Three executives at the Uniswap Foundation received $3.87 million in compensation for their work, with the sole achievement being "granting $10 million in grants."

According to a report by PaperImperium on the X platform, Uniswap Foundation (UF) has unusual executive compensation levels. Financial statements show that Uniswap Foundation disbursed $9.9929 million in grants, while employee compensation expenses reached $4.7943 million, of which $3.8711 million was used to pay executive compensation. In 2024, 22% of Uniswap Foundation's total expenditures were allocated to executive salaries.

In comparison, the Optimism Grants Council had a total grant budget of $63.5 million during the same period, while paying only $2.1393 million to review and follow-up staff. Even with the $500,000 KYC service fee included, the total compensation of the three Uniswap Foundation executives was equivalent to the entire operating costs of the Optimism Grants Council, while the amount of funds they contributed was only 20% of the latter.