Public Charity

Open Research Lab

Open Research Lab is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in San Francisco, CA. Its most recent IRS filing (2024) reports revenue of $18.3M, expenses of $3.8M, total assets of $3.0M. Imperigo tracks 14 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $24.5M.

EIN: 810861414 San Francisco, CA Science & Technology N.E.C. NTEE: U99 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$18.3M
Total Expenses$3.8M
Total Assets$3.0M
Grant Records14
Funding Total$24.5M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

Open Research Lab seeks to answer open-ended questions and develop technology that should not be owned by any one company and requires work on a very long time horizon. With investment in fundamental research declining, Open Research Lab seeks to fill fundamental research gaps.

Where $100 goes at Open Research Lab

How Open Research Lab divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$91 Programs the work itself
$9 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $91 for programs

$91
In 2024, the Organization completed the initial dissemination of research findings for the Unconditional Cash Study (also called ORUS), a randomized controlled trial
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Strategy Director Aristia Kinis Glinka
COO/Director Chris Clark
Director Elizabeth Rhodes
Research Manager Karina Dotson
Data Director Patrick Krause
Director Sam Altman

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$21,088,470 8 grants
Research & Policy
$2,125,000 2 grants
Arts & Culture
$825,000 2 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$25,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$401,713 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $18.3M $3.8M $3.0M
2023 $494K $4.8M $2.8M
2022 $194K $3.6M $6.8M
2020 $4.1M $6.6M $3.3M
2019 $1.7M $4.6M $834K

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.7M to $18.3M (+959%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.0M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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