This is a funding proposal for the MMM Workstream requesting ratification budgetary funds for Season 16.

TL;DR In Season 16, MMM will continue to focus on providing support for the Grants Protocol launch, the Grants Program Success and Community Engagement. To do so, we are requesting a budget of $471,949.

Our top priorities for this season include:

Finalize overall Gitcoin, protocol, Passport and Grants Program branding strategies Launch (or make significant headway in launching) a new gitcoin.co website Developing and socializing communications around GR16, the sunsetting of the centralized grants platform (cGrants) and our transition to the protocol Developing and releasing an Impact Report to highlight the success of the Gitcoin Grants Program Develop and test an engagement strategy that targets three core community audiences (which were identified and researched in S15) Amount

MMM’s S16 budget is $471,949 (+13% vs S15 budget of $417,543). After accounting for remaining budget & reserves, MMM is requesting $686,239 for Season 16 from the treasury.

The snapshot vote is here for review: https://snapshot.org/#/gitcoindao.eth/proposal/0x35010aec1b8a754dc250ac714c6b3c7337663d1d82a601537eb72f3afee99249

The funds will go to a multisig controlled by MMM and will be distributed as described in the original proposal. The Gnosis safe that funds will be transferred to can be found at: https://app.safe.global/eth:0xC23DA3Ca9300571B9CF43298228353cbb3E1b4c0/home