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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FUTURES INC

EIN 88-3129122 CAMBRIDGE, MA

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Revenue 2025
$1,043,829
Expenses 2025
$8,027,633

Program services were 98.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
U99
Classification
1000
Street
160 ALEWIFE BROOK PARKWAY 1228

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

Mission

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FUTURES, INC.'S MISSION IS TO IDENTIFY AND SUPPORT SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND OTHER INNOVATORS WITH AN INTEREST IN SHAPING THE NATIONAL/GLOBAL RESEARCH AGENDA. WE FOSTER, SUPPORT, PROMOTE, AND CONDUCT PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO DEVELOP AND ACCELERATE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THROUGH ADMINISTERING RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAMS, WHITEPAPER COMPETITIONS, SCIENTIFIC AGENDA-SETTING ACTIVITIES, AND FISCAL SPONSORSHIP OF OTHER MISSION-ALIGNED ORGANIZATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FUTURES, INC.'S MISSION IS TO IDENTIFY AND SUPPORT SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND OTHER INNOVATORS WITH AN INTEREST IN SHAPING THE NATIONAL/GLOBAL RESEARCH AGENDA. WE WILL FOSTER, SUPPORT, PROMOTE, AND CONDUCT PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO DEVELOP AND ACCELERATE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THROUGH ADMINISTERING RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAMS, WHITEPAPER COMPETITIONS, SCIENTIFIC AGENDA-SETTING ACTIVITIES, AND FISCAL SPONSORSHIP OF OTHER MISSION-ALIGNED ORGANIZATIONS.

  • ALIGN TO INNOVATE: ALIGN TO INNOVATE IS WORKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF BIOLOGY AND AI TO IMPROVE LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH WITH PROGRAMMABLE EXPERIMENTS. WE USE AUTOMATION AS A FOCAL POINT TO ALIGN THE INCENTIVES OF RESEARCHERS WORLDWIDE TO IDENTIFY AND EXECUTE LARGE, COLLABORATIVE, DATA-INTENSIVE PROJECTS. WE ACCELERATE THESE PROJECTS BY CREATING VENUES FOR AGENDA SETTING, FACILITATING COLLABORATIONS, AND REMOVING TECHNICAL BOTTLENECKS FROM THE ECOSYSTEM. WE AIM TO MOVE THE FIELD TOWARD A NEW PARADIGM OF AUTOMATION-FIRST LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH.ALIGN TO INNOVATE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN 2025. SCIENTIFIC HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED THE 2025 PROTEIN ENGINEERING TOURNAMENT, WHICH ATTRACTED OVER 290 INTERNATIONAL TEAMS, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH VARIOUS RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE OPEN DATASETS IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (E.G., MICROBIAL PHENOTYPING, PROTEIN FUNCTION, PROTEIN EXPRESSION). THE TEAM PUBLISHED RESEARCH ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS INCLUDING THE IMPACT OF DATA SCALING ON PROTEIN FUNCTION PREDICTION AND DISCUSSION PAPER ADDRESSING BOTTLENECKS IN PROTEIN EXPRESSION VIA A PROPOSED DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM.

    Expenses $6,546,600 · Grants $2,360,015

  • OPEN REACTION DATABASE: THE OPEN REACTION DATABASE (ORD) IS A COLLABORATIVE, OPEN DATA INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT THE STRUCTURING AND SHARING OF ORGANIC REACTION DATA. THIS PROJECT PROVIDES CRITICAL SUPPORT TO INCREASE THE ADOPTION AND IMPACT OF ORD THROUGH PERSONNEL, DATA CURATION, TARGETED DATA GENERATION, AND REDUCING BARRIERS TO CONTRIBUTION. THIS PROJECT INCREASES AWARENESS AND ADOPTION OF ORD, LEADING TO INCREASED DATA SHARING AND CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION IN BOTH DATA GENERATION AND MODEL-DRIVEN REACTION OPTIMIZATION. IN 2025, THE PROJECT COMPLETED ITS NEW CONTRIBUTIONS INTERFACE, OPENED A CALL FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT EXPERIMENTATION (HTE) CENTER GRANTS, AND SUCCESSFULLY FUNDED THREE PROPOSALS. IT SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED ITS REACH BY PRESENTING AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND HOSTING AN ONLINE WORKSHOP TO PLAN FOR ADDITIONAL DATA GENERATION.

    Expenses $485,488 · Grants $330,000

  • PROBABILISITC PROGRAMMING: THE TEAM STRIVES TO MAKE ADVANCEMENTS IN AI THAT UNDERSTANDS THE WORLD LIKE PEOPLE DO, VIA PROBABILISTIC PROGRAMMING. TO ADVANCE THIS MISSION, THE PROBABILISTIC PROGRAMMING TEAM MAKES CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FORM OF SOFTWARE CODE, PLANNING, AND STRATEGY TO VARIOUS OPEN-SOURCED TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING GENJAX AND INFERENCEQL WHICH ARE COMPONENTS OF OPENGEN. ADDITIONALLY, THE TEAM SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF GUIDES AND DOCUMENTATION IN SUPPORT OF THE OPEN-SOURCE ECOSYSTEM AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $113,492

  • BRAIN MAPPING: THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS INNOVATION IN THE FIELD OF BRAIN MAPPING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THROUGH GRANTS TO VISIONARY RESEARCH TEAMS WORKING AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF CONNECTOMICS AND RELATED FIELDS.

    Expenses $433,783 · Grants $433,783

  • SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW: THIS PROJECT AIMS AT IMPROVING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE BY: (1) PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC R&D AND HOW WE MOVE IT FORWARD AGAIN; (2) DEVELOPING PATHWAYS TO ACHIEVE BIGGER, BETTER AMBITIONS FOR AI, SUCH AS USING AI TO CREATE BETTER DRUGS FASTER, CLOSE EDUCATIONAL GAPS FOR OUR KIDS, AND CRAFT BETTER WEATHER FORECASTS; AND (3) DEVELOPING PERSUASIVE STORIES OF THE AMERICAN INNOVATIONS THAT HAVE SHAPED AND CONTINUE TO SHAPE OUR LIVES.

    Expenses $183,918

  • SILVER LININGS INSTITUTE: THE MISSION OF THIS PROJECT IS TO UNLOCK FUNDING AND TALENT TO CATALYZE PROGRESS IN AGING SCIENCE. BY RAISING THE PUBLIC'S EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN AGING SCIENCE AND MARRYING THIS NEW NARRATIVE WITH POLICY SOLUTIONISM, THE TEAM HOPES TO ACCELERATE FUNDING FOR AGING R&D AND BOLSTER AMERICA'S NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS WHILE REDUCING FAST-RISING HEALTH COSTS.

    Expenses $64,000

  • NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION: THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE ADVANCEMENT OF NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (NEP) TECHNOLOGY FOR SPACE TRAVEL BY INCREASING COLLABORATION BETWEEN VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS IN THE SPACE (E.G., GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS, UNIVERSITIES, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS).

    Expenses $23,339 · Grants $23,339

  • EVOLUTIONARY COSMOLOGY RESEARCH: THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON ADVANCING AND TESTING THE HYPOTHESES RELATED TO THREE-STAGE COSMOLOGICAL NATURAL SELECTION, AND BLOWTORCH THEORY, WHICH EXPLORES JET-DRIVEN STRUCTURE FORMATION VIA ORIGINAL THEORY PAPERS, TESTABLE PREDICTIONS, COLLABORATIVE SIMULATIONS, BIANNUAL WORKSHOPS, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH.

    Expenses $15,002

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.

  • Laura Deming

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jose Luis Ricon

    VICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Anastasia Gamick

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Martin Borch Jensen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Nicholas Gjokaj

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $75,000
    From this org
    $75,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    17

  • Peter Kelly

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR (THRU 11/25)

    Total calculated
    $260,023
    From this org
    $229,086
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,937
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,086
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,745
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,192
    Filer's total
    $260,023

  • Kayla Young

    CHIEF OF STAFF (THRU 11/25)

    Total calculated
    $181,289
    From this org
    $157,556
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,733
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,556
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,553
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,180
    Filer's total
    $181,289

  • Corey Hudson

    HEAD OF DATA (THRU 11/25)

    Total calculated
    $223,521
    From this org
    $186,209
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,312
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,209
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,173
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,139
    Filer's total
    $223,521

  • Aviv Spinner

    LEARNING FELLOW (THRU 11/25)

    Total calculated
    $225,595
    From this org
    $194,504
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,091
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,504
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,536
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,555
    Filer's total
    $225,595

  • Catherine Baranowski

    PROGRAM MANAGER (THRU 11/25)

    Total calculated
    $159,774
    From this org
    $135,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,966
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,808
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,421
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,545
    Filer's total
    $159,774

  • Bijoy Desai

    TECHNICAL MANAGER (THRU 11/25)

    Total calculated
    $153,379
    From this org
    $136,001
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,378
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,001
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,160
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,218
    Filer's total
    $153,379

  • Zachary Sisson

    DATA ENGINEER (THRU 11/25)

    Total calculated
    $111,175
    From this org
    $100,858
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,317
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $1,043,829
    Expenses
    $8,027,633
    Contributions
    $796,252
    Grants paid
    $3,147,137
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,080,056
    Expenses
    $3,411,598
    Contributions
    $4,804,512
    Grants paid
    $330,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,361,436
    Expenses
    $1,883,645
    Contributions
    $7,341,750
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,500,004
    Expenses
    $45,554
    Contributions
    $2,500,000
    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

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Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.