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Filing year 2023

APHORISM FOUNDATION

San Francisco, California·EIN 46-4347021·NTEE T20 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·501(c)(3)
Total revenue
$59.3M
Total assets
$1.1B
Total expenses
$61.3M
Reported officers
2

Reported officers (all unpaid)

No paid executives reported in 2023. APHORISM FOUNDATION reported 2 unpaid officers and board members on its 990-PF.

Ppres/treas/dir
Secretary

Grants paid

Itemized grants reported on this foundation's 2023 Form 990-PF, Part XV.

Total granted

$55.1M

Itemized grants

33

Median grant

$1M

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
PROBABILISTIC COMPUTING FOUNDATION INCCAMBRIDGE, MAGENERAL SUPPORT$14.5M
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYSTANFORD, CAGENERAL SUPPORT$10M
SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INCCAMBRIDGE, MAGENERAL SUPPORT$6M
NEW AMERICA FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON, DCGENERAL SUPPORT$2.2M
CZ BIOHUB NETWORKSAN FRANCISCO, CAGENERAL SUPPORT$2M
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANKSAN JOSE, CAGENERAL SUPPORT$1.9M
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYCAMBRIDGE, MAGENERAL SUPPORT$1.8M
CENTER OF COMPLEX INTERVENTIONSWELLESLEY, MAGENERAL SUPPORT$1.7M
FFWDSAN FRANCISCO, CAGENERAL SUPPORT$1.3M
HYPOTHESIS FUND PBLLCMERCER ISLAND, WAGENERAL SUPPORT$1.2M
SECUREBIO INCCAMBRIDGE, MAGENERAL SUPPORT$1.2M
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIBIBRIGHTON, MAGENERAL SUPPORT$1M
AUREALIA INSTITUTE INCCAMBRIDGE, MAGENERAL SUPPORT$1M
B LAB COMPANYPHILADELPHIA, PAGENERAL SUPPORT$1M
CENTER ON RURAL INNOVATIONHARTLAND, VTGENERAL SUPPORT$1M
CORTICO CORPORATIONCAMBRIDGE, MAGENERAL SUPPORT$1M
UBI CHARITABLE INCOAKLAND, CAGENERAL SUPPORT$1M
WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER INCFALMOUTH, MAGENERAL SUPPORT$858k
DARTMOUTH COLLEGEHANOVER, NHGENERAL SUPPORT$700k
ASSOCIATION OF MARSHALL SCHOLARS INCBROOKLYN, NYGENERAL SUPPORT$538k
COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUMMOUNTAIN VIEW, CAGENERAL SUPPORT$500k
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FUTURES INCCAMRBIDGE, MAGENERAL SUPPORT$500k
HIM FOR HER INCOAKLAND, CAGENERAL SUPPORT$350k
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTOCAGENERAL SUPPORT$339k
CHOOSE LOVE INCNEW YORK, NYGENERAL SUPPORT$300k
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This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($1B+), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.

Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in California

APHORISM FOUNDATION reported no executive compensation in its latest filing. For context, the highest-paid executive at a comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organization in California earns a median of $60,111.

25th percentile
$18k
Median
$60,111
75th percentile
$150k
90th percentile
$291k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 1,889 organizations across 1,889 filings (2021 – 2024).

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What are APHORISM FOUNDATION's revenue and expenses?

In 2023, APHORISM FOUNDATION reported $59.3M in total revenue and $61.3M in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.

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This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($1B+), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.