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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

19-36 of 83 programs

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Imagine Grant is an annual program for registered nonprofits using cloud technology to advance their missions. The 2026 U.S. cycle offers three award categories, including up to $200,000 in unrestricted support and $100,000 in AWS credits for the Pathfinder Award. Public applications closed June 5 and the selection process continues through December 2026.

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Confidential Computing Consortium
Open SourceGrants

CCC Research Fund

The Confidential Computing Consortium's 2026 Research Fund supported practical academic research in confidential computing. Applications closed June 1 and the two recipients were announced July 1.

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Google Chrome
Open SourceGrants

Chrome Advanced Apps Fund

A Google Chrome-run fund, fiscally hosted by Open Source Collective, that paid out to 10 open-source projects in the "advanced apps" space (progressive web apps and related web-platform capabilities) in a single distribution window in October 2022.

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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.

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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.

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Digital Chamber

A 2026 call for state blockchain associations, university blockchain clubs, and community innovation groups advancing blockchain policy engagement and programming in the United States. The Digital Chamber's State Network offered five $2,000 grants, with applications due February 6 and recipients scheduled to be announced at the March 2026 DC Summit.

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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.

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Drupal Association

The Drupal Association offered needs-based scholarships and community grants tied to DrupalCon Atlanta 2025 (24-27 March 2025). Applications for that event are closed; this record is the event-specific call, not a standing year-round intake.

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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.

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Gitcoin

The Targeted Development & Adoption GG24 Domain funds programs and initiatives that have clear potential to produce tangible, real-world impact, and onboards a large number of relevant users to Ethereum. Domains are the vehicles through which trusted and experienced stewards manage capital within clearly defined areas to solve Ethereum’s Biggest problems per Gitcoin 3’s.* vision .

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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.

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Google.org

A $30 million Google.org challenge for nonprofits, social enterprises, and academic institutions working with governments to improve public services using generative or agentic AI. Applications closed on April 3, 2026; selected organizations receive $1 million to $3 million and technical support through a multi-month Google.org Accelerator.

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Google.org

Google.org's $30 million AI for Science open call supports nonprofits, social enterprises, and academic institutions using AI to accelerate scientific work. Awards range from $500,000 to $3 million and may include accelerator support, Google technical assistance, and Cloud credits. Applications closed May 1, 2026 and are under review.

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