Our community-forward, ecosystem growth program.
Contribute to Gitcoin’s mission and grow the ecosystem together
Gitcoin is launching the Citizen Grants program, split into Citizens Retro (Retroactive Funding), Citizens Innovate (Citizen Proposals) and Citizens Forward (RFPs), to foster innovation and community participation.
🌱 Join us on our new Gitcoin Citizens portal
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💡Frequently Asked Questions💡
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- The Gitcoin Citizens Retro Rounds are rounds run by the community, for the community. These rounds spotlights the extraordinary value already contributed by these quiet achievers.
- It aims to reward people and grassroots projects that have contributed to Gitcoin’s success, specifically by engaging with the wider ecosystem and community. With our rounds we would like to specifically reward the people directly impacting Gitcoin’s success to achieve its long-term mission, with a special focus on new and ongoing work during this second round. For example, contributions in the areas of educational content, data analysis, and support-oriented initiatives.
- More info here and on our X/Twitter account here.
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- First, verify your Gitcoin Passport, which allows Gitcoin to prevent sybil attacks and activates the matching pool for your donation.
- Our upcoming round will be on Arbitrum (lower gas fees!), so make sure to switch networks
- After this you will need to transfer a minimum amount of ETH for gas fees and of course the funds you want to donate.
- Round link coming soon
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- You can find more answers on our support pages
- You can also talk directly to the team through the chat window (bottom right), available anywhere on our platform.
- Want to talk to the community? Join the #peer-support channel on Discord.
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- Go to passport.gitcoin.co, connect you wallet and follow the steps.
- Review and share the Explorer 🤝 Passport guide for a full walkthrough
- Watch and share ℹ️ Video: Renewing Your Passport
- ℹ️ Video: Creating a New Passport to Participate in the Gitcoin Grants Beta Round
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- Review and share the Explorer Guide for a full walkthrough
- Watch and share ℹ️ Video: How to Donate on Explorer
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- Make sure to send them directly to your grant explorer link to donate, or direct them to grants.gitcoin.co.
- Make sure to review the Grantee onboarding Guide, which includes the Marketing Design Package (which includes editable Canva templates!)
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- Citizens Calls: February 14 - 22
- Applications: March 05 - 19
- Team review: March 19 - April 01
- Round #3: April 02 - 16
- Results & payout= +/- April 30
- More info on gitcoin.co/citizensretro
Round Resources
ℹ️ Video: Creating a New Passport
ℹ️ Video: Renewing Your Passport
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- If you cannot find the answer here, first check our support knowledge base, via support.gitcoin.co.
- If you still cannot find an answer, talk to the support team through the chat window (bottom right 🗨️) on the support site and many of our product pages.
- Want to talk to the community? Join the #peer-support channel on Discord.
- Questions about submitting an event, impact certificate, bounty or other feedback regarding this community hub? Please fill out this form and we’ll help get you sorted!
