Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
The Stellar Community Fund's primary award, funding teams building on the Stellar network with up to $150,000 in XLM per project across three tracks: Open (brand-new projects), Integration (existing Stellar building blocks or teams with significant traction), and RFP (tooling/services matching an open SCF RFP). Runs in numbered rounds; new applicants start with an interest form reviewed on a rolling basis, and selected teams complete KYC/KYB.
The Solana Foundation Grants program funds projects that generate public goods for the Solana ecosystem via milestone-based traditional grants, convertible grants (which convert to investment on hitting milestones), and RFPs, across DeFi, DePIN, games, NFTs, and core open-source infrastructure. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis (review ~1 week, decision ~3 weeks).
Solana Foundation funding for teams building fully onchain perpetuals, derivatives, and related trading infrastructure on Solana. The Foundation prioritizes Solana-first teams, real onchain price discovery, open-source work, and applications whose revenue is structurally routed back to the network; standard grant applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Solana Mobile Builder Grants offers rolling funding for developers building apps, tools, and Saga Seeker-integrated products on the Solana Mobile ecosystem. The program provides grants, technical guidance, and marketing support to help selected teams launch on the dApp Store. It operates through two tracks: open Builder Grants and targeted RFPs. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no fixed deadline.
The Stacks Endowment's active early-stage track supports pre-product-market-fit teams with concepts or prototypes. The program site lists Getting Started Grants as active, names Q2 grantees, and says Q3 grants open in August 2026.
Two tracks: Builder Grants (up to $50,000, for teams with proven traction) and Getting Started Grants (up to $10,000, for early prototypes).
Later-stage grants from the Starknet Foundation of up to $1M for traction-stage projects on Starknet, alongside gas sponsorships, accelerator support, and follow-on investor introductions.
Early-stage grants from the Starknet Foundation of up to $25k in STRK for teams with an MVP building on Starknet, providing non-dilutive funding plus guidance.
A community-governed program funding teams from validated concept through launch and growth on Stellar. Its Build track offers up to $150,000 in XLM across three award tracks, alongside smaller Instawards and post-launch growth support.
Marketing grants of up to $500,000 to fund user-acquisition and growth campaigns for qualified teams building on the Stellar network.
An evergreen STON.fi grant program offering up to $10,000 in USDT for development work integrating its SDK or widget into DeFi products, wallets, exchanges, and games. Applications have no deadline.
Grants from the Subspace Foundation for builders of decentralized AI on the Autonomys Network, allocating up to 10% of the $AI3 token supply across five tracks — infrastructure, AI-powered dApps, research, community, and integration. Funding is milestone-based, with applications submitted through the foundation's official form.
Taiko's community grants program funds builders in DeFi, AI, RWA, SocialFi, gaming, and core ecosystem categories, milestone-based and non-dilutive. Current round is Grant Cycle 3 ($25M), rolling applications via GitHub or the program portal; prior rounds include Cycle 2 (2023).
Tether's developer grants program funds local-first AI and payments infrastructure built on QVAC and Tether's open-source Wallet Development Kit (WDK), with task-based awards of roughly $1,500-$4,000 paid in USD₮ or Bitcoin. Open tasks include wallet infrastructure, browser extensions, and e-commerce integrations; there is no cap on total payouts. Applications go through the QVAC platform.
Rolling grants across seven verticals (core dev, technical relations, infra & tooling, arts & culture, DeFi, business development, gaming) for Tezos and Etherlink. ~4 weeks review + ~4 weeks paperwork.
The Graph Foundation runs Grants & RFPs for developers and teams contributing to protocol, tooling, subgraph, and dApp development across the Web3 ecosystem, alongside open requests for proposals from core contributors.
UNICEF Venture Fund's equity-free cohort for early-stage, open-source blockchain startups in emerging markets, funding accountability/financing use cases for children; up to US$100,000 in ETH/BTC/USDC plus mentorship over 12-18 months.
Unichain Grants support teams building applications, infrastructure, and ecosystem tooling on Unichain. The current Uniswap developer funding page provides a direct application route and describes funding aligned to project scope and milestones.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.