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Future House Inc

EIN 88-3221427 · San Francisco, CA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthFair60 out of 100GovernanceStrong93 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

OUR MISSION IS TO BUILD AN AI SCIENTIST, OR AI SYSTEMS, THAT CAN AUTOMATE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND ACCELERATE THE PACE OF DISCOVERY, SO HUMANITY CAN FIND CURES FOR DISEASE, SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, AND OTHER SPECIES-ACCELERATING TECHNOLOGIES.

Income
$4.5 million
Spending
$9.5 million
Spent on programs
76%
Reserves
15 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 66%
Employees
29
Volunteers
3
Highest pay
$485,370, co-founder & head of scien

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Fair: 60 out of 100. Higher than 29% of charities in its peer group (science, $1m to $10m).

  • Reserves

    35 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 15.0 months of spending.

  • Debt

    10 of 20

    It owes 31% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    0 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 109% of income.

  • Income trend

    0 of 15

    Income fell 78% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    76% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 5 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 56% of charities in its peer group (science, $1m to $10m).

  • Independent board

    18 of 25

    3 of 4 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (1)
  1. $7.2 million spent. IN NOVEMBER 2023, SAM RODRIQUES AND ANDREW WHITE CO-FOUNDED FUTUREHOUSE WITH THE MISSION OF AUTOMATING SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY TO ACCELERATE THE PACE OF INNOVATION WITHIN BIOLOGY AND OTHER COMPLEX SCIENCES.THE CHALLENGESCIENTIFIC PROGRESS DEPENDS ON SYNTHESIZING EXISTING KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS, BUT THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE HAS CREATED A CRITICAL BOTTLENECK. WHILE LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS (LLMS) SHOW PROMISE FOR AUTOMATING KNOWLEDGE SYNTHESIS AT SCALE, THEY FACE SIGNIFICANT LIMITATIONS INCLUDING HALLUCINATIONS, LACK OF ACCESS TO CURRENT DATA, AND UNRELIABLE CITATION PRACTICES.OUR SOLUTIONS AND PROGRESSFUTUREHOUSE HAS DEVELOPED BREAKTHROUGH AI-DRIVEN TOOLS AND SYSTEMS:PAPERQA/PAPERQA2 - OUR FOUNDATIONAL LLM PLATFORM FOR RELIABLE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND SYNTHESIS, ACHIEVING STATE-OF-THE-ART PERFORMANCE ON BENCHMARKS INCLUDING PUBMEDQA AND LITQA (OUR INTERNAL RETRIEVAL-FOCUSED EVALUATION THAT TESTS THE ABILITY TO RETRIEVE FULL-TEXT PDFS ACROSS SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE).WIKICROW - AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM BUILT ON PAPERQA THAT CREATES WIKIPEDIA-STYLE ARTICLES FOR TECHNICAL SCIENTIFIC TOPICS. WIKICROW HAS GENERATED DRAFT ARTICLES FOR OVER 15,600 HUMAN PROTEIN-CODING GENES LACKING COMPREHENSIVE WIKIPEDIA ENTRIES, COMPLETING EACH ARTICLE IN JUST 8 MINUTES. ITS LITERATURE RETRIEVAL ACCURACY SURPASSES THAT OF PHD AND POSTDOC-LEVEL BIOLOGY RESEARCHERS.FUTUREHOUSE PLATFORM - LAUNCHED IN 2025, THIS PLATFORM COMBINES FOUR SPECIALIZED AGENTS THAT CAN SEARCH AND SYNTHESIZE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE AND PLAN CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENTS AT SUPERHUMAN LEVELS.ROBIN - OUR UNIFIED AI AGENT SYSTEM THAT AUTOMATES THE KEY INTELLECTUAL STEPS OF THE ENTIRE SCIENTIFIC PROCESS. USING ROBIN, WE ACHIEVED OUR FIRST AI-GENERATED DISCOVERY.ETHER0 - A 24B OPEN-WEIGHTS REASONING MODEL TRAINED ON CHEMISTRY TASKS, DEMONSTRATING OUR COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING AI CAPABILITIES IN SCIENTIFIC DOMAINS.WE'VE ALSO PUBLISHED RESEARCH ON TOPICS RANGING FROM EVALUATIONS OF HUMANITY'S LAST EXAM TO BENCHMARKS OF OUR LITERATURE RESEARCH AGENTS, CONTRIBUTING TO THE BROADER SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY'S UNDERSTANDING OF AI CAPABILITIES.IMPACT AND TEAM BUILDINGTHESE TOOLS DEMOCRATIZE ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND POSITION FUTUREHOUSE AT THE FOREFRONT OF AI-DRIVEN SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. TO SUPPORT THIS MISSION, WE'VE BUILT INTEGRATED TEAMS SPANNING MACHINE LEARNING AND BIOLOGY THROUGH INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS THAT ATTRACT TOP TALENT, SHOWCASE OUR INNOVATIVE CULTURE, AND FOSTER MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH CANDIDATES WHO SHARE OUR VALUES AND VISION.THROUGH THESE INITIATIVES, FUTUREHOUSE IS ADVANCING THE FRONTIER OF AI IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WHILE BUILDING ADEDICATED TEAM READY TO RESHAPE THE LANDSCAPE OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since November 2022.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.

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