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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DISTRIBUTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,130,636
Total expenses
$1,704,218
Contributions and grants received
$7,108,750
Grants paid
$7,000
Program service revenue
$2,396
Investment income
$16,655
Other revenue
$2,835
Total assets, end of year
$5,661,474
Total liabilities, end of year
$232,267
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,429,207
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,258,960
Management and general expenses
$363,623
Fundraising expenses
$81,635
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,258,960

Program services were 73.9% 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

    $7,108,750

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $2,396 · related or exempt $2,396

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,655 · excluded $16,655

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $521

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $521 · excluded $521

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $2,314 · excluded $2,314

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,314

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,000 · program services $7,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $198,191 · program services $109,005 · management and general $39,638 · fundraising $49,548

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $355,772 · program services $248,120 · management and general $89,899 · fundraising $17,753

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,502 · program services $10,638 · management and general $3,859 · fundraising $2,005

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,452 · program services $18,342 · management and general $6,653 · fundraising $3,457

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,234 · program services $30,451 · management and general $11,045 · fundraising $5,738

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $48,399 · program services $7,118 · management and general $41,248 · fundraising $33

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $100,403 · program services $238 · management and general $100,165

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $693,150 · program services $684,108 · management and general $9,017 · fundraising $25

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,832 · program services $3,436 · management and general $747 · fundraising $1,649

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $78,615 · program services $31,860 · management and general $46,370 · fundraising $385

  • 17 · Travel

    total $64,673 · program services $63,944 · management and general $729

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $43,466 · program services $42,016 · management and general $452 · fundraising $998

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,862 · program services $1,862

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,152 · management and general $12,152

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,515 · program services $822 · management and general $1,649 · fundraising $44

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $149,289

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $590,020

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $814,136

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $5,019

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $17,680

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $9,575

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,862

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $7,713

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $1,003,306

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $3,074,311

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $232,267

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,491,514

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $937,693

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ENGAGE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY AI RESEARCH ACTIVITIES THROUGH DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND DELIBERATE PROCESSES ROOTED IN THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF COMMUNITIES.

  • INCLUDES DISTRIBUTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (DAIR) PROJECTS TO MITIGATE, DISRUPT, ELIMINATE, AND SLOW DOWN THE HARMS CAUSED BY AI TECHNOLOGY, AND TO CREATE SPACES THAT ALLOW US TO IMAGINE AND CREATE ALTERNATIVES.THE ORGANIZATION PRESENTED TALKS AND WORKSHOPS AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES AND ELSEWHERE REGARDING DAIR'S RESEARCH PROJECTS AND FINDINGS. TO HELP REACH A WIDE AUDIENCE, DAIR INSTITUTE RESEARCHERS CONTRIBUTED EDITORIALS TO MAJOR NEWS PUBLICATIONS. DAIR ORGANIZED ITS OWN PUBLIC, ONLINE PANEL DISCUSSIONS FEATURING DAIR RESEARCHERS AND GUEST SPEAKERS, AS WELL AS PRODUCED PODCASTS, GRAPHIC DESIGNS, AND CREATIVE WRITING TO MAKE DAIR'S RESEARCH FINDINGS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. LASTLY, DAIR PARTNERED WITH OTHER MISSION-ALIGNED TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE TAILORED EVENTS, REPORTS, AND OTHER SERVICES RELATED TO DAIR'S RESEARCH AND HOW SUCH RESEARCH IMPACTS THE PARTNER ORGANIZATION'S WORK.

    Expenses $1,258,960 · Grants $7,000 · Revenue $2,396

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Timnit Gebru

    PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $3,822
    From this org
    $3,749
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ciira Wa Maina

    SECRETARY AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Safiya Noble

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    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
19 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533539349301438

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