About
A new way to fund what matters
How we allocate resources is one of society's most fundamental questions. It's asking: what do we want to exist in the world?
Today, funding decisions are concentrated in the hands of a few gatekeepers who can't possibly know about every worthy project. Countless promising ideas go unfunded simply because they never reach the right desk.
We're starting with art grants—funding creative projects our community wants to see in the world. As we refine the platform, we plan to expand into science, technology, and beyond.
Who we are & why we're here
We're a team of researchers and developers exploring how communities can make better decisions together. We believe that communities—not committees—should decide their own futures.
Collective Grants is our experiment in democratic resource allocation. By developing transparent, scalable algorithms for collective decision-making, we're working to ensure resources flow to ideas with genuine community support, not just institutional connections.
This platform advances our research in collective intelligence while directly benefiting the community.