Unlock the power of community funding

Quadratic Funding (QF) is a crowd-funding mechanism that amplifies available resources by inviting community members to make donations (big or small) that act as votes on where to allocate funds. The broader the support, the bigger the match!

Why QF?

Many donations win

Pools together small donations from many people and matches them with a larger amount of funding from a central fund.

Multiplied by real people

Uses a unique mathematical formula that rewards based on the number of people who have donated, not only donation size.

For Real People

Better captures the wants and needs of the public - or the people voting.

Powered by community

Fosters community involvement and shared ownership.

Every cent counts

Creates incentives for smaller contributors.

Multiply Impact

Crowdfunds additional capital to multiply impact of existing funds.

How QF Works
How QF Works
How QF Works
Learn about QF
How QF works
Imagine that we have $10,000 we want to distribute, and we want a community to determine who should receive the funding
Let’s say three projects participate in a funding round...
  • Project A received $1,000 in total from 2 contributors ($500 each).
  • Project B received $1,000 in total from 5 contributors ($200 each).
  • Project C received $1,000 in total from 20 contributors ($50 each).
The final distribution of funds is calculated by using the quadratic funding formula, where the number of contributions matters more than the amount contributed.
  • Project A receives $740.74, +74% on top of the contributed amount
  • Project B receives $1851.85, +185% on top of the contributed amount
  • Project C Project C receives $7407.41 of matched funding, +740% on top of the contributed amount
Put simply,
The broader the support, the bigger the match!
The bigger the match!
The bigger the match!
Use the tool below to play with QF
Up to 100x matching multipliers on $1 crowdfund contributions
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Add any number of projects (or start with the four we've added)
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Add different contributions (try similar total amounts and different number of donations)
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Tweak the numbers to see the matching amounts change
Projects using QF

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