Another year filled with Community Funds projects has gone by and we’re excited to share a recap. Community Funds is a unique Reddit program that provides funding to bring your ideas and passions to life….and in 2023, communities created some truly one-of-a-kind experiences.
Community Funds in 2023 by the Numbers:
- 77 applications received
- 13 community projects funded (and more being considered!)
- $102K in funding disbursed
- 22 million+ redditors represented in these funded communities
- More than 3 countries represented across these initiatives, including the United States, Canada, and Scotland
Giving Back
2023 was filled with community-led fundraisers that benefited from donation matching with Community Funds.
- r/dankchristianmemes raised $25,586 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- r/eurovision worked with Jamala, winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, to raise $2,959 for the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal
- r/vancouver celebrated reaching 500k subscribers with a fundraiser for the Vancouver Food Bank, raising over $48,500 CAD
- r/alberta received matching funds for their 2022 fundraiser for food banks across Canada and raised over $54,000 CAD
- r/NBA is celebrating their 15th cakeday with a ticket contest for an NBA All Star Saturday night, a meetup during All Star Weekend, and a fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Game On
Who doesn’t love some fun competition? r/fortnitebr kicked off a series of game-inspired contests and giveaways with their community. Stay tuned for the next one! r/ClashofClans recently ran an in-game tournament with over 600 participants. r/scotland organized a photography contest in their community and winners received tickets to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. r/constructedadventures worked with puzzle makers from their community to create virtual and IRL puzzle hunts. r/kpop celebrated the winners of their Queendom tournament by gifting them albums from participating bands.
Coming Together
Communities have also suggested some very creative ways to come together using Community Funds. With new equipment and a fun guest lineup, r/teenagers is getting ready to record a series of insightful and entertaining podcast episodes with special guests. r/brasil read O Clube dos Jardineiros de Fumaça together and hosted an AMA with author, Carol Bensimon. And r/snackexchange connected over their passion for food and other cultures with delicious snack exchanges from across the globe.
Applying for Community Funds
Does your community have a project you’ve been considering, but you could use a bit more support to get it going? Here’s how we can help you get started with Community Funds:
- We host weekly office hours where you can drop in, ask questions, and brainstorm ideas with our team.
- Do you have an idea for a project involving climate change or the environment? We want to hear from you! Share your idea with us here or submit an application. Fundraiser matching projects involving causes focused on environmental impact are eligible for up to $25,000 in fundraiser matching.
- We recently made the process for receiving funds simpler for approved applicants. Rather than direct deposit, Funds recipients now receive a virtual MasterCard to utilize the funds.
- Please keep in mind that any applications submitted from now until the end of 2023 will be considered for funding starting in 2024.
We hope you’ll find inspiration in these incredible projects and if you’ve got a Community Funds idea on your mind, share it with us in the comments!
here is a list of things reddit spent money on instead of improving their website
Why do you support Donald Drumpf?
i dont and dont see how that's remotely related to this discussion
Why were you defending Yidsrael in r/politics and r/israel?
i dont even know what that is, why are you going so far out of your way to find something to hate me for?
Reddit: We know our site's userbase are still mad at us so rather then addressing and fixing the issues, here's some charity stuff that we've done as a tax write off and/or helped promote wile putting little actual cash into but are taking credit for because people like fundraisers for a seemingly good cause all in the hopes this will distract you from the enshittification of our site in the hopes of making some sweet investor $.
I'm amazed it was so little for such a big announcement
their goal is to spread it thinly across many communities so they can buy as much goodwill as cheaply as possible
I see it differently as someone who has gone through the process - our team never got the vibe that our project was just being used to tell a story and score brownie points with users. The Community Funds team was as hands-on as we wanted them to be.
These projects are definitely something to celebrate and bring a fantastic opportunity for communities.
You killed third party apps, you somber woodlouse.
Please revert the mobile browser UI. I hate the new UI and I want out of the testing.
Thank you.
Rollback api changes
congratulations on the 21rst announcement in the last 6 months with a negative score. (technically this is the 19th, but the 20th and 21rst are locked so people can't comment)
*21irst
So much moneys... none 3rd party client founded.
edit: Actually on average that's like.. half a cent per redditor, for entire year?
Coz that's not a very impressive number.
Except, it is pretty impressive because
They didn't have to do it
They're still not making money and every penny counts
It's having an actual impact on the real world and the reddit communities involved.
IDK what y'all did to the desktop version of this site but astonishingly it's now easier to use reddit via the notoriously bad app. This looks like viewing a mobile version on a desktop.
can we use the community funds to pay you to stop fucking your own website up?
Yes
This is great stuff! Good work to those involved.
As one of the r/NBA mods who lead the project internally I can't help but give a massive +1 to the entire Community Funds team. What they do is nothing short of incredible!
If you are thinking of applying, do it.
Let's gooooo! Excited for what's to come with the r/NBA project!
Well done to all involved.
I want to file a complaint against a subreddit
wine hospital truck versed mysterious coherent square bright direction pen
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I want to echo this from r/vancouver, the process was amazing and we absolutely couldn’t have done as well as we did without the community funds team!
Yes! Knowing that your donations will be matched is a huge incentive, and helped us really grow the total to almost 4 times what we thought was going to be possible!
Amazing stuff.
100%, it's a huge impact couldn't be happier with the support
I love seeing so much of this was spent on giving back. Redditors coming together to be charitable is my favorite cornerstone of reddit's culture; I love seeing the company able to support the efforts of those passionate people.
Fantastic job to all involved in organizing and donating too! Thank you for showing the best of us all.
cool
Since I don't know where to put it, I'll leave the feedback here.
For some reason on my Redmi 9T the app chugs when viewing multiple images. On the overview and when reading comments you can scroll easily, but when you open the full image it begins working so slowly it's impossible to even move the image, let alone scroll to the next one. This makes it nigh impossible to see the full image.
My posts and comments keep getting deleted, it says I need comments karma, where do I get that info? My profile says I have 1450 karma. Please help
This is not r/help or r/newtoreddit but i'll help you anyway. Hover over the karma on your profile to see your karma breakdown
Here's a sneak peek of /r/help using the top posts of the year!
#1: hey, is there a subreddit where I can get birthday wishes from strangers, just turned 20 and i'm kinda lonely
#2: I hate the new reddit experience (Dec 2023)
#3: Did Reddit Get Rid of the Free Awards?
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Thanks I’m almost there
Scotland is a country according to Reddit?!
I'm confused - Are you under the impression Scotland isn't a country..?
I was but I just learned that it is.
perhaps you were confusing it with canada which isn't a real country anyway!
Because they’re idiots and racists.
Only impact you made was how you support racism lol. I’m defending someone against racism and you hit me with a warning for bullying lol fuck y’all. Pieces of shit. Y’all website trash asf anyways.
This is a test post to see just how screwed up the update was and if I can post on my tablet as well as my phone
Hello
wow
fuck u/spez
Side topic: Let's talk about the community channel "jerkofftoceleb". I posted a comment expressing an opinion, my opinion, but it was flagged as "harassment" even though I didn't use any harassing language. It is my belief that that community channel in and of itself is sexually harassing towards celebrities and should therefore be shut down. It is appalling, disgusting, and highly inappropriate. Please, someone do something about this!!
I literally can't ask a single question as a new user on reddit. whats with the rules