Public Charity

SANTA FE INSTITUTE

Based in SANTA FE, NM, SANTA FE INSTITUTE operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $51.8M in revenue, $17.0M in expenses, $86.2M in total assets for fiscal year 2024. Imperigo tracks 61 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $12.9M.

EIN: 850325494 SANTA FE, NM General Science NTEE: U20 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$51.8M
Total Expenses$17.0M
Total Assets$86.2M
Grant Records61
Funding Total$12.9M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

THE SANTA FE INSTITUTE IS A TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH COMMUNITY THAT EXPANDS THE BOUNDARIES OF SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING. ITS AIM IS TO DISCOVER, COMPREHEND, AND COMMUNICATE THE COMMON FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES IN COMPLEX PHYSICAL, COMPUTATIONAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS THAT UNDERLIE MANY OF THE MOST PROFOUND PROBLEMS FACING SCIENCE AND SOCIETY TODAY.

Where $100 goes at Santa Fe Institute

How Santa Fe Institute divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$65 Programs the work itself
$33 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $65 for programs

$65
2024 Santa Fe Institute science activities and accomplishments - - Science personnel: in 2024, sfi had ten resident faculty, added seven new external professors, had five fractal faculty…
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 27 awards; 700 attendees; 50 students
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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

TRUSTEE Bill Gurley
TRUSTEE Carl Kawaja
PROFESSOR Cris Moore
TRUSTEE Dan Tierney
TRUSTEE Darla Moore
PRESIDENT David Krakauer

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$11,599,959 43 grants
Research & Policy
$1,190,403 11 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
$59,470 1 grant
Health & Medicine
$32,000 1 grant
Education
$30,720 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $51.8M $17.0M $86.2M
2023 $9.2M $46.3M $51.6M
2022 $11.4M $15.4M $86.6M
2020 $12.3M $10.5M $51.2M
2019 $10.3M $12.5M $49.9M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $10.3M to $51.8M (+402%), with total assets most recently reported at $86.2M.

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