Program areas at OpenAI
Since its founding, OpenAI, Inc. (the Organization) has undertaken a wide range of charitable initiatives, such as sponsoring a comprehensive basic income study, supporting economic impact research, and experimenting with education-centered programs like OpenAI Scholars. The Organizations efforts also included supporting a number of other public charities focused on technology, economic impact and justice. More recently, the Organization forged partnerships with Duke University, New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, the American Journalism Project, Operation HOPE, and other research organizations to sponsor additional AI research and impact projects. The Organization remains the governing body for all of OpenAI and holds an interest in OpenAIs operating entities. Each of the Organizations related organizations is legally bound to pursue the Organizations mission.Through its control of the OpenAI for-profit entities, additional milestones were accomplished in 2023 including:Publishing widely-impactful research on AI capabilities, safety, and policy, such as the GPT-4 Technical Report and Preparedness Framework. Advancing its longstanding and ongoing safety research initiatives into the mainstream, including research on system cards, societal risks research, external expert red teaming, and CBRN evaluations.Providing over $15M of financial support in the forms of grants and Applicable Programming Interface credits to social benefit organizations, nonprofit organizations, and research sponsorships.Deploying state-of-art models like GPT-4, which were widely considered a step change improvement in language model capabilities. Advanced language models were made available to the public free of charge via the ChatGPT application, including features such as voice mode.These contributions to the advancement of AI technology, along with the continuous study on the broader societal impact of AI, are critical steps in moving the Organization towards the development of safe, effective, and productive general-purpose artificial intelligence that benefits all humanity.
Who funds OpenAI
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Grantmaker | Grantmaker tax period | Description | Amount |
---|
Yc Org | 2017-12 | General Support | $16,028,500 |
Personnel at OpenAI
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
---|
Sam Altman | Director and President and Chief Executive Officer | $0 | 2022-12-31 |
Financials for OpenAI
Revenues | FYE 12/2023 | FYE 12/2022 | % Change |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $5,023,159 | $1,611 | - |
Program services | $0 | $0 | - |
Investment income and dividends | $340,089 | $42,874 | 693.2% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
Total revenues | $5,363,248 | $44,485 | 11956.3% |
Organizations like OpenAI
Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
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National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education (NIPTE) | 501(c)(3) | Minneapolis, MN | $1,485,741 |
US Ignite | 501(c)(3) | Washington, DC | $14,082,305 |
South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) | 501(c)(3) | Columbia, SC | $16,234,461 |
International Computer Science Institute | 501(c)(3) | Berkeley, CA | $3,693,651 |
Far Ai | 501(c)(3) | San Diego, CA | $8,076,314 |
Redwood Research Group | 501(c)(3) | Berkeley, CA | $10,036,347 |
Houston Advanced Research Center | 501(c)(3) | The Woodlands, TX | $6,858,545 |
Northeast Uas Airspace Integration Research Alliance | 501(c)(3) | Canastota, NY | $7,312,587 |
NextEnergy Center | 501(c)(3) | Detroit, MI | $4,611,725 |
Heartland Science and Technology Group | 501(c)(3) | Chillicothe, IL | $1,646,754 |
Data update history
January 19, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
July 16, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
July 5, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
July 5, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
July 1, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsResearch centersCharities
Issues
Science and technology
Characteristics
Provides grantsConducts researchLobbyingOperates internationallyTax deductible donationsNo full-time employeesAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 1455 3rd St
- San Francisco, CA 94158
- Metro area
- San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
- County
- San Francisco County, CA
- Website URL
- openai.com/about/Â
- Twitter profile
- @openaiÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 81-0861541
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2015
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- U40: Engineering and Technology Research, Services
- NAICS code, primary
- 5417: Scientific Research and Development Services
- Parent/child status
- Independent
California AB-488 details
- AB 488 status
- May Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes
- Charity Registration status
- Current
- FTB status revoked
- Not revoked
- AG Registration Number
- CT0253793
- FTB Entity ID
- 3858313
- AB 488 data last updated ("as-of") date
- 2025-02-19
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