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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
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$1.3Mrevenue
FY2025 · −81% in 3 yrs12staff
6 of 6years filed
’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−85.5%
Months of reserve6.0mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+25.4%
Middle half of peersMedianKnowledge Futures
Where the money goes FY2025 · $2.5M spent
Programs$1.8M75%Management and general$360k15%Fundraising$259k11%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 14% of revenue stopped after FY2022
The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc gave about $700k a year for three years, 14% of revenue in FY2022.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$2.4M in FY2023, −$2.1M in FY2024 and −$1.1M in FY2025. Cash covers 6.0 months, above the peer median of 3.2.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 25% a year since FY2020, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort6funders
$3.6Ma year, last 3 years
48%from its largest funder
Funder’20’21’22’23The Patrick J McGovern Foundation IncStopped after FY2022$350k$750k$1.0M–Aphorism FoundationOn and off$1.0MHacks HackersSince FY2022$150k$73kGates FoundationSince FY2022$25k$25kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$1.6M$6.1M
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped