In episode 94, we’re excited to welcome Connor O’Day from Gitcoin, a Decentralized Autonomous Organization that is “empowering communities to fund, build, and protect what matters.” We discuss what the heck Quadratic Funding is at its core, how Web3 can empower communities and revolutionize crowdfunding, the incredible impacts of the Gitcoin grants protocol, and much more.

With the recent announcement of Endaoment making their developer tools available to the Web3 ecosystem, we dive into what this means for builders interested in adding giving capabilities to their projects, and how this exciting development will transform the crypto philanthropy movement.

Following the devastating earthquakes in Syria and Turkey, the Web3 community was quick to respond as several crypto fundraising campaigns were launched to raise funds for earthquake relief including NFT projects and cryptocurrency funds. In this blog post, we highlight some of these campaigns and the various ways you can use your cryptocurrency to support humanitarian relief in Syria and Turkey.

The current state of the world has reinforced the urgent need for grassroots and activist movements to emerge, fight back, and help build a better world. Web3 tools can help uplift these movements by protecting them from censorship, supporting their fundraising efforts, and helping them organize their movements.

In Episode 85, we look back on the past year, and highlight 22 of the top Web3 social impact developments of 2022, including social impact DAOs, regenerative finance (ReFi), crypto philanthropy, NFTs for good, crypto universal basic income, and much more!

In episode 83, we welcome Alex Vergara, Co-Founder of Earth Fund, a platform dedicated to using the power of Web3 to create the tools humanity needs to build a better tomorrow and have a real, meaningful voice in our collective future. Earth Fund makes it easy for Changemakers to launch their own impact DAOs, to organize communities around their causes, and to raise funds via cryptocurrency in support of their movements. In this episode, we discuss why DAOs can be an important tool for driving social impact, the power of Web3 philanthropy, the exciting future of regenerative finance, and much more.

Despite the current market conditions, there is a lot to be excited about when it comes to web3 social impact, including the growth of Regenerative Finance (ReFi), Decentralized Science (DeSci), Quadratic Funding, Crypto Philanthropy, and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)!

For episode 79, we’re excited to welcome back Dae Moyer, Development Lead at Endaoment, the first tax-exempt community foundation providing philanthropic financial services on-chain. In this episode we discuss the importance of on-chain enabled transparency in charitable giving, the role of decentralized governance in philanthropy, and what the future of philanthropy will look like, in the year 2032, and the role that web3 will play in it.

In episode 76 we welcome Dave Grannan, Founder of DVL.DGS, an NFT project using the power of web3 to support veterans and service members in the areas of suicide prevention, homelessness, and more. In this episode we discuss how they are using NFTs to support these causes, how crypto and NFTs will positively disrupt charitable giving, DAOs and community governance, and much more!

DAOs have incredible potential to positively disrupt the non-profit sector, bringing greater transparency, accountability, and efficiency to traditional charitable organizations. With roughly 1.8 million non-profits in the US, and many built on antiquated structures, the space is ripe for disruption.

During times of crisis, it is common for humanity to look to new technologies as a way to help vulnerable communities most at risk and in need of urgent help. Over the past couple of years, some of the most surprising technological developments have been the innovative ways that cryptocurrency and blockchain have been used to help those in crisis.

For episode 60, we have the privilege of welcoming Lindsay Rosenthal from CG Pantheon, an NFT collection and curated community of thought leaders from web3, finance, and fintech. We discuss how they are using NFTs and web3 to help increase financial wisdom, how they are building a community hub for networking, and how they are using NFTs to support girls education around the world,

In Episode 58, we have the privilege of being joined by Katie Hultquist, Director of Leadership Giving for OutRight International, and Sandie and Paola, who are joining on behalf of Hackatao. We discuss the recent partnership between Outright and Hackatao for the Pride with a Purpose Campaign, the role web3 and NFTs can play in advancing LGBTIQ rights, how we can build a more inclusive web3, and much more.

In response to the US Supreme Court’s horrific decision on Roe v. Wade, which struck down 50 years of legal precedent, the web3 community has responded by raising funds, organizing communities, and rallying in support of reproductive rights.

In Episode 54, we welcome Ediz Basol and Brett Memsic, Co-Founders of Etched NFT, a platform dedicated to harnessing the power and innovation of web3 to sustainably support charity in the metaverse. Etched has launched charitable NFTs in collaboration with athletes and non-profits, and to-date, have raised over $120,000 for various non-profits. We discuss the power of NFTs and web3 to bring philanthropy and social impact into the metaverse, and what the web3-social impact ecosystem might look like in the future.

In this episode we welcome Johnny Utah, the Founder of Favrit, a web3 organization who’s mission is to financially empower under-resourced communities and causes with art, cryptocurrency, and NFTs. We discuss their inaugural NFT project, Kindred Hearts, and how NFTs and web3 can drive financial inclusion and social change, and build stronger communities.