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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
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)
$86krevenue
FY2025 · −79% in 3 yrs2staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−73.2%
Months of reserve16.4mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+57.3%
Middle half of peersMedianGlobal Viral dba Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems
Where the money goes FY2025 · $149k spent
Management and general$84k56%Fundraising$66k44%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking3
Its largest funder stopped after FY2020
John Templeton Foundation gave about $1.1M a year for four years, 29% of revenue in FY2020.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsGovernment grants fell 100% in FY2023
$216k in FY2021, $0 in FY2023.
990 Part VIIIDeficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$554k in FY2023, −$69k in FY2024 and −$63k in FY2025. Cash covers 16.4 months, above the peer median of 15.9.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 57% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort2funders
$200ka year, last 3 years
50%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22John Templeton FoundationStopped after FY2020$2.1M$900k$1.0M$300k–Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationSince FY2020$100k$100k$100k
FundedStopped