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A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$6.3Mrevenue
FY2024 · +40% in 3 yrs24staff
8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin−60.4%
Months of reserve1.2mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+17.0%
Middle half of peersMedianCenter for Applied Rationality
Where the money goes FY2024 · $10M spent
Programs$9.7M96%Management and general$445k4%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking3
A funder worth 11% of revenue stopped after FY2021
The Casey & Family Foundation gave $500k in FY2021, 11% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsGovernment grants fell 100% in FY2023
$179k in FY2022, $0 in FY2023.
990 Part VIIIDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$320k in FY2023 and −$3.8M in FY2024. Cash covers 1.2 months, under the peer median of 3.4.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 17% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort21funders
$4.3Ma year, last 3 years
51%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Good Ventures FoundationOn and off$628k$408k$460k$861kBerkeley Existential Risk InitiativeOn and off$1.4M$300k$70kThe Casey & Family FoundationOn and off$500kEffective Ventures Foundation USA IncOn and off$180k$15k$10kGood Forever FoundationNew in FY2023$150kCambridge Boston Alignment Initiative IncNew in FY2023$11kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$588k$1.6M$583k$1.5M$2.9M$5.6M$2.3M3 other fundersUp to $5k a year each$1k$2k$6k$1k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund