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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 85-2066977

Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web

A private foundation in Middletown, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $2.8 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $2,812,975

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $9,557,542
  • Tax year 2023

    $6,671,199

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $16,423,688
  • Tax year 2022

    $8,579,186

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $12,281,090
  • Tax year 2021

    $6,225,179

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $31,440,495
  • Tax year 2020

    $1,736,393

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $19,697,018
  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Electronic Frontier FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    Operating

    $1,000,000
  2. Freedom of the Press FoundationBrooklyn, NY

    Operating

    $962,975
  3. Individual

    Operating

    $600,000
  4. Creative Commons CorporationMountain View, CA

    Operating

    $150,000
  5. Witness IncNew York, NY

    Operating

    $100,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Human services1 grant $962,97579% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $150,00012% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $100,0008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California2 grants $1,150,000
  2. New York2 grants $1,062,975

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Marta BelcherPresident Hours 5Pay $0
  • Brian BehlendorfDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Megan KlimenVice President Hours 12Pay $0
  • Clara TsaoVice President Hours 10Pay $0
  • Rainey ReitmanDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kristin SmithDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sheila WarrenDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Marcia HofmannDirector Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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