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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ASHGRO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,240,415
Total expenses
$2,672,983
Contributions and grants received
$4,187,186
Grants paid
$70,280
Program service revenue
$25,299
Investment income
$25,723
Other revenue
$2,207
Total assets, end of year
$3,359,896
Total liabilities, end of year
$154,811
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,205,085
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,321,145
Management and general expenses
$351,838
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,321,145

Program services were 86.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,187,186

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $25,299 · related or exempt $25,299 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $25,723 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $25,723

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $2,207 · related or exempt $2,207 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,207

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $40,320 · program services $40,320

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $29,960 · program services $29,960

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $44,675 · program services $39,622 · management and general $5,053

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $834,548 · program services $740,156 · management and general $94,392

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,255 · program services $1,255

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,254 · program services $13,721 · management and general $533

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $140,568 · program services $103,609 · management and general $36,959

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,512 · program services $1,806 · management and general $23,706

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,487 · management and general $34,487

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $920,577 · program services $864,855 · management and general $55,722

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,681 · program services $286 · management and general $4,395

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $59,065 · program services $43,117 · management and general $15,948

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $59,420 · program services $55,498 · management and general $3,922

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $110,447 · program services $96,950 · management and general $13,497

  • 17 · Travel

    total $206,612 · program services $159,480 · management and general $47,132

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,524 · program services $12,606 · management and general $1,918

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,406 · program services $376 · management and general $2,030

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $110,778 · program services $98,634 · management and general $12,144 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $18,894 · program services $18,894 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,601,978 · end of year $2,166,707

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,026,206

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $57,733 · end of year $166,983

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $22,058 · end of year $77,200

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $77,611

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,637,653 · end of year $296,423

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,908,662

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ASHGRO'S MISSION IS TO SAFEGUARD HUMANITY BY MINIMIZING THE RISK OF MISALIGNMENT IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. ASHGRO ACCOMPLISHES ITS MISSION BY OPERATING PROJECTS WORKING TOWARDS AI ALIGNMENT THROUGH RESEARCH, WORKSHOPS, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.

  • APART RESEARCH - IS DEDICATED TO ENSURING THAT ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IS SAFE AND BENEFICIAL FOR HUMANITY. IN 2024, THE PROGRAM FOCUSED ON BUILDING GLOBAL RESEARCH COMMUNITIES TO ACCELERATE PROGRESS IN AI SAFETY. APART RESEARCH ORGANIZED RESEARCH HACKATHONS, SPRINTS, AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS THAT ENABLED PARTICIPANTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO HIGH-IMPACT SAFETY PROJECTS. THESE INITIATIVES LED TO SEVERAL ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS AND FOSTERED COLLABORATION AMONG EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED RESEARCHERS IN THE FIELD.

    Expenses $520,593 · Grants $12,082 · Revenue $25,299

  • TIMAEUS IS FOCUSED ON SINGULAR LEARNING THEORY (SLT) AND DEVELOPMENTAL INTERPRETABILITY. THE PROJECT OPERATES WITH A DISTRIBUTED TEAM OF RESEARCHERS AND ENGINEERS ACROSS THREE PRIMARY HUBS IN BERKELEY, LONDON, AND MELBOURNE. TIMAEUS CONDUCTS RESEARCH AIMED AT UNDERSTANDING AND ADVANCING AI SAFETY THROUGH THE MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORK OF SLT AND APPROACHES THAT STUDY AI SYSTEMS THROUGH THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING PROCESSES.

    Expenses $500,354 · Grants $47,878

  • ORTHOGONAL IS A RESEARCH INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON ADVANCING THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) SAFETY. THE TEAM AIMS TO DEVELOP A RIGOROUS UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO ALIGN INCREASINGLY CAPABLE AI SYSTEMS WITH HUMAN VALUES AND INTENT. IN 2024, ORTHOGONAL PUBLISHED ORIGINAL RESEARCH ON "EPISTEMIC STATES AS A POTENTIAL BENIGN PRIOR," CONTRIBUTING TO THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE ON SAFE AI DEVELOPMENT. THE TEAM ALSO CONTINUED ACTIVE COLLABORATION WITH RESEARCHERS FROM LEADING AI SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS TO REFINE TECHNICAL CONCEPTS AND DISSEMINATE FINDINGS WITHIN THE BROADER RESEARCH COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $339,757

  • OTHER PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDE FUND FOR AI SAFETY, AED, CATALYZE IMPACT, STAMPY, ALTER, DECODE RESEARCH, ROBERT MILES YOUTUBE, KAIROS, ONTOLOGY IDENTIFICATION PROJECT, AFFINE, SANDBAGGING, CAPE TOWN, HUMAN AGENCY BENCHMARKS, EQUIANO AND NEURAL INTERACTIVE PROOFS.

    Expenses $960,441 · Grants $10,320

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jason Hepburn

    PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $44,675
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,675
    Hours/week
    40

  • Anastasiia Gaidashenko

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hunter Jay

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202600159349301705

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