As one of the earliest proponents of DEI work in the Web3 Ecosystem we have intentionally onboarded hundreds on non-crypto native individuals directly through Gitcoin through a mixture of Twitter Spaces, in-person events, and curated onboarding workshops reaching thousands of individuals. In a little over a year we have participated in 3 Gitcoin rounds and were members of the inaugural DEI focused round where we championed Gitcoin to diverse communities and spent dozens of hours onboarding not just donors but also projects that would go on to cultivate their own communities as well. In addition to this, we recognized the competitive nature of Gitcoin's funding model and sought to collaborate with other grantees to create what became the Quadratic Friends, a group of now over 100+ impact projects on Gitcoin that amplified the fundraising efforts of the platform, helped cause and featured rounds raise additional capital and coordinate across rounds to scale ecosystem impact. We have since gone on to support Gitcoin with the administration of certain rounds and in the future aim to build on the Allo Protocol to support Gitcoin and the broader Web3 ecosystem.
