We're excited to bring the conversation on public goods funding to Tokyo this summer! ⛩️🌸 Our 10th #FundingTheCommons, in partnership with @DeSciTokyo, will explore topics such as support for public goods in Japan, AI alignment, and the importance of open-source culture. We're grateful to our partners Plurality Tokyo, Fracton, Code for Japan, Mitsubachi, and Araya for their crucial roles in shaping our upcoming discussions. And a huge thanks to our sponsors, including Protocol Labs, Filecoin Foundation, Optimism Foundation, Drips, Align, Road to Devcon, Astrofitters, and DESILO Inc., whose support is key in driving forward our conversation on public goods. 🤝 🗓️ Join us on July 24-25 for #FtCTokyo: https://lnkd.in/du-9xRDF
Funding the Commons
Technology, Information and Internet
Wilmington, Delaware 556 followers
Exploring New Models & Mechanisms for Public Goods Funding
About us
We build a bridge between builders and researchers focused on transforming the funding mechanisms for public goods. By bridging diverse communities from Web2, Web3, research, philanthropy, and industry, we aim to cultivate a sustainable ecosystem. Our focus is on the development of independent thought-leadership, and the integration of funding platforms, strategic allocation of resources, and the incubation of projects with significant potential across the public goods landscape. Funding the Commons has made significant progress since 2021 in its initiatives, as evidenced by the successful hosting of residencies (Berlin Builder Residency 2023), 8 international conferences, numerous public goods funding hackathons, as well as the incubation of various impact projects. Previous events included public goods thought-leaders such as Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum), Juan Benet (Protocol Labs), Kevin Owocki (Gitcoin), Karl Floersch (Optimism), Sarah Horowitz (Freelancers Union), Jaan Tallinn (Skype, Future of Life Institute & Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, CSER, at Cambridge University), Isabela Fernandes (Tor Project), Tom Kalil (Schmidt Ventures), and many more.
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https://fundingthecommons.io/
External link for Funding the Commons
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- Technology, Information and Internet
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Wilmington, Delaware
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- Privately Held
- Specialties
- Tech Conference, Open Source, AI, Hackathons, Builder Residencies, Crypto for Good, Blockchain, Philanthropy, Public Goods Sector, Digital Public Goods, Web3, Decentralization, Web3 Speakers, Web3 Research, Tech Summit, Crypto Governance, Blockchain Solutions, Public Goods Funding, Blockchain Research, Crypto Events, Crypto Research, Crypto Innovation, Sustainable Funding Models, Funders, Builders, and Web3 Academics
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427 N Tatnall St
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Wilmington, Delaware 19801, US
Employees at Funding the Commons
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Kim Buisson
Founder | CMO | Executive Coach // Impact Storytelling: Art & Culture + Climate & Web3
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Beth McCarthy
Experience Design at Funding the Commons
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Roman Yemtsev
Junior Software Engineer | Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Researcher | Educator | Social Impact Advocate
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Daniela Pinto
Visual Interpreter and Creative Director at Visual Balance
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Thank you to all the 207 contributors and everyone who has shown us their support during the Hypercerts and dApps & Apps round of Gitcoin's #GG20. 🙌🚀 We are so grateful for our community and excited to keep contributing together to the public goods funding ecosystem. We have many exciting plans for this year, from public goods funding experiments to engaging events—stay tuned for more announcements! And, in the meantime, make sure to register for #FtCTokyo (July 24-25). https://lnkd.in/du-9xRDF
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We are excited to be bringing our 10th Funding the Commons event to Tokyo! 🎉⛩️ Join us July 24–25 at the United Nations University, just two days before EDCON, as we explore support for public goods in Japan, innovative mechanisms for public goods design, AI alignment in philanthropy, open source culture, tackling the challenges of population decline, and much more. Connect with thinkers, leaders, and innovators from across the globe as we work together to enhance the support and sustainability of public goods. 👉 Register now: lu.ma/ftc-tokyo-2024 #FundingTheCommons #FtCTokyo
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🌱 Public goods funding is critical infrastructure to support initiatives that benefit the commons –– from community gardens to open-source software for artists and human rights defenders. At Funding the Commons, we celebrated this impact and looked at new ways to enhance it: The complete retrospective: https://lnkd.in/gY-A9aQt
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🌍 Explore the intersections of technology, ecology, community-driven innovation, and more. Funding the Commons and Earth Commons organizers, Orinayo Ayodele, Beth McCarthy, and David Casey, joined Ma Earth's Matthew Monahan to discuss the evolving journey and collaborative spirit behind LabWeek Public Goods.
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We're thrilled with the outcome of #FtCBerkeley and grateful for the energy and passion our community brings to advancing public goods. 🌐🤝 A big thank you to everyone who participated, with a special shoutout to our partners and sponsors—Protocol Labs, Optimism Foundation, Open Source Observer, Octant, Filecoin Foundation, Drips, Brave Software, NEAR Protocol, Blockchain at Berkeley, Gray Area, Edge, Astrofitters, and others—for your essential support. We enjoyed exploring impactful ways to collaborate and innovate together to fund what really matters. Let’s keep creating opportunities for meaningful change!
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🎉 We're excited to announce that Funding the Commons is participating in #GG20, led by Gitcoin, alongside many innovative projects! We are dedicated to pioneering new ways to fund and sustain public goods. Our focus is on scaling our impact by expanding our funding mechanisms and enhancing the infrastructure that supports public goods across Web2, Web3, research, philanthropy, government, and industry. Discover more about our initiatives and what we aim to achieve: 🔗 Hypercerts Round: https://lnkd.in/eRpiBg3C 🔗 dApps & Apps Round: https://lnkd.in/eqB83h-i Thank you for your support and being a part of our journey to shape the future of public goods. 🌍
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The energy from #FtCBerkeley is still strong across our community. Thank you to everyone who joined us. We’re excited about the future that we're building together. 🙌💡
Last weekend I attended the Earth Commons and Funding the Commons events in Berkeley, hosted by Protocol Labs. The place was packed with multi-disciplinary gigabrains, exploring frontier themes around the intersection of web3, climate, open source, and AI. We recorded several behind-the-scenes conversations for Ma Earth media. We spoke with the Funding the Commons and Earth Commons team David Casey, Orinayo Ayodele, Beth McCarthy, Tony Lai, Kim Buisson, as well as Kevin Owocki at Gitcoin, Atossa Soltani at Amazon Sacred Headwaters, Gregory Landua at Regen Network Development PBC, Samantha Power at Finance for Gaia, Dr. Stuart Cowan at Buckminster Fuller Institute, Benjamin Life at OpenCivics, Jon Ruth at Climate Coordination Network, Austin Wade Smith at Regen Foundation, Jessy Kate Schingler, Alan Ransil at Filecoin Green, Holke Brammer at Hypercerts Foundation, Djimo Serodio at Silvi, and Jack Manning-Bancroft at AIME Mentoring. We’ll begin publishing these conversations tomorrow! Watch this space, by following Ma Earth on LinkedIn and on YouTube here: https://lnkd.in/gzXYXhPh Big thanks to Protocol Labs for making it all happen. It was a high quality convening that I suspect will create a lot of positive ripples. Special shout out to David Frank and Jeff Kulig from Royster Productions who manage to quickly transform random spaces into high quality production sets - with lighting, sound, gear, and edits. We've recorded over 100 interviews in the last year together, and I'm so grateful for their support. And yes, we even interviewed a puppet. Stay tuned.
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With just two days left until #FtCBerkeley, we're all set for an engaging weekend focused on the future of public goods funding. 🙌 The 9th edition of #FundingTheCommons, happening at the David Brower Center in the San Francisco Bay Area, is all about bringing together bright minds to talk about how we can support the projects that make our communities better. For Day 1, here are a few topics you can look forward to: 🌱 "Sustainability of Critical OSS Projects" by Brian Behlendorf, focusing on the longevity of open-source initiatives. 💡 "Gitcoin 2.0 and Public Goods Funding" with Kevin Owocki, examining how funding models benefit OSS and Web3 projects. 🛡️ "Onion Services: The Last Defense Line for the Open Web" by Al Smith, delving into the importance of privacy and security on the internet. 🤝 "Open Collective's Exit to Community" by Joshua Tan, exploring pathways towards community governance. 🔍 A panel on "Driving Growth in an Ecosystem," featuring insights from Michelle Lee, Mehan Jayasuriya, Dae Moyer, and Brian Behlendorf, discussing the dynamics of technological ecosystems. We're excited to dive deep into these topics and more. Looking forward to welcoming you on Saturday for a day of knowledge-sharing and connection! https://lu.ma/FtCSF2024
Funding the Commons, April 13-14, SF Bay Area · Luma
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With just two days left until #FtCBerkeley, we're all set for an engaging weekend focused on the future of public goods funding. 🙌 The 9th edition of #FundingTheCommons, happening at the David Brower Center in the San Francisco Bay Area, is all about bringing together bright minds to talk about how we can support the projects that make our communities better. For Day 1, here are a few topics you can look forward to: 🌱 "Sustainability of Critical OSS Projects" by Brian Behlendorf, focusing on the longevity of open-source initiatives. 💡 "Gitcoin 2.0 and Public Goods Funding" with Kevin Owocki, examining how funding models benefit OSS and Web3 projects. 🛡️ "Onion Services: The Last Defense Line for the Open Web" by Al Smith, delving into the importance of privacy and security on the internet. 🤝 "Open Collective's Exit to Community" by Joshua Tan, exploring pathways towards community governance. 🔍 A panel on "Driving Growth in an Ecosystem," featuring insights from Michelle Lee, Mehan Jayasuriya, Dae Moyer, and Brian Behlendorf, discussing the dynamics of technological ecosystems. We're excited to dive deep into these topics and more. Looking forward to welcoming you on Saturday for a day of knowledge-sharing and connection! https://lu.ma/FtCSF2024
Funding the Commons, April 13-14, SF Bay Area · Luma
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