EthStaker is a community of 50,000+ members providing guidance, education, support, and resources for existing and potential Ethereum stakers. EthStaker's principal goal is to maximize decentralization of the Ethereum network by providing free education and support for Ethereum stakers everywhere.

501(c)(4) social-welfare organization; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$4K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(4)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $459K a year · 71% of revenue · last 2 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$4K
to officers and key staff · 1% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.4 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$4K
0.4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 2 voting members
Concern: none of 2 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$676K
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$371K
To programs
93%
Net assets
$918K
By yearFY2024–FY2025
Revenue
$676K
FY2025▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2024$613K
FY2025$676K
Expenses
$371K
FY2025▲ ×4696
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2024$79
FY2025$371K
Net assets
$918K
FY2025▲ +50%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2024$613K
FY2025$918K

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2024.

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Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $344K Management & general 7% · $27K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

2 people listed on the 990; $4K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Secretary
$4,500Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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1 program · $344K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Hosted the Staking Gathering, a dedicated event for the staking community, an EthClient Summit event for client developers, and ran a 6-day node operator hub at the Ethereum Devconnect conference in Buenos Aires Conducted the 2025 Staking Survey of staking node operators and published the results for the industry Audited our open source…

$344Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$676K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$702K
Money outPt IX
$371K
Ln 25
Programscol B$344K
Managementcol C$27K
Owns and owesPt X
$918K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$14K
Total assetsLn 16$922K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
PeoplePt VI, VII
2
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a2
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$702K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$692K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$26K
Total revenueLn 12$676K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$14K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$14K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$908K
Total assetsLn 16$922K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
Net assetsLn 32$918K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$14K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$613K$922K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$4K
Net assetsLn 32$613K$918K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$4K$4K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$509$509
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$204K$204K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$8K$8K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$98K$98K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$36K$33K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$371K$344K$27K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $676K$371K$305K$918K 990 PDF
FY2024 $613K$79$613K$613K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $676,308 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $612,820$701,616
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$3−$25,611
I-11 Other revenue$303
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $612,817$676,308
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefits$5,009
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $79$365,990
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $79$370,999
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $612,738$305,309
Part VI · Governance 0 of 2 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body2
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $676,308 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$701,616
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$691,616
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$701,616
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$25,611−$25,611
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $303$303
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax −$25,308$676,308
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $370,999 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $4,500$4,500
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $509$509
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $4,918$4,918
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $15,000$15,000
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $203,947$203,947
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,777$7,777
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $98,356$98,356
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $33,279 · Management $2,713$35,992
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $343,868 · Management $27,131 · Fundraising $0$370,999
Part X · Balance sheet $922,075 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$13,631
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $612,738$908,444
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $612,738$922,075
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$4,028
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$4,028
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $612,738$918,047
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $612,738$918,047
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $612,738$922,075
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $918,047 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$676,308
XI-2 Total expenses$370,999
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$305,309
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$612,738
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$918,047

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