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Waking Up Foundation: 5 grants to organizations, $704,700 (tax year ended December 2024)
Waking Up Foundation, a private foundation in Encino, CA, paid 5 grants to organizations totaling $704,700 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $300,000 to Safe Artificial Intelligence Forum Institute in Brooklyn, NY for to support mission of minimizing extreme ai risks..
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- EIN
- 261643643
- Based in
- Encino, CA
- Assets
- $1,326,329
- Grants paid
- $704,700
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202513219349104131. It reported $704,700 in grants paid; 5 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safe Artificial Intelligence Forum Institute | Brooklyn, NY | To support mission of minimizing extreme ai risks. | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Rand Corporation | Santa Monica, CA | To support research that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities safer, more secure, healthier, and more prosperous. | Public and societal benefit | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc | San Francisco, CA | Research to inform ai policy, training ai policy researchers and practitioners. | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Givedirectly Inc | New York, NY | In support of people in poverty. | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lotus Treasure | Boulder, CO | In support of the tulku urgyen rinpoche dzogchen compilation project. | Arts, culture and humanities | $4,700 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Public and societal benefit | $250,000 |
| Education | $100,000 |
| Human services | $50,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $4,700 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $350,000 |
| California | $350,000 |
| Colorado | $4,700 |
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Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.