Pick where you want to go. Every route starts with a move you can make within the hour.
Note one chain governance or builder grant (Optimism, Arbitrum and Base each run builder or governance programs), one Gitcoin style round on governance tooling, and one accelerator in the Alliance or a16z CSX style.
State the participation lift across your communities in plain numbers.
Ask a known delegate or community lead for a short quote.
I'm applying for a governance tooling grant for Quiet Quorum, which lifted weekly participation from [x] to [y] in [community]. Would you write two honest sentences about it, or tell me what's missing?
Many governance grants want a public forum post first. Post, then apply. Funding is never guaranteed.
Proposal: fund Quiet Quorum to run one tap weekly temperature checks for [n] communities. Results so far: [data]. Feedback welcome before we apply.
Leave an email and we nudge you at 24 and 72 hours with your next move. Optional.
Or to keep this voyage on your profile.
LIVE DEMOA project-in-a-box: contracts, site, docs and impact metrics shaped for grant applications.
LIVE DEMOShow funders exactly what their grant built, milestone by milestone, with proof attached.
LIVE DEMOLend the ladder, the drill, the tent: a street library of things with deposits held by contract.