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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FRIENDS OF EMPIRE AI INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$256,000
Total expenses
$235,809
Contributions and grants received
$256,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$43,305
Total liabilities, end of year
$23,114
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,191
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$230,150
Management and general expenses
$5,659
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$230,150

Program services were 97.6% 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

    $256,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,659 · management and general $5,659

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $110,150 · program services $110,150

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $120,000 · program services $120,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $43,305

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $23,114

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $20,191

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

STRENGTHEN THE NEW YORK'S RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM TO GENERATE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LONG-TERM ECONOMIC VALUE AS IT CONTINUES TO SCALE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ESTABLISH A STATE-OF-THE-ART ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPUTING CENTER.

  • FRIENDS OF EMPIRE AI IS A GROUP ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMPIRE AI CONSORTIUM, A MAJOR PARTNERSHIP OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AIMED AT ESTABLISHING A STATE-OF-THE-ART ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPUTING CENTER. THE ORGANIZATION WORKED WITH KEY NY STATE LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS TO HELP EXPLAIN KEY ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE AI INITIATIVES AND PROMOTED SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER PUBLIC RELATIONS PLATFORMS TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE KEY MESSAGES OF THE MISSION.

    Expenses $230,150

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Julie Samuels

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • TECHNYC INC

    501(C)(6) · ENSURE THAT NY IS THE BEST PLACE TO BUILD AND GROW A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY · NY

  • TECHNYC FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · EDUCATION AND RESEARCH · DE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by TECHNYC INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
18 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601389349301025

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