The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to create equitable access to the global financial system. Founded in 2014, the Foundation helps shepherd and maintain the Stellar network’s codebase, supports the technical and business communities around the Stellar network, and provides thought leadership to regulators and other stakeholders. In all, we’re a global company, more than 100 people strong, working to make Stellar the global payment network standard. The Stellar network technology is SDF’s means to achieve its mission.
SDF has no shareholders, no dividends, and no profit motive. The Foundation is funded by lumens generated at the Stellar network’s inception, and the Foundation’s current lumen holdings can be viewed below. All of the lumens held by the Foundation will eventually be used to enhance and promote the Stellar network and to pay taxes as we do so.
This page details the ledger addresses holding those funds and how those funds will contribute to the Stellar network’s success. Anyone can observe our progress towards our goals, more or less in real time, using the links provided. In addition, we’ll provide a quarterly public accounting and audit for all of our programs, as well as periodic updates where appropriate.
