Public Charity

DeFi Education Fund

DeFi Education Fund is a Public Charity headquartered in Washington, DC. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $6.9M revenue, $3.6M expenses, $18.5M total assets. IRS filings disclose 11 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $1.4M.

EIN: 871014079 Washington, DC Research Institutes & Public Policy Analysis NTEE: W05 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$6.9M
Total Expenses$3.6M
Total Assets$18.5M
Grants Given11
Grant Total$1.4M
Filing Years2022–2024

Mission

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.

Where $100 goes at DeFi Education Fund

How DeFi Education Fund divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 3 years.

$76 Programs the work itself
$21 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $76 for programs

$31
Policy Litigation
41% of program spending
$18
Lobbying Activities:Direct advocacy with legislators and regulators to advance policy positions that promote innovation and freedom to build DeFi technology
23% of program spending
$14
Policy meetings / policy research / other programs
19% of program spending

Plus 2 more programs. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

CLO, Secretary Amanda Tuminelli
Director Jake Chervinsky
Director Larry Sukernik
Research Director Lizandro Pieper
Director, President Marc Boiron
Communications & Operation Max Bernstein

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$803,750 7 grants
Research & Policy
$500,876 2 grants
Education
$71,916 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $6.9M $3.6M $18.5M
2023 $439K $3.8M $6.4M
2022 — $3.5M $8.7M

Between 2023 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $439K to $6.9M (+1482%), with total assets most recently reported at $18.5M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in CA, DC, MA, NY, PA, VA.

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Full geographic grant map with state-by-state breakdown available with membership.

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