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 enable anybody and everybody to guard their very own privateness, on their very own phrases. Whereas our major focus is the Zcash protocol and blockchain, we additionally assist broader functions of zero information proofs, in addition to different approaches to monetary privateness.

Do grant functions must 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 functions that aren’t instantly Zcash-related however discover broader functions of zero information proofs or different approaches to monetary privateness, consistent with our charitable objective. 

How does the Minor Grants program relate to Zcash Group Grants?

The Minor Grants program is fully separate from the Zcash Group Grants program (ZCG). ZCG is meant to fund Main Grants for groups which can be finishing up large-scale, long-term tasks. 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 possibility for groups to reveal their capacity to ship on a Minor Grant earlier than making use of for a Main Grant. 

Underneath what circumstances would ZF reject a grant utility as unsuitable?

Listed below are some examples of why ZF could reject a grant utility:

• The grant’s objective isn’t congruent with the Basis’s mission.
• The grant doesn’t, in our estimation, symbolize worth for cash.
• We now have motive to imagine that the applicant 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 preserve their identification non-public however they need to endure the ZF KYC course of if their utility 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 utility 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 functions?

Chances are you’ll solely submit one Minor Grant utility at a time (i.e. per spherical). 

Can I specify a number of milestones as a part of my grant?

No. There is no such thing as a “milestone” choice 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 functions that request up-front funding.

I’ve a query that’s not answered right here.

You possibly can submit inquiries to this matter on the Zcash Group Discussion board. Alternatively, you’ll be able to electronic mail minorgrants@zfnd.org