Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE FUTURE SOCIETY INC
THE FUTURE SOCIETY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,176,614 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,919,255). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What The Future Society Inc does
Mission
The future society (tfs) organizes and hosts panels, talks, workshops and debates, as well as, produces research and publications, tfs participates in conferences to advance its primary exempt purpose.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Total 140 global ai governance:the future society organized the sixth edition of the athens roundtable on ai and the rule of law in paris, co-hosted at the oecd, facilitating a day-long dialogue on ai governance challenges with over 130 attendees including unesco, france's ai action summit, the ai & society institute, the conseil national du numrique, make.org, the tech and global affairs innovation hub of sciences po, arnold & porter, fathom, and h.e. The president of the hellenic republic. The future society co-led france's ai action summit's official consultation with 11,000+ citizens and 200+ expert groups. The report advocated for the inclusion of concerns regarding ai safety and security, global governance, public interest ai, future of work, and culture and innovation. The future society published two pieces on international collaboration and coordination, shaping un and oecd consultations while also supporting un tech envoy horizon-scanning, contributing to the oecd-ieee global trust challenge, and coordinating rapid-response knowledge sharing for policymakers.
$602,370 spent$40,000 earned by the program46% of program spendingTotal 130 european ai governance:tfs conducted research and provided input to european policymakers on the implementation of the european ai act, the first comprehensive ai legislation. Through policy research, multi-stakeholder convenings, and meetings with policymakers, tfs made concrete recommendations, including the participation of civil society and non-industry stakeholders in the drafting process of the code of practice, as well as technical means to articulate requirements in chapter v of the ai act into concrete commitments.
$356,150 spent27% of program spendingTotal 110 general programs:the future society conducted research, organized convenings, and advocated for ai governance mechanisms ranging from laws and agencies to principles and standards. This was done by engaging with government, industry, civil society, and academia.
$279,048 spent21% of program spendingTotal 150 us ai governance
$80,378 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,317,946.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2.3M to $3.7M (+65%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 0% · 2020 2% · 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of THE FUTURE SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Nicolas Moes
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $25k → $1.4M.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 THE FUTURE SOCIETY 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
THE FUTURE SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
81% 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 THE FUTURE SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 52% · 2021 83% · 2022 91% · 2023 54% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
50% of THE FUTURE SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
73% of THE FUTURE SOCIETY 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 $859k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
THE FUTURE SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE FUTURE SOCIETY 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.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Future Society Mtu · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FUTURE SOCIETY 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 THE FUTURE SOCIETY INC?
- THE FUTURE SOCIETY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,176,614 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,919,255). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE FUTURE SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $3,176,614 in grants to THE FUTURE SOCIETY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FUTURE SOCIETY INC?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,919,255 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FUTURE SOCIETY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 10 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