Institution
Public Goods

Funding the Commons

Region
Funding the Commons
Delaware
USA
Targeted SDGs
17. Partnerships for the goals
9. Industry, Innovation, Technology and Infrastructure
16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
Description
Funding the Commons builds bridges between builders, researchers, and funders to transform funding mechanisms and infrastructure for digital public goods.
Impact
Through conferences, residencies, hackathons, and pilot funding, FtC supports innovation in public goods funding, incubates new funding mechanisms, and fosters collaboration across Web2, Web3, philanthropy, and academia.
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Sky

Sky is the successor to MakerDAO, the pioneering DeFi protocol that first introduced decentralized stablecoins on Ethereum. It governs and issues USDS, a crypto-backed stablecoin designed to maintain parity with the U.S. dollar without depending on banks or centralized custodians. Sky operates entirely through smart contracts, ensuring that decisions and risk management are handled transparently onchain. Guided by a global community of token holders, it emphasizes decentralization, censorship resistance, and the long-term resilience of open financial systems.

Protocol
Open Finance
9
10
Haraka

Haraka

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Protocol
Stablecoins
1
8
Ma Earth

Ma Earth

Ma Earth is a community-led movement aligning economic incentives with planetary health and regeneration. They host a podcast (“The Regeneration Will Be Funded”), run grants for land stewardship, and experiment with regenerative finance and ecological technology

Institution
Restoration
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17
10
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