Massachusetts · Nonprofit
CAMBRIDGE BOSTON ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE INC
CAMBRIDGE BOSTON ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,720,294 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($2,399,420). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative Inc does
Mission
The purpose of this corporation, as set forth in its amended and restated certificate of incorporation, is to engage in charitable, educational, and scientific activities within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended, or the corresponding provision of any future united states internal revenue law (the "code"), including primarily conducting research within the meaning of code section 501(c)(3).
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Workshops - cbai supports and runs one-off workshops with the goal of furthering conversations and networking in ai safety. There were approximately 5 workshops run during 2023, including a longer, more intensive summer workshop.
$305,216 spent36% of program spendingGeneral program - cbai supports and accelerates students interested in pursuing careers in ai safety by serving as the fiscal sponsor and offering administrative support for ai safety student teams who organize and facilitate introductory fellowships for other students interested in ai safety, as well as run regular reading/discussion groups to strengthen and bolster networking and collaboration among group members. In 2023 there were approximately 60 participants in the regular reading groups and approximately 175 participants in the introductory reading groups.
$296,928 spentof which $55,950 as grants35% of program spendingMit - following the successful model developed primarily for and by the students in harvard square, similar programming became implemented specifically for students affiliated with mit. A specific office space was rented for them in kendall square, to prepare them to run their own introductory fellowships and hold regular reading/discussion groups. The mit board/leadership team started with approximately 10 members.
$167,309 spent20% of program spendingOther program
$72,480 spent9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $841,933.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $374k to $1.4M (+264%).
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.
99% of CAMBRIDGE BOSTON ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CAMBRIDGE BOSTON ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE 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.
How concentrated its funding is
CAMBRIDGE BOSTON ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CAMBRIDGE BOSTON ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE INC.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
67% of CAMBRIDGE BOSTON ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.2M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
CAMBRIDGE BOSTON ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CAMBRIDGE BOSTON ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CAMBRIDGE BOSTON ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE INC?
- CAMBRIDGE BOSTON ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,720,294 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($2,399,420). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CAMBRIDGE BOSTON ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $3,720,294 in grants to CAMBRIDGE BOSTON ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAMBRIDGE BOSTON ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE INC?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,399,420 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAMBRIDGE BOSTON ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 4 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