# Basics ### What can Public Nouns DAO do? **Fund Grants to support Public Goods** All ETH from auctions goes straight to Public Nouns DAO. Funding proposals should align with the manifesto and fund: * public goods funding mechanisms * communities building public goods or funding mechanisms * public goods directly * public goods advocacy initiatives * *some* internal Public Nouns needs (services, contributors, etc) **Curation of new art/Public Good Communities** Curate new art by adding new Public Good Communities to contract * mission aligning in with our manifesto * 3 head attributes per public good * a delegate to pNounders #### Self-organize around collaborative initiatives to support public goods ### What can a Public Noun holder do? Vote on active proposals. 1 Public Noun equals 1 vote in Public Nouns DAO Submit proposals to Public Nouns DAO to: * Propose a Grant of funds or pNouns from the Public Nouns DAO treasury *to an initiative that supports public goods.* See [Propose a Grant](/governance/propose-a-grant.md) for more details. * Propose a new Public Goods Community to get added to the Public Nouns contract, becoming available for minting in the next auction if approved. *The PGC also receives membership in pNounders DAO through which they can send a delegate.* See [Propose a new Public Good Community](/governance/propose-a-new-public-good-community.md) for more details. * Propose updates to the Public Nouns DAO contracts, governance, and metagovernance. *See* [*full governance surface of Public Nouns DAO*](/governance-surface.md) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.publicnouns.wtf/basics.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.