> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.maearth.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.maearth.com/ma-earth/funding-explained/ma-earths-funding-model.md).
# Ma Earth's Funding Model
How does funding work on Ma Earth?
#### Collective Funding in Action
Ma Earth combines three funding streams to bring maximum funding to community-led regeneration. Our collective funding model is different from both traditional grants and typical crowdfunding.
#### The three streams
1. **Crowdfunding:** Community contributions. Participating land stewards reach out to their network, friends, family, colleagues, and others, and their communities contribute directly to projects through the platform during a [funding round](/resources-for-land-stewards/about-funding-rounds.md).
2. **Matching funds:** Amplifying community support. The more individual supporters a project has (as well as how much it raises), the more matching funds it receives from the matching pool. [Quadratic funding](/ma-earth/funding-explained/quadratic-funding.md) rewards breadth of community engagement, *as well as* the total donation size.
3. **Bonus funds:** One project's success is everyone's success. If all projects in the round collectively reach a funding target, every project receives additional funds. A rising tide lifts all ships.
Ma Earth's funding model may be different from what you're used to.
**Traditional grants:** Projects apply to many funders separately and wait months for a committee to decide where funding flows. Extensive reporting is often required, and funding is uncertain.
**Typical crowdfunding:** Projects ask their network for support, competing against everyone else on the crowdfunding platform. Each project receives what they raise, nothing more.
**Ma Earth:** Projects apply once and hear back within weeks, then run a crowdfunding campaign where community support unlocks additional matching funds from the pool. All participating projects collaborate toward a shared funding goal, and matching grants are community-directed. Each funding round, a project can build a track record that carries into the next round.
[*Learn more about Ma Earth's funding model on the website*](https://maearth.com/fundraise)*.*
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