In this podcast starter pack, we’ve bundled together ten episodes highlighting projects that are leveraging Web3 tools to advance public goods. This starter pack includes interviews with pioneering leaders from Gitcoin, Tea Protocol, Giveth, Artizen Fund, Hypercerts, Endaoment, Glo, Gitcoin Citizens, and ReFi Phangan.

In episode 135, we’re excited to welcome Sam Flanagan and Abeera Akhtar from Web3ForGood for a special 2023 year in review episode. 2023 was an incredible year for the Web3 social impact movement, and in this episode, we reflect on the most exciting developments of 2023, whether it be the growth of L2s or the AI blockchain intersection, and what we are looking forward to in 2024.

The traditional donor-charity relationship is disempowering and desperately needs a rejuvenation. Individual donations are down, trust in charitable giving is waning, and nonprofits are struggling to connect with new donor demographics. Web3 can help shift the donor-charity relationship and empower donors to become active participants in causes.

In episode 102, we’re excited to welcome Katie Hultquist from Outright International, Generative Artist Jeres, and Aldredo Asuzano from fxhash for a fascinating discussion on NFT philanthropy. We discuss their collaborative NFT project that raised funds and awareness for Outright International, why NFTs are a powerful force for social impact, how Web3 can benefit social causes, and much more.

In episode 101, we’re excited to welcome Carl Cevone from hypercerts, a new protocol for funding and rewarding impact. We discuss how they’re using the power of blockchain to help build sustainable models for public goods financing, why blockchain is such a valuable tool for impact monitoring and evaluation, how Web3 will disrupt the impact ecosystem, and much more.

In episode 96, we’re excited to welcome Melissa Jun Rowley, Founder of HerVoice NFT, an NFT project with a bold vision to “unleash the voices of 3.9 billion women.” We discuss how Web3 can help uplift and drive movements of change, the power of NFTs to raise funds and awareness for important causes, building inclusion and diversity in Web3, and much more.

In episode 95, we’re excited to welcome Jason Metz, Senior Web3 Strategist at TIME. Through their Web3 initiative, TIMEPieces, they are using the power of Web3 to bring artists, collectors, and the community together. In this episode we discuss how NFTs can help elevate history and culture, why Web3 as a powerful tool for uplifting social change movements, and how Web3 can help build community.

In episode 93, we’re excited to welcome Garm Lucassen and Jasper Driessens from Glo, a stablecoin with a mission to generate basic income and lift people out of extreme poverty. We discuss why Web3-enabled basic income is such a powerful force for fighting poverty, the mechanics behind the Glo Dollar, how crypto can drive financial inclusion, and much more.

In episode 92, we’re excited to welcome Rafaella Orelli, Madhuri Rahman, and Susana González from ImpactScope, a Web3 startup dedicated to helping organizations deploy web3 tools to measure, verify and amplify their impact. We discuss how Web3 tools can help NGOs and social enterprises achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Proof of Impact NFTs, some compelling use cases for social enterprises that are skeptical of Web3, and much more.

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.

Highlighting the most popular Crypto Altruism content from the past year: how DAOs will revolutionize social impact, blockchain and maximizing the value of impact, and Web3 and climate change.

Looking forward to 2023, there is a lot to be excited about when looking at Web3 and social impact. This infographic highlights 10 trends to monitor for 2023 including social impact DAOs, Web3 crowdfunding, Web3-driven activism, charitable NFTs, crypto & emergency aid, DeSci, crypto UBI, ReFi, on-chain accountability, and inclusion in Web3.

Despite the challenges of 2022, it has also been a year of incredible growth for Web3 social impact movements. Builders have continued to build, recognizing that the case for Web3 social impact remains intact, and nothing can stop its momentum. In this article, to wrap up a rather tumultuous yet exciting year, we highlight 22 of the top Web3 social impact developments of 2022.

The Cardano ecosystem is well known for its focus on sustainability and social impact. In fact, there are many projects building on Cardano that are using the power of blockchain to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In this blog post, we highlight three of these projects: Landano, Veritree, and Empowa.

In episode 81, we’re excited to welcome Aly Marguerite Neumann, Founder of Fourth Wave DAO, a Decentralized Autonomous Organization that will facilitate easy access to decentralized finance protocols so that users can grow their wealth, while also supporting women who are seeking safe reproductive health services, by connecting them with a decentralized network of helpers. We discuss how blockchain can be used to help protect reproductive rights, how they’re using web3 tools to build a decentralized network of support for women in need, their innovative governance model, and why web3 is much better than web2 for building movements of change.

The last couple of months have been challenging for those building in web3. Despite this, there are many reasons to remain excited about the social impact potential of web3. In this article, which is part one in a series, we highlight three reasons to be bullish about web3 social impact, including the progress of the DeSci movement, quadratic funding, and crypto philanthropy.