We envision a world shaped by community-led positive change.
Since 2017, Gitcoin has empowered communities to build, fund and protect what matters to them.
Over the past 5 years we've supported the funding of public goods, enabling communities to fund their shared needs
Gitcoin is founded
2017
We started with the goal of supporting the development of open source projects and monetizing open source software through bounties.
Quadratic Funding Paper Published
2018
Vitalik published his seminal paper on Quadratic Funding, a novel mechanism for democratically allocating philanthropic funds.
What's Quadratic Funding?Gitcoin Grants Program Launched
2019
Gitcoin Grants became the first implementation of Quadratic Funding to maximize impact, and has funded many boundary-pushing projects since.
$60,000,000+ Distributed
2024
To date, Gitcoin Grants has generated $60+ million of funding.
Our Partners
We partner with some of the most impactful organizations fueling the future of open source software and public goods
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