# NEAR Community Fund **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Fund\ **Tags:** daos, governance, funding\ **Created:** [June 9, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/near-community-fund/2819 "2021-06-09T21:21:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [June 9, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/near-community-fund/2819/1 "2021-06-09T21:21:03Z")
## NEAR Community Fund _Are you an Ecosystem Contributor?_ _Are you seeking funds?_ _Do you have a project and need support?_ _Are you ready to submit a proposal?_ If the answer to any of these questions is YES, then you are in the right place! **NEAR offers incentives that empower communities and projects to achieve their goals.** We, the NEAR Community Squad, have completed our transition to using community-driven [Sputnik DAOs](https://medium.com/sputnikdao/sputnik-dao-empowering-communities-e55ac65f4433) (decentralized autonomous organizations) as governance structures of the NEAR Community Fund and our treasury. Through DAOs, the NEAR community both efficiently and effectively supports an ecosystem of many guilds and projects. > [@Streamlined Rewards for Guild Contributors](http://gov.near.org/t/streamlined-rewards-for-guild-contributors/2410): > > Streamlined Rewards for Guild Contributors This post will explain how (and why) guild leaders may create Sputnik DAOs and request budgets for distribution to individual contributors. While teaching others about our new process, you can help our community experiment with decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Earlier this year, we introduced a more open system for guild reports on the forum. However, payouts are still managed through a centralized process that relies on traditional invoi… Now, the Community Fund is managed by several Community Councils, including these two dedicated v1 Sputnik DAOs: ### [Community Squad DAO](https://www.sputnik.fund/#/dao/communitysquad.sputnikdao.near) This council represents the official NEAR Community Team, and our purpose is empowering active guilds and project leaders to reward contributors, provide support, incentivize task completion, and organize special projects in the community. > **[Community DAO](https://gov.near.org/c/community/dao/31)** > > Hello citizens of NEARVerse! Read this guide for a walkthrough of the process, and you can reference our model of a proposal to increase your chances of success: > [@\[Guide\] CommunitySquad DAO Proposal Submission](http://gov.near.org/t/guide-communitysquad-dao-proposal-submission/1247): > > Hello and welcome to the NEAR Community Squad [https://sputnik.fund/#/communitysquad.sputnikdao.near](https://sputnik.fund/#/communitysquad.sputnikdao.near). The NEAR community is invited to submit payout proposals to the DAO in order to fund monthly Guild tasks/activities. Please keep the funding amount, that is being requested, to less than 300 NEAR per payout proposal. Purpose This DAO’s purpose is to empower communities of the NEAR ecosystem by rewarding positive contributions and helping to grow a network of meaningful projects within the NEAR… ### [Creatives DAO](https://www.sputnik.fund/#/dao/creatives.sputnikdao.near) The Community Fund offered through the Creatives DAO is meant to support all kinds of creative contributors and communities, including artists, designers, video producers, musicians, and VR enthusiasts ~ exploring the dimensions of NFTs and Social Tokens. > **[Creatives DAO](https://gov.near.org/c/ndc/creatives/47)** > > This category is for all kinds of creative contributors in the NEAR ecosystem ~ share ideas/projects, make proposals to DAOs, and learn from each other! Astro DAO Please read this guide to find out who qualifies for payouts from this DAO, and see which creative DAOs are being funded: > [@\[Guide\] The Creatives DAO Funding](http://gov.near.org/t/guide-the-creatives-dao-funding/2224): > > How to apply to the Creatives DAO The NEAR Community is[streamlining rewards for our Guild contributors](http://gov.near.org/t/streamlined-rewards-for-guild-contributors/2410) and Guild leaders can submit proposals to any DAOs on behalf of individual contributors, or ask them to submit on their own. A DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) is an on-chain governance mechanism to help decentralized organizations make decisions in a trust minimized and open way. All of the council members (those that vote on proposals), proposals, a… Learn how to submit a proposal to the Creatives DAO: > [@\[Guide\] How to submit a funding proposal to the Creatives DAO](http://gov.near.org/t/guide-how-to-apply-for-funding-from-the-creatives-dao/2225): > > Step-by-Step: How to apply for funding from the Creatives DAO Guilds and DAOs should publish their proposals in the Forum up to the 7th of each month. The Creatives DAO Council will try to review all proposals as soon as possible, and votes should be cast by the 12th of each month. Proposals made after the 7th will be reviewed the following month. This is the process for how a proposal should be submitted for funding from the Creatives DAO: Posts a “New Topic” in… Guide for monthly reports: > [@\[Guide\] How to submit monthly reports to the Creatives DAO](http://gov.near.org/t/guide-how-to-submit-monthly-reports-to-the-creatives-dao/2783): > > Tell us how it all went! Between when a Guild or DAO submits their payout proposal for a month’s worth of projects and activities to the Creatives [Sputnikfund](https://www.sputnik.fund/#/dao/creatives.sputnikdao.near) and when the next [monthly proposal](http://gov.near.org/t/guide-how-to-apply-for-funding-from-the-creatives-dao/2225) is posted on the Forum, we want to know how those initial projects went or are progressing. We therefore request that between one payout from the Creatives DAO to the next, there is a brief reporting on the success of the project(s) ongoing or accomplished successfully in a … ### Transparent Collaboration Facilitates Coordination We believe DAOs are an important tool for autonomous, purpose-driven communities and projects. If you want to learn more about how the Sputnik DAO framework benefits communities in our ecosystem, [this blog post](https://medium.com/sputnikdao/sputnik-dao-empowering-communities-e55ac65f4433) is for you. ### 🛰 [Sputnik DAO: Empowering Communities](https://medium.com/sputnikdao/sputnik-dao-empowering-communities-e55ac65f4433) Together, we will continue to experiment with v2 Sputnik DAOs, along with other frameworks. > **[Near DAOs](https://github.com/near-daos)** > > Near DAOs has 16 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub. Let us know any ideas or questions! Your feedback is much appreciated 🛰 ## Funding Proposal Template _Below are the suggested components of a project proposal. You can find this template by creating a new topic in the “Community Fund” subcategory of the forum._ _ **Be sure to include the ‘proposal’ tag!** _ ### To: DAO _To which community council are you planning to submit a proposal?_ ### From: Project Name _How should we refer to your project proposal?_ ### Summary / Purpose _Try to explain why this proposal exists in a few sentences._ ### Description _Give more details regarding the motivation, strategy, or any other context._ ### Team _List NEAR account IDs of you and your teammates, and please tag them here on the forum._ _Feel free to share any background information that could help inform the council to make their decision regarding your proposal. Links to past proposals are helpful!_ ### Goals / Objectives _How is your project going to fulfill that purpose? What are you hoping to achieve?_ ### Milestones / Key Results _Carefully describe your plans with specific ways to measure success._ ### Needs _Resources our community can provide, including advice, funds, connections, etc._ ### Other Materials _Link to any supporting documents, including relevant sample work / portfolios, research, detailed plans, mock-ups, prototypes, demo videos, code repos, etc._ ---
**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:** [June 10, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/near-community-fund/2819/2 "2021-06-10T16:34:37Z")
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