Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $5,748,996
Total expenses: $919,661
Contributions and grants received: $5,734,826
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $0
Other revenue: $14,170
Total assets, end of year: $5,070,337
Total liabilities, end of year: $289,516
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $4,780,821
Program services expenses (Part IX): $380,976
Management and general expenses: $538,685
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $380,976

Program services were 41.4% 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.

1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$5,734,826
11d · All other revenue

total $14,170 · excluded $14,170
11e · Other revenue, total

$14,170

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $29,872 · program services $16,231 · management and general $13,641
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $448,710 · program services $243,805 · management and general $204,905
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $37,987 · program services $20,640 · management and general $17,347
9 · Other employee benefits

total $89,706 · program services $48,742 · management and general $40,964
10 · Payroll taxes

total $49,031 · program services $26,641 · management and general $22,390
11b · Fees: legal

total $81,580 · management and general $81,580
11c · Fees: accounting

total $12,773 · management and general $12,773
11g · Fees: other

total $13,537 · program services $1,701 · management and general $11,836
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $4,114 · program services $3,273 · management and general $841
13 · Office expenses

total $50,110 · program services $399 · management and general $49,711
14 · Information technology

total $13,893 · program services $400 · management and general $13,493
16 · Occupancy

total $6,348 · program services $3,910 · management and general $2,438
17 · Travel

total $24,395 · program services $14,430 · management and general $9,965
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $54,765 · program services $804 · management and general $53,961
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $998 · management and general $998
23 · Insurance

total $1,842 · management and general $1,842

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,511,493
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $587,635
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $0 · end of year $909,265
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$2,991
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$998
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,993
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $40,000
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $19,951
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $0 · end of year $289,516
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,900,824
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,879,997

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

GOVAI IS ORGANIZED TO SHAPE THE LASTING IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON THE WORLD, BY SUPPORTING INFORMED AND EFFECTIVE DECISION-MAKING BY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. IT ACCOMPLISHES THIS GOAL THROUGH CONDUCTING AND PRODUCING RESEARCH, RUNNING EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS, ADVISING RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS, AND ORGANIZING PUBLIC AND NON-PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL EVENTS.

RESEARCH: THE CORPORATION WILL CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO THE RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED BY ADVANCED AI AND WILL DEVELOP SOLUTIONS AND POLICY OPTIONS FOR EFFECTIVE AI GOVERNANCE TO PREPARE FOR AND MANAGE THOSE RISKS. WE PUBLISHED MORE RESEARCH LAST YEAR THAN IN ANY PRIOR YEAR, WITH MORE THAN 30 RESEARCH REPORTS, PUBLICATIONS, AND WORKING PAPERS AND MORE THAN 20 OPINION, ANALYSIS, OR POLICY ADVICE PIECES. OUR WORK TOUCHED ON MULTIPLE CRITICAL AREAS OF AI GOVERNANCE AND POLICY, APPEARING IN VENUES SUCH AS SCIENCE, LAWFARE, THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MACHINE LEARNING (ICML), AND THE ACM CONFERENCE ON FAIRNESS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY (FACCT).TALENT DEVELOPMENT VIA EDUCATION AND TRAINING: THE CORPORATION WILL CONDUCT EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH THE RELEVANT SKILLS AND EXPERTISE NECESSARY TO CONTRIBUTE TO AI GOVERNANCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. IN 2024, WE HOSTED 36 SEASONAL FELLOWS, A 50% INCREASE COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. WE ARE ALSO FIELDING AN INCREASE IN DEMAND, WITH APPLICATIONS JUMPING FROM 670 TO 9,700 BETWEEN 2023 AND 2024. THE AVERAGE RESPONDENT TO OUR ALUMNI SURVEY RESPONDENTS CREDITED THE THREE-MONTH PROGRAM WITH ACCELERATING THEIR CAREER PROGRESSION BY ONE YEAR AND INCREASING THEIR FUTURE IMPACT IN THE FIELD BY 50%. IN 2024, WE ALSO SUPPORTED 14 RESEARCH SCHOLARS IN ONE-YEAR VISITING POSITIONS TO WORK ON A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS, INCLUDING UK AND EU AI POLICY, INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE, AND TECHNICAL GOVERNANCE.POLICY ENGAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: THE CORPORATION WILL LEND ITS RESEARCH AND EXPERTISE TO GOVERNMENTAL POLICY MAKERS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESPONSIBLE AND ETHICAL AI POLICY THAT MITIGATES RISK OF SOCIETAL HARMS, WHILE SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AI TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN PROMOTE ADVANCES IN SCIENCE, HEALTH, AND EDUCATION, AMONG OTHER PUBLIC BENEFITS. 2024 WAS OUR MOST ACTIVE YEAR TO DATE IN TERMS OF POLICY ENGAGEMENT AS WE WORKED WITH POLICYMAKERS ACROSS THE UK, THE EU, THE US; FRONTIER AI COMPANIES; CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS; AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.

Expenses $380,976

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Tasha McCauleyTASHA MCCAULEY

CHAIR (BEG JUNE)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Helen TonerHELEN TONER

SECRETARY (BEG JUNE)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Toby OrdTOBY ORD

DIRECTOR (BEG JUNE)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ryan FugateRYAN FUGATE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEG JUNE)

Total calculated

$16,500

From this org

$15,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$1,500

Hours/week

40
Georg ArndtGEORG ARNDT

TREASURER (BEG JUNE)

Total calculated

$13,372

From this org

$12,156

From related orgs

$0

Other

$1,216

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI

SUPPORT INFORMED & EFFECTIVE DECISION-MAKING BY INSTITUTIONS REGARDING AI · UK · income $587,791 · assets $493,436

Directly controlled by CENTRE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AI INC

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2024
Filed: 13 November 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.2
Source object: 202543179349304359

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