Comment by ___HeyGFY___ on 25/04/2022 at 17:15 UTC

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View submission: Announcing the Community Funds Program

What sort of criteria will you use to determine where the money (and how much) is allocated? More specifically, I suppose, if two candidates come up with nearly identical plans, how would you choose between them?

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Comment by Go_JasonWaterfalls at 25/04/2022 at 17:36 UTC

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Great question. Project ideas will be evaluated by our team for creativity, feasibility, and community impact, and admittedly, that does leave a level of subjectivity to selection. Projects that are more likely to receive funding include those that aim to create a more comprehensive experience for their community and those that encourage the participation and involvement of their subreddit’s users. That said, we don’t want to be too prescriptive, by design – we’ve seen time and time again that you are far more creative than we are.

Some specific questions we will ask are:

• Does the project positively impact one or more Reddit communities?
• What is the scope of impact?
• Does the project clearly tie into the community itself?
• Does the project have a specific beginning and end, such that we can determine it has been delivered?
• Is the project feasible as presented? Does it have external contingencies that may prevent or put success at risk?

The formal application will include all of the fine print, but we will always reject projects that are illegal in nature, unsafe, or otherwise could cause physical or emotional harm (regardless of intention), or that violate any of our policies.

To answer your second question directly, if two candidates come up with nearly identical plans that both meet the criteria, we may look to combine the two, or even fund both!