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Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer Inc

Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $475,000 to it, the largest being THE LENFEST INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM SPECIAL ASSET FUND OF TPF ($475,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$220k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$475k
Net assets
$225k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer Inc does

Mission

CAIs mission is to revive restore and revolutionize local journalism. We aim to bring back trust transform communities and turn the tide in favor of fact-based reporting. By leveraging cutting-edge artificial intelligence we are committed to ensuring that civic journalism not only survives but thrives in the digital age.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. CAI is in year two or operations and still a startup. As such no programs were offered in 2025.

    $0 spent

  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent

  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent

  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $0.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20242024 Revenue 100 ($475k) Expenses 100 ($150k) Net assets 100 ($325k)2025 Revenue 46 ($220k) Expenses 214 ($320k) Net assets 69 ($225k)
20242025
Revenue (46)Expenses (214)Net assets (69)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $325k to $225k (−31%).

$325k
$225k
20242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$325k
’24
−$100k
’25
5.1
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

20242025
Listed34
Joined·+1
No longer listed·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.

PA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer Inc's revenue fell 54% between 2024 and 2025.

Operating margin−46% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve5.1mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−54% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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In Massachusetts

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Nationally

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

0% of spending goes to programs.

Program 0%Management 100%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
50%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer Inc?
Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $475,000 to it, the largest being THE LENFEST INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM SPECIAL ASSET FUND OF TPF ($475,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $475,000 in grants to Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer Inc.
Who is the largest funder of Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer Inc?
THE LENFEST INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM SPECIAL ASSET FUND OF TPF is the largest funder on record, with $475,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing