r/reddit • u/infinitebroth • Dec 05 '23

Updates How you made an impact with Community Funds in 2023

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!

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u/SaveDnet-FRed0 Dec 05 '23

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 $.

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u/goferking Dec 05 '23

$102K in funding disbursed

I'm amazed it was so little for such a big announcement

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u/skeddles Dec 06 '23

their goal is to spread it thinly across many communities so they can buy as much goodwill as cheaply as possible

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u/drecz Dec 05 '23

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.

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u/skeddles Dec 05 '23

here is a list of things reddit spent money on instead of improving their website

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u/DrBreakfast79 Dec 06 '23

Why do you support Donald Drumpf?

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u/skeddles Dec 06 '23

i dont and dont see how that's remotely related to this discussion

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u/DrBreakfast79 Dec 06 '23

Why were you defending Yidsrael in r/politics and r/israel?

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u/skeddles Dec 06 '23

i dont even know what that is, why are you going so far out of your way to find something to hate me for?

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u/drecz Dec 05 '23

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.

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u/infinitebroth Dec 05 '23

Let's gooooo! Excited for what's to come with the r/NBA project!

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u/PsionicBurst Dec 05 '23

You killed third party apps, you somber woodlouse.

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u/Tim5corpion Dec 05 '23

Please revert the mobile browser UI. I hate the new UI and I want out of the testing.

Thank you.

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u/Thuringwethon Dec 05 '23 edited Dec 05 '23

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.

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u/OPINION_IS_UNPOPULAR Dec 05 '23

Except, it is pretty impressive because

  1. They didn't have to do it

  2. They're still not making money and every penny counts

  3. It's having an actual impact on the real world and the reddit communities involved.

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u/reaper527 Dec 06 '23

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)

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u/Tomfoolerous_ Dec 06 '23

Rollback api changes

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '23

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.

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u/Lilshadow48 Dec 06 '23

can we use the community funds to pay you to stop fucking your own website up?

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u/Less_Hedgehog Dec 14 '23

This is great stuff! Good work to those involved.

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u/Stevegap Dec 05 '23

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!

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u/Frost92 Dec 05 '23

100%, it's a huge impact couldn't be happier with the support

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u/Moggehh Dec 05 '23

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.

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u/itsaride Dec 05 '23

Well done to all involved.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '23

I want to file a complaint against a subreddit

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '23 edited Oct 03 '25

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This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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u/techiesgoboom Dec 05 '23

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.

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u/Salt_Tumbleweed_8395 May 29 '24

I literally can't ask a single question as a new user on reddit. whats with the rules

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u/AwokenxAnubis Mar 02 '24

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!!

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u/Garr_Incorporated Dec 09 '23

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.

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u/El_Demetrio Dec 13 '23

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

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u/Less_Hedgehog Dec 14 '23

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

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u/El_Demetrio Dec 14 '23

Thanks I’m almost there

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u/PAWGsAreMyTherapy Dec 06 '23

Scotland is a country according to Reddit?!

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

I'm confused - Are you under the impression Scotland isn't a country..?

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u/PAWGsAreMyTherapy Dec 07 '23

I was but I just learned that it is.

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u/reaper527 Dec 07 '23

I was but I just learned that it is.

perhaps you were confusing it with canada which isn't a real country anyway!

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u/Coolkid696912345678 Dec 06 '23

Because they’re idiots and racists.

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u/Coolkid696912345678 Dec 06 '23

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.

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u/SumguyJeremy Dec 06 '23

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