AI-related projects on Arbitrum, marked "Program Complete" on the Foundation's grants page.

Status
Ended
How to apply
Not recorded
Gitcoin
CryptoGrants

Citizen Grants

Gitcoin launched Citizen Grants in 2024 with Citizens Retro, Citizens Innovate, and Citizens Forward. After the initial pilot, Gitcoin concluded the Innovate and Forward formats and shifted toward selective RFPs and direct grants. The governance forum category remains available, but no current general application window has been confirmed.

Status
Ended
How to apply
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Sui Foundation
CryptoGrants

DeFi Moonshots

A former Sui Foundation liquidity-incentive program for DeFi builders. The moonshots URL now serves Sui marketing copy and the programs page no longer lists DeFi Moonshots as an open grant. Academic research awards and RFPs remain on the funding page as separate vehicles.

Status
Ended
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Ford Foundation

A collaborative research-grants initiative — Ford Foundation with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Mozilla's Open Source Support programme, Omidyar Network, and Open Society Foundations (fiscally hosted by Open Collective Foundation for the 2020 round) — funding research on the open-source code and digital infrastructure underpinning the internet, including how to sustain maintainer communities and address systemic inequities in the field. Ran across a 2018 wave (managed jointly by Ford and Sloan) and a larger 2020 collaborative wave.

Status
Ended
How to apply
Not recorded
Filecoin Foundation

Filecoin ProPGF Batch 2 allocated $3,220,200 in milestone-based prospective funding to 16 projects spanning core infrastructure, developer tooling, ecosystem growth, coordination, and integrations. The round received 102 applications and funded 15.7% of them.

Status
Ended
How to apply
Not recorded
GoodDollar

Season 3 of GoodDollar's GoodBuilders program offered a $50,000 streaming fund in G$ for projects building and growing on Celo. This season has ended; it is retained as a historical funding round.

Status
Ended
How to apply
Not recorded
Knight Foundation

Knight Foundation's Prototype Fund supported early-stage media, information, and arts-technology ideas through small grants and structured prototyping support. The documented calls and award cohorts are legacy programs from the 2010s; no current Prototype Fund application window is published.

Status
Ended
How to apply
Not recorded

Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.