Projects

To view more information about a project, including its financials:

  1. Navigate to Crowdfunding.

  2. From Projects tab, select a project to navigate to the project's dashboard.

  3. Select one of the following tabs to view details:

Project Overview

This section includes the following information depending on the available data:

NameDescription

forks

The number of repository copies. Forking a repository lets developers propose changes to another project or use another project as a starting point for an idea.

stars

The number of developers who saved the project repository to their list of Starred Repos. Stars indicate popularity in that developers like or want to follow a repository.

issues

The number of bugs, enhancements, or other requests in a repository. The number of issues can indicate the activity in a project.

View Repository

Opens the project repository in GitHub.

View Site

Opens the associated website.

Donate

Click Donate to donate to the project.

View Mentorship

Lets you toggle to Mentorship platform to view mentorship program details for the project.

Current Balance

The total amount of funds available in the account.

Sponsor Organizations

The logos of companies that sponsor the project.

A CII Badge indicated that a project participates in the Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) Badge Program.

Code of Conduct

Link to the project's code of conduct. If the project doesn't have its own code of conduct, the link will default to Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

Following is an example of a project overview section:

Dashboard

Dashboard tab includes the following project details:

NameDescription

Current Balance

The total amount of funds available in the account.

Donations

The amount of money that has been donated to the project.

Expenses

The amount of money spent or costs incurred for the project, which indicate the cost of doing business.

Project Funding Distribution

Shows how project funds are distributed and their dollar amount

Goals Breakdown

Shows the annual financial goal and progress towards it by individual goal.

Stacks

Shows crowd-sourced usage metrics about the project. For details, see Stacks.

Security Report

Shows the security report card for the project. For details, see Security.

Mentorship Program

This section is displayed only when the project in enrolled to mentorship program. Click View Mentorship to view mentorship program details.

Recent Transactions

Lists recorded financial transactions in chronological order. Click View all transactions to see a log of transactions.

Funding is integrated with Security and Stacks. You can view additional details about the project based on these integrated services. For more information, see Integrated Services for a Project.

Financial

The Financial tab lists all transactions with details in chronological order. Click the icon next to Fees to see the see distribution of applicable fees.

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