Washington, D.C. · Public charity
DeFi Education Fund
DeFi Education Fund is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization committed to advocating for sound DeFi policy. At DEF, we are working to build a mainstream understanding of decentralized finance, and protect the rights of developers, users, and projects to freely create decentralized infrastructure and technology.
- $216k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $62,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $143,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 5
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations DeFi Education Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $216k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $556k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $604k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $284k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fight for the Future Education Fund | $1,076,168 | 4 | 46% |
| Mercatus Center Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New York University | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Future Majority Inc | $90,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | $31,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Floor64 Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Diversity in Blockchain Inc | $23,783 | 1 | 27% |
| Hodl PAC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Creative Outfit Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fight for the Future Education Fund | $1,076,168 | 4 | 46% |
| Mercatus Center Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New York University | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Future Majority Inc | $90,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | $31,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Floor64 Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Diversity in Blockchain Inc | $23,783 | 1 | 27% |
| Hodl PAC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Creative Outfit Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kamal Hubbard (Cards Coins & Comix LLC) | $9,416 | 1 | n/a |
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About DeFi Education Fund
- How much does DeFi Education Fund give?
- DeFi Education Fund reported 3 grants totaling $216,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 5 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does DeFi Education Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (64%), Social Science (17%), Civil Rights (8%).
- Who are DeFi Education Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Fight for the Future Education Fund ($1.1M), Mercatus Center Inc ($125k), New York University ($125k).
- Does DeFi Education Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is DeFi Education Fund based?
- DeFi Education Fund is based in DC.
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