we give microgrants for you to go on lifechanging sidequests and document everything
every grant is a story we've created. real person chasing finding purpose on film. (we luv our grantees <3)
we give out responses in under 48h to keep up with your spontaneity. our application is designed to be a process of purpose.
tell us about your quest in a few words and trailer! We look at the one-liners the most - say something worth stopping for
if your adventure aligns we'll ask you to hop on a quick call to learn more :)
go do the thing. the trip, the popup, the reunion, the build, the wild one-night idea. this part is entirely yours. all we ask: you document errrthang
a flat-world map of of archived adventures. tap a marker to follow the trail each of our grantees leaves behind.
we get it, in a world over-run by ai note taker startups, it's hard to actually define "a quest". our playbooks outline the type of stories we look to fund and the people we partner with.
computa - show me the quests!
| quester ↕ | the side quest | location ↕ | season ↕ | amount ↕ | tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| claire | learned dutch from zero to conversational in 3 days, on film | amsterdam, NL | S01 | $400 | languagefilm |
| sam | threw a matcha popup at founders inc | san francisco, US | S01 | $600 | communityfood |
| pedro | crossed the world to reunite with someone | seoul, KR | S01 | $500 | lovetravel |
| aaron | wandered europe with his best friend, for the last time | barcelona, ES | S01 | $350 | travelfriendship |
| varun | an exhausted engineer sparking his art across 3 towns in wales | wales, UK | S01 | $700 | arttravel |
| emily | ran the largest turf-wars game in the heart of downtown toronto | toronto, CA | S01 | $300 | communitygames |
| kevin | visited sf on a whim, letting a voice agent guide his entire adventure | san francisco, US | S01 | $800 | traveltech |
funded or not, the archive runs on a community of questers, alumni, and backers swapping ideas, leads, and encouragement. come hang out — it's where the next side quests are born.
the real barrier to a side quest isn't money — it's permission. your gift hands someone both. pick a tier; we'll send the stories it funds.
covers gear, a train ticket, or the small thing standing between someone and go.
donate $50funds a full side quest end to end — and the scrappy documentary that comes back.
donate $250sponsors a whole grantee for the season. named in the archive + the launch film.
donate $1000applications open every summer, worldwide. we reply within 48 hours — fast enough to match your spontaneity.
