Proposal: Grant program and purpose-bound funding - #270

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Commits on Jun 2, 2026

Initial draft
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Various changes
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Commits on Jun 8, 2026

Various rewordings and minor improvements
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Commits on Jun 15, 2026

Include @cafkafk's proposed SC criteria and process
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Add SC/board as codeowner to proposals
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Commits on Jul 6, 2026

Improvements to grant evaluation
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Commits on Jul 24, 2026

Remove the need to define teams and PM
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Limit fund reception to companies only
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Clarify team/individual stakeholders
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Make proposaol PR lifecycle clearer
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Remove alternative funding partners statement
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Indicate that timelines and milestones can be arbitrarily long/numerous
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Commits on Aug 21, 2026

Updates regarding initiative funding
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Encourage recurring payments for team initiatives
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Indicate that team initiatives can link to something
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Improve motivation and encourage direct contracts
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Encourage direct communication between funders and grant teams
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Fix typo
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Update flow diagram
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Improve purpose-bound funding charges breakdown wording
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Commits on Aug 28, 2026

Scale minimum purpose-bound funding to company revenue
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Commits on Sep 4, 2026

Replace minimum with funding recommendation
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Commits on Sep 11, 2026

Add 20% reasoning
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general-purpose donations can be used for team initiatives
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Commits on Sep 18, 2026