Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$398,161

Total expenses

$556,342

Contributions and grants received

$132,452

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$262,403

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$3,306

Total assets, end of year

$58,183

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,866

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$53,317

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$529,065

Management and general expenses

$26,608

Fundraising expenses

$669

Program service expenses (Part III)

$529,065

Program services were 95.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS: WE ARE LIVING IN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. REVOLUTIONARY NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS PRESENT UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE EVEN AS CLIMATE CHANGE, THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR, LOSS OF CRITICAL ECOSYSTEMS, PROLIFERATION OF PLASTICS, AND THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION REMAIN AMONG OUR GREATEST CHALLENGES. THE MISSION OF THE ORIGINS PROJECT FOUNDATION IS TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR SCIENTISTS, SCHOLARS, WRITERS, ARTISTS AND THE PUBLIC TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPLORATIONS ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGES FACING HUMANITY IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS, AND PROMOTE AND INSPIRE POSITIVE AND RATIONAL ACTION. THE FOUNDATION SEEKS TO EXPLORE AND EXPLAIN PIVOTAL DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF HUMAN CULTURE TO INSPIRE SCIENTISTS AND THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE MOST PRESSING LOCAL AND GLOBAL INTELLECTUAL AND POLICY ISSUES. WE DO THIS IN PART BY HELPING BUILD AN INFORMED CITIZENRY EQUIPPED TO PLAY A PART IN CHANGING THE WORLD. ORIGINS FOUNDATION WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS THROUGH:1. THE ORIGINS PODCAST: HOSTED BY LAWRENCE KRAUSS, THE PODCAST BRINGS LEADING FIGURES IN SCIENCE, THE ARTS, ECONOMICS, LAW, JOURNALISM, AND PUBLIC POLICY TOGETHER FOR UNIQUE, WIDE RANGING, IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IMPORTANT TOPICS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE, IGNITE CURIOSITY, AND INSPIRE ACTION. 2. ORIGINS EVENTS: THE ORIGINS PROJECT FOUNDATION CREATES COMPELLING, UNIQUE PUBLIC EVENTS WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED SET OF THOUGHT LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE INTELLECTUAL AND CREATIVE SPECTRA FOR ENLIGHTENING, AND PROVOCATIVE DISCUSSIONS ON A WIDE RANGE OF SOCIAL ISSUES. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION ALSO ORGANIZES INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL EXPERIENCES THAT TOGETHER LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE TO EXPLORE IMPORTANT ISSUES SEE THE IMPACT OF THOSE ISSUES THROUGH THE EYES OF LOCAL CULTURES AND COMMUNITIES.3. ORIGINS TRAVEL: ORIGINS TRAVEL ADVENTURES PROVIDE UNPARALLELED ACCESS FOR SMALL GROUPS TO VISIT SITES OF GREAT HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND NATURAL WONDERS AS WELL AS INTERACT WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF DISCOVERIES AND IDEAS. THE ITINERARIES INCLUDE VISITS TO PLACES THAT ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, SUCH AS LABORATORIES, RESEARCH SITES, AND FEATURE LECTURES BY SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS WHO ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH MAKING GROUND-BREAKING DISCOVERIES AND CHANGING THE WAY PEOPLE VIEW THEMSELVES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. THESE ADVENTURES ATTRACT A DIVERSE GROUP OF FASCINATING PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND THE CONVERSATIONS AMONGST NEW FRIENDS ON THESE JOURNEYS ADD A RICHNESS TO THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE THAT MANY ORIGINS TRAVELERS DESCRIBE AS 'TRANSFORMATIONAL'.

  Expenses $529,065 · Revenue $262,403

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202303199349326795

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