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CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI INC

CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,395,207 to it, the largest being GOOD VENTURES FOUNDATION ($2,995,207). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$5.7M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$5.4M
Net assets
$4.8M
0/3 repeat funders
01What it does

What Centre for the Governance of Ai Inc does

Mission

Govai is organized to shape the lasting impact of artificial intelligence on the world, by supporting informed and effective decision-making by private and public institutions regarding the development and deployment of artificial intelligence. It accomplishes this goal through conducting and producing research, running education and training programs, advising relevant stakeholders, and organizing public and non-public educational events.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Research: the corporation will conduct research into the risks and opportunities presented by advanced ai and will develop solutions and policy options for effective ai governance to prepare for and manage those risks. We published more research last year than in any prior year, with more than 30 research reports, publications, and working papers and more than 20 opinion, analysis, or policy advice pieces. Our work touched on multiple critical areas of ai governance and policy, appearing in venues such as science, lawfare, the international conference on machine learning (icml), and the acm conference on fairness, accountability, and transparency (facct).talent development via education and training: the corporation will conduct education and training programs designed to provide individuals with the relevant skills and expertise necessary to contribute to ai governance in the public interest. In 2024, we hosted 36 seasonal fellows, a 50% increase compared to the previous year. We are also fielding an increase in demand, with applications jumping from 670 to 9,700 between 2023 and 2024. The average respondent to our alumni survey respondents credited the three-month program with…

    $380,976 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $380,976.

02The organization over time

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.

Chief executive

Ryan Fugate

Executive director (beg june)

Board chair

Tasha Mccauley

Chair (beg june)

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI 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

CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

44% 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 CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI INC.

56%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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

CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.

CA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,003 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin84% · top quartile
Months of reserve45.8mo · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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In New York

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

41% of spending goes to programs.

Program 41%Management 59%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 4 states

NY
MA
CA
DC

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Centre for the Governance of Ai · disregarded

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI INC?
CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,395,207 to it, the largest being GOOD VENTURES FOUNDATION ($2,995,207). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $5,395,207 in grants to CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI INC.
Who is the largest funder of CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI INC?
GOOD VENTURES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,995,207 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 3 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