# 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](https://docs.publicnouns.wtf/governance/propose-a-grant) 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](https://docs.publicnouns.wtf/governance/propose-a-new-public-good-community) for more details.
* Propose updates to the Public Nouns DAO contracts, governance, and metagovernance. *See* [*full governance surface of Public Nouns DAO*](https://docs.publicnouns.wtf/governance-surface)