Filecoin Foundation
Proactive, milestone-based public-goods funding for core Filecoin infrastructure maintenance and RFPs in Web3 Builders and Web2 Object Storage verticals, distinct from Filecoin's Retroactive PGF rounds.
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Arbitrum Foundation
Rolling Arbitrum OpCo grants for feasibility research and groundwork that can lead to larger DAO initiatives. The $50,000 fund offers up to $10,000 per grant across revenue, non-DeFi builder support, ecosystem unification, and open-track work.
FLOSS/fund
FLOSS/fund provides roughly $1M per year to free and open source projects; applicants create a funding.json manifest in their repo and apply through its public directory.
Flow
Top-down grant track for growth-stage teams building on Flow; milestone-based proposals (roadmap, funding request per milestone, budget justification, success metrics) reviewed internally by the Flow Foundation. Size and round schedule not published.
FOSS United
FOSS United Foundation runs a grants program (a 25-lakh INR budget as of 2025) for FOSS projects and developers in India, covering both event grants and project grants via an online application.
Co-Impact
Co-Impact's Foundational Fund supports efforts to deliver lasting change to health, education, and economic systems across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and to advance gender equality.
Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)
CSET's Foundational Research Grants program funds external research on emerging-technology questions with national-security relevance. Its AI work includes model deception, release strategies, uncertainty, frontier-model auditing, post-deployment monitoring, and internal deployment risks.
FreeCAD Project Association
Quarterly grants (EUR 1,500-5,000, EUR 40,000 reserved for 2026) to accelerate FreeCAD development, prioritizing documentation, testing, release-cycle work, and ecosystem infrastructure.
Free and Open Source Software Sustainability Fund
OTF's fund for the sustainability of free and open source software used for internet freedom, making targeted awards (from $7k/month up to $400k over 24 months) for maintenance, interoperability, security, and resilience of FOSS tools. Awards run through a two-stage competitive process (concept note, then proposal with advisory council review) as deliverable-based performance contracts; supported projects include F-Droid, DEfO, and Mailvelope, and an application round ran March-May 2026.
FreeBSD Foundation
The FreeBSD Foundation's standing grant process. EuroBSDCon 2026 travel applications closed 7 July 2026. A general travel form remains for conferences not on the dated list, due seven weeks before the event. Community Grants for software, equipment, and sponsorship are a separate rolling program.
Longview Philanthropy
Longview's Frontier AI Fund supports work to mitigate risks from advanced AI systems, open to researchers, nonprofits, and builders working on frontier AI safety and governance, with a rolling deadline.
Fuse Network
Fuse Network's $10M non-dilutive grants program funds businesses building Web3 payment infrastructure: non-custodial mobile fintech, consumer loyalty, branded stablecoins, wallets, and regional payment providers. Open globally with a stated focus on emerging markets (notably Africa); grantees receive funding plus technical mentorship. Rolling applications.
G-Research
Monthly research grants of up to £2,000 for early-career researchers, including trustworthy AI, causal inference, and related machine-learning topics.
Palladium Labs
Palladium Labs (AlpendHQ team) runs the Genesis Fund, a 10M CC (~$1.5M) grant initiative supporting builders, applications, infrastructure, tooling, and integrations on Canton Network with a tokenized finance focus. Applications are open with no listed deadline.
Gitcoin
Gitcoin deploys treasury assets into Octant v2 yield-donating vaults and routes the generated yield into future domain-specific grant matching pools while preserving the principal. Gitcoin reports that the governance-approved model was implemented in 2026.
Gitcoin
Gitcoin's Flows directory connects applicants to continuous, community-curated funding streams. Applicants select an active flow aligned with their project and apply through that flow.
GitHub
A GitHub program investing in the security of critical open source projects: each accepted project receives $10,000 ($6,000 during the program, $2,000 at the 6-month check-in, $2,000 at the 12-month check-in) paired with a 3-week security education program and expert support. Open to current maintainers (individual or teams of up to 3) of projects with a valid open source license, community adoption, and established governance; applications are rolling and considered for upcoming sessions.
Coefficient Giving
Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) runs a Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities Fund with open routes for career development and transition support, plus programs and events related to catastrophic risks, biosecurity, and effective altruism.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.