SEISMIC CATALYST FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

U41

Classification

2800

Street

211 W 9TH ST 983

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

• IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS, SEISMIC FOUNDATION PROVIDED SPECIALIST RESEARCH, COMMUNICATIONS AND CAMPAIGN EXPERTISE THAT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS, RESEARCHERS AND POLICYMAKERS NEED TO REACH AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. THE PUBLIC ARE DIRECT BENEFICIARIES OF THE FOUNDATION'S RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION EFFORTS, RECEIVING TRANSPARENT, UNBIASED INFORMATION ON AI RISKS, PERCEPTIONS OF AI AND THE AI LANDSCAPE TODAY. THE FOUNDATION FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON US AND EU PUBLICS, AND THESE AUDIENCES ARE DETAILED IN THE FOUNDATION'S REPORT, "ON THE RAZOR'S EDGE."THE FOUNDATION'S WORK IS COMPRISED OF TWO STREAMS: RESEARCH AND INTELLIGENCE, AND COMMUNICATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN ORCHESTRATION. WITH RESEARCH AND INTELLIGENCE, THE FOUNDATION CONDUCTS AND COMMISSIONS RIGOROUS RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND PUBLIC ATTITUDES, IDENTIFY ACTIONABLE AUDIENCE SEGMENTS, AND MEASURE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN EFFECTIVENESS. WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN ORCHESTRATION, THE FOUNDATION TRANSLATES RESEARCH FINDINGS INTO EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS THAT BUILD CULTURAL SALIENCE, INSTITUTING AI GOVERNANCE AS A CONCERN THAT IS URGENT, PERSONAL AND ACTIONABLE FOR PUBLIC AUDIENCES. THIS WORK IS NON-PARTISAN.

  Expenses $2,279,811

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $5,248,744

  Expenses

  $2,781,299

  Contributions

  $5,248,744

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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