Refine Grant Categories and percentage of budget (Stage B)

by 0x858343382132b9ab46c857a7d52fdbafc039f784 (Zino)

Linked Pre-Proposal

Proposal to improve the DAO Grants Program

Summary

The Decentraland community is considering changes to the budget distribution within the Grants Program. The goal is to reallocate funds based on community feedback and the historical usage of categories.

Abstract

According to the Poll Proposal to improve the DAO Grants Program that passed, and the binding governance proposal which defined the current categories, we are moving forward with Stage B.

Motivation

We are presenting a draft proposal of budget distribution, that takes into account the community feedback to reduce the percentage of allocation of budget from less used categories along with the increase of budget in categories that were used the most.

To come to these percentages, we have analyzed the history of grants funded, which shows where the funds were allocated per Quarter, year, category, team/group requesting the fund, and which of those had concerns. We have also used as reference the amount of DAI allocated per category, taking the Q1- 2024 ($2,058,595) into account. We propose the following:

• Platform: 50% ($1,029,297.50)
• Core Unit: 15% ($308,789.25)
• In-world building (ex in-world content): 15% ($308,789.25)
• Community Experiences: 10% ($205,859.50)
• Social Media: 4% ($82,343.80)
• Sponsorship: 2% ($ 41,171.90)
• Accelerator: 2% ($ 41,171.90)
• Documentation: 2% ($ 41,171.90)

Specification

For more context, to propose this draft we considered the feedback gathered from the mentioned poll , the governance proposal that passed to create the category Community Experiences, the rejected draft regarding the budget distribution in which the community expressed the need for platform category to have the higher percentage of the budget, among the Revocations Committee recommendations.

Conclusion

Allocating fewer funds to categories less used, allows to allocate the budget based on the community needs, avoiding abolishing categories completely. Category budget distribution helps maintain clarity about project requirements for the community of grantees to comply with the expected impact.

This proposal is summarized due to technical limitations. To view it complete and vote on it, visit the DCL DAO Governance dApp