GM, frens!
The Loving on Public Goods QF Round has officially wrapped up, and wow— so many of you showed up to participate and support! This round was all about spreading the love, funding amazing public goods projects, and making real impact. Huge shoutout to everyone who donated, supported, and was with us during this round.
Before we get into the numbers, let’s send some love to our matching pool Sponsors 
: Public Nouns, Glo Dollar, Mux Protocol and amazing community of Giveth Donors who have contributed to the matching pool! Their support helped us get a 100,000 USDGLO matching pool on Base, fueling the projects that are making the world better.
TL;DR – The Numbers
Matching pool size: 100,000 USDGLO on Base
Round Duration: January 28 — February 14, 2025
Max matching per project: 7% of the matching pool or 7000 USDGLO
Eligible Projects: 129
Total Donations: 3773
Unique Donors: 862
Total USD Value of Donations: $53,761.8
Tokens Donated: USDGLO, CELO, USDC, ETH, GIV, OP, MATIC, XDAI, SOL & more!
Eligible donation Networks: All Giveth supported networks – Arbitrum One, Base, Gnosis, OP Mainnet, Ethereum Mainnet, Polygon PoS, Polygon zkEVM, Ethereum Classic, Celo, Stellar, Solana.
The final results including all projects, amounts raised, and matching funds can be found here:
Loving on Public Goods QF round Final Matching Results
Important: Project owners – PLEASE double-check your Base recipient address!
Project Eligibility
To ensure a community-driven and impactful round, projects had to meet the following eligibility criteria:
Be on Giveth and verified before the start of the round
Be nominated by a Giver NFT holder
Have a Base address for receiving matching funds
You can read more about project verification requirements here: https://docs.giveth.io/projectverification
Data Analysis & Breakdown
The Loving on Public Goods QF Round marks another milestone in Giveth’s journey using COCM (Cluster Matching) for quadratic funding distribution.
COCM ensures:
• A more democratic allocation of matching funds
• Reduced effects of Sybil attacks & collusion
• A stronger impact from diverse donor participation
Matching Fund Distribution Chart:
Here’s the final breakdown of how the 100,000 USDGLO matching pool was distributed! Check out how all the projects got ranked based on the received matching! 
Top Projects by Matching Allocation
Here are the top 10 projects in the Loving on Public Goods Round, ranked by matching funds received:
- Matching: ****3579.29 USDGLO
- Match per unique donor: 62.79 USDGLO
- Matching: ****3039.41 USDGLO
- Match per unique donor: 58.45 USDGLO
- Matching: 2984.71 USDGLO
- Match per unique donor: 71.06 USDGLO
DIGITAL Street Musician Doing Free Live Concerts
- Matching: 2861.22 USDGLO
- Match per unique donor: 57.22 USDGLO
- Matching: 2829.18 USDGLO
- Match per unique donor: 117.88 USDGLO
- Matching: 2646.38 USDGLO
- Match per unique donor: 60.15 USDGLO
- Matching: 2417.20 USDGLO
- Match per unique donor: 65.33 USDGLO
- Matching: 2292.41 USDGLO
- Match per unique donor: 30.98 USDGLO
- Matching: 2016.03 USDGLO
- Match per unique donor: 39.53 USDGLO
Documentary About Nigerian Human Trafficking
- Matching: 1924.33 USDGLO
- Match per unique donor: 66.36 USDGLO
’Match per unique donor’ is the matching divided by the total number of unique addresses (regardless of score) that donated to the project.
The ‘Match per unique donor’ metric is interesting since COCM rewards donors who support a diverse set of projects. This means that projects that have a higher “match per unique donor” had a donor base that supported a broader range of projects.
Community Questions – Answered!
We saw some common questions in previous rounds, so let’s clear the air right now:
Why is my actual matching different from the estimated matching I saw during the round?
- The estimated matching on Giveth is a rough estimation based on the donations made so far during the round, and calculated used the basic quadratic funding formula. To calculate the actual matching per project, we use COCM.
- COCM prioritizes diverse donations. If your donors only supported your project, the matching impact is lower. Encourage your supporters to donate to multiple projects next time to get a better boost!
How can my project get a bigger match next time?
- Get more donors, not just bigger donations
- Make sure your donors also donate to other projects that they care about
- Grow your community reach to attract a broader donor base
You can learn more about COCM’s here: wtfiscocm.streamlit.app
Final Remarks & Next Steps
The Loving on Public Goods Round has been an amazing success, thanks to our community of donors, project creators, sponsors and Giveth community.
What’s Next?
This forum post stays open for 3 business days for feedback & questions.
Next, we’ll ratify the results on chain with a Snapshot vote. (reminder that you can stake your GIV for GIVpower (and lock it to multiply) on Gnosis Chain, Optimism or Polygon zkEVM to participate in this and upcoming votes.)
Matching funds will be distributed right after that
Big Love to the Giveth Community!
To everyone who donated, shared, hyped, and participated – you’re the reason this ecosystem thrives.
Got questions? Drop them below or tag @yegor – we got you.
Got a feedback to share? Fill in this form and let us know about your experience
Together, we’re helping public goods grow. Let’s keep the love going!
Looking ahead: Stay tuned for updates on the ENS & Octant Public Goods Round coming up March 18 - April 1, 2025. Projects building Infrastructure, Utility, and Education are super welcome to apply: ENS x Octant PGs QF Round | Projects Application Form
More opportunities to fund public goods are on the way!
Updates:
- The Matching Funds have been distributed on March 10th. Here you can find the transaction: https://basescan.org/tx/0xcd6a324834291fbf5dcb36548ecc1fc220e89ca21ed2ace4443941041a21ed4e
Because of your generosity, we made it to the Top 20 recipients, and we are now starting the classroom building project!
This fund will help us create learning facilities for out-of-school children, ensuring they have access to quality education in a safe and supportive environment.
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