Ethereum grants
The programs listed below offer a variety of funding grants for projects working to promote the success and growth of the Ethereum ecosystem. Use this as a guide to find and apply for funds to help make your next Ethereum project a success.
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Broad Ethereum ecosystem
These programs support the broad Ethereum ecosystem by offering grants to a wide scope of projects. These include solutions for scalability, community building, security, privacy, and more. These grants are not specific to any one Ethereum platform and are a good place to start if you're unsure.
- EF Ecosystem Support Program (opens in a new tab) - Funding open source projects that benefit Ethereum, with a particular focus on universal tools, infrastructure, research and public goods
- Academic Grants (opens in a new tab) - Grants to support Ethereum-related academic work
Grant list aggregators and platforms
These resources compile and organize various grant opportunities across the Ethereum ecosystem, making it easier to discover funding opportunities that match your project's needs. We've organized them by persona to help you get you started finding the most relevant resources based on your specific funding needs.
For all grant seekers: Comprehensive directories
These general platforms offer broad coverage of grants across the entire Web3 space and are useful starting points for anyone looking for funding:
- Karma Funding Map (opens in a new tab) - Directory of all the web3 grant programs, updated on weekly basis
For developers and builders
- Grant Programs Viewer (opens in a new tab) - Public Airtable database of grant programs
- Web3 Grants Spreadsheet (opens in a new tab) - Google spreadsheet of Web3 grant opportunities
- Arbitrum Grants (opens in a new tab) — Arbitrum DAO and The Arbitrum Foundation (opens in a new tab)
For DeFi projects and financial applications
- AlphaGrowth Grants (opens in a new tab) - Comprehensive list of crypto and Web3 grants
- Uniswap Foundation Grants (opens in a new tab) - Unichain and Uniswap v4 grants and support for DeFi builders
For DAO contributors and governance innovators
Resources for community-driven projects and governance experiments:
- DAO Grants (opens in a new tab) - Google spreadsheet of organizations offering grants
- MetaGov Database (opens in a new tab) - Comprehensive Web3 grants map
Public goods and impact
These programs focus on funding projects that benefit the broader community, public goods, and impact initiatives. These include grant providers, as well as donation platforms utilizing onchain funding allocation mechanisms including quadratic funding:
- Gitcoin (opens in a new tab) - Gitcoin Grants utilizes multiple capital allocation mechanisms to fund open source projects and public goods in the Ethereum ecosystem
- Octant (opens in a new tab) - Public goods funding ecosystem that balances the common good and individual financial empowerment
- Giveth (opens in a new tab) - Crypto donation platform enabling direct donations from for-good projects with zero added fees
- Artizen (opens in a new tab) - Helping creators match fund new projects at the frontier of art, science, technology and culture
- Quadratic Accelerator (opens in a new tab) - Start-up accelerator program that uses quadratic funding to support projects that benefit the public good
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Page last update: March 4, 2026
