2025-11-13T14:30:50-06:00 2024-12-31 582676261 Rogers & Company PLLC 8300 Boone Boulevard Suite 600 Vienna VA 22182 990 2024-01-01 854329649 The Sia Foundation Inc SIAF 7818053482 75 North Main St 6016 Randolph MA 02368 Nathaniel Maninger President 7818053482 2025-11-13 1 1 Jie Chen CPA P01049760 7038930300 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Nathaniel Maninger 75 North Main St 6016 Randolph MA 02368 12447912 0 X https://www.siafoundation.com/ X 2020 DE The Sia Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to supporting the Sia cloud storage network and educating the public about the urgency of data privacy and ownership. 3 0 9 0 0 0 5750322 10159734 0 0 1047662 2138307 0 0 6797984 12298041 682331 721827 0 0 1454233 1865850 0 0 0 1272791 2254942 3409355 4842619 3388629 7455422 42587999 42607328 28783 58026 42559216 42549302 The Sia Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to supporting the Sia cloud storage network and educating the public about the urgency of data privacy and ownership. 0 0 1828457 Protocol - The Sia Foundation exists to strengthen the Sia protocol through research and development by funding developers and other protocol needs. 1161134 Community - Program dedicated to education and outreach to educate people on Sia, our mission of user-owned data, and the importance of decentralized cloud storage. 860516 721827 Grants Program - Program dedicated to funding research, development, developer tools, and anything else that will support and further our mission of user-owned data. 3850107 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MA X X Watts Group Inc 7038658292 4161 Chain Bridge Road Fairfax VA 22030 Nate Maninger President/Core Developer 40.00 X X 305000 0 35954 Luke Champine Treasurer/Core Developer 40.00 X X 250836 0 34703 Eddie Wang Chairman/Secretary 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Alex Freska Front-end Engineer 40.00 X 253565 0 33473 Frances Lu Director of Operations 40.00 X 199921 0 37602 Steve Funk Director of People and Support 40.00 X 195652 0 48861 1204974 0 190593 5 0 1 0 Schinnerl Engineering Consultancy GmbH Postfach 8952 Schlieren SZ Research, software architecture, softwar 434946 Brone Engineering and Consultancy CommV Rijselstraat 230 8200 SintMichiels BE Research, software architecture, softwar 350362 Ikenna Oliver Olufemi 85 Great Portland Street London UK Developer support, content production, c 107813 3 10159734 10159734 10159734 244611 244611 2043567 149871 1893696 1893696 1893696 12298041 0 0 2138307 X 87616 87616 11277 11277 622934 622934 626493 473640 152853 977290 738849 238441 54602 41280 13322 105498 79758 25740 101967 77089 24878 105852 105852 75496 75496 1322104 1025005 297099 92512 84816 7696 60088 25127 34961 115754 115720 34 64421 64421 227478 227478 1890 1890 7182 7182 Research expenses 175082 175031 51 Fees 4974 66 4908 Taxes and licenses 2109 2109 4842619 3850107 992512 0 1220826 629965 14151775 11989508 1469142 5984 114118 14948 4536 3302 10412 27206112 28394183 42587999 42607328 28783 58026 28783 58026 X 42559216 42549302 42559216 42549302 42587999 42607328 7455422 -7465336 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 41668273 10751353 5750322 10159734 68329682 41668273 10751353 5750322 10159734 68329682 68329682 382 173487 244611 418480 68748162 X 14948 4536 10412 10412 X 4832705 -7465336 -7465336 12298041 0 12298041 4842619 0 4842619 0 4842619 Part X, Line 2: The Foundation is exempt from the payment of income taxes on its exempt activities under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). No provision for income taxes has been made, as there were no unrelated business activities for the year ended December 31, 2024. Management has evaluated The Foundation's tax positions and concluded that the financial statements do not include any uncertain tax positions. 1 North America Grants to recipients 85434 East Asia and the Pacific Grants to recipients 26250 Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) Grants to recipientsGrants to recipients 410360 Sub-Saharan Africa Grants to recipients 82020 South Asia Grants to recipients 9710 Russia and Neighboring States Grants to recipients 9160 0 0 0 0 0 0 622934 0 622934 North America Research and development 70000 0 North America Research and development 15434 0 East Asia and the Pacific Research and development 26250 0 Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) Research and development 51490 0 Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) Research and development 25650 0 Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) Research and development 10160 0 Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) Research and development 10887 0 Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) Research and development 100510 0 Sub-Saharan Africa Research and development 8710 0 Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) Research and development 38191 0 0 10 Research and development Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) - Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgiu 7 173472 0 Research and development Sub-Saharan Africa - Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, 5 73310 0 Research and development Russia and Neighboring States 1 9160 0 Research and development South Asia 1 9710 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Part I, Line 2: Progress made by grantees is made public. The Sia Foundation also reaches out to grantees to ensure grant funds are utilized appropriately and progress is being made on the funded projects. 1 Hammer Technologies LLC 100 Quartz Drive Jacksonville NC 28540 833782997 84616 0 Development 0 1 Research and development 1 9610 Part I, Line 2: Progress made by grantees is made public. The Sia Foundation also reaches out to grantees to ensure grant funds are utilized appropriately and progress is being made on the funded projects. X 1 0 X X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nate Maninger President/Core Developer 285000 0 20000 0 0 0 16644 0 19310 0 340954 0 0 0 Alex Freska Front-end Engineer 236477 0 17088 0 0 0 13811 0 19662 0 287038 0 0 0 Luke Champine Treasurer/Core Developer 236166 0 14670 0 0 0 15058 0 19645 0 285539 0 0 0 Steve Funk Director of People and Support 184102 0 11550 0 0 0 11297 0 37564 0 244513 0 0 0 Frances Lu Director of Operations 188445 0 11476 0 0 0 10664 0 26938 0 237523 0 0 0 Part I, Line 1a Compensation for business trips in which Foundation employee's spouses accompanied them, was disbursed in accordance with company's travel policy. This amount was subsequently included in employee's taxable wages. ConvictionHQ LLC Business owned by Chair Eddie Wang 66000 Software Development and Consulting 0 X Cryptocurrencies 12 10159734 FMV 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b Each member of the Board of Directors receive a copy of the Form 990 prior to filing. The Board of Directors then review and discuss each part of the Form 990. Documentation of the review is recorded in meetings minutes. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The Sia Foundation has a Board approved conflict of interest policy. The Board and staff annually acknowledge and disclose if they have engaged in transactions that present conflicts of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 Compensation for the President and key employees is reviewed and determined by research on comparability data of similarly qualified people in roles at other non-profit organizations with a similar budget. The President's salary is reviewed and determined by the Board of Directors, with no members that have a conflict of interest in the process. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The documents are made public on a Non-Profit Organization/Public Charities website and provided upon request. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Other professional fees: Program service expenses 1,025,005. Management and general expenses 297,099. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,322,104.