Giveth QF rounds
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Giveth hosts quadratic funding rounds with partners and rewards donors to verified public goods projects through GIVbacks.
Applications for the Stellar round closed on Aug 28. Donations run until Oct 4, 2026, and no next round is announced.
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Grant stats
- Grant size
- Up to $86K
- Largest grant
- $86,000
- Paid in
- ETH, USDC or XLM
- Payout
- One payment
- Funding model
- Quadratic funding
- Community donations matched from a shared pool.
- Typical decision
- 2 weeks
- From submission to an answer
- Latest round
- Stellar Community Growth
- Round budget
- Stellar round matching pool: $50,000
- Ecosystem
- Multichain
Checked Oct 1 against 8 sources. Confirm amounts and dates on docs.giveth.io before you apply.
About Giveth QF rounds
Giveth is a donation platform for public goods. Any project can create a page and receive donations in many tokens across Ethereum, Gnosis Chain, Optimism, Polygon, Celo, Arbitrum, Base, Stellar and other networks, at any time.
Several times a year Giveth runs quadratic funding rounds, usually with a partner who funds the matching pool and helps set eligibility. Each round has its own application form and guide. Matching uses Connection-Oriented Cluster Match (COCM) to limit Sybil attacks, and payouts follow a 2 to 3 week fraud review and a public results post on the Giveth forum.
Recent rounds include TheDAO's Ethereum Security round (Apr 23 to May 14, 2026), which matched 134 projects from a pool of over 637 ETH, and the Stellar Community Growth round for local event organizers. Separately, projects approved as GIVbacks Eligible get a badge, can be boosted with GIVpower, and their donors are entered into a monthly GIV raffle.
Resources
Funded before
- L2BEAT
- Revoke.cash
- rotki
What they fund
- Public goods projects of any kind that can show action and impact
- Projects and people strengthening Ethereum security (Ethereum Security round)
- Community events, workshops and developer onboarding (Stellar Community Growth round)
- Developer tooling, infrastructure and interoperability (GG24 rounds hosted on Giveth)
Who can apply
Tick what applies to you. Saved on this device only.
How applying works
- 1
Create a project
Set up a project page on Giveth with your recipient addresses and a clear description of the work.
- 2
Get verified
Optionally apply for GIVbacks eligibility from My Projects; decisions arrive by email within 2 weeks.
- 3
Apply to a round
When a QF round opens for applications, submit its form and meet its eligibility and KYC rules.
- 4
Rally donors
During the round, donations from eligible donors count toward your quadratic match.
- 5
Receive matching
After a 2 to 3 week fraud review and forum results post, matching funds go to your recipient address.
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- When does Giveth QF rounds close?
- The latest round closed on Aug 28. Add it to your watchlist and check back for the next one.
- How much can I get?
- Up to $86K per grant, paid in ETH, USDC or XLM.
- How long until I hear back?
- About 2 weeks from submission to a decision, going by the program's own process or past rounds.
- Where do I apply?
- On the official site, giveth.notion.site. web3grant links there directly and never takes applications itself.
Sources
Checked on Oct 1 against these pages. Programs change often, so confirm the details on docs.giveth.io before you apply.