Zcash Foundation
Donations deductibleRevenue
$3.8m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$8m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$23.4m
$90k liabilities
Net assets
$23.3m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
6.3 years on average
Staff
21
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Andrew Miller
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Zcash Foundation's network
6 people4 organisationsi6 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (4) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Miller Chair | Chairman/Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Amber Baldet | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jack Gavigan | Executive Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jay Verret | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Marta Belcher | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Peter Van Valkenburgh | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
10 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Bornstein | Chief Operating Officer | since 2022 |
| Antonie Hodge | Company secretary | since 2018 |
| Chelsea Komlo | Cryptography Researcher & Engineer | 2020 |
| Daniel Wolande | Ecosystems Relations Manager | 2023 |
| Danika Delano | Operations Director | since 2022 |
| Deirdre Connolly | Cryptography Engineer | since 2019 |
| George Tankersley | Principal Cryptographic Researcher | since 2019 |
| Henry de Valence | Principal Cryptographic Researcher (Mathematician) | since 2019 |
| Jane Lusby | Rust Systems Engineer | 2020 |
| Josh Cincinnati | Executive Director | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Bornstein | Chief Operating Officer | 40 | $234k | $12k | |
| Jack Gavigan | Executive Director | 40 | $202k | ||
| Danika Delano | Operations Director | 40 | $126k | $14k | |
| Andrew Miller | Chairman/Treasurer | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Peter Van Valkenburgh | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Amber Baldet | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Jay Verret | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Marta Belcher | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Zcash Foundation
- EIN
- 820707962
- Address
- 1390 Chain Bridge Road A132, McLean, VA, 22101-3904
- State
- Virginia
- Mission
- The Zcash Foundation is a public charity that builds financial privacy infrastructure for the public good, primarily serving the users of the Zcash protocol and blockchain. The Foundation also supports other applications of zero-knowledge cryptography, as well as other approaches to private cryptocurrency. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- U99 Science and technology research
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Science & Technology
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2017
- Principal officer
- Andrew Miller (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 September 2017
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsAndrew Miller
≥8years on the filingsAmber Baldet
≥8years on the filingsPeter Van Valkenburgh
≥4years on the filingsJack Gavigan
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $23.4m
- Total liabilities
- $90k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $23.3m
- Contributions and grants received
- $4.4m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $4.8m
- Employees
- 21
Filed finances
2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8m | $8m | Deficit $4.2m |
| 2023 | $4.7m | $9.9m | Deficit $5.2m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
6 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Tor Project Inc | Research & Development | $0 |
| FathomX Inc | Research & Development | $0 |
| 37 Laines | $0 | |
| Red-Dev Inc | Research & Development | $0 |
| ZecHub Inc | Research & Development | $0 |
| Vergara Technologies LLC | Research & Development | $0 |
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Zcash Foundation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Oregon Secretary of State, active business entities (data.oregon.gov tckn-sxa6). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Oregon
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 3 May 2021
- Registered agent
- Corporation Service Company (city and state not held)