A problem people bring · solved
Raise $10,000 for my community
You have three real shapes. A quadratic funding round on Gitcoin or Giveth multiplies many small gifts. An escrowed raise holds pledges and refunds if you miss the goal. A coin with creator fees, on Coinjure or pump.fun, earns only while people trade. Pick by what your community has: breadth, trust or attention. Skip these: promising returns.
- 3 stops
- 40 minutes, all in
- 3 surprises
- 1 live demo
Chapter 1
Who knew?
In quadratic funding, 100 people giving $1 can unlock more matching than one person giving $1,000.
Creator fees come from trading volume, so they stop when the excitement stops.
An escrowed raise that refunds on failure tends to attract more first-time backers.
Launching a token is the fastest and easiest way to raise money.
A coin launch costs little but most raise nothing lasting; Pump.fun's own fee revenue fell about 75% year on year by January 2026. A QF round can take weeks to apply and wait. An escrow raise costs gas and a clear goal.
Chapter 2
The free route, step by step
3 stops, cheapest first
Three ways through
Pick your route
- Start free tonight
Set up a raise people can trust
Built by the HouseBefore asking for money, make it safe to give: a shared wallet that needs several signers, and an escrow that pays only as work ships.
- Share a family wallet that needs two of three to move money
- Fund a build with escrow that pays only as work ships
- Write one page: the goal, the milestones and who signs.
Cost Gas to create the Safe, cents on L2s. Escrow from $5 USDC plus gas.
- The bold play
Stack matching rounds on top of your own crowd
Quadratic funding multiplies many small gifts. Line up donors before a Gitcoin or Giveth round, and run a Juicebox page for the rest with rules anyone can read.
- Find the next Gitcoin or Giveth round that fits your cause.
- Open a Juicebox project for direct backers, with refunds by rule.
- Share a family wallet that needs two of three to move money
Cost Free to apply. Juicebox costs gas. Matching is never guaranteed.
- Build it
Build the raise planner
Built by the HouseThree questions, then a route: a matching round, an escrowed raise or a coin, with the honest downside of each.
- Fund a build with escrow that pays only as work ships
- Launch a memecoin that has to prove it works
- Write the three questions and their routes in the House workshop, then ship the planner.
Cost Build time. Coin launches cost little but most raise nothing lasting.
Your version
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Past the basics
What’s possible
- Live today
Run a transparent raise with public funding rules and backer tokens.
How Create a Juicebox project. Set a cycle and payout. Share the link.
- Live today
Apply to a quadratic funding round so many small donors unlock matching.
How Find a live Giveth or Gitcoin round. Publish a clear goal. Ask for many small gifts, not a few big ones.
- Possible to build
A study coin whose creator fees land in the community's multisig, with every spend published.
How Create a Safe with several signers. Launch the coin with the Safe as fee recipient. Post spending onchain monthly.
- Possible to build
A local QF round of your own: a sponsor puts $2,000 into a matching pool for neighbourhood projects.
How Use an open QF contract. Verify donors with a sybil check. Distribute matching openly.
Project + project
Combos nobody marketed
- Giveth QF round+an escrowed raise=
Match funding for breadth, then an escrow for the remainder that refunds if the goal is missed.
Why it works QF rewards many donors; escrow protects the larger backers who fill the gap.
- a multisig treasury+a creator-fee coin=
Coin fees land in a community multisig, not one person's wallet, with spending visible to all.
Why it works Pump.fun and Coinjure let the fee recipient be set; a Safe multisig needs several signers to spend.
- Juicebox+Safe=
A raise with public rules that pays into a multisig.
Why it works Juicebox sets the funding rules; Safe needs several signers to spend.
Chapter 3
Try it live
Built by the HouseDo not take our word for it. Kept Promise (Deployr) runs right here, so you can poke at the real thing before you commit to anything.
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Chapter 4
Where it matters most
- neighbourhood projects
Many small local donors are exactly what quadratic funding rewards.
- open-source maintainers
Gitcoin and Giveth rounds are built for public goods.
- creators with an active audience
A study coin can turn attention into fees, if you tell holders plainly it is not an investment.
Chapter 5 · Not built yet?
Build it
A community raise planner that asks three questions, then routes you to a matching round, an escrow raise or a coin, with the honest downside of each.
Who could build it Organisers who need money but not a gamble.
For founders
Uses you never marketed
Connections
People to meet
- Giveth
Ask about upcoming QF rounds that fit your cause.
- Gitcoin
Follow round schedules on the governance forum.
- the Shipyard
Plan an escrowed raise with milestones.
- Coinjure
Ask how creator fees and studies work.
- Juicebox
Get help setting up a project.
- Gitcoin
Find the next round.
Propose a bridgetwo projects, one outcome neither could reach alone
Questions
What is quadratic funding?
A matching method where a pool tops up projects based on how many people donate, not how much, rewarding broad support.
Are pump.fun creator fees fixed?
No. They are tiered by market cap and have changed during 2026. Check pump.fun's current docs.
Is launching a coin for a community legal?
It depends on your country. Some treat tokens sold for funding as securities. Get local advice first.
How do donors know funds are spent well?
Use a multisig with published spending and milestones.
If you could not promise anyone a return, only a result, what would you build that people would still fund?
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