Financial Transparency
Prior to 2024, MATS Research Inc. was fiscally sponsored by BERI. This transparency page exclusively reflects donations and documentation from the period following our independent incorporation. See BERI’s transparency page here.
Organization documents
MATS Research is an independent 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN: 99-0648563).
MATS Whistleblower Policy
MATS Conflict of Interest Policy
MATS Bylaws
Form 1023 Application
MATS Articles of Incorporation
MATS Determination Letter
2023 990-N
2026 Non-Cash Donations (Compute Credits)
- OpenAI - ChatGPT Pro & Codex Access
- Estimated Value: $120,000 (March 23, 2026)
2025 Cash Donations
- Coefficient Giving via National Philanthropic Trust
- $11,823,980 (July 23, 2025)
- Coefficient Giving via Silicon Valley Community Foundation
- $3,629,280 (September 12, 2025)
- Good Ventures Foundation
- $1,520,150 (May 6, 2025)
$3,038,300 (May 7, 2025)
- Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI)
- $450,000 (March 5, 2025)
- Survival and Flourishing Fund via Silicon Valley Community Foundation
- $95,000 (July 7, 2025)
- Cooperative AI Foundation
- $68,294 (January 27, 2025)
- Schwab Charitable
- $50,000 (February 28, 2025)
- Manifund
- $10,000 (January 21, 2025)
$400 (May 2, 2025)
- Tanmay Khattar
- $12,000 (2025)
2025 Non-Cash Donations (Compute Credits)
- Thinking Machines - Research Grants
- (November 10, 2025)
- Google - Gemini Academic Program Award
- Estimated Value: $100,000 (November 6, 2025)
2024 Cash Donations
- Coefficient Giving via Silicon Valley Community Foundation
- $3,000,000 (June 11, 2024)
- Coefficient Giving via Silicon
- $382,029 (November 15, 2024)
- Valley Community Foundation
- $660,000 (December 30, 2024)
- Founders Pledge, Inc
- $584,000 (December 27, 2024)
- The Foresight Institute
- $70,000 (June 4, 2024)
- Vanguard Charitable
- $44,000 (October 16, 2024)
- Manifund
- $8,365 (November 29, 2024)
- Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI)
- $1,000 (January 29, 2024)
$499,000 (February 2, 2024)
$500,000 (May 10, 2024)
$500,000 (June 3, 2024)
2024 Non-Cash Donations (Compute Credits)
- Anthropic - API Credits
- Estimated Value: $35,000 (Late 2024)