Grant ID: 86694k5kh
Summary:
This request is for me to write a comprehensive retrospective report for the Graph that details your grant programs and their history. I will cover how they were formed, notable grantees, and the future vision for where the program would like to go.
I have read and agree to the privacy policy:
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If available, please enter a link to your project below:
All of the work I do can be found at this link - Sov | Twitter | Linktree
Are you applying as a team or individual?:
Individual
What type of grant are you pursuing?:
Project (one-off)
Please select the category your project best fits into:
Education
Please select who you think will benefit from your project?:
Curators, Delegators, Indexers, Subgraph Developers
How much funding are you looking for? (USD):
3000
Provide a breakdown of your requested funding:
It typically takes me 15-20 hours to do all the research and write one of these grant retrospectives. The funding requested is for a one-time retrospective but I would also be interested in helping with regular updates on grants if there is any interest there.
Have you applied for (or already received) funding from somewhere else?:
Yes
If yes, please describe where you’ve received funding from and how much you have, or will, receive:
I have received grants from Aave Grants DAO and Polygon DAO for this work. Here’s a link to the content I created for them:
What’s your vision for how your project will impact The Graph and/or web3?:
My blog has hundreds of loyal supporters. In addition to increased visibility, you will be helping to fund greater awareness of the broader span of grant and incentive programs and supporting a comprehensive retrospective on your program.
What can you share about any past work that is relevant to this grant?:
I have written many of these retrospectives, you can view all of my work and content at my Mirror below:
Can you share any information about current/past web3 experience?:
My work started as a bear market project intended to capture and categorize all the different grant and incentive programs across crypto. I have been Board President for an innovative food bank for several years, and experiences with grants in the traditional sense got me thinking about how I would like to learn more about this topic from the crypto perspective. I saw many announcements about “Ecosystem Funds.” I was curious how these programs work compared to some programs I have had personal experience with a 501(c)(3).
As I saw these programs launching, I thought to myself, “surely there is a Dove Metrics, but for grants programs,” I looked and was surprised that no one was tracking them (outside of random spreadsheets and lists here and there). I had collected these programs on Sov’s Compendium and realized that with minimal effort, the list I had on my compendium was already one of the more comprehensive. I realized this was an opportunity, and I started by consolidating all of the information across multiple sources and being proactive in finding new information as it was released. I created a simple site on Notion called The Common Good and kept my research public. This site is now called LlamaoGrants and is hosted on DefiLlama’s wiki.
In addition to curating my list, I started to write retrospectives on my blog, Sovereign Signal, which provides program updates. In addition, Polygon DAO and Aave Grants DAO have granted me quarterly funding for Crypto Grants Wire and to write retrospective reports for their Ecosystem and Grant Program.
Why are you interested in contributing to The Graph and/or web3?:
You are a major player in the web3 space and one of the more established grant programs.
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