Avalanche Foundation is launching the Avalanche Community Fund program, which encourages projects and developers to build in the constantly developing ecosystem of Avalanche. The foundation will work with the largest and longest-running Web3 funding program Gitcoin to allocate funding to match community donations and support crowdfunding within the ecosystem. For the first time, the Avalanche community can directly influence which projects the foundation funds. The first round of funding submissions will open on March 26th. Any team or individual who has contributed to or plans to contribute to the Avalanche ecosystem in the past is eligible to apply. The Avalanche Community Fund will be conducted in multiple rounds, each with its own criteria, deadline, and funding limit. Each round will use a combination of Gitcoin grant stacks and secondary and retrospective funding to optimize the grant program.