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NAVIGATION CHARITABLE FUND

EIN 92-1117448 BERKELEY, CA

Revenue 2024
$18,953,079
Expenses 2024
$39,324,574

Program services were 96.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
U05
Classification
1280
Street
2991 SACRAMENTO STREET 230

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 · 2024

Mission

THE NAVIGATION FUND IS ADVANCING BOLD SOLUTIONS TO THE WORLD'S MOST URGENT PROBLEMS.

  • NAVIGATION CHARITABLE FUND PROVIDED $14.24 MILLION TO HUMANE AMERICA ANIMAL FOUNDATION, ALONG WITH NON-BINDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO FUND ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING FARM ANIMAL WELFARE AND CLIMATE WORK THROUGH MOVEMENT-BUILDING, RESEARCH, AND NOVEL PROJECTS.NCF PROVIDED $15.375 MILLION TO VANGUARD CHARITABLE, ALONG WITH NON-BINDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO FUND ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO TRANSFORMING CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CLIMATE, OPEN SCIENCE, AND DIGITAL SENTIENCE THROUGH RESEARCH, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT, AND MORE.NCF ALSO PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING:- $6,030,457 TO THREE ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING DIGITAL SENTIENCE WORK, INCLUDING AN ENDOWMENT FOR A NEW PROGRAM AREA AT NYU, A NUCLEAR SAFETY AND SECURITY PROJECT, AND EXPANDING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF DIGITAL SENTIENCE.- $500,000 TO ONE ORGANIZATION WORKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION.- $300,500 TO TWO ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO TRANSFORM CRIMINAL JUSTICE THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOLUTIONS THAT ENHANCE SAFETY AND JUSTICE, AND WORK TO UNDERSTAND THE INTERSECTION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. - $81,482 TO THREE ORGANIZATIONS AND ONE INDIVIDUAL TO SUPPORT DIGITAL SENTIENCE PROJECT.- $70,000 TO ONE ORGANIZATION WORKING TO MAKE SHARING SCIENTIFIC DATA MORE ACCESSIBLE AND LESS CENTRALIZED. - $64,200 TO THREE ORGANIZATIONS FOR MOVEMENT SUPPORT.- $3,500 TO TWO ORGANIZATIONS AS SPONSORSHIPS FOR EVENTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT CASH BAIL AND TO GENERATE IDEAS FOR MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE.- $350,000 TO ONE ORGANIZATION FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH.

    Expenses $37,861,005 · Grants $37,015,139

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.

  • Seemay Chou

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Jeff Gramm

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Jen Pahlka

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Randall O'Reilly

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU JULY 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Coman-Hidy

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $397,923
    From this org
    $360,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,019
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $360,904
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,019
    Filer's total
    $397,923

  • Andrea Gunn

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $328,680
    From this org
    $295,626
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,054
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $295,626
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,054
    Filer's total
    $328,680

  • Erin Keith

    PROGRAM OFF, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

    Total calculated
    $193,092
    From this org
    $171,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,976
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,116
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,333
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,643
    Filer's total
    $193,092

  • Jesse Marks

    PROGRAM OFF, FARM ANIMAL WELFARE

    Total calculated
    $179,208
    From this org
    $157,545
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,663
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,545
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,663
    Filer's total
    $179,208

  • Kristen Diederich

    GRANTS & OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $214,782
    From this org
    $186,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,382
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,400
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,167
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,215
    Filer's total
    $214,782

  • Karthik Ram

    PROGRAM OFFICER, OPEN SCIENCE

    Total calculated
    $169,903
    From this org
    $165,068
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,835
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,068
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,767
    Nontaxable benefits
    $68
    Filer's total
    $169,903

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
    $18,953,079
    Expenses
    $39,324,574
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $37,015,139
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,313,153,667
    Expenses
    $5,055,989
    Contributions
    $1,309,000,000
    Grants paid
    $4,125,000

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period
1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
Principal officer
Seemay Chou
Mailing address
2991 Sacramento Street Suite 230Berkeley CA 94702

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • VOLTAGE PARK INC

    C · CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE · DE · 100% owned · share of income $139,038,928 · share of assets $1,063,916,935 · controlled entity

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.