I built PerkCommons after repeatedly finding valuable grants, cloud credits, fellowships, startup programs, and nonprofit benefits scattered across outdated articles, private spreadsheets, and affiliate-driven directories. The problem was not that these opportunities did not exist. It was that they were difficult to discover, hard to verify, and often locked behind subscriptions or stale databases. PerkCommons started as a simple public directory, but the project quickly evolved into something more ambitious: an open, community-maintained knowledge base with human moderation, official sources, review dates, transparent Git history, and a reusable public dataset. Today, it brings together more than 1,067 verified opportunities with no paywall, premium tier, paid verification, or AI-generated listings. Community submissions are reviewed before publication, and outdated or inaccurate records can be reported, audited, and removed through a controlled workflow. My goal is to make useful opportunities easier to find while keeping the underlying information open, inspectable, and independent of affiliate incentives. I would love feedback on the browsing experience, missing categories, and what would make PerkCommons more useful to your community.

PerkCommons

An open, community-moderated index of verified opportunities

An open, community-moderated index of verified opportunities