[BIP:101] Contributor Funding H2 2026

Total Cost: $145,500 per month

(-$3,000 from last proposal)

This budget requests approval for future contributor funding covering work scheduled for the months of August 2026 to January 2027. This covers the last two quarters of financial year 2026, including the first month of 2027.

6-month Budget

Beefy has traditionally sought funding on a quarterly basis to maintain flexibility. Though this approach has worked well, it has at times left contributors with uncertainty over their future and incurs more time each quarter for budget discussions than is desirable. A majority of the Core contributor team is of the opinion that longer-term budgets would be a helpful change.

The team has also evolved the way that it handles funding over the last year: adjusting compensation in some cases to align with contributions on a monthly basis, and making changes to compensation in the course of an existing budget, in both cases where those changes are uncontroversial and do not increase the overall budget. In recent months, this has led to actual payments undershooting the budgeted amount.

In light of the changes to how funding works, the team feels comfortable to commit to a longer-term budget representing the maximum spend and commits to manage this budget carefully from month to month, aiming to save treasury funds wherever possible.

Staworth Reassignment

Though this budget contains a reduction of $3,000, the overall budget for contributor funding remains the same as the decrease is matched by a reciprocal increase in Staworth’s budget. The change reflects an increase in the scope of Staworth’s work and contribution in recent months which are expected to continue over the rest of the year, as described in their separate proposal.

Departmental Breakdown

Development - $104,250

Marketing & Design - $17,500

Business Development - $23,750

TOTAL BUDGET - $145,500 per month