New York · Nonprofit
TLON
TLON (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $407,076 to it, the largest being GOOD VENTURES FOUNDATION ($407,076). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $333k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $407k
- Net assets
- $150k
What Tlon does
Mission
Tlon translates content related to effective altruism, existential risk, and global priorities research into multiple languages.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Translation and Dissemination of Effective Altruism Texts. Services Provided: Our organization embarked on a critical mission to bridge the language barrier and widen the accessibility of influential texts on effective altruism. Recognizing the importance of making these pivotal resources available to a broader audience, we dedicated our efforts to meticulously translating key texts from English to Spanish, French and Italian. This initiative was aimed at empowering non-English-speaking individuals by providing them with access to valuable knowledge and insights that were previously inaccessible due to language constraints. Achievements: Successfully completed and published the translation of hundreds of articles and audio files related to effective altruism, ensuring that the core principles, methodologies, and impactful insights are preserved and conveyed accurately in Spanish, French, Italian, Turkish, Korean and Japanese. Number of Persons Benefited: Our translated materials are slated for distribution through several digital platform, reaching thousands of individuals across various countries. This estimate is based on our current subscription base and engagement rates on…
$235,442 spent100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $235,442.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $69k to $158k (+130%).
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.
98% of TLON’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of TLON’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
TLON draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
TLON runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like TLON
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TLON: 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 TLON?
- TLON (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $407,076 to it, the largest being GOOD VENTURES FOUNDATION ($407,076). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TLON have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $407,076 in grants to TLON.
- Who is the largest funder of TLON?
- GOOD VENTURES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $407,076 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TLON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), 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