What’s the Zcash Basis’s mission?
Our mission on the Zcash Basis is to construct monetary privateness infrastructure for the general public good, by serving to maintain and enhance open monetary networks that permit anybody and everybody to guard their very own privateness, on their very own phrases. Whereas our main focus is the Zcash protocol and blockchain, we additionally help broader purposes of zero data proofs, in addition to different approaches to monetary privateness.
Do grant purposes need to be Zcash-related?
No. Any venture that aligns with the Zcash Basis’s mission is appropriate for the Minor Grants program. We might particularly like to draw grant purposes that aren’t instantly Zcash-related however discover broader purposes of zero data proofs or different approaches to monetary privateness, in keeping with our charitable objective.
How does the Minor Grants program relate to Zcash Group Grants?
The Minor Grants program is totally separate from the Zcash Group Grants program (ZCG). ZCG is meant to fund Main Grants for groups which are finishing up large-scale, long-term initiatives. In contrast, the Minor Grants program is meant to offer a supply of funding for smaller, extra short-term grants for each groups and people. We additionally hope that the Minor Grants program can present a chance for groups to display their capability to ship on a Minor Grant earlier than making use of for a Main Grant.
Below what circumstances would ZF reject a grant software as unsuitable?
Listed below are some examples of why ZF could reject a grant software:
- The grant’s objective just isn’t congruent with the Basis’s mission.
- The grant doesn’t, in our estimation, symbolize worth for cash.
- We’ve got purpose to imagine that the applicant just isn’t able to delivering on the grant.
- The aim of the grant would violate U.S. regulation or contravene the Zcash Basis’s obligations underneath U.S. IRS 501(c)(3).
Can candidates stay pseudonymous?
Candidates can maintain their identification non-public however they need to bear the ZF KYC course of if their software is profitable, which incorporates disclosing and verifying their identification to ZF.
The place is the funding for this program coming from?
This program is being funded by the Zcash Basis, from its slice of the Dev Fund.
My software to the ZCG program was rejected. Can I re-apply to the Minor Grants program?
Sure.
Can present and former recipients of ZCG grants apply for a Minor Grant?
Sure.
Can I submit a number of Minor Grant purposes?
You could solely submit one Minor Grant software at a time (i.e. per spherical).
Can I specify a number of milestones as a part of my grant?
No. There isn’t any “milestone” possibility for Minor Grants. Grant payouts will both be paid upon award of the grant (i.e. up-front) or upon completion of the grant. Notice that members of the Zcash Group Advisory Panel could look much less favorably on purposes that request up-front funding.
I’ve a query that’s not answered right here.
You may publish inquiries to this matter on the Zcash Group Discussion board. Alternatively, you’ll be able to e-mail minorgrants@zfnd.org