The Foundation

Built for a Mission

The Stellar Development Foundation, or SDF for short, is a nonprofit organization created and structured to achieve a mission: creating equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology. We believe that some of today’s financial systems aren’t designed for everyone and that by leveraging networks like Stellar, we can do our part to change that.

Our Mission

Why What We do Matters

The way the global financial system is structured today, the deck can be stacked against people based on the circumstances into which they were born. The Stellar network offers a way to create a more accessible system that lets people participate in a worldwide, stable, financial network regardless of where they live.

Ecosystem Support

Unlocking Potential

SDF is committed to the growth and development of the network, dedicating its time and resources to help unlock the potential of builders and entrepreneurs worldwide who are solving the financial access problem for their communities. As a nonprofit, we are focused on achieving our mission. This means we do what’s good for the health of the network and our mission for financial access. This means we do what’s right for the builders, changemakers, and problem solvers that will get us there.

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Track Our Progress

Committed to Transparency

SDF shares openly how we’re working to make the network a success by providing strategic direction of the network in collaboration with ecosystem participants, providing funding for network builders, and fostering partnerships and dialogue with public and private stakeholders that influence the future of the technology. We track our progress in the open.

Roadmap

Utility is the growth exponent. It is the roadmap that leads to and relies on network effects.

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Foundation

Quarterly Reports

SDF quarterly reports outline the organization's achievements, spanning from network updates to ecosystem developments to advocacy in policy and…

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Read the SDF Mandate

See all grants in one place and get live updates on our progress towards achieving our goals of greater access to the financial system.

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Our Values

Outcomes. Urgency. Respect.

Be outcome-oriented

We play to win. That means setting our sights and going for it. Working together to define the goal and driving forward to success.

Build with urgency

The world won’t wait for us. We seek urgent, pragmatic solutions to difficult problems. That means working iteratively, learning and reinventing as we go.