Grantee Directory

Projects and organizations funded by the Interledger Foundation, working to expand access to digital financial services around the world.

The Work in Practice

Interledger grantees work across the world in different financial environments, from regions with limited infrastructure to highly connected digital economies. They include community-based organizations, researchers, technologists, and advocates who build infrastructure, advance research, shape policy, and expand how financial systems work in practice.

Year
2020

8 results

  1. gFam

    Grant for the Web

    81 304 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: Australia
    Project lead: Adam Waring

    Building gFam, a Web Monetization application designed for consumers to directly support creators, on a platform without advertising nor fees. Creators can post a short story of their day, their thoughts, their creative processes, their training, their adventures or their struggles along with a selfie/photo… which can then be tipped on by their fans/friends/audience. Tips are transactions solely between the consumer and creator on posts or comments. Creators can also receive micropayments when Coil Subscribers spend time on their posts. The web application uses the XUMM payment mobile application that runs on the XRP ledger to process and settle the tip payments in real time.

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  2. The Hard Drive Review Section

    Grant for the Web

    80 000 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: United States
    Project lead: Jeremy Kaplowitz

    Building the Hard Drive Review Section, an entirely new area of Hard Drive's website that focuses exclusively on game reviews. The video game community has already embraced the idea of micro-donations and directly supporting content creators via Twitch, but there are many video game content creators with massive audiences whose content does not translate to that platform. We want to introduce Web Monetization to our community members and show them this new technology that allows them to support their favorite creators on all kinds of platforms, including independent websites.

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  3. Teddy Story

    Grant for the Web

    8 462 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: New Zealand
    Project lead: Alan Dent

    Using Web Monetization to provide access to children’s bedtime stories without advertisements and tracking getting in the way.

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  4. The Chicago Genius Herald

    Grant for the Web

    16 000 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: United States
    Project lead: Michael Scipioni

    Web Monetizing the Chicago Genius Herald, a satire outlet experimenting with civic-focused longer form content. Without the corporate backing other satire sites rely on, we look forward to learning about what a profitable, sustainable way forward might look like that leaves our creative vision intact and continues to generate content that spurs essential community dialogue.

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  5. The Nordly

    Grant for the Web

    15 000 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: United States
    Project lead: Jonathan Gershberg

    Converting The Nordly – a Minneapolis-based humor site that satirizes the Upper Midwest – to a Web Monetized model to sustainably continue to create locally-focused comedy and support the diverse comedians who make it.

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