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Gitcoin Grantee Hierarchy of Needs

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This is an internal document that establishes the hierarchy of needs of Gitcoin grantees. The outlined needs and their priority level will inform what work we do for grantees. Need 1 is the highest priority, Need 4 is the lowest.

Need 1: Onboarding to Gitcoin grants 📃

Before someone can participate in Gitcoin, they must onboard as a grantee. In terms of interacting with Gitcoin, this is the highest priority because a grantee cannot do anything unless they know they are eligible for a Gitcoin grant and then onboard.

Current gaps in this need: 

Eligibility criteria is unclear

Round structure and tags are unclear

There is not one place to go for a holistic onboarding experience

Ideas: 

Create a comprehensive onboarding document for grantees (see here) 

Need 2: Getting the most out of a grants round 💲

Becoming a grantee is just the first step. For a grantee to actually raise money and get the most out of a Gitcoin grants round, they must learn and take intentional steps.

Current gaps in this need: 

Many grantees do not know how to write their grants in compelling ways

Many grantees do not know how to market/pitch their grant

Many grantees do not share what the funds are used for

Ideas: 

Create a comprehensive guide for best practices for writing and marketing a grant

Host 2 Q&A session with successful grantees leading up to the round

Need 3: Receiving non-monetary support from Gitcoin through Community 👥

Gitcoin has an incredible community of grantees that could provide invaluable non-monetary support to each other. Currently, there is nothing connecting grantees to other resources to support them with achieving their grant goals. Imagine grantees forming meaningful connections with other grantees and as a result improving the quality of their projects, finding other grant opportunities, and identifying values-aligned collaborators.

Current gaps in this need: 

There is nothing connecting grantees to each other (for knowledge exchange, collaboration, opportunities, etc)

Ideas: 

Using a platform like intros.ai to allow grantees to connect with each other

Create optional, topic-based juntos for grantees (perhaps based on rounds, so a climate junto, longevity junto, etc)

Need 4: Tracking value created through the grant and outcomes 

Currently, there is no way to track the impact that grants have on the organization and world at large.

Current gaps in this need: 

Grantees do not share what the grant is used for, and in general there are no KPIs

Gitcoin does not track the impact of grants/what the money is used for

Ideas: 

Using a third party to verify impact

Gitcoin “verifying” projects that meet a certain criteria

Gitcoin Grantee Hierarchy of Needs

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Need 1: Onboarding to Gitcoin grants 📃

Before someone can participate in Gitcoin, they must onboard as a grantee. In terms of interacting with Gitcoin, this is the highest priority because a grantee cannot do anything unless they know they are eligible for a Gitcoin grant and then onboard.

Current gaps in this need: 

Eligibility criteria is unclear

Round structure and tags are unclear

There is not one place to go for a holistic onboarding experience

Ideas: 

Create a comprehensive onboarding document for grantees (see here) 

Need 2: Getting the most out of a grants round 💲

Becoming a grantee is just the first step. For a grantee to actually raise money and get the most out of a Gitcoin grants round, they must learn and take intentional steps.

Current gaps in this need: 

Many grantees do not know how to write their grants in compelling ways

Many grantees do not know how to market/pitch their grant

Many grantees do not share what the funds are used for

Ideas: 

Create a comprehensive guide for best practices for writing and marketing a grant

Host 2 Q&A session with successful grantees leading up to the round

Need 3: Receiving non-monetary support from Gitcoin through Community 👥

Gitcoin has an incredible community of grantees that could provide invaluable non-monetary support to each other. Currently, there is nothing connecting grantees to other resources to support them with achieving their grant goals. Imagine grantees forming meaningful connections with other grantees and as a result improving the quality of their projects, finding other grant opportunities, and identifying values-aligned collaborators.

Current gaps in this need: 

There is nothing connecting grantees to each other (for knowledge exchange, collaboration, opportunities, etc)

Ideas: 

Using a platform like intros.ai to allow grantees to connect with each other

Create optional, topic-based juntos for grantees (perhaps based on rounds, so a climate junto, longevity junto, etc)

Need 4: Tracking value created through the grant and outcomes 

Currently, there is no way to track the impact that grants have on the organization and world at large.

Current gaps in this need: 

Grantees do not share what the grant is used for, and in general there are no KPIs

Gitcoin does not track the impact of grants/what the money is used for

Ideas: 

Using a third party to verify impact

Gitcoin “verifying” projects that meet a certain criteria