California · Nonprofit
Epoch Artificial Intelligence Inc
Epoch Artificial Intelligence Inc (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,292,488 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($4,132,488). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $180k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $8.3M
- Net assets
- $96k
What Epoch Artificial Intelligence Inc does
Mission
Epoch AI advances understanding of the development, progress, and scaling of artificial intelligence through research, data analysis, and public education. Our mission is to produce rigorous, data-driven insights on long-term AI trends to support the safe and beneficial deployment of advanced AI technologies.Epoch AI conducts and publishes research on the history of AI progress, forecasting models, scaling laws, and the economics of AI development. We share our findings openly to inform researchers, policymakers, and the public, with the goal of improving decision-making and fostering responsible AI governance.All activities are educational and scientific in nature, and most research outputs are made freely available to maximize transparency, knowledge sharing, and public benefit.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Published Research on AI Progress and Scaling Trends:Epoch AI conducted and published original research analyzing trends in artificial intelligence system development, including studies on training compute, algorithmic efficiency, scaling laws, and benchmarking model capabilities. These research outputs contribute to the global understanding of AI progress and are made freely available through Epoch AI's website and other public platforms.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 Epoch Artificial Intelligence 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
Epoch Artificial Intelligence Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 Epoch Artificial Intelligence 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
62% of Epoch Artificial Intelligence 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 $3.2M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.1M 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
Epoch Artificial Intelligence Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 793 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Epoch Artificial Intelligence Inc
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Epoch Artificial Intelligence 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 Epoch Artificial Intelligence Inc?
- Epoch Artificial Intelligence Inc (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,292,488 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($4,132,488). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Epoch Artificial Intelligence Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $8,292,488 in grants to Epoch Artificial Intelligence Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Epoch Artificial Intelligence Inc?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $4,132,488 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Epoch Artificial Intelligence Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 6 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