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About MeshEnvy

MeshEnvy NCC is a Nevada-based nonprofit corporation dedicated to making resilient, community-owned communications possible across the state. Our mandate is simple: stand anywhere in Nevada and connect to the Mesh.

Mission Focus

We coordinate node deployments, support volunteers, and document deployment best practices so that emergency responders, rural communities, and civic technologists can rely on resilient communications even when traditional infrastructure fails.

If you’d like to help, reach out about node hosting, site scouting, technical expertise, or storytelling. We’re building this network together.

Legal Status

  • Official name: MeshEnvy NCC
  • Nevada Secretary of State Entity ID: E52600402025-2
  • Nevada Business ID: NV20253463357
  • IRS Employer Identification Number (EIN): 41-2583340
  • 501(c)(3) status: Official 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status

These credentials allow us to operate transparently, accept donations, pursue grants, and partner with agencies that depend on accountable nonprofit governance. You can read the full announcement in our entity and EIN update. Since MeshEnvy NCC has received its 501(c)(3) determination, contributions are now tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law, expanding our ability to build and maintain mesh infrastructure statewide.

Board of Directors

MeshEnvy NCC is guided by a board that blends hands-on technical experience with nonprofit stewardship. Meet the directors who keep the mission on track.

Ben Allfree

Ben Allfree, Founder

Ben draws on a career spanning software engineering, embedded and realtime systems, and networked communications. He has helped hundreds of founders take ideas from concept to launch and now dedicates that energy to building Nevada's mesh. Ben earned a BS in Computer Science and a BA in Music from UNR, plus an MBA focused on entrepreneurship from St. Francis University.

Edward Mitchell

Edward Mitchell, Director

Ed brings over 25 years of systems, network, telecommunications, and security experience in private industry and higher education to the board. As a leader in research computing, he enjoys taking part in solving the challenges of enabling scientific research. Ed holds a BA in Political Science from UC Davis, a JD from Santa Clara University, and is licensed to practice in the state of California. An avid outdoorsman, in his spare time he volunteers with search and rescue, climbs mountains, and explores the vast expanses of Nevada.

Leslie Allfree, Director

Leslie supports board oversight with a focus on stakeholder alignment and transparent decision-making as the network expands statewide.

Open Board Seats

MeshEnvy NCC is recruiting two directors who bring strengths in public land stewardship, nonprofit governance, state or local policy, and community outreach. If you can help bridge those worlds with Nevada's mesh community, please contact us.