Track spending, grant impact, and deliverables — all in one place, with full transparency and real-time insights.
TL;DR
This proposal outlines the development of a Grant Progress Tracking Dashboard for CowDAO-funded projects, designed to provide the community with a transparent, user-friendly platform to monitor the progress of funded initiatives. The tracker will offer detailed milestone tracking, real-time updates, and automated alerts for deviations or delays. The goal is to provide unified access to all past and active grants, along with their statuses, at a total estimated cost of $2999.
Motivation
Currently, tracking the progress of CowDAO’s grant proposals is fragmented, with updates scattered across posts, forums, and channels. This lack of cohesion limits the community’s ability to effectively oversee projects, evaluate performance, and act on potential issues quickly.
Rationale
To address this, we propose building a Grant Progress Tracker with the following features:
- Milestone Tracking: Dedicated pages for each grant showing key milestones, progress bars, percentages, and completion status.
- Real-time Updates: Live updates on project milestones and overall progress.
- Automated Alerts: Notifications for overdue tasks or scope deviations, sent via in-app messages and email.
- Visualizations: Interactive charts and graphs to visualize timelines, risks, and achievements.
- Risk Detection: ML-powered analytics to identify early signals of delays, deviation, or grant misuse.
All features will be customized to CowDAO’s structure, needs, and community preferences.
Grant Overview
- Project list with completion rates, risk scores, and last update timestamps
- Filterable dashboards for detailed and high-level views
Risk Assessments
- Smart risk scores and automated red flags
- Visual indicators of project health
Treasury View
- Centralized dashboard showing fund allocations, disbursements, and burn rate
Project Details Pages
- Milestones, deliverables, funding history, and community discussion
Organization and Admin Tools
- Delegate and admin controls to manage grant oversight
- Ability to set alerts, filter views, and take corrective actions
Project Scope & Cost Breakdown
The MVP will be scoped at $2999 for over 12 months monitoring, covering:
- Front-end dashboard
- Risk detection engine
- Admin controls and integrations
- Public interface for community users
- Tools for independent oversight and reporting
Benefits to the CowDAO Community
- Transparency: Clear, centralized access to grant progress and performance.
- Accountability: Keeps grant recipients on track and incentivizes timely delivery.
- Community Engagement: Empowers the CowDAO community to stay informed and involved.
- Proactive Resolution: Early warning system for delays or issues.
By offering a seamless and transparent way to monitor CowDAO’s grant initiatives, this proposal aims to boost accountability, trust, and successful project outcomes across the ecosystem. The dashboard can be integrated into the CowDAO governance portal or forum for easy access.