GM Stellar builders, educators, and community leaders!
The Stellar Community Launch Quadratic Funding Round has officially wrapped up - and the results are in! 
This round was designed to spotlight emerging leaders bringing Stellar to new audiences through local events, workshops, hackathons, and educational initiatives. With a 50,000 USDGLO matching pool funded by the Stellar Development Foundation, this round set out to empower projects creating meaningful Stellar-aligned experiences around the world.
Beyond funding events, this round doubled as a scouting program: SDF is looking for the next generation of Ambassador Chapter Leaders, and many of the participants in this round are now on their radar.
The Numbers
- Matching pool size: 50,000 USDGLO
- Round duration: August 19 → September 2, 2025
- Max matching per project: 10% cap (5,000 USDGLO)
- Eligible projects: 28
- Total donations: 270
- Unique donors: 164
- Total USD value of donations: $2,185.14
- Median donation: $2.90
- Average donation: $8.09
- Largest single donation: $155.88
Insight: Small donations mattered! The median donation was under $3, showing how QF amplifies even tiny contributions into meaningful support.
The final results including all projects, amounts raised, and matching funds can be found here:
Stellar Community Launch QF Round - Final Matching Results
Minimum Matching Requirement
The Stellar Development Foundation has decided to set a minimum matching amount of $1,000, meaning that projects who did not meet this threshold will not receive matching this round. This safeguard was put to ensure that every funded project has the resources necessary to organize a high-quality event and projects below this amount would not be realistically able to deliver on their plans.
Direct donations to all projects, including those who did not meet the threshold, remain theirs to keep, and every project’s participation still signaled valuable community interest and strengthened the ecosystem.
Project Eligibility
In order to participate in the round, projects needed to:
- Be listed on Giveth
- Meet eligibility criteria and pass the KYC requirements by SDF team
- Propose an event aligned with Stellar ecosystem and community growth (workshops, hackathons, local meetups, education in local languages, etc.)
- Be curated by the SDF team, with a focus on regions without existing Stellar Ambassador chapters
- This round specifically encouraged leaders in regions where Stellar has no chapters yet - helping SDF identify future Ambassadors who can expand the network globally
Important: Events funded by this round must take place before October 31, 2025.
Matching Fund Distribution Chart:
Here’s the final breakdown of how the 50,000 USDGLO matching pool was distributed! Check out how all the projects got ranked based on the received matching!
Top Projects by Final Matching Allocation
Here are the top 5 projects, ranked by matching funds received:
1. Edubuk-Stellar Campus Constellation-Indian Universities
- Donations: $296.66 from 23 donors
- Matching: $5,000
- Match per unique donor: $217.39
2. The Mirror hub stellar events
- Donations: $226.84 from 18 donors
- Matching: $5,000
- Match per unique donor: $277.78
3. Future Builders of Turkiye: Discover Stellar @ ODTU
- Donations: $97.23 from 10 donors
- Matching: $5,000
- Match per unique donor: $500.00
4. Stellar x Bitskwela l Four Philippine Event Series
- Donations: $142.09 from 12 donors
- Matching: $4,987.93
- Match per unique donor: $415.66
5. Building on Stellar & the Stellar Ecosystem
- Donations: $100.85 from 9 donors
- Matching: $4,548.00
- Match per unique donor: $505.33
To ensure fairness and genuine community signal, this round again used Connection-Oriented Cluster Match (COCM) algorithm to calculate final matching. COCM rewards donor diversity and penalizes tightly clustered or coordinated donation patterns.
The “match per unique donor” metric highlights how COCM rewards broad participation. This means that projects that have a higher “match per unique donor” had a broader donor base.
Donor & Project Insights
- Broadest support → Stellar Horizon Batam 2025 drew 28 unique donors, the widest reach in the round.
- Largest Total Raised → Edubuk-Stellar Campus Constellation-Indian Universities: $296.66 from 23 donors.
What’s Next?
- This post will remain open for 3 business days for community feedback & questions
- Matching funds will be distributed by SDF Team
- Projects: ensure your Stellar addresses are correct in the final matching results sheet and that your wallet has a USDGLO trustline setup .
- Here is the guide on how to set up a USDGLO trustline using LOBSTR Wallet.
Project Owners, please make sure you have the USDGLO trustline set by September 28
Huge Thanks to the Stellar Community!
To every donor, builder, and community member who participated: you’re helping Stellar grow into new regions and empowering the next generation of leaders. 
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You can view the updated matching results here:
