Grantmaking

Diversity in Blockchain

The grant will be used to develop educational videos. Diversity in Blockchain will create a series of educational animated explainer videos about decentralized finance (DeFi) for those that are new to the industry. The organization will target the general public as well as regulators and the financial sector to show, and enhance, the message that DeFi benefits the world at large.

$50,000

Active

Copia Institute (Floor64, Mike Masnick)

The grant will be used to research and draft a paper, as well as accompanying materials, explaining the value of a more decentralized internet and decentralized finance (DeFi), in which the power is pushed out to the ends of the network rather than the center.

$50,000

Active

NYU Stern

The grant will be used to support a Fellowship and Research Assistant position that supports faculty focused on decentralized finance (DeFi) with the goal of helping to accelerate Stern’s generation of researchers focused on DeFi and studying the policy implications of DeFi.

$125,000

Active

Fight for the Future

The grant will be used to support the organization’s lobbying and grassroots campaign efforts around decentralized finance (DeFi). Fight for the Future will build in-house capacity through its existing team to engage on crypto and DeFi policy issues.

$1,076,168

Active

Jeremiah Kamama Nguugi

To African DeFi Policy Report aimed at studying the current regulatory climate of key African markets as well as proposing regulatory frameworks that will ensure the industry is well regulated and thriving.

$10,000

Active

HODL Pac

The grant will be used to support the organization’s HODLscore project. The project uses premier political and legislative data sources (specifically, KnowWho data), as well as crowd-sourcing, and tracks certain information about members of, and candidates for, Congress, as applicable.

$20,000

Completed

Wilson Center

The grant will be used to support the Wilson Center as they host a fellow to work on decentralized finance (DeFi) related projects.

$125,000

Completed

Kamal Hubbard

The grant will be used to support an advocacy and educational tour throughout the U.S. to engage with lawmakers, school officials, and STEM focused nonprofits that serve black populations to inform them on what decentralized finance (DeFi) is and why it has the ability to bring greater financial equity to a community that has been historically shut out of the legacy financial system.

$5,746.51

Completed

Matthew Bartlett

The grant was used to draft a paper concerning DAO governance, specifically on how DAOs and the governance structures that control decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are systematically different to traditional structures in the financial system like LLCs and trusts.

$5,500

Completed

Mercatus Center

The grant will be used to support a fellowship program focused on decentralized finance (DeFi) with the goal of building the first generation of researchers focused on DeFi and studying the policy implications of DeFi.

$125,000

Completed

Future Majority

The grant was used to support a research proposal, Deep Dive to Understand the Crypto Industry. Future Majority will also conduct a three-track, 1,000+ respondent per poll sample program to uncover a deep understanding of opinions from a diverse set of key voters and inform leaders about the issues and needs of the crypto industry.

$90,000

Completed

Cato Institute

The grant will be used to support a fellow program at Cato’s Center for Monetaryand Financial Alternatives focused on decentralized finance (DeFi) with the goal of building a new generation of researchers focused on DeFi by giving individuals the opportunity to study the space.

$125,000

Completed