Accountability
Transparency & financials
An organization asking for public trust should show its work. This page collects our governing documents, our financial reports, and the rules that keep our two affiliated organizations legally and financially separate.
IRS status
Digital Asset Tax Action is an Illinois not-for-profit corporation recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, effective March 17, 2026. Our employer identification number (EIN) is 41-4945388, and we are classified as a publicly supported charity under Section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi).
You can read our IRS determination letter here: 501(c)(3) determination letter (PDF). The governing documents below round out the record.
Board of directors
Digital Asset Tax Action is governed by an independent board. You can read more about our leadership on the About page.
Additional directors and board photographs will be added as the boards are finalized. Board composition and officer duties are set out in the bylaws, below.
Governing documents
We post these documents here in full as they are cleared for publication. Each entry below is either a live link or a document in our governance file being prepared for posting.
Conflict-of-interest policy. The policy requiring directors and officers to disclose interests and recuse from matters in which they hold one. Read the policy (PDF).
Executive compensation policy. Our policy for setting the compensation of directors, officers, and other disqualified persons at no more than reasonable amounts, using independent comparability data and documented board approval, as required to avoid excess-benefit transactions. Read the policy (PDF).
Bylaws. The rules by which the organization is governed, including board composition, officer duties, and how the Bylaws may be amended. Adopted by the Board on July 2, 2026. Read the bylaws (PDF).
Form 1023, as filed. Our complete application for recognition of exemption, with exhibits, as submitted to the IRS. This is the public-inspection copy, with directors’ and the preparer’s personal contact details removed. Read the application (PDF).
Financial reports
Our annual Form 990 information returns will be posted here as they are filed. The organization was formed in 2026, so our first return has not yet come due.
How the two organizations share costs
Digital Asset Tax Action is affiliated with Digital Asset Tax Advocacy, a legally separate Section 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. The affiliation lets one shared mission run on two tracks — education here, advocacy there — but it only works if the money stays clean. Here is how we keep it that way, in plain English:
- Separate everything. Each organization has its own board of directors, its own bank accounts, and its own books. Funds are never shared or transferred between the organizations.
- The advocacy organization pays its own way. Where the two organizations use shared infrastructure — this website platform, office space, administrative services — a written cost-sharing agreement governs the split, and the 501(c)(4) pays its full share of every shared cost.
- Traceable costs are charged directly. Website design and development time is tracked by section: work on advocacy pages, including their share of design time, is charged to the advocacy organization, not to the charity.
Charitable dollars never subsidize lobbying. The advocacy organization pays its full share of every shared cost.
Donor privacy
We collect only the information we need to process gifts and stay in touch, our payment processors — not us — hold payment details, and our lists are never sold. Read the full donor and subscriber privacy policy.