JIMMY
BEARDEN
Jimmy Bearden is a Bitcoin nonprofit researcher and digital entrepreneur based in Hoover, Alabama. He founded and operates the Bitcoin Nonprofit Directory, an independent source-linked research resource for nonprofit Bitcoin evidence.
His work focuses on nonprofit Bitcoin evidence, source review, structured data, and clear distinctions between donation access, policy statements, program activity, platform roles, and verified current holdings.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Research focus areas applied across the directory’s evidence and profile work.
TREASURY MANAGEMENT
Bitcoin as nonprofit reserve asset strategy, custody, and policy frameworks
POLICY & COMPLIANCE
IRS 501(c)(3) guidance, regulatory advocacy, and legal frameworks for Bitcoin-holding orgs
ADOPTION
Org-level Bitcoin adoption case studies, operational models, and philanthropy platforms
EDUCATION
Bitcoin literacy programs, board education, and donor communication frameworks
RESEARCH METHOD
The public research archive is under evidence review. The active methodology explains the directory’s current source standard, classification logic, and profile limitations.
VIEW VERIFICATION METHODOLOGYABOUT THE DIRECTORY
The Bitcoin Nonprofit Directory was built to document what public sources establish about nonprofit Bitcoin activity without conflating donation access, a stated policy, program activity, platform roles, and verified current holdings. The work relies on attributable first-party material, public filings, annual reports, and direct organizational disclosures where available.
The directory applies five evidence classifications: Public Bitcoin Policy, Bitcoin Activity Evidence, Bitcoin-Native Mission, Bitcoin Platform Model, and Treasury Status Unverified. Each profile explains what its cited evidence does and does not establish. This framework is documented in full on the Verification Methodology page.
All research is conducted independently. No organization pays for inclusion or classification. The goal is an accurate, defensible, and regularly updated record of the Bitcoin nonprofit sector as it evolves.