And just like that another 3 months aka another full WG season has set on us, like the summer sun 
of the Northern Hemisphere!
It’s amazing to think that we have now finished up our second full WG season as a fundraising circle, and before we jump into the next one, let’s take a moment to enjoy some of the accomplishments of this last season…18 grants submitted, 6 grants won, and we welcomed a new baby boy 
grant writer to the team!
Ok, that’s def enough looking back, as there is no need to hang out in the past too long, as that is where the past should remain…
So, come jump onboard our pumpkin 
patch hayride 
, as we explore all the ‘Trick 
and Treats 
’ below!
Season 4 Review
In this section, I’m going to break down the deliverables from the past 3 months, and provide an update on their status and any relevant information. We’ll also cover our spending in Season 4 and compare it to our estimated budget we covered in the previous Season proposal.
| Deliverable | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|
| • Apply to around 10 L2 grants per season, as that is all our current part-time grant writers' workload can handle | HIT! ✅ |
Won: Gitcoin Grants 21, 4 rounds (+$16,500) Base (.5 ETH) Stellar ($50,000) Applied: OP Sunny Awards Bitlayer Starknet Fuel Tezos Rejected: Scroll |
| • Limit our time applying to other types of fundraising / grant opportunities (not L2s), so maybe around 5 per season | HIT! ✅ |
Won: Applied: Litecoin BNB Casper VeChain Tron Rejected: MetaPool Grants #8 |
| • Hit $200,000 of “Grants Won Revenue” for the season | Missed ❌ | Only around ±$67,500 |
| • Secure 6 new QF sponsors for the season | HIT! ✅ | Brought 6 new ones to the table! |
| • Have a physical presence at ETHCC (July 8 - 13th) | HIT! ✅ | Not only attended ETHCC but also went to the Euro Blockchain Convention! |
| • Continue to provide forum follow-up posts for all our previous grant wins | HIT! ✅ | Wrote & posted for Gitcoin & Public Nouns |
| • Maintain the current amount of dedicated monthly hours by Jake (100’ish hrs/month) & Marcelo (35’ish hrs/month) | HIT! ✅ | Jake - averaged 116hrs / month Marcelo & Paulo combined - averaged 34hrs / month |
| • Incorporate designers into our grant applications to make our grants POP!, a budget of 5/hrs of design work | HIT! ✅ | Kristina helped to design our GCG21 banner! |
| • Keep Griff’s current fundraising hours (around 30/hr per season) | HIT! ✅ | July - 7hrs Aug - 11hrs Sept - *pending |
| Bonus item: we brought on a 2nd part-time grant writer | HIT! ✅ | We welcomed Paulo to the fundraising team!!! |
Season 4 Spending 
Below I’m going to simply compare the forecasted spending with the actual funding based on available data in Clockify.
| Type | Estimated S4 Cost | Actual S4 Cost | Actual S4 Money Brought In |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contributor Costs | $15,500 | $17,384.04 | |
| Events | $2,000 | $2,585.17 | |
| Grants Won | ±$67,500 | ||
| Total | $17,500 | $19,969.21 |
Season 5 Deliverables & Budgeting
There are 3 possible scopes that Fundraising can take in the coming Season, each with different deliverables and budget. The Season Snapshot vote will dictate the scope of this working group, depending on it’s signaled priority amongst other working groups, as decided by the Giveth DAO.
GROW 
Deliverables
What we will do 
- Apply to around 15 new L2s grants this season
- Apply to other types of fundraising / grant opportunities (not L2s), so around 8 this season
- Hit $275,000 of “Grants Won Revenue” for the season
- Incorporate ALL of the QF fundraising activities into our group, which will include finalizing the KOL flyer & pitch, and then using it to secure enough sponsors for each rounds matching pool to be at least $125,000
- Have a physical presence at DevCon, Nov 12th to 15th (budget will cover transport, accommodation & meals expenses)
- Up the amount of dedicated monthly hours by 40% - Jake to 160’ish hrs / month and Marcelo & Paulo to a combined 50’ish hrs / month
- Incorporate designers into our grant applications to make our grants POP!, a budget of 10/hrs of design work.
- Continue to provide forum follow ups posts for all our previous grant wins
- Keep Griff’s current fundraising hours (around 30/hr per season)
 Breakdown |
Estimated S3 Cost |
|---|---|
| Contributor costs | $21,000 |
| Events | $1,800 |
| Total | $22,800 |
SUSTAIN 
What we will do
- Apply to around 10 new L2 grants this season
- Apply to other types of fundraising / grant opportunities (not L2s), so around 5 this season
- Hit $200,000 of “Grants Won Revenue” for the season
- Incorporate ALL of the QF fundraising activities into our group, which will include finalizing the KOL flyer & pitch, and then using it to secure enough sponsors for each rounds matching pool to be at least $100,000
- Maintain the current amount of dedicated monthly hours by Jake to 115’ish hrs / month and Marcelo & Paulo to a combined 35’ish hrs / month
- Incorporate designers into our grant applications to make our grants POP!, a budget of 5/hrs of design work.
- Continue to provide forum follow ups posts for all our previous grant wins
- Keep Griff’s current fundraising hours (around 30/hr per season)
What we won’t do 
- Increase any of our teams (Jake, Marcelo & Paulo) hours
- Attend any IRL events
| Breakdown |
Estimated S3 Cost |
|---|---|
| Contributor costs | $17,400 |
| Events | N/A |
| Total | $17,400 |
SHRINK 
What we will do
- Apply to around 7 new L2 grants this season
- Limit our time applying to other types of fundraising / grant opportunities (not L2s), so around 3 this season
- Hit $125,000 of “Grants Won Revenue” for the season
- No QF sponsorship work, won’t have any QF rounds by the Fundraising team, only q/acc rounds, but will help the marketing team to finalize the KOL flyer & pitch
- Decrease the current amount of dedicated monthly hours by Jake to 100’ish hrs / month and Marcelo & Paulo to a combined 25’ish hrs / month
- Won’t incorporated designer work into our grant applications, therefore they won’t POP as much
- Continue to provide forum follow ups posts for all our previous grant wins
- Cap Griff’s fundraising hours to only 15 hrs per season (cutting down his review of grants and outreach)
What we won’t do
- Increase any of our teams (Jake, Marcelo & Paulo) hours
- Attend any IRL events
- No QF sponsorship work
| Breakdown |
Estimated S3 Cost |
|---|---|
| Contributor costs | $13,000 |
| Events | N/A |
| Total | $13,000 |
Next Steps
This proposal will remain for advice process until all other eligible Working Groups have posted their Working Group Proposals and minimum advice process (5 days) has been met for them.
A single Snapshot vote 
will be created to decide the final priorities and budgets for all Working Groups for Season 5. Keep an eye out for it!