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Local Funding Programs GG24 - Register Interest!

TL;DR — Who should fill this in?

If you’re helping lead a local community / ecosystem hub (e.g., ReFi Local Node, Greenpill Chapter, bioregional org, municipal/NGO partnership, university program, or other locally rooted initiative) and want support + funding to run a locally-led Web3-based funding program, please register your interest here.

This aims to be a lightweight intake form to gauge the eligibility and readiness of your program for the planned GG24 Local Funding Programs round. You can (and are encouraged to) fill this form even if you might still need more time to raise local matching funds or finalize your program design. In that case, registering now helps us stay connected and support you in building toward future rounds (e.g. GG25 in March 2026), where we expect to have further funding available for local programs.

Note: All details here are preliminary pending the Gitcoin GG24 Dedicated Domain vote on 12 Sept 2025. Final round details and parameters will be published immediately after that vote. This form remains the first step to be considered for invitation.

Context - Ethereum Localism & Regen Coordination?

Ethereum Localism is a movement of people seeking to embed Ethereum’s tools (stablecoins, payments, onchain governance, open data, community grants, impact credits, etc.) into place-based communities and economies. Instead of focusing on speculation, the aim is practical, durable utility—helping neighborhoods, bioregions, campuses, and community hubs use Ethereum to coordinate resources, measure impact, and build resilient local economies. Each local implementation becomes an open-source blueprint that others can use and adapt.

Regen Coordination is a global alliance of organizations and networks (including ReFi DAO, Greenpill Network, Bloom Network, BioFi, Ma Earth, AgroforestDAO, and more) dedicated to weaving and connecting these local experiments into a coherent movement. We convene funding rounds, sensemaking processes, and shared toolkits that make decentralized efforts more legible and coordinated. For GG24, Regen Coordination and Open Civics are leading the Local Funding Programs track, ensuring communities receive the guidance, tools, funding and support they need to run credible and impactful local programs—while documenting learnings that feed back into the global ecosystem.

Learn more: Ethereum Localism x Regen Coordination: Powering Regenerative Local Economies with Web3

Eligibility & Selection — What we’re looking for 👀

The planned GG24 Local Funding Programs round will support a small cohort of local hubs that can demonstrate how Ethereum can take root in real communities. While the outcomes we’re seeking are about growing adoption and utilization of Ethereum, local funding programs do not need to limit themselves to only funding Web3-native people or projects.

Depending on your program scope, you might choose to support a local selection of:

🌟 Regenerative initiatives, NGOs & nonprofits (ecological, social, cultural)

🌟 Regional development or civics (municipal pilots, community currencies, civic tech)

🌟 Learning hubs & educational spaces (schools, universities, community labs)

🌟 Local developer communities (hackathons, open-source contributors, Web3 builders)

🌟 Creative & cultural projects (arts, media, local storytelling, heritage)

🌟 Entrepreneurship & local businesses (incubators, SMEs experimenting with Web3 tools)

🌟 …and/or Web3-aligned builders & communities (ReFi nodes, DAOs, impact networks)

What matters most is that your program has a credible design, secures local buy-in and matching funds, and shows a clear pathway to create both real-world impact and meaningful onchain activity.

The following criteria will guide program eligibility and selection:

1️⃣ Program Scope & Theory of Change

- Clear who/what/why for your program: which activities or projects you’ll fund, who benefits, and what outcomes you seek.

- A scope that is appropriately scaled to the potential size of the funding pool, with matching funds proportional to the number and type of projects you aim to support. For example, a modest pool should not aim to fund hundreds of projects, but could credibly support a targeted set of local initiatives.

- A feasible plan with milestones and the ability to launch by late 2025 (or Jan 2026 latest).

2️⃣ Local Fundraising (Matching on Matching)

- Minimum $5k raised/committed from outside sponsors (e.g. municipalities, NGOs, community partners, etc.). - More initial funds raised = stronger proposal + more match potential. - Target policy (current draft): up to 2× match on your local raise, capped at $20k per program (e.g., raise $10k locally → up to $20k GG24 match = $30k total pool). - You may include a Fair Fee to help cover the ops/admin of your program.

3️⃣ Impact Measurement & Onchain Activity

- Commitment to credible impact reporting (e.g., via tools like Karma GAP)

- Openness to pilot techniques for regional onchain impact analysis e.g. local web3 adoption, transactions, retention on Web3 rails etc...

4️⃣ Team Experience & Delivery Capability

- Ideally anchored by an existing local hub/chapter/coalition with trusted community / ecosystem relationships. - Evidence you/your team has the experience, skills and capacity to design and run the local funding program: with appropriate program governance, outreach, partnerships, comms, treasury ops, reporting etc...

❗️Note: It’s completely fine if your program does not yet meet all of the above or is not yet fully developed or scoped — we encourage you to use this form to share where things stand now and thus providing a starting point to help shape how the potential program could be further scoped and developed.

❗️Note 2: At this stage, you do need to know exactly what allocation mechanism / tooling you would like to use to run your local program. There are multiple approaches available (e.g., quadratic funding, direct grants, retro, hybrid models), and we will support you in exploring the options, understanding their trade-offs, and selecting the design and tooling that best fits your local context and goals.

What happens after you submit this form?

1. We’ll review interest forms on a rolling basis and provide feedback.

2. You’ll shortly receive the final round brief, dates, and application processes.

3. Formal applications and initial funding round to take place in mid-October during GG24.

By submitting, you consent to us storing your responses for the purpose of program coordination across ETH FTW, Regen Coordination, and Open Civics. We will not share personal contact details publicly. You may be contacted to clarify details or invited to coordination calls.

Let’s grow 🌱👇

About you 👤

Name

Email

Personal Wallet Address

Your Local Community/Ecosystem

Your role(s)

About your potential program 🌱

Please now provide high-level answers to the following questions to help us understand your potential local program scope and readiness. It’s completely fine if your program is not yet fully developed or scoped — we encourage you to just share where things stand now. This will give us a baseline to understand your starting point and help shape how the potential program could be further scoped and developed.

Program Scope & Theory of Change

Program Fundraising

Impact Measurement

Team Experience & Delivery Capability

Community Reference & Social Proof (optional)

If your community is less well known to Gitcoin or Regen Coordination ecosystems, please list 1–3 people who could act as high-reputation references for you.

- These should ideally be individuals outside your direct project/team (though they may be ecosystem collaborators).

- They should have established credibility or reputation (e.g., a recognized community leader, academic, funder, NGO partner, or Web3 ecosystem steward).

- Their role would simply be to vouch for your credibility and work, providing verifiable social proof if needed.