# How the Ethereum Foundation grants program makes decisions

DevFeed: [How the Ethereum Foundation grants program makes decisions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-the-ethereum-foundation-grants-program-makes-decisions-16836.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2018/10/24/how-the-ethereum-foundation-grants-program-makes-decisions>)

Author: Ethereum Foundation

Published: 2018-10-24T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [ecosystem-support-program](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecosystem-support-program.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [funding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/funding.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [quality](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quality.md>), [speed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/speed.md>), [sustainability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sustainability.md>)

## AI overview

The Ethereum Foundation explains how its grants team evaluates applications and allocates community resources. The process prioritizes open-source future work with potential long-term ecosystem impact, while considering urgency, existing work, sustainability, execution experience, alignment with Ethereum values, and the value of funding compared with doing nothing.

## Source excerpt

Our goal on the grants team is to be faithful stewards of Ethereum community resources. As part of the Ethereum Foundation's ongoing effort to diffuse power throughout our community, we give grants that we believe will return the highest impact on the Ethereum ecosystem over the long-term....