Introducing Potlock

Putting public goods funding on the table.

PotLock is the portal for public goods, non-profits, and communities to raise funds transparently through our global donor network. Free to use forever.

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Online giving strategies are growing. Equip your non profit with the industry’s most innovative funding mechanisms. Matched funding, amplified donations, Direct donations, campaigns, and more funding mechanisms to come.

Discoverability

We are the global directory for self registered impact projects. All projects are listed so our network can find their interests and donate directly. Donors can testify and all data is permanent & accesible for transparency.

Web of Trust

Have verified humans evaluate your impact. The more impact measured the high levels of funding you access.

Register your non-profit to access new funding sources

Signup as a non-profit organization in minutes and set up on Potlock to start getting funding via donations and matching rounds

Create Project

Join the global network of changemakers funding impact directly

Signup as a non-profit organization in minutes and set up on Potlock to start getting funding via donations and matching rounds

Donate Directly

Find Projects

The hardest thing about our platform is choosing how you want to make the most impact.

Join A Matching Round

Apply to a matching round to get your donors support amplified

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Projects, contributors, & donors love us!

Hear unique testimonials about Potlock from our amazing users

PotLock allowed me to expand my donor based globally and engage with new fundraising strategies all seamlessly and smoothly from a quite friendly user interface

Roshaan Khan, Chairman at Minority Think Tank Foundation

Potlock allowed for new discovery for my non-profit allowing both donors and contributors to get involved

Cameron Dennis, Founder of Blockchain Acceleration Foundation

I first learned about PotLock from donating, but then realized it was an open source funding protocol I could contribute to. It’s amazing to be part of a community where I can use my skills to directly grow impact

Chuce, Founder of Chatafisha

Potlock isn’t just a platform, it’s an underlying innovation first community that stays on top of what I need to stay on top of an increasingly digital giving economy

Elijah Spina, Contributor at MoonDAO

Potlock turned something as boring as donations to a gamified community experience where I am in the front row seat of helping grow and support my favorite causes.

Russell Ballard, Co-Founder at 40AcresDAO

As an open source builder, PotLock was the first time I received public donations without the need to campaign

Elliot Braem, Founder at Everything.dev

Want to join the PotLock team?

Volunteer and help build open funding

For Builders

Start taking an issue today on our backlog. Check out our bounties here.

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For Fundraisers

Start earning for raising funding pools and your favorite non profits.

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For Volunteers

Volunteer with core team to expand our ecosystem.

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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers sourced from our docs—covering eligibility, how funding works, and what PotLock is building.

What is considered a public good?

A public good is generally understood as work that creates more value for others than it extracts. On PotLock, projects apply to the registry and are reviewed against community guidelines before approval.

Project guidelines

What blockchain and currencies does PotLock support?

PotLock runs on NEAR. Quadratic funding rounds use NEAR as the native asset for matching pools and contributions, while the direct donation flow can support multiple fungible tokens. The product surface may vary as the app evolves—follow the core repos for contract updates.

PotLock core (GitHub)

What is quadratic funding?

Quadratic funding (QF) is a matching mechanism that rewards breadth of support: many smaller, independent donations unlock more matching than the same total from a few large wallets. It is a common tool for public goods and open-source funding.

Learn more (WTF is QF)

Why do you have referrals?

Referrals help grow a decentralized network of people who surface great projects. Donors can remove the referrer from the URL if they prefer that no referral fee is paid. On funding rounds (“pots”), fees can also be set to zero while still attributing who drove traffic.

Is PotLock a platform or a protocol?

PotLock is a protocol, a set of platforms, and an ecosystem for public goods funding and impact tracking. Anyone can fork or adapt the contracts and front ends for their own accounts and eligibility rules.

Ecosystem ideas board

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Full list including project and developer topics on the FAQ page, or read the canonical docs FAQ.