⭐ INFO THREAD! Lanzer's Domain Update Thread for Community Engagement & Charity

[Lanzer]

grant-rejected for

Application #36: Web3 Writing Studio: Education Through Words

Per the above grant-rejected [image]

[Lanzer]

grant-rejected for

Application #37 Onboarding Filipino Students into Web3 | Blockchain Education and Development

Thank you for taking the time to submit a grant! Evaluated on 7/10/2025 Hey @Gerald, I’m unable to approve this grant. Onboarding is a better fit for The Sandbox DAO Grant Program > OPEN: Education, Onboarding, Tech . If you would like to adjust your grant, I invite you to give a brief summary of what else you think you could accomplish. grant-rejected [image]

[Lanzer]

grant-rejected for

Application # 39 Content Catalyst for Web3 Growth

Evaluated on 7/10/2025 Hi Chuks, thank you for submitting a grant. Apologies, I’m unable to approve this grant. This is too similar to multiple other grants I’ve approved., If you would like to adjust your grant, I invite you to give a brief summary of what else you think you could accomplish. Are you associated with any other grant applicant? I see Chuks Davidson quoted on Application #39 grant-rejected [image]

[Lanzer]

[Lanzer]

Evaluation posted for

Application #43 SheExcels Daily: Onboarding More Women into Web3 through The Sandbox DAO

[image] Evaluated on 7/25/2025 Per post #4 Q1: Name of your Grant Score: 5 of 5 Decision: Meets intent of the question. No additional input required. Rationale: Unique name, description is easy to understand Q2: Total Grant amount in USD ($) Score: 3 of 5 Decision: Meets intent of the question. No additional input required. Rationale: Within acceptable range. Is more than $3,000 so increased scrutiny will be applied. Q3: Evaluation Factor – Specific Score: 3 of 5 Decision: Meets inten…

[Lanzer]

grant-rejected for

Application #47 DevQuest: Onboarding the Next Wave of Builders into Sandbox

Apologies, I have too many grants that are similar to this. I won’t be able to approve this grant. grant-rejected [image]

[Lanzer]

grant-accepted for

Application #1 Grassroots Gaming Growth Initiative

grant-accepted for $200 USDC delivering 1 milestone [image] I will send you a DM with the instructions for invoicing and milestone delivery.

[Lanzer]

grant-rejected for

Application #48 Latam building Proposal

Apologies, I won’t be able to approve this grant. It exceeds my remaining budget and the timeline extends beyond Aug 30th, and overlaps too much with other grants that have been approved. grant-rejected

[Lanzer]

grant-accepted for

Application #43 SheExcels Daily: Onboarding More Women into Web3 through The Sandbox DAO

Evaluation #2 on 7/30/2025 per Post #4 [image] Q1: Name of your Grant Score: Remains at 5 of 5 Q2: Total Grant amount in USD ($) Score: 5 of 5 Decision: Meets intent of the question. No additional input required. Rationale: Thank you for your flexibility on scoping the work to $3K. Q3: Evaluation Factor – Specific Score: Increased from 3 to 5 of 5 Decision: Meets intent of the question. No additional input required. Rationale: Clear description of the grant and what it intends to achie…

[Lanzer]

grant-rejected for

Application #45 Sandbox Onboarding Series by Ginakev Digital Academy (GIDA)™

Thanks Gida, looking forward to seeing your submission the next time. Thank you for applying. grant-rejected [image]

[Lanzer]

grant-accepted for

Application #44 Spotlighting African creators and builders globally by realeasing a documentary film about their skills and journey and projects like Sandbox DAO who supports them

Evaluated on 7/30/2025 per Post #1 [image] Q1: Name of your Grant Score: 5 of 5 Decision: Meets intent of the question. No additional input required. Rationale: Unique name, has short description describing what it is. Q2: Total Grant amount in USD ($) Score: 5 of 5 Decision: Meets intent of the question. No additional input required. Rationale: Thank you for incorporating feedback and accommodating the remaining budget (posts #2 through #14). Q3: Evaluation Factor – Specific Score: 5 …

[Lanzer]

49 grants received, 15 approved for $71K…$500 left in the budget!!!

[Lanzer]

Evaluation posted for

Application #46 Sandbox @ ETH Enugu '25 – Embedding SandboxDAO in Africa’s Builder Culture

The next step is for me to publish my evaluation [image] Evaluated on 7/31/2025 Q1: Name of your Grant Score: 4 of 5 Decision: Meets intent of the question. No additional input required. Rationale: Detailed name with clear meaning Q2: Total Grant amount in USD ($) Score: 5 of 5 Decision: Meets intent of the question. No additional input required. Rationale: Thank you for accommodating our budget limitations. Q3: Evaluation Factor – Specific Score: 4 of 5 Decisi…

[Lanzer]

grant-accepted for

Application #46 Sandbox @ ETH Enugu '25 – Embedding SandboxDAO in Africa’s Builder Culture

[image] Evaluation 2 of Post #1 on 8/3/2025 Q1: Name of your Grant Score: Remains at 4 of 5 Q2: Total Grant amount in USD ($) Score: Remains at 5 of 5 Q3: Evaluation Factor – Specific Score: Remains at 4 of 5 Q4: Evaluation Factor – Measurable Score: Increased from 3 to 4 of 5 Decision: Meets intent of the question. No additional input required. Rationale: Thank you for adding panel roster deliverable to milestone 1 and link to the recorded panel to milestone 2. Due to the reduced s…

THIS IS THE FINAL GRANT! BUDGET FOR The Sandbox DAO Grant Program > OPEN: Community Engagement HAS BEEN 100% SPENT ACROSS 16 APPROVED GRANTS ($71,780 USDC total budget). ALL GRANTS AFTER THIS WILL NOT BE APPROVED

[Lanzer]

grant-rejected for

Application #38 Empowering African youth through web3 education, Blockchain technology and trading skills

@Stancrypto Apologies, I won’t be able to approve this grant. The budget for Community Engagement has been fully spent as of today. If the circumstances change, I will post an update here. grant-rejected Thank you so much for taking the time to submit a grant. This program may return in the future and I hope you’ll consider applying again.

Application #42 Crecimiento x Aleph Festival: Identity, Culture & Creator Economy in Latin America

@Crecimiento Apologies, I won’t be able to approve this grant. The budget for Community Engagement has been fully spent as of today. If the circumstances change, I will post an update here. grant-rejected Thank you so much for taking the time to submit a grant. This program may return in the future and I hope you’ll consider applying again.

Application #49 Sandbox Story Builders: Lore Writing Meets Metaverse at Web3Conf Enugu '25

@Tobi Apologies, I won’t be able to approve this grant. The budget for Community Engagement has been fully spent as of today. If the circumstances change, I will post an update here. grant-rejected Thank you so much for taking the time to submit a grant. This program may return in the future and I hope you’ll consider applying again.

Application #50 GameHouse Labs: Building Africa’s Proof-of-Play Onboarding Engine for Web3 Gamers and Creators

@SUPAMAN.LJ Apologies, I won’t be able to approve this grant. The budget for Community Engagement has been fully spent as of today. If the circumstances change, I will post an update here. grant-rejected Thank you so much for taking the time to submit a grant. This program may return in the future and I hope you’ll consider applying again.

Application #51 Sandbox Safari: Metaverse Activation @ ETHSafari Kenya

@anto Apologies, I won’t be able to approve this grant. The budget for Community Engagement has been fully spent as of today. If the circumstances change, I will post an update here. grant-rejected Thank you so much for taking the time to submit a grant. This program may return in the future and I hope you’ll consider applying again.

[Lanzer]

CLOSED: The Sandbox DAO Grant Program > CLOSED: Community Engagement Budget is complete. $71K USDC approved across 16 grants. $0 of budget remaining.

@Geraldine

[MrRightNow]

Congratulations to all Sandbox grantees on this SIP. Now let’s get to work

[Lanzer]

grant-rejected for

Application #52 Empowering Single Adults Through Web3 Education & Tools – Gathering Place Initiative

Apologies, I won’t be able to approve this grant. The budget for Community Engagement has been fully spent. If the circumstances change, I will post an update here. grant-rejected Thank you so much for taking the time to submit a grant. This program may return in the future and I hope you’ll consider applying again.

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Application #53 [Grant Proposal] Helios Universal Group × The Sandbox – Sports & Entertainment Integration

Apologies, I won’t be able to approve this grant. The budget for Community Engagement has been fully spent. If the circumstances change, I will post an update here. grant-rejected Thank you so much for taking the time to submit a grant. This program may return in the future and I hope you’ll consider applying again. You may also wish to covert this to a SIP: Ideas for normal funding. Best of luck to you!

[Lanzer]

THE FIRST GRANT HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED!

15 deliverables accepted across 4 milestones.

Congratulations to @Victoran for a successfully publishing more than 15 blogs, X articles, graphics, and 2 content challenges that drew more than 28K impressions, 1K likes, and 60 new Sandbox players/creators.

History of Application #9 Milestone Approval

• Milestone 1 approved per Post #49
• Milestone restructuring approved per Post #84
• Milestone 2 approved per Post #103
• Milestone 3 approved per Post #126
• Milestone 4 approved per Post #156

Application #9 Victor Creator

[Congratulations Congrats GIF - Congratulations Congrats Good job - Discover...] On being the FIRST grant to successfully complete all milestones! Victor, Thank you for the hard work you did in writing those articles and bringing new SandFam to the ecosystem. It was a pleasure working with you. [image] History of Application #9 Milestone Approval

[Lanzer]

THE SECOND GRANT HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED!

4 deliverables accepted across 2 milestones.

Congratulations to @Kevin_Chibuoyim for successfully hosting ETH Enugu ‘25 with FOUR Sandbox DAO grant panelists

@vicwritesall (Victor, Grant App #9), @Web3_Ambassador (Damian), @ekeson_wtb (Grant App #33) & @kingmessang_ (Grant App #44)

Milestone history for Application #46

• Milestones approved per post #23
• Milestone 1 approved per post #29
• Milestone 2 approved per post #44

Application #46 Sandbox @ ETH Enugu '25 – Embedding SandboxDAO in Africa’s Builder Culture

Milestone 2 approved for 100 USDC, 3 of 3 deliverables accepted. Please invoice per the guidance I sent in our DM. Milestone history for Application #46 Milestone 2 deliverables per Post #1 [image] 1. Execute the Sandbox Panel session at ETH Enugu Deliverable accepted Per Post #38 & #39: Kevin posted a link to the ETH Enugu ‘25 conference broadcasted live on X. The Sandbox panel begins 3:31:54 to 4:08:40 and the panel was clipped in this X thread. 2. Publish social thread and recap of the …