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The organization has previously hosted long-duration in-person gatherings, fostering experimentation with open frontier digital and social technologies. The Berlin Funding the Commons residency was in fact inspired by Funding the Commons director David\u2019s experience at Zuzalu in Montenegro. Our Berlin residency incorporated diverse participants working on various public goods projects, demonstrating a commitment to the values and objectives of the Zuzalu community.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please explain how your project meets the round-specific eligibility criteria. ", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "FtC measures the impact of its residencies by measuring\n- the number of builders hosted at a residency, \n- progress for the projects worked on by builders during the residency, \n- new projects created as a result of the residency, \n- new collaborations that have emerged as a result of the residency, \n- amount of hours that builders have spent helping each other on projects, \n- amount of funding (either public goods funding or venture) that builders have received as a direct result of the connections they made with funders and public goods funding protocols during the residency, or an indirect result from introductions to funders by other residents.\n\nProjects worked on during residency spanning public goods funding, governance, identity, zero knowledge & privacy, security, economic simulation tooling: [](https://www.notion.so/770e20b99405403f82156b636b4a77c0?pvs=21) \n\nOur metrics garden is viewable here, listing over 50 impact metrics by which open source projects can be evaluated: [](https://www.notion.so/e12a308f195f4d049d4372603d85d278?pvs=21)", "hidden": false, "question": "How do you measure the impact of your project? Please provide examples and/or standard metrics. ", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "FtC's initiatives are valuable to the Zuzalu community as they foster innovation, collaboration, and the development of digital public goods. The organization's emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration, integration of technology with global challenges, and nurturing of a sustainable digital infrastructure for public goods funding aligns with the Zuzalu community's values of governance, coordination, AI, and longevity. \n\nFunding the Commons residencies fulfill a specific vertical that is of value to the Zuzalu community: public goods. FtC residencies both foster the development of public goods, and create more cohesion and collaboration amongst the open source & public goods builder communities through meaningful personal and professional relationships that develop throughout the residency. FtC residencies are an avenue that Zuzalu community members can walk as their desire grows specifically to contribute to the community by working on open source public goods amongst a community of dedicated and mutually supportive peers.\n\nThe proposed Funding the Commons residency would be in temporal and geographic alignment with other Zuzalu-inspired events, and we\u2019d be willing to co-facilitate a summit that would see the physical intersection of various Zuzalu-inspired residencies in a single location for 2-3 days.\n\nFurthermore, FtC links Zuzalu\u2019s community to a broad cross-section of real-world public goods funding partners outside of web3 such as UNICEF, public sector officials, the movement within web2 to fund open source, academia, etc. As FtC was incubated by Protocol Labs, its residencies are also an opportunity for cross-fertilization between the Ethereum Community and the Protocol Labs/Filecoin/IPFS communities.", "hidden": false, "question": "How is this valuable to the Zuzalu community?", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "FtC has received over $500,000 of prior funding from multiple sources, including Protocol Labs, Filecoin Foundation, Gitcoin, Octant, Celo, Drips, Brave, and Near. Funding the Commons has recently qualified for Optimism retroPGF, and will be receiving that funding over the next three months.", "hidden": false, "question": "Total Prior Funding for the project in USD (N/A in case of no funding)", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Grants", "hidden": false, "question": "Which of the following funding sources do you have? Check all that apply", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "FtC has made significant progress in its initiatives, as evidenced by the successful hosting of residencies, conferences, and hackathons, as well as the incubation of various impactful projects. Most relevant, Funding the Common\u2019s Berlin Builder Residency hosted 40 builders of open source public goods from around the world. The organization continues to focus on building a sustainable public goods funding ecosystem by producing residencies that support builders through a conducive and stimulating working environment with mentor support and direct connections to representatives of major public goods funding protocols.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please describe the progress of your project? (note: new projects are also welcome)", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "link", "hidden": true, "question": "If you have any onchain attestations/impact certificates, please share them share(drop the link)", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Funding the Commons Director David Casey attended Zuzalu Montenegro for six weeks, and ZuConnect Istanbul for the duration of the event. David co-organized the public goods week during Zuzalu Montenegro, and led the organization of the Public Goods Day at ZuConnect with Funding the Commons team member Beth McCarthy, who also attended ZuConnect Istanbul in its entirety. Funding the Commons Residencies lead Sara Johnstone also attended ZuConnect Istanbul in full.", "hidden": false, "question": "Which Zuzalu events have you attended for at least a week?", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "- David Casey: [linkedin.com/in/davidacasey](https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidacasey/)   - Beth McCarthy: [linkedin.com/in/ontologymachine](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ontologymachine/)   - Orinayo Ayodele: [linkedin.com/in/orinayoayodele](https://www.linkedin.com/in/orinayoayodele/)   - Sara Johnstone: [linkedin.com/in/sara-johnstone-b3677254](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-johnstone-b3677254/)", "hidden": false, "question": "Profiles or socials of other main team members publicly associated with the project (N/A for solo founders): ", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "- Summary video: [What is a Funding the Commons residency](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ToX5EbFLE8)  - Summary video: [Berlin Funding the Commons Residency 2023](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXrqTm9UBZI)  - Berlin Funding the Commons Residency Update at FtC Berlin: [Video Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJTGP_JqZl8)  - Berlin Funding the Commons Residency Demo Day 2023 video: [Video Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwZjc-COvfo)  - Funding the Commons YouTube channel: [Visit Channel](https://www.youtube.com/@funding-the-commons)  - Funding the Commons Berlin Residency Deck: [View Deck](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1b9Nzmhy7QyEmvpDuItbCHSdcawSJ0eCkEca9ov-TMWU/edit#slide=id.g1e30b9ec5b0_0_629)  - Funding the Commons has organized 8 conferences around the world, at the intersection of public goods funding communities across web2, web3, academia, institutional philanthropy, and the public sector", "hidden": false, "question": "Anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other project affiliations? 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