Stellar Development Foundation
Stellar
Stellar Community Fund
Community-reviewed awards for teams building payments, DeFi and tools on Stellar.
- Grant size
- $10K–$150K
- Paid in XLM
- Time to apply
- Left to apply, closes Oct 11
- Funding model
- Round
- Fixed application window, reviewed as a batch.
- Typical decision
- 4 weeks
- From submission to an answer
Preview data. Confirm amounts and dates on communityfund.stellar.org before you apply.
About the program
The Stellar Community Fund is an open program where projects apply for awards and experienced community members help decide which get funded.
Awards are paid in tranches as teams reach the goals set out in their submission.
What they fund
- Payments and remittance apps
- DeFi on Soroban smart contracts
- Developer tooling and SDKs
Who can apply
- Teams building on Stellar or Soroban
- A working prototype for build awards
- Public progress updates during the award
How applying works
Submit your project
Apply with your product, architecture and deliverables.
Community review
Reviewers from the community assess and score submissions.
Award decision
Selected projects receive an award split into tranches.
Hit your goals
Each tranche is paid when its deliverables are verified.
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