Tennessee · Nonprofit
THE 256 FOUNDATION
THE 256 FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $135k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $109k
What The 256 Foundation does
Mission
To help support and maintain a sustainable ecosystem of funding for free and open source projects and contributors, especially bitcoin related projects and projects which help bitcoin flourish.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
We educate individuals, organizations & businesses about intelligent energy use & variable load controllers through free & open source development. We support educators & developers while they work to advance secure & sustainable energy initiatives.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Against its field
THE 256 FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE 256 FOUNDATION?
- THE 256 FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE 256 FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to THE 256 FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of THE 256 FOUNDATION?
- HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE 256 FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing