Details
This forum post confirms and documents the monthly compensation payments for all contributors for the month of October 2025.
Breakdown of Payments:
| Total Compensation | 47,456.82 |
|---|---|
| Less: GM in Giveth | 20,602.36 |
| Add: Expenses paid from treasury | 11,454.14 |
| Total Amount paid from Treasury | 38,308.59 |
Internal charges between Giveth and General Magic (GM) are not included in the figures above and will be discussed in detail below.
Team Information
| Name | Hours |
|---|---|
| Aasem | 14.00 |
| Algene | 9.00 |
| Ali | 36.18 |
| Amanda | 5.00 |
| Anamarija | 100.32 |
| Ashley | 140.00 |
| Carlos | 52.00 |
| Cotabe | 78.42 |
| Freshelle | 37.00 |
| Gardner | 73.00 |
| Giantkin | 30.00 |
| Griff* | 80.00 |
| Jake | 140.00 |
| Kay | 75.00 |
| Kkechy | 140.00 |
| Lauren | 93.25 |
| Maryjaf | 120.00 |
| Mitch | 41.67 |
| Ramin | 140.00 |
| Rodrigo | 31.83 |
| Shyne | 13.67 |
| Yegor | 81.28 |
*unpaid
Spending Details
| Total Compensation for the month | 57,456.82 |
| Less: Cost of Giveth in GM | 847.77 |
| Giveth Compensation Cost | 56,609.05 |
| Add: Expenses | 11,616.22 |
| Total Cost for the month | 68,225.27 |
General Magic <> Giveth Accounting
Summary
| Description | Amount |
|---|---|
| GM contributors working in Giveth | $20,602.36 |
| Less: Giveth contributors working in GM | $847.77 |
| Amount Giveth to pay GM | $19,754.59 |
| Add: Subscriptions share - Oct 2025 | $124.08 |
| Net amount Giveth payable to GM - Oct 2025 | $19,878.68 |
No mark-up was applied for GM contributors working in Giveth. The amounts charged are all at cost.
Compensation Breakdown
This month, contributors had the option to receive compensation partially in stable tokens and in GIV. Here’s the breakdown of the totals (adjusted amounts):
- Stable Compensation - $45,642.65
- GIV Compensation - $966.40 / 563,725.35 GIV
- GIV Price at time of distribution - $0.00171431
- GIV Price via Coingecko Nov 11, 2025, 15:59:35 GMT+8
GIV Equity Distribution
Following the recently approved equity distribution plan, we distributed $488.40 worth of GIV tokens as equity to the contributors who opted to partially receive their monthly compensation in $GIV tokens.
| Month | October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Equity distribution in USD | $488.40 |
| GIV Price at time of distribution | $0.00171431 |
| GIV Price via Coingecko | Nov 11, 2025, 15:59:35 GMT+8 |
| Total GIV sent for Distribution | 284,895.97 |
| Transaction Link | link here |
Working Group Cost Breakdown
| WG | Cost for the Month in USD |
|---|---|
| DApp WG | 14,425.11 |
| DAO Ops WG | 2,482.64 |
| Quadratic Funding (QF) WG | 21,913.78 |
| GIVeconomy WG | 1,712.20 |
| Fundraising WG | 8,210.55 |
| Project Scoping | 3,013.56 |
| Giveth Business Development | 1,101.21 |
| The DAO Security Fund | 3,750.00 |
| Total Giveth Compensation Cost | 56,609.05 |
*Note: There is a $0.41 difference in Clockify vs. actual amount paid due to rounding off differences.
Here’s a month-by-month breakdown of expenses for 2025
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Summary report links:
- Breakdown of costs per WG can be found here.
- Breakdown of WG hours per contributor and description can be found here.
Expenses
This batch of payments includes some expenses incurred during the month. These are the details:
- Clockify (shared subscription with GM - DAO Ops WG) - 143.08 USD
- Copilot Github (shared subscription with GM - DApp WG) - 19 USD
- Gas fee reimbursement (QF WG) - 10.84 USD
- Legal filing cost (DAO Ops WG) - 2,007.42 USD
- Top off credit card (DAO Ops WG) - 9,435.88 USD