https://www.drips.network/ is all about funding the dependencies of software through a decentralized network.
Lots of interesting options in the crypto space for funding the creation of public goods.
DAO - Distributed Autonomous Organization
Incentive system for funding science: http://p1anck.com/
Quadratic Funding - matches based on community interest
https://wtfisqf.com/
Interchain - We believe that open-source, cryptographic, consensus-driven, economic networks hold the key to an anti-fragile global economic system and equal opportunity for all.
You could get funded as a "creator" and playing the Creator Economy game.