Entities

Helium Foundation

Entity Type
Founding Date
2021
Parent Entity

The Helium Foundation, formerly the Decentralized Wireless Alliance, is a global not-for-profit dedicated to the proliferation of a secure, cost-effective internet. The Foundation exists to benefit the wireless industry and its stakeholders implementing network governance, ecosystem development, and public education. The organization is building a more connected world to better disseminate knowledge, improve economies around resource management, and add new layers of accountability and transparency for all types of organizations who rely on wireless connectivity. The Foundation is the steward of Helium, the world's first and largest decentralized wireless network, powered by the Solana Foundation

ABOUT THE HELIUM FOUNDATION

  • The Helium Foundation stands on the front line of one of the most exciting paradigm shifts at the intersection of blockchain and wireless technology.

  • The Foundation sits at the center of the Helium community serving as both steward and the coordination layer for the expansion and growth of decentralized wireless.

  • The Foundation runs an extensive grants program to accelerate the growth of the Helium ecosystem. 

  • The grants program provides individuals and project teams access to funding, technical support, and community resources.


FOUNDATION ADVOCACIES

With wireless ubiquity as our north star, the Foundation is responsible for many things that support Network builders and users. 

  • Educate and Inform. 

The Foundation is responsible for synthesizing and highlighting exciting developments across the community. 

  • Shepherd Network Governance. 

The Foundation provides the framework to manage and maintain the open technologies that power peer-to-peer wireless networks to benefit the wireless industry and various types of wireless protocols.

  • Protocol Development and Technical Support. 

The Foundation’s engineering team plays a key role in scaling Network performance and reliability, in addition to ongoing management and maintenance.