Grants paid by Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web
EIN 85-2066977 · Middletown, DE · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE W05
Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web of Middletown, DE (EIN 85-2066977) reported 20 grants paid totaling $23,211,957 to 8 recipients in tax years 2021–2024, on Form 990-PF, Part XV. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants paid
$23,211,957
20 grants
Recipients
8
distinct organizations
Tax years
2021–2024
4 filings in the corpus
By tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount paid | Approved for future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | $1,736,393 | — |
| 2022 | 5 | $6,225,179 | — |
| 2023 | 7 | $8,579,186 | — |
| 2024 | 4 | $6,671,199 | — |
Top recipients
The 8 recipients receiving the most from Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, by grants paid, out of 8 distinct recipients.
| Recipient | Match | Location | Grants | Total paid | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Frontier Foundation 04-3091431 | B | San Francisco, CA | 4 | $6,000,000 | 2024 |
| Freedom of the Press Foundation | U | San Francisco, CA | 4 | $5,777,848 | 2024 |
| Harvard Office for Sponsored Programs | U | Boston, MA | 3 | $4,677,165 | 2024 |
| Witness Inc 13-4167155 | C | Brooklyn, NY | 3 | $3,000,000 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Open Learning 04-2103594 | C | Cambridge, MA | 2 | $2,000,000 | 2024 |
| Spritely Networked Communities Institute 87-4257919 | B | Lewes, DE | 2 | $1,206,944 | 2023 |
| Creative Commons Corporation 04-3585301 | B | Mountain View, CA | 1 | $500,000 | 2023 |
| Access Now 27-0597430 | C | New York, NY | 1 | $50,000 | 2021 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Every grant
All 20 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Freedom of the Press Foundation San Francisco, CA | U | $2,112,144 | paid | OPERATING | 202512259349100401 |
| 2024 | Electronic Frontier Foundation San Francisco, CA | B | $2,000,000 | paid | OPERATING | 202512259349100401 |
| 2024 | Harvard Office for Sponsored Programs Boston, MA | U | $1,559,055 | paid | OPERATING | 202512259349100401 |
| 2024 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Open Learning Cambridge, MA | C | $1,000,000 | paid | OPERATING | 202512259349100401 |
| 2023 | Electronic Frontier Foundation San Francisco, CA | B | $2,000,000 | paid | OPERATING | 202422269349100202 |
| 2023 | Freedom of the Press Foundation San Francisco, CA | U | $1,920,131 | paid | OPERATING | 202422269349100202 |
| 2023 | Harvard Office for Sponsored Programs Boston, MA | U | $1,559,055 | paid | OPERATING | 202422269349100202 |
| 2023 | Witness Inc Brooklyn, NY | C | $1,000,000 | paid | OPERATING | 202422269349100202 |
| 2023 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Open Learning Cambridge, MA | C | $1,000,000 | paid | OPERATING | 202422269349100202 |
| 2023 | Spritely Networked Communities Institute Lewes, DE | B | $600,000 | paid | OPERATING | 202422269349100202 |
| 2023 | Creative Commons Corporation Mountain View, CA | B | $500,000 | paid | OPERATING | 202422269349100202 |
| 2022 | Electronic Frontier Foundation San Francisco, CA | B | $1,750,000 | paid | OPERATING | 202302279349100205 |
| 2022 | Harvard Office for Sponsored Programs Boston, MA | U | $1,559,055 | paid | OPERATING | 202302279349100205 |
| 2022 | Freedom of the Press Foundation San Francisco, CA | U | $1,309,180 | paid | OPERATING | 202302279349100205 |
| 2022 | Witness Inc Brooklyn, NY | C | $1,000,000 | paid | OPERATING | 202302279349100205 |
| 2022 | Spritely Networked Communities Institute Lewes, DE | B | $606,944 | paid | OPERATING | 202302279349100205 |
| 2021 | Witness Inc Brooklyn, NY | C | $1,000,000 | paid | OPERATING | 202212289349100501 |
| 2021 | Freedom of the Press Foundation San Francisco, CA | U | $436,393 | paid | OPERATING | 202212289349100501 |
| 2021 | Electronic Frontier Foundation San Francisco, CA | B | $250,000 | paid | OPERATING | 202212289349100501 |
| 2021 | Access Now New York, NY | C | $50,000 | paid | OPERATING | 202212289349100501 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Source filings
Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.
| Form | Tax year | Period end | Filed | Schema | IRS OBJECT_ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990PF | 2024 | 2024-09-30 | not stated | 2023v6.0 | 202512259349100401 |
| 990PF | 2023 | 2023-09-30 | not stated | 2022v5.0 | 202422269349100202 |
| 990PF | 2022 | 2022-09-30 | not stated | 2021v4.2 | 202302279349100205 |
| 990PF | 2021 | 2021-09-30 | not stated | 2020v4.2 | 202212289349100501 |
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML; recipient identities from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The same rows as Parquet: manifest; as JSON: /api/funders/852066977.json.
The same organization elsewhere in the program: exempt status and filing health · federal awards · grant guidance · open opportunities.
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