Organization Profile
TheDAO Security Fund
TheDAO Security Fund is an Ethereum security endowment stewarded by seven curators. It stakes unclaimed assets from the original DAO recovery and uses staking rewards to support shared security work through funding rounds, including grants and competitive RFPs. The website identifies its operator as TheDAO LLC.1,2
Programs
1 active- TheDAO Security FundGrants
TheDAO Security Fund uses endowment staking rewards to fund work that creates shared public value for Ethereum security. Its open ETHSecurity Initiatives round accepts proposed initiatives, coordinates co-funding and supports both grants to identified teams and competitive RFPs. Teams can bid when an RFP becomes fully funded and its 30-day proposal window opens; funding is paid against milestones.
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TheDAO Security FundETHSecurity Initiatives: No deadline on file, from 2026-09-15