EIN 88-3129122

Science and Technology Futures (STF)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
5
Year formed
2022
Most recent tax filings
2023-12-01
Description
Science and Technology Futures identifies and supports scientists, engineers, and other innovators interested in shaping the national/global research agenda. The company fosters, supports, promotes, and conducts programs, projects, and activities. In line with this mission, Science and Technology Futures has launched the "open dataset initiative" to promote reproducible, scalable, and shareable experimental biology.
Total revenues
$7,361,436
2023
Total expenses
$1,883,645
2023
Total assets
$8,073,696
2023
Num. employees
5
2023

Program areas at STF

Align to innovate (f.k.a. Open datasets initiative): align to innovate is working at the intersection of biology and ai to improve life Science research with programmable experiments. They 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.
Ai for Science: "ai for Science" project discovery is an initiative to identify projects within the "ai for Science" space that would accelerate progress and serve the public good. This includes surfacing demand for specific datasets, shared resources, and other high-impact opportunities that are not currently being adequately funded.
Probabilistic programming: the team strives to make advancements in ai that understands the world like people do, via probabilistic programming. To contribute to 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.
Ai for materials Science: the focus of this project is to design an initiative that will use ai to accelerate progress in materials Science using an approach called "electronic structure by design." This could dramatically reduce the time and cost associated with discovering new materials with novel and useful properties. For example, high-temperate superconductors would increase the efficiency of the power grid, and advances in thermoelectric materials would allow us to turn waste heat into electricity.
Outer ring: the project supports the launch of outer ring. Outer ring will provide funding and incubation services for organizations doing work in support of a safe, stable, and shared future with advanced artificial intelligence. It will support projects in the non-technical realms of governance, communications, and law, as well as technical projects such as evaluations, standard-setting, and alignment research.
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 increase awareness and adoption of ord, leading to increased data sharing and cross-institutional collaboration in both data generation and model-driven reaction optimization.
Nuclear electric propulsion: the project supports the advancement of nuclear electric propulsion (nep) Technology for by increasing collaboration between various stakeholders in the space (e.g., government institutions, universities, private and public research organizations).

Who funds Science and Technology Futures (STF)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$2,039,000
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic InnovationTo Provide Support for Open Datasets Initiative.$500,000
Schwab Charitable FundPublic, Societal Benefit$54,750

Personnel at STF

NameTitleCompensation
Nicholas GjokajExecutive Director$56,337
Peter KellyProgram Director$187,630
Tj BurnetteProgram Manager$144,752
Nick GjokajPast Executive Director
Jose Luis RiconVice President and Secretary$0
...and 2 more key personnel

Financials for STF

RevenuesFYE 12/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$7,341,750
Program services$4,000
Investment income and dividends$14,318
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$1,368
Total revenues$7,361,436

Form 990s for STF

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-122024-04-13990View PDF
2022-122023-05-10990View PDF
Data update history
May 22, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
May 20, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
May 18, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 3 new vendors, including , , and
December 24, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $500,000 from The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation
July 24, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsResearch centersCharities
Issues
Science and technology
Characteristics
Conducts researchNational levelTax deductible donations
General information
Address
160 Alewife Brook Pwky 1228
Cambridge, MA 02138
Metro area
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
County
Middlesex County, MA
Website URL
scienceandtechnologyfutures.org/ 
Phone
(617) 744-2089
IRS details
EIN
88-3129122
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2022
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
U50: Biological, Life Science Research
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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