Funding the Commons Update – San Francisco 2025

Funding the Commons Update: David Casey opened Day 2 with a reflection on the past year of Funding the Commons, highlighting global events across Berkeley, Tokyo, and Bangkok, along with a hackathon, media pilots like Open Conversations, and new experimental funding pilots with tools like Drips. He teased upcoming initiatives including a refugee-focused crowdfunding protocol and announced the next gathering in Berlin this June, alongside a broader push to incubate real-world public goods infrastructure. Speaker: David Casey (Funding the Commons) This session was part of the 12th edition of Funding the Commons, held March 15–16, 2025, at the Internet Archive in San Francisco. Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io