EIN 84-3111259

Knowledge Futures

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
14
Year formed
2019
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
Knowledge Futures builds infrastructure for a sustainable knowledge economy, providing open-source publishing tools for academics and supporting experimental approaches.
Total revenues
$6,952,778
2022
Total expenses
$1,271,478
2022
Total assets
$7,037,167
2022
Num. employees
14
2022

Program areas at Knowledge Futures

In our third year as a nonprofit, we've grown the number of communities that we support (4,000+) and launched a sustainability model. We saw our 100,000th user signup and 5,000th community created in november and december 2022, respectively, and by the end of the year had seen the 65,000th pub created. In 2022, we had a total of 53 members with an average contribution size of $3,619. The content team (now called the community team) signed nine services contracts and billed 152,970.00 in revenue. We were also able to channel feedback and ideas from partners to launch 4 additional services in december 2022: oer course presentations, archiving and indexing, text-to-audio, and copyediting.

Grants made by Knowledge Futures

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Regents of the University of California at BerkeleyGlobal Coronavirus Research$220,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Global Coronavirus Research$95,000

Who funds Knowledge Futures

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)Human Services$5,100,000
The Patrick J McGovern FoundationTo Build and Support Products and Protocols To Make Knowledge Open and Accessible To All.$1,000,000
Aphorism FoundationGeneral Support$1,000,000
...and 3 more grants received

Personnel at Knowledge Futures

NameTitleCompensation
Travis RichExecutive Director$145,111
Gabe SteinHead of Operations Board Member
Gabriel SteinHead of Operations$138,199
Catherine AhearnHead of Communities$139,324
Dawit TegbaruDirector of Community Publishing Services
...and 3 more key personnel

Financials for Knowledge Futures

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$6,875,625
Program services$77,153
Investment income and dividends$0
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$6,952,778

Form 990s for Knowledge Futures

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-13990View PDF
2022-062023-04-27990View PDF
2021-062022-03-10990View PDF
2020-062021-05-18990View PDF

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Data update history
January 3, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
December 24, 2023
Received grants
Identified 3 new grant, including a grant for $5,100,000 from Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
August 5, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 6 new personnel
July 22, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
Nonprofit Types
Business and community development organizationsResearch centersHuman service organizationsCharities
Issues
Science and technologyHuman services
Characteristics
Conducts researchTax deductible donations
General information
Address
245 Main St FL 2
Cambridge, MA 02142
Metro area
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Website URL
knowledgefutures.org/ 
Phone
(617) 370-5665
IRS details
EIN
84-3111259
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2019
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
P20: Human Service Organizations
NAICS code, primary
5112: Software Publishers
Parent/child status
Independent
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