THE FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN INNOVATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

E70

Classification

1000

Street

1255 UNION ST NE FL 7

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• FAI ACTION INC

  EIN 39-4858782

Mission and programs · 2024

• POLICY - THE POLICY TEAM IS A BOUTIQUE THINK TANK OF POLICY EXPERTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS FOCUSED ON ISSUES AT THE INTERSECTION OF INNOVATION, GOVERNANCE, AND NATIONAL SECURITY. THIS TEAM'S WORK FOCUSES ON IMPACT RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, AND SEEDING NOVEL SOLUTIONS IN THE WEEDS OF POLICY FORMATION. WE GENERALLY DO NOT TAKE INSTITUTIONAL POSITIONS, INSTEAD RELYING ON THE EXPERTISE OF INDIVIDUAL TEAM MEMBERS (WHO SOMETIMES DISAGREE).

  Expenses $1,496,345 · Grants $9,500

• LABS - THE LABS TEAM IS A GROUP OF PRODUCT EXPERTS, DESIGNERS, AND ENGINEERS FOCUSED ON BUILDING TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS TO ENTRENCHED POLICY PROBLEMS. THE TEAM'S WORK IS CENTERED ON CREATING PHILANTHROPY-SUPPORTED TOOLS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADDRESS KEY SOCIETAL CHALLENGES THAT DON'T HAVE THE PROFIT POTENTIAL TO ATTRACT TRADITIONAL VENTURE INVESTMENT.

  Expenses $707,254

• EVENTS - EACH YEAR WE HOST DOZENS OF EVENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, NEW YORK, FLORIDA, D.C., AND ELSEWHERE. THROUGH OUR SALONS, FORUMS, AND CONFERENCES, WE BRING TOGETHER TECHNOLOGISTS, FOUNDERS, AUTHORS, AND POLICYMAKERS TO EXPLORE A RANGE OF TIMELY TOPICS.NETWORK - THE NETWORK TEAM IS FOCUSED ON FELLOWSHIPS, EVENTS, AND MEDIA, BUILDING A TRANSLATION LAYER BETWEEN THE TWO CULTURES OF TECH AND POLICY, AND SHAPING THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION AROUND INNOVATION. NETWORK HAS THREE SUB PROGRAMS: EVENTS, MEDIA, AND FELLOWSHIPS.MEDIA - TO INCREASE THE REACH AND IMPACT OF OUR WORK, WE SPONSOR TWO PODCASTS. THE REALIGNMENT BOASTS 500,000 MONTHLY DOWNLOADS AND FOCUSES ON THE SHIFTING LANDSCAPE OF NATIONAL SECURITY, ECONOMICS, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN OUR LIVES. OUR NEW PODCAST, THE DYNAMIST, HIGHLIGHTS OUR RESEACH AND WORK, AND EXPLORES THE EMERGING MOVEMENT FOR DYNAMISM WITH PROMINENT GUESTS.FELLOWSHIPS - OUR FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS CULTIVATE EARLY-AND MID-CAREER TALENT WITH TWO GOALS IN MIND: FIRST, TO EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF FOUNDERS AND BUILDERS ABOUT HOW TO NAVIGATE POLICY AND REGULATORY THREATS, AND SECOND, TO CREATE A STRONGER TECHNICAL TALENT PIPELINE OF MARKET-ORIENTED POLICY ENTREPRENEURS.

  Expenses $672,508 · Revenue $42,816

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $5,149,927

  Expenses

  $3,719,664

  Contributions

  $5,106,107

  Grants paid

  $9,500

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,679,704

  Expenses

  $3,360,231

  Contributions

  $3,542,134

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,932,822

  Expenses

  $4,347,192

  Contributions

  $3,643,953

  Grants paid

  $364,685

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.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,377,840

  Expenses

  $3,278,966

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,320,528

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,505,566

  Expenses

  $2,645,933

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,261,317

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,573,058

  Expenses

  $2,369,119

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,388,565

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,844,753

  Expenses

  $2,425,635

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,201,098

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,684,910

  Expenses

  $1,530,645

  Assets (EOY)

  $748,387

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $888,486

  Expenses

  $635,159

  Assets (EOY)

  $550,776

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2014

Tax period

1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014

Principal officer

Show names as filed Garrett JohnsonGARRETT JOHNSON

Mailing address

1742 BRADDOCK COURTSAN JOSE CA 95125

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

• FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS

  $254,685

  2022 · POLICY

• INSTITUTE FOR PROGRESS

  $110,000

  2022 · POLICY

• THE INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY STUDIES

  $9,500

  2024 · GRANT TO SUPPORT THE INSTITUTE'S POLICY WORK.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $552,500

  2023 · Health

• FOUNDERS PLEDGE INC

  $493,000

  2024 · FUND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $448,500

  2024 · Health

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $243,000

  2022 · HEALTH

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $225,000

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONORS TRUST INC

  $200,250

  2024 · for general operations

• DEMOCRACY FUND VOICE INC

  $150,000

  2022 · Program support to research and promote congressional capacity reform proposals

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $150,000

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DEPLOY-US INC

  $125,000

  2025 · TO SUPPORT THE ORG'S EFFORTS RELATED TO CLEAN ENERGY AND POLLUTION MITIGATION

• THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC

  $125,000

  2025 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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