$1M distribution fund supporting open-source projects and maintainers; roughly $700K already contributed as of June 2026.
Grant programs across
crypto, AI and open source.
Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
Community-run microgrants of $3,000-$5,000 for individual builders, creators, educators, and contributors delivering practical projects for the Stacks ecosystem, with Stacks Endowment funding and Community Stewards making award decisions.
The FreeBSD Foundation accepts rolling grant requests to improve the FreeBSD Project, including equipment for developers, conference and event sponsorship, and other efforts benefiting the FreeBSD community.
Grants with a current PayFi track priority
The Cooperative AI Foundation's recurring PhD fellowship supporting doctoral researchers working on cooperative AI, with cohorts announced for 2025 (16 scholars) and 2026 (14 fellows).
Copernicus Grants, administered through ECMWF, includes calls such as the C3S National Collaboration Programme, with proposals submitted via ECMWF's Call Package and submission portal.
The COTI Builders Program is COTI Foundation's grants program funding developers building COTI-based solutions, run through a public GitHub repo of RFPs, alongside a separate $500K Gitcoin-partnered grants round for privacy projects.
Rolling gas support plus COTI token rewards every 14 days for qualifying AI agents
a16z crypto's intensive, in-person accelerator for early-stage crypto and web3 startups, investing $500,000 for 7% equity and providing mentorship, workshops, and access to the a16z network, culminating in a Demo Day. Runs two cohorts per year in rotating cities.
Decentraland's DAO Grants let users submit and vote on funding proposals across defined grant categories, tracked publicly, with enacted proposals including the Decentraland Ambassador's Program.
Defactor's Accelerator Grant Fund offers roughly $250,000-260,000 to real-world-asset (RWA) projects tokenizing onchain, launched jointly with RWA.io as a global acceleration initiative.
The Digital Freedom Fund funds three types of activity — litigation, pre-litigation, and post-litigation — advancing digital rights through strategic litigation in Europe, with open calls reviewed by community peers.
Apereo Foundation's Dolphin Awards and Fellowships recognize and fund teaching-and-learning work built on open source education software, including a Dolphin Fellows track.
3-6 month (extendable) applied ML research fellowship for summer/fall 2026, including a housing subsidy.
ECMWF Grants, adopted in 2025, is a funding instrument providing financial support to organizations whose activities contribute to ECMWF's objectives.
Initial $250M commitment to grants, partnerships, and direct work spanning independent measurement and forecasting of AI's economic impact, resourcing workers and communities through near-term disruption, and new approaches to sharing economic gains. First initiatives were still pending as of the May 27, 2026 announcement. This page is a source, not an application form.
A recurring internal-nomination fund supporting open-source projects that ElevenLabs engineers use in their work. Every six months, engineers nominate projects and the company distributes direct monthly support across maintainers and projects in audio, web infrastructure, testing, rendering, developer tooling, and language ecosystems.
Mercatus Center's low-overhead fellowship and grant program funding 'zero to one' ideas for social improvement, administered by Tyler Cowen since 2018. Runs dedicated geography tracks for India, Africa, the Caribbean, and Ukraine, and previously spun off Fast Grants for COVID-19 science funding. Rolling applications; minimum applicant age 13.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.