# Cofund - Grant Management on NEAR **URL:** https://gov.near.org/t/cofund-grant-management-on-near/16184 **Category:** Community DAO **Tags:** daos, proposals **Created:** [March 4, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/cofund-grant-management-on-near/16184 "2022-03-04T22:00:16Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![jlwaugh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/jlwaugh/32/42_2.png) [@jlwaugh](https://gov.near.org/u/jlwaugh) #### Post date: [March 7, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/cofund-grant-management-on-near/16184/2 "2022-03-07T15:35:24Z")
Hey Phil! Thanks for sharing your awesome proposal. I’m really grateful for all the work you have done to help NEAR. Took the liberty of moving your post into the #Near Community and nodes > Community DAO category. Your team could join and get involved on the [Astro platform](https://app.astrodao.com/dao/community.sputnik-dao.near), and of course, we can discuss off-chain, here on the forum. You might also connect with community leaders on Telegram: > **[Telegram Community DAO](https://t.me/CommunityDAO)** > > You can view and join @CommunityDAO right away. I think one issue NEAR encounters all the time is discombobulation. That suggests we are overly focused on the plurality of communities, and we may need to unite our grant-giving DAOs under a specific roof. I’ll highlight recent discussion about a House of Guilds: > [@House of Guilds: a new funding mechanism for Guilds](http://gov.near.org/t/house-of-guilds-a-new-funding-mechanism-for-guilds/16171): > > This post introduces a new funding mechanism for Guilds. As [chronear posted](http://gov.near.org/t/reimagining-the-near-guilds-program/15972), we’re all hoping to help the Guilds program thrive on its own and without any NF direct support. There are really 2 major categories necessary to do so - Funding - how do Guilds get paid for doing good work? Operations - how do Guilds get onboarded and supported through their journey via technology, legal support, payments support, etc? DAOs often get pretty bogged down in reactive decision-making and, tbh, it’s ofte… I’ve compiled a list of relevant forum posts here: > **[community | wiki](https://thewiki.near.page/community)** > > Community Definition interconnected guilds and other cultural systems Purpose bring humans together, coordinating collaborations! Goals social cohesion momentum development -- evolution rewarding quality participation adaptiv What are you hoping to learn about challenges of grant-giving entities in the NEAR ecosystem? Any ideas or questions? Perhaps you might support NEAR Foundation Grants program? I’m wondering if your team would like to engage further in exploring [DAOstats.io](http://DAOstats.io) and / or experiments via Community DAO. > [@NEAR Community DAO](http://gov.near.org/t/near-community-dao/6903): > > Evolving the v1 Community Squad DAO This collaborative forum thread is for strategic planning as we introduce our new approach to Community Fund governance. Our vision is to enable more communities to build trust and responsibly distribute funds in order to develop and grow the NEAR ecosystem. Background 172 million NEAR tokens were allocated to community grants / programs in the initial block: On behalf of stakeholders, a Community Council was established to decide which funding p… More info about Community DAO groups will be shared this week 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://gov.near.org/t/cofund-grant-management-on-near/16184)._