Research set

Nouns Foundation

Current public entry in GDER.

Qualified

Entry

Nouns Foundation

Edit entry Official source Token Treasury

Entity ID: dao-nouns-foundation

Display name: Nouns Foundation

Canonical name: Nouns Foundation

Legal name: Nouns Foundation

Entity type: Foundation

Documented wrapper: foundation company

Jurisdiction: Cayman Islands

Formation country: Cayman Islands

Status: Qualified

DAO candidate flag: Yes

Basis

Foundation provides the legal wrapper and veto layer around Nouns DAO governance and risk management.

Admission signals

Legal Wrapper Or Quasi Legal
Named Governance
Treasury Or Control Surface
Persistent Onchain Governance

Governance anchor

Anchor type: Onchain Vote

https://nouns.wtf/vote

Onchain references

These links are convenience references for public inspection. Treasury control notes are shown only where the public evidence was strong enough to support the claim.

Token references

Label: Nouns token (ERC-721)

Network: Ethereum

Address: 0x9c8ff314c9bc7f6e59a9d9225fb22946427edc03

Etherscan

Treasury references

Label: Nouns governance treasury

Network: Ethereum

Address: 0x0BC3807Ec262cB779b38D65b38158acC3bfedE10

Treasury control: Governance Contract

Controlling addresses

Label: NounsDAOProxy

Network: Ethereum

Address: 0x6f3E6272A167e8AcCb32072d08E0957F9c79223d

Open link

Nouns documentation describes the treasury as a Compound-style timelock executor controlled by the Nouns governance contract.

Open link Nouns docs

Notes

Nouns governance is keyed to an ERC-721 governance token rather than a fungible ERC-20.

Confidence

Tier: High

Score: 4

Canonical URL

https://nouns.wtf/

Sources

Official sources

https://discourse.nouns.wtf/t/proposal-fund-nouns-foundation-setup-and-2022-operations/649

Secondary sources

https://decrypt.co/resources/what-are-nouns-the-nft-dao-building-open-source-ip

All sources

Notes

Official governance materials discuss the foundation setup; Decrypt identifies it as an ownerless Cayman foundation company.