Launching OpenCivics Membership & Grants Program
OpenCivics is proud to announce the formal launch of membership and the Genesis Round of our Quadratic Funding Grants Program.
Membership
Starting today, you can officially apply to become part of the OpenCivics Consortium as a Citizen or Collaborator. Citizens are voting members of the Consortium, able to make proposals for funding, launching and stewarding Collaborative Initiatives, and participating in decentralized governance. Collaborators are able to participate in Collaborative Initiatives within the Consortium as decentralized contributors to research and coordination activities.
If you’re not a researcher or civic innovator, you can apply to join the network as an Ally or Sponsor, giving you access to private communications channels and databases where you can keep track of the Consortium’s activities and learn about innovations you can apply in your local communities.
As a Member, you will have access to the following benefits:
🌟 Participation in cutting-edge initiatives Collaborate with fellow innovators on groundbreaking projects in governance, community organizing, currency, ecological stewardship, and more.
💡 Peer learning and networking opportunities: Engage in our private Discord, networking calls, meet other systems thinking innovators and gain insights into the latest civic innovations that you can apply in your local community or integrate into your projects.
💙 Sponsorship and support opportunities: Have the chance to contribute & receive financial resources or pro-bono services to support our mission and amplify our impact.
🌏 Grants program: Access the grants program to support your own civic initiatives and projects.
🚀 Empowerment through a community of collaboration: Join forces with others in the service of stewarding our systems.
You can read more about the different ways to get involved on our wiki here. When you’re ready to apply, fill out the application here.
Grants Program
As part of our commitment to supporting civic innovators working on the most impactful public goods that support local resilience, self-governance and democracy upgrades, and ecological stewardship, we’re launching the OpenCivics Grants Program on the Gitcoin Grants Stack. Our Genesis Round will take place November 15 - 29 and will be a Featured Community Round with $25,000 in cryptocurrency available in matching funds from our generous partner. Grant applications are open to all OpenCivics Consortium members and you can apply any time between now and November 15th. Before applying, be sure to have already filled out an application to become an OpenCivics member.
Quadratic funding is a revolutionary mechanism that amplifies donations via collective intelligence, empowering small contributors to make a significant impact alongside larger funders. The quadratic algorithm utilized by the Gitcoin Grants Protocol matches small donations with funds from a matching pool based on both the number and size of contributions, democratizing philanthropy while directing funding to a curated group of high leverage projects.
If you’d like to get involved by submitting a grant, contributing to the matching pool, or donating to OpenCivics directly, you can learn more by visiting opencivics.co/grants.
If you have any questions about membership or the grants application process, jump into our Telegram to ask questions or email team@opencivics.co.
Thank You
We’re incredibly grateful to all of our supporters, allies, and collaborators who have gotten us here. We look forward to welcoming many of you as members of the Consortium and network.
Every day we see evidence that our community is ready for non-rivalrous coordination to solve the most pressing challenges of our time. Our world is waking up to the realization that we have a short period of time to make some profound changes, and it will take all of us, working together, to make it happen. Thank you for whatever role you play in the process of rebirthing our civilization, from the small acts of civic service to the large systemic innovations that correct for our most intractable civilizational problems.
We look forward to working with you for the decades to come as we transition from an extractive, fragile, and centralized civilization into a regenerative, resilient, and decentralized one.
In Us We Trust,
OpenCivics Stewards