The OpenCivics Consortium Round 02 was a massive success. We grew the matching pool from $15,000 USD to $66,000 USD and were able to provide sizable grants to 16 incredible projects. We learned a tremendous amount from running the round and look forward to continuing our efforts to provide coordination and funding infrastructure to our members. To date, we’ve now distributed over $100,000 USD to OpenCivics members!

Results Overview

OpenCivics Consortium Round 02 distributed $66,000 USDC in matching funds to 16 projects. The round raised $10,309.37 in crowdfunding from community donations, totaling $76,309.37 in funds distributed. A total of 492 donors generated 1,090 donations, averaging $9.45 per donation. Overall, donors generated a 7.4X multiplier of their donations in matching funds.

Compared with our last round, the second iteration of OpenCivics Grants was the most successful round we’ve run so far with 40% more donors, 20% more crowdfunding donations, and 200% larger matching grants for the top grantees.

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Overall Data Insights

1. Significant Matching Contributions
   • Ethereal Forest, Urbánika's bus, and Metagov received substantial matching funds. This indicates that these projects were able to leverage their donor base effectively to secure matching contributions. It suggests a high confidence level from matching funders in these projects' potential impact.
2. Top Fundraisers
   • Ethereal Forest stands out with the highest total amount received ($14,227.02). This project not only received the most substantial total funds but also had the highest number of donations (165), reflecting both broad and deep support. The high number of donations and matching funds indicates effective fundraising strategies and strong donor engagement.
3. Potential for Increased Engagement
   • Projects like Mycelial Civic Knowledge Networks and Exploring Post-Capitalist Crypto Pathways have moderate total funds and a relatively high number of donations. These projects could potentially increase their total funds by focusing on increasing the size of individual donations.
4. Low Engagement with High Potential
   • VoiceDeck: A Marketplace for Journalism Impact Certificates and Moos: A Berlin hub for reimagining our cities received substantial total funds but have relatively low ratios of donations to total funds. This suggests that these projects received significant donations from fewer contributors. They may benefit from strategies aimed at broadening their donor base to enhance sustainability.
5. Diverse Fundraising Success
   • The diversity in donation patterns and matching fund success across projects indicates varied effectiveness in fundraising strategies. Projects with lower total amounts but high donation counts might explore methods to increase individual donation amounts. Conversely, projects with high total amounts but fewer donations could focus on broadening their engagement strategies.

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Ratio Of Total Amount To Number of Donations