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MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE
MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $271,432 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($260,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $276k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $271k
- Net assets
- $25k
What Mathematical Metaphysics Institute does
Mission
Through the discovery of calculus, isaac newton revolutionized the field of natural philosophy, the branch of philosophy concerned with understanding the natural world, to such an extent that it was rebranded as a field of science called "physics". Prominent mathematicians like david spivak believe that we are at the cusp of discovering a new branch of mathematics that can do for metaphysics the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of consciousness, the relationship between mind and matter, and the nature of identity, among other things what calculus did for natural philosophy. The Mathematical Metaphysics Institute (mmi) aims to facilitate the development of this new branch of mathematics, by building an interdisciplinary mathematical and scientific research community oriented toward finding rigorous foundations for metaphysics, and making grants to support existing research in this direction. Mmi also aims to utilize the fruits of this research to (1) facilitate cro
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Academic grants for concretizing and disseminating metaphysical insights from eastern spiritual traditions in existing academic frameworks. * under mmi funding, mark miller (former postdoc of andy clark, the author of surfing uncertainty), completed a paper exploring how near-death experiences might reduce fear of death from a predictive processing standpoint, and additionally published a paper comparing jhanas (blissful meditation states described in buddhism) and speaking in tongues from a predictive processing standpoint * david spivak wrote a blog post about an idea he came up with called plausible fiction, which provides conceptual clarity for understanding self-fulfilling prophecies, and suggests pointers for how to model them mathematically
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE’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
MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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
96% 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 MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE.
“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
96% of MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE'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 $11k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside North Carolina, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $260k 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.
Against its field
MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE
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.
In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE: 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 MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE?
- MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $271,432 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($260,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $271,432 in grants to MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE.
- Who is the largest funder of MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $260,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2 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