“POL-denominated, milestone-based grants for builders on Polygon or migrating to it, split between a themed Domain Allocator track and an open Direct Track, as part of a stated 1 billion POL commitment over a decade.”
The Polygon Community Grants Program is Polygon Labs' standing vehicle for funding builders on Polygon PoS and the AggLayer, structured as a decade-long, 1 billion POL commitment rather than a single round. It runs in named seasons. Season 2 (verified from Polygon Labs' own announcement) allocated 35M POL total: 20M POL through an open Direct Track, and 15M POL through three themed Domain Allocators (Eliza Labs / ai16z for AI agents, Crossmint, IoTeX, Thrive, and Gitcoin) covering AI agents and infrastructure, DePIN, and memecoins. Season 2 expanded from Season 1's 18M POL distributed to 120+ projects, and applications for that season ran on a stated window with rolling review inside it.
A Season 3 listing exists on Gitcoin's grants platform, but its budget, dates and current open status were not independently confirmed at review time. Separately, Polygon's own /grants and /village pages redirected to an unrelated domain during this review, which means the freshest reliable source right now is the Questbook dashboard and Polygon Labs' own blog, not the marketing page URL. State this plainly to founders: verify the live season before quoting numbers.
The Direct Track is the general-purpose lane: any project building on Polygon, or migrating to it, that does not fit a themed allocator category. The allocator tracks move faster for a project that fits one of the named themes, since a specialist reviewer with domain context handles it rather than the general committee.
Key stats:
| Person or team | Role | Where to find them |
|---|---|---|
| Community Treasury Board | Oversees the program and the Direct Track specifically, described as favouring "long-termism" | polygon.technology/blog |
| Eliza Labs (ai16z) | Domain Allocator for AI agents, apps and infrastructure in Season 2 | Via polygon.questbook.xyz |
| Crossmint, IoTeX, Thrive, Gitcoin | Other Season 2 Domain Allocators, covering DePIN and memecoins | Via polygon.questbook.xyz |
Individual board or allocator reviewer names below the organisation level are not published, and we have not guessed.