Public Invention alleviates poverty and advances education, science, and engineering by creating teams of mostly unpaid volunteers who "Invent in the public, for the Public". All of our activities are open-source and shared with all businesses and persons under open source licenses. We seek to create a movement for open science and invention similar to the open source software movement, but including inventions which help humanity, such as biomedical devices.
Reported officers (all unpaid)
No paid executives reported in 2024. PUBLIC INVENTION reported 1 unpaid officer or board member on its 990.
Funded by
Private foundations whose Form 990-PF Part XV grants matched this organization.
Revenue and expenses over time
PUBLIC INVENTION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.
What Science & Technology executives earn
PUBLIC INVENTION reported no executive compensation in its latest filing. For context, the highest-paid executive at a comparable science & technology organization nationwide earns a median of $127,487.
These are science & technology sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 1,079 organizations across 1,079 filings (2020 – 2024).
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What are PUBLIC INVENTION's revenue and expenses?
In 2024, PUBLIC INVENTION reported $407k in total revenue and $135k in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.
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