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OpenGrants: An Intelligence Layer for Web3 Grants

The open source Web3 grants data stack that helps grant programs unlock real-time analytics, streamline reporting, and reduce riskโ€”while improving decision making and coordination across the broader funding ecosystem.

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Unified Data

Common metadata fields across leading platforms, creating structured, interoperable records that can be trusted and consumed anywhere.

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Real-time Analytics

Dashboards and benchmarks that reveal funding patterns, flag potential risks, and highlight impact across the ecosystem.

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Open Data Warehouse

A continually updated, open source data warehouse of grant activity across Web3, accessible to researchers, funders, and builders.

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Streamlined Reporting

Automated reporting capabilities that reduce administrative burden and improve transparency for grant programs.

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Risk Management

Advanced analytics that help identify potential risks and improve due diligence across funding decisions.

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Gateway API

A gateway API that offers access to aggregated grant data, enabling developers to build innovative funding tools and services.

Cross-Program Visibility
Impact Measurement
Risk Assessment
Data-Driven Decisions
Ecosystem Coordination

Why Grant Programs Need Intelligence

Web3 grant programs operate in isolation, lacking visibility into broader funding flows and ecosystem dynamics. Without structured data and analytics, programs struggle to measure impact, identify risks, and coordinate effectively.

Intelligence is the foundation of effective grant making. It enables programs to move beyond spray-and-pray experimentation towards more impactful funding driven by data and structured innovation informed by experience.

The Web3 Grants Problem

Grant programs across Web3 operate in silos, using different platforms, formats, and standards. This fragmentation makes it impossible to see funding patterns, measure ecosystem-wide impact, or coordinate effectively.

Traditional grant management lacks the transparency and composability that Web3 demands. Programs need shared infrastructure that enables interoperability while preserving autonomy.

Without structured data and common standards, the ecosystem misses opportunities for collaboration, wastes resources on duplicate efforts, and struggles to demonstrate collective impact to stakeholders.

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Current Challenges

Fragmented data across platforms
No visibility into ecosystem-wide funding
Difficulty measuring collective impact
Limited coordination between programs
Inefficient resource allocation

DAOIP-5: A Standard for Web3 Grants Data

DAOIP-5 is a metadata schema that creates a shared language for grant programs across Web3. This standard makes funding data more transparent, interoperable, and effective at serving the ecosystem.

Making Grants Data Composable

DAOIP-5 provides a standardized way for grant programs to publish metadata about their funding activities, recipients, and outcomes. This creates the foundation for cross-program analytics and coordination.

The standard enables three types of integration: direct API connections for real-time data, static file translations for existing datasets, and pre-built compliant endpoints for seamless compatibility.

Integration Types:

Type 1 - Real-time API integration (Giveth, Octant)
Type 2 - Static file translation (Stellar, Celo, Optimism, Arbitrum)
Type 3 - Pre-built compliant endpoints (Questbook)

Growing Adoption

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Major grant programs integrated

Current integrations include:

Giveth
Octant
Stellar Community Fund
Optimism Collective
Arbitrum