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INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE INTELLIGENCE INC

INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE INTELLIGENCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $112,841 to it, the largest being Spelman College ($112,841). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.8M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$113k
Net assets
$101k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Institute for Future Intelligence Inc does

Mission

Become a leading institution in research and development that focuses on reimagining the relationship between human and ai and preparing for its profound impacts on society.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Science and engineering education for infrastructure transformation - this project develops the ai-enabled aladdin cad/cae software to support scientific inquiry and engineering design for secondary schools.

    $505,236 spent
    31% of program spending
  2. Developing and testing innovations: connecting indigenous culture and integrated stem in hawaii through smart agtech - this is an initiative that engages high school students in hawaii with hands-on, place-based stem learning centered on traditional hawaiian fishponds, aquaculture, and environmental science.

    $358,307 spent
    22% of program spending
  3. Educating generative designers in engineering - in collaboration with the university of texas at austin, this project develops generative design software that supports the research and development of generative design thinking.

    $243,850 spent
    15% of program spending
  4. Integrating data science and hands-on experience into the community college biotechnology classroom with applications to antibody engineering - this is an ifi and kapiolani community college initiative that trains students for biotechnology careers through hands-on learning in antibody engineering and related life-science techniques.

    $197,027 spent
    12% of program spending
  5. Using advanced technology to enhance learning and teaching in science labs at two-year colleges - this project serves the national interest by enhancing the introductory stem laboratory experience for students at eight two-year colleges across the country with advanced technologies such as thermal imaging, ai, and cloud computing.

    $191,293 spent
    12% of program spending
  6. Adventures in drug discovery: integrating data science into the science curriculum - ifi and the university of florida (uf) collaborate to develop novel educational technologies and curriculum materials to help teachers and students teach and learn data science as a method for accelerating drug discovery. The key innovation is artificial intelligence for molecular science (aims).

    $142,205 spent
    9% of program spending
  7. Developing a diverse stem workforce through experiential learning opportunities and immersive internships - this provides students with hands-on training, industry exposure, and internships in emerging technology fields such as ai, data science, and biotechnology through partnerships with local organizations.

  8. Smart power for schools - support kapiolani community college (kcc) to implement solar power design in hawaii schools.

  9. Socially transformative engineering pedagogy for a sustainable future - this project involves the design and implementation of a novel stem education curriculum to support the development of secondary students' abilities to reason through ambiguous and ethical challenges through design projects and to transfer these competencies to everyday life and future workplaces.

  10. A solar and wind innovation and technology collaborative for hawaii (switch) - in partnership with five high schools in hawaii, kapiolani community college (kcc) and ifi develop innovative educational programs that engage community college and high school students to learn the knowledge and skills needed to take on the renewable energy challenge.

The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,637,918.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($537k) Expenses 100 ($529k) Net assets 100 ($8k)2022 Revenue 195 ($1.0M) Expenses 200 ($1.1M) Net assets -51 ($-3839)2023 Revenue 208 ($1.1M) Expenses 214 ($1.1M) Net assets -266 ($-19985)2024 Revenue 201 ($1.1M) Expenses 209 ($1.1M) Net assets -618 ($-46485)2025 Revenue 336 ($1.8M) Expenses 313 ($1.7M) Net assets 1341 ($101k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (336)Expenses (313)Net assets (1341)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $159k to $316k (+98%).

$159k
$316k
$275k
$258k
$334k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 92% · 2022 94% · 2023 71% · 2024 80% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE INTELLIGENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$8k
’21
−$11k
’22
−$16k
’23
−$27k
’24
$147k
’25
0.9
months of
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.

Chief executive

Charles Xie

CEO/treasurer

Board chair

Janice Mokros

Board chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20212022202320242025
Listed139888
Joined·+0+0+0+2
No longer listed·4102
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $18k.

Funder
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
Spelman Collegeunclassified
$113k
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE 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.

Where its funders are

INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE INTELLIGENCE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.

GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE INTELLIGENCE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Months of reserve0.9mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)35% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE INTELLIGENCE INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.9M on record.

Federal$7.9M
grants $7.9Mcontracts $0
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21
23
24
25
Top agencies
  • National Science Foundation$7.1M
  • Department of Health and Human Services$809k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE INTELLIGENCE 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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
67%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE INTELLIGENCE INC?
INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE INTELLIGENCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $112,841 to it, the largest being Spelman College ($112,841). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE INTELLIGENCE INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $112,841 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE INTELLIGENCE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE INTELLIGENCE INC?
Spelman College is the largest funder on record, with $112,841 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE INTELLIGENCE 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 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