EIN 81-0861541

OpenAI

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
2
Year formed
2015
Most recent tax filings
2023-12-01
Description
OpenAI's mission is to build safe AGI, and ensure AGI's benefits are as widely and evenly distributed as possible. They expect AI technologies to be hugely impactful in the short term, but their impact will be outstripped by that of the first AGIs.
Total revenues
$5,363,248
2023
Total expenses
$2,866,846
2023
Total assets
$22,678,253
2023
Num. employees
2
2023

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.

Grants made by OpenAI

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
New York University (NYU)Ethics & Journalism Grant$395,000
Center for AI SafetyResearch To Ensure Ai Safety$333,333
Duke UniversityResearch Ai Morality$333,333
...and 8 more grants made

Who funds OpenAI

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Yc OrgGeneral Support$16,028,500

Personnel at OpenAI

NameTitleCompensation
Sam AltmanDirector and President and Chief Executive Officer$0

Financials for OpenAI

RevenuesFYE 12/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$5,023,159
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$340,089
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$5,363,248

Form 990s for OpenAI

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-122024-11-13990View PDF
2022-122023-11-15990View PDF
2021-122022-11-15990View PDF
2020-122021-11-15990View PDF
2019-122021-04-01990View PDF
...and 3 more Form 990s
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/ 
Twitter profile
@openai 
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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