Overview
The Small Grants Committee was created by Nouns proposal 13. It’s run by a group of Nouners to be a “flexible pool of capital” that can be deployed when either the project is time sensitive, the ask is too small for an official proposal, or retroactive funding is merited because the work is already done. If you have questions you can ask in the #grants-and-retro-funding channel in the Nouns Discord.
Small Grant Vs. Retro Funding
Small Grant: upfront payment to fund a project
Retroactive Funding: payment for work already completed
Requesting A Grant
Open a post on Discourse and prefix the title with “Small Grants: “ for visibility. From there a committee member will reach out to you, but you can also post the link to your Discourse post in the #grants-and-retro-funding channel in the Nouns Discord to get it on their radar.
Please outline:
- What is the project
- How it will proliferate Nouns (or already has)
- How much upfront funding you want, if the projects completed the committee will decide on if/how much retro funds are given
What’s Been Funded?
| Cause | Category | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Nouns iOS widget | Tech | Ξ 0.42 ($690) |
| Nouns Fair @ ETHBogota | Community | Ξ 9.8 ($14,400) |
| Lamma Island Beach Cleanup (Hong Kong) | Community | Ξ 1.5 ($2,600) |
| OTG Activation @ SG NFT Festival | Marketing, Community | Ξ 3.2 ($5,700) |
| Nouns Explorer payment 1 | Tech | Ξ 4.5 ($8,000) |
| Low-Fi Noggle samples | Physical | Ξ 1.5 ($2,700) |
| Nounify Dat at an Autism School | Charity, Community | Ξ 2.2 ($3,900) |
| Approprately Dressed Nouns | Art | Ξ 0.369 ($650) |
| Newsletter, notes and nounditor work | Community | Ξ 5 ($7,800) |
| Community Calls | Community | Ξ 2 ($3,100) |
| Community Calls | Community | Ξ 2 ($3,100) |
| Nounish Emojis | Community, Art | Ξ 3 ($4,700) |
| Crusader Kings 3 Marathon Stream | Community, Marketing | Ξ 1.5 ($2,300) |
| Twitter thread | Community | Ξ 0.25 ($390) |
| Nouns News Season 3 | Marketing, Community | Ξ 4 ($6,600) |
| Nouns Tattoo | Community | Ξ 0.1 ($160) |
| FOODNOUNS | Community | Ξ 4.38 ($7,300) |
| GIveaways @COMEX Singapore | Community | Ξ 0.5 ($800) |
| Representing Nouns at NYC Marathon | Community, Marketing, Charity | Ξ 0.5 ($750) |
| Nounish Consultants Pilot | Community | Ξ 2 ($3,300) |
| Nouns Chocolate | Physical | Ξ 2.8 ($4,700) |
| Nouners – The Series | Marketing, Community | Ξ 9 ($15,000) |
| A parody song featuring nounish skateboard deck | Marketing, Community | Ξ 3 ($5,600) |
| Sticker/Prints for Nouns event in Korea | Community, Marketing, Physical | Ξ 0.42 ($830) |
| Prop 63 administration and transaction costs | Community | Ξ 1.15 ($2,300) |
| Auction tracking website | Tech, Community | Ξ 1 ($2,000) |
| Extra prizes for art contest | Community, Art | Ξ 1.5 ($3,000) |
| Website celebrating Nouniversary | Community | Ξ 2 ($4,000) |
| Nouniversary artwork | Art | Ξ 0.6942 ($1,400) |
| COMEX Singapore activation | Community, Marketing | Ξ 2 ($3,200) |
| Nounish AI – residency – sablier | Tech | Ξ 24 ($38,600) |
| Noun O Talk cover art | Art | Ξ 2 ($3,200) |
| Adding new traits to 3D Nouns | Art | Ξ 1.5 ($2,400) |
| Small Grants logo | Art | Ξ 0.42069 ($730) |
| Manufacturing and distribution of Noggles during NFT NYC | Physical, Community, Marketing | Ξ 8.42069 ($14,600) |
| Oni payment for services | Operational, Community | Ξ 5 ($7,900) |
| Noun Square – daily contest bonus funding | Community | Ξ 1.5 ($2,400) |
| Nouns Fair at ETH MX | Community | Ξ 7.5 ($11,325) |
| WithNOUN minting fees | Art | Ξ 0.6942 ($930) |
| Noun Dust (BBQ Rub) | Physical | Ξ 1.42 ($1,200) |
| CC0 Sundays continuation | Community | Ξ 1 ($1,000) |
| Nounish beach cleanup | Community | Ξ 1.85 ($2,300) |
| Nounish LEGO Blockheads | – | Ξ 2 ($2,500) |
| FOMO v2 | Tech | Ξ 9.69 ($10,300) |
| Newsletters, Proposal dashboard | Operational, Community | Ξ 5.5 ($6,300) |
| Dune dashboard | Operational, Tech | Ξ 0.6942 ($800) |
| Dune dashboard | Operational, Tech | Ξ 2.3058 ($2,600) |
| CC0 mashups and rekt nouns | Art | Ξ 0.6942 ($730) |
| Nouns swag for NFT NYC | Physical, Marketing | Ξ 1.1 ($1,200) |
| Nouns billboard at WRC | Marketing | Ξ 3 ($3,400) |
| Noun Square trial | Community, Marketing, Art | Ξ 2.5 ($3,000) |
| Nounish AR filters | Art | Ξ 0.6942 ($840) |
| Noun O’Clock Contest | Community, Art | Ξ 1 ($1,800) |
| Noun O’Clock Contest | Community, Art | Ξ 0.5 ($900) |
| Nounish wallpaper art | Art | Ξ 0.6942 ($1,300) |
| Nouns On The Ground | Community, Marketing | Ξ 1 ($1,800) |
| Nouns Museum in Decentraland | Art | Ξ 3 ($5,500) |
| Governance gas fees | Operational | Ξ 0.1 ($180) |
| Art for the CoinCenter dinner book | Art | Ξ 0.69 ($1,300) |
| Mural in Soho during NFT NYC | Marketing | Ξ 27.25 ($53,300) |
| Bug bounty | Tech | Ξ 0.5 ($1,000) |
| Payment due for Prop 34 | Art | Ξ 11 ($21,000) |
| Japanese translation of nouns.wtf | Community | Ξ 0.5 ($1,200) |
| Nouns On The Ground | Community, Marketing | Ξ 5 ($10,700) |
| Nouns Blocks | Art | Ξ 2 ($5,400) |
| Noun Profiles | Art | Ξ 1 ($2,900) |
| Nounditor | Community, Operational | Ξ 2.5 ($7,300) |
| Kygo DAO membership | Community | Ξ 5 ($14,100) |
| The Sounds of Nouns Series: An Original Jingle Every Day for Your Noun | Art, Community | Ξ 4 ($12,000) |
| Nounish pins and stickers | Art | Ξ 3.5 ($10,400) |
| Nouns Japan small grants | Community | Ξ 10 ($31,000) |
| FUNctional glasses | Physical | Ξ 5 ($14,900) |
| Nouncil theme song | Community, Art | Ξ 0.6942 ($2,200) |
| Skatedeck design contest reward pool | Art | Ξ 2 ($6,300) |
| Noun Soup setup | Community, Art | Ξ 0.25973 ($800) |
| The Sounds of Nouns Series: An Original Jingle Every Day for Your Noun | Community, Art | Ξ 3 ($10,200) |
| Nouns podcast | Community | Ξ 4 ($13,800) |
| Podcast artwork | Art | Ξ 0.6942 ($2,400) |
| FOMO mobile app MVP | Tech | Ξ 2 ($6,900) |
| Nouns non-transferable factory | Tech | Ξ 2 ($6,900) |
| Note taking on weekly calls | Community, Operational | Ξ 1 ($3,400) |
| Florinouns | Community, Art | Ξ 0.97 ($3,000) |
| Small Grants for Japanese artists | Community, Art | Ξ 5 ($13,000) |
| Nouns x BAYC Miami party | Community, Marketing | Ξ 2 ($6,200) |
| Project Nerman (2 of 2) | Tech | Ξ 2.5 ($6,900) |
| Japanese Noun community work | Community | Ξ 1.42069 ($3,900) |
| NounsDAO Newsletter | Community, Operational | Ξ 1.25 ($3,500) |
| FUNctional glasses prototyping part 2 | Physical | Ξ 3.5 ($9,000) |
| NounsDAO Newsletter | Community, Operational | Ξ 1.25 ($3,200) |
| Specscapes | Art | Ξ 0.142 ($430) |
| Animated Nouns wagon | Art | Ξ 0.142 ($430) |
| Sofubi prototyping | Physical | Ξ 0.9 ($2,500) |
| FUNctional glasses protyping | Physical | Ξ 3 ($8,300) |
| Nouns Athletes signing Joe Atkinson | Community | Ξ 3 ($8,300) |
| The Sounds of Nouns Series: An Original Jingle Every Day for Your Noun | Community, Art | Ξ 3 ($8,300) |
| Snapchat AR Filters | Tech | Ξ 1.5 ($4,200) |
| Instagram AR Filters | Tech | Ξ 1.25 ($3,300) |
| Noggles.wtf and AR filters | Tech | Ξ 0.55 ($1,500) |
| Nounify the Super Bowl | Community, Marketing | Ξ 4.75 ($14,800) |
| 8 bit nouns games | Tech | Ξ 1 ($3,100) |
| Nounish posters | Art | Ξ 0.5 ($2,050) |
| Animated Discord sticker pack | Community, Art | Ξ 0.69 ($1,800) |
| Luxury sunglasses prototyping | Physical | Ξ 2.5 ($7,800) |
| LilNouns contract deployment | Community, Art | Ξ 0.5 ($1,350) |
| LilNouns contract deployment | Community, Art | Ξ 1.2 ($3,600) |
| FOMO Nouns – refilling settlement contract | Community | Ξ 6 ($16,700) |
| Nouns Bot | Tech | Ξ 0.15 ($400) |
| Nouns Outdoor Advertising Placement On Giant Donut Statue In Los Angeles (Randy’s Donuts) | Marketing, Community | Ξ 24 ($64,600) |
| iOs Nounish stickers | Community | Ξ 0.69 ($1,800) |
| New Discord server banner | Art | Ξ 0.1 ($250) |
| Nounish GIFs | Community, Art | Ξ 1 ($3,200) |
| FOMO Nouns – refilling settlement contract | Community | Ξ 1.85 ($5,900) |
| OG Nouns extension Nunks | Art | Ξ 0.42069 ($1,500) |
| Nouns Coloring Contest Winners | Community, Art | Ξ 5.3 ($20,000) |
| The Great Discovery of ⌐◨-◨ | Community | Ξ 0.6942 ($2,500) |
| Project Nerman (1 of 2) | Tech | Ξ 2.5 ($10,300) |
| Coloring contest promo materials | Art | Ξ 0.1 ($400) |
| Nouns Coloring Book pages | Art | Ξ 0.42069 ($1,700) |
| Sidenouns setup | Community, Art | Ξ 0.25 ($1,000) |
| Updating Nounify App to accept user uploads | Tech | Ξ 0.2 ($820) |
| Nouns Coloring Book Pages | Art | Ξ 0.69 ($3,000) |
| Nouns Data: Fear and Greed Index | Tech | Ξ 0.1 ($430) |
| AI Nouns setup | Art | Ξ 0.42069 ($1,800) |
| Donation to Save The Children and Electronic Frontier Foundation – fixing the amounts from Proposal 13 | Tech, Charity | Ξ 0.225 ($960) |
| Noun Poems | Art, Community | Ξ 2 ($9,000) |
| Nounspedia, This-or-That, Synthetic Nouns | Community | Ξ 1 ($4,300) |
| Abstract Nouns setup | Art | Ξ 0.75 ($3,200) |
| Nouns Vox setup | Art | Ξ 0.75 ($3,200) |
| Nouns Tattoo | Community | Ξ 0.05 ($220) |
| Brave Contest Winner | Community, Art | Ξ 0.69 ($3,200) |
| Brave Contest Winner | Community, Art | Ξ 0.69 ($3,200) |
| Brave Contest Winner | Community, Art | Ξ 0.345 ($1,600) |
| Brave Contest Winner | Community, Art | Ξ 0.345 ($1,600) |
| Brave Contest Contributor | Community, Art | Ξ 0.15 ($700) |
| Nounify APP | Tech | Ξ 0.85 ($3,900) |
| Splats setup | Art | Ξ 0.45 ($2,100) |
| Alt Nouns setup | Art | Ξ 0.45 ($2,100) |
| Nouns Tattoo #2 (legend) | Community | Ξ 0.05 ($220) |
| Mike Gavrilov Foundation minting costs | Operational | Ξ 0.056 ($270) |
| Mike Gavrilov Foundation minting costs attempt #2 | Operational | Ξ 0.05 ($210) |
| Nouns Figma Plugin | Tech | Ξ 0.42069 ($1,700) |
| Noadz setup | Art | Ξ 0.42069 ($1,700) |
| Nounstown.shop setup | Community, Physical | Ξ 0.25 ($1,150) |
| Sunny Pires – HAWAII Project | Marketing, Community | Ξ 6 |
| Prop Talk: A Podcast Synthesizing Nouns Proposals | Community | Ξ 1 |
| Nouns Launchpad | Tech | Ξ 1 |
| The Nounish Prof a Nounish Ambassador | Community | Ξ 1 |
| We Rallied to Define Noggles! ⌐◨-◨ | Community | Ξ 1 |
| Hosting costs | Tech | Ξ 1 |
| NSFW admin compensation | Community | Ξ 1.5 |
| Nouns Dao Giveback to Aeta Agta People (FIP) ⌐◨-◨ | Charity, Community | Ξ 1 |
| NSFW admin compensation | Community | Ξ 1.5 |
| NSFW admin compensation | Community | Ξ 1.5 |
| NSFW admin compensation | Community | Ξ 1.5 |
| Nounish Tattoo | Community | Ξ 0.2 |
| NounsLATAM at LABITCONF, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Community | Ξ 8 |
| Nounish Tattoo | Community | Ξ 0.2 |
| Nouns Archive Center – second payment | Tech | Ξ 2 |
| Nounish Theme Song | Art | Ξ 1 |
| NounBA deployment costs | Community | Ξ 0.6 |
| Podcast artwork | Art | Ξ 2 |
| Nouns Explorer payment 2 | Tech | Ξ 6 |
| Nounish Tattoo | Community | Ξ 0.16 |
| Proposal: Nouns Presence @ BEYOND BASEL | Marketing | Ξ 10 |
| Podcast Producers | Community | Ξ 2.25 |
| NounsDAO in Taipei Blockchain Week | Marketing | Ξ 8.76 |
| Nounish Green Initiative Pod | Community | Ξ 3.38 |
| Nounish Green Initiative Pod – ETH buffer | Community | Ξ 1.23 |
| NounsOTG x Stadium Club 327 Charity Beer Garden | Community | Ξ 4.44 |
| Nounish Tattoo | Community | Ξ 0.11 ($170) |
| Nounish Tattoo | Community | Ξ 0.11 ($140) |
| Nounish Tattoos | Community | Ξ 0.11 ($180) |
| voters.wtf | Community, Tech | Ξ 2 ($2,600) |
| Nounish Tattoo | Community | Ξ 0.1 ($130) |
| Community Calls | Community | Ξ 6 ($9,200) |
| TikTok content | Marketing | Ξ 1.38 ($2,200) |
| Nouns Fair @ETHSanFrancisco | Marketing | Ξ 23.25 ($31,700) |
| Paper Noggles | Physical | Ξ 15.2 ($23,800) |
| Tattoos in Brazil | Community | Ξ 0.69 ($1,050) |
| OTG Activation during Philippines Blockchain Week | Marketing | Ξ 4.81 ($6,500) |
| Nouns OTG at Devcon Bogota | Community | Ξ 5.5 ($7,400) |
| Podcast Producers | Community | Ξ 2.25 ($3,000) |
| Nouns protocol bug bounty | Tech | Ξ 0.5 ($680) |
| Creator Contests | Community, Tech | Ξ 8 ($10,800) |
| YT video about nouns – funds returned by the recipient to | Community | Ξ 2 ($2,700) |
| Nouns Dust packing and shipping | Physical | Ξ 1 ($1,350) |
| Etherscores | Tech | Ξ 0.6942 ($900) |
| Newsletter, notes and nounditor work | Community | Ξ 4.45 ($6,000) |
| InternatioNouns | Community | Ξ 2.2 ($2,900) |
| Nouns at ETH Safari | Marketing | Ξ 0.69 ($900) |
| Nouns Dust BBQ Rub part 2 | Physical | Ξ 2.12 ($3,420) |
| Dune Analytics Dashboard | Charity, Tech | Ξ 0.025 ($110) |
| Latin American OTG activation TOUR of three cities @Colombia | Community | Ξ 8.5 ($11,300) |
| Activity and proposal consultation | Community | Ξ 0.69 ($900) |
| Coin Center Annual Dinner 2022 sponsorship | Community, Charity | Ξ 12.65 ($35,000) |
| Nouns Archive Center | Community, Tech | Ξ 2 ($2,700) |
| FOODNOUNS Prep KItchen | Community | Ξ 2 ($2,700) |
| Nounish AI – residency | Tech | Ξ 1 ($1,600) |
| Nouns Emote server boost | Community | Ξ 0.3 ($500) |
| Newsletter, nounditor, notes | Community | Ξ 5.875 ($9,400) |
| Community Calls | Community | Ξ 2 ($3,500) |
| Community Calls | Community | Ξ 2 ($3,500) |
| Nounish Jewelry | Physical | Ξ 3.5 ($6,000) |
| Nouns Block Phase 2 | Art | Ξ 1 ($1,450) |
| Luxury sunglasses prototyping part 2 | Physical | Ξ 2.5 ($6,800) |
| Settling good nouns pre FOMO | Community | Ξ 1 ($1,800) |
| Sofubi prototyping | Physical | Ξ 4 ($9,900) |
| Noun O’Clock Contest | Community, Art | Ξ 2 ($3,600) |
| Nounish Equivalence, Governance Dashboard Implemented | Community | Ξ 1.5 ($2,300) |
| “with Noun” exhibition | Art | Ξ 0.42069 ($560) |
| Studio 1/ sofubi nouns extra costs | Physical | Ξ 5.8 ($7,800) |
| Nouns AI Residency – Honk | Tech | Ξ 6.5 ($9,000) |
| Nouns AI Residency – Honk – extension | Tech | Ξ 8.7 ($12,000) |