Mantle Foundation
Up to $20K fast-track grants, weekly review cadence
From the Grant Wire
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
Meta Earth
Meta Earth, a modular rollup and DID project, advertises a $100M developer ecosystem fund with rolling applications and no fixed deadline via its official grants page. The $100M figure is the project's own claim and is not independently corroborated in the signal.
NEAR Foundation
Meta Pool's grants program funding DeFi, education, and TVL-growth initiatives in the NEAR ecosystem.
Mina Foundation
Three rolling tiers: $1K-$5K / $5K-$30K / $100K+
NEAR Foundation
Community-run grants program funding infrastructure and developer tooling on NEAR, run through NEAR's DevHub.
NEAR Foundation
NEAR's current funding page routes builders to active ecosystem programs including Protocol Rewards, DevHub Grants, Potlock rounds, and Meta Pool Grants. This record represents that live funding directory rather than the foundation's discontinued historical grant tiers.
NSF SBIR / STTR
NSF's SBIR/STTR program funds small businesses developing distributed ledger technologies — blockchain, DAGs, and smart contracts.
NSF SBIR / STTR
Non-dilutive R&D funding for U.S. deep-tech startups: Phase I awards up to $305k, Phase II up to $1.25M, with Fast-Track options, reaching roughly 400 companies and $200M+ deployed per year. A Distributed Ledger topic explicitly covers blockchain, DAGs, cryptography, and smart contracts; applications begin with a Project Pitch, followed by invitation to a full proposal and merit review by program directors.
Obol
Obol Technical Grants are now open for applications. The program offers funding for four specific open-source projects: DVT-TEE security research, Dappnode validator features, GotEth data indexer, and a token monitoring dashboard. All grants support development that benefits the Obol Collective and its Distributed Validator Technology ecosystem. Apply directly through the details posted on X at https://x.com/Obol_Collective/status/2029557050620211384.
Arbitrum Foundation
Olympix Arbitrum Security Grant — Teams Now Being Onboarded
OpenSats
Recurring wave-based grants funding Nostr protocol projects: app discovery, private calls, software distribution, client onboarding, and AI tools for open-source Bitcoin/freedom-tech developers.
Optimism Foundation
Grants Council Mission Expected impact on the Intent: The Grants Council makes grants, on behalf of the Token House, in an effort to make progress towards the Intent.
Pharos Network
A $20M ecosystem grant program for builders on Pharos Network (RWA tokenization, decentralized payments, DeFi, tooling/infrastructure), applied for at pharos.xyz/ecosystem; run alongside a separate $10M RealFi/RWA incubator (Builder Base Camp, with HackQuest).
Celo
Three funding pools for Celo builders: Anchor (traction-stage, $25k+), Boost (invite-only, cross-ecosystem), and Frontier (AI/agent-economy infrastructure, $25k+). 575+ applications, 120+ contracts signed, $2M distributed to date.
Reactive Network
$3M fund backing EVM-compatible app builders via Builder Grants ($3K-$5K) and Growth Grants (up to $10K); rolling, global.
Rocket Pool
Rocket Pool's Grants and Marketing Committee (GMC) funds grants, bounties, and retrospective awards for rETH/protocol infrastructure work, run in numbered rounds.
Rocket Pool
A Grants Management Committee framework for smaller contributions across the Rocket Pool ecosystem. It provides a lower-cost route for recognizing completed or scoped work while the committee operates under tighter treasury constraints.
Rootstock Collective
Grants for measurable-impact projects driving TVL, users, and adoption on the Rootstock (RSK) Bitcoin sidechain, prioritizing DeFi, infra, tooling, and payments.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.