Compensation 990

OpenAI Foundation fka OpenAI Inc

Fiscal year ending 2019. Filed on November 17, 2020.

3180 18th St Suite 100
San Francisco, California 94110

OpenAI Foundation fka OpenAI Inc (EIN: 81-0861541) has filed an IRS Form 990 since at least fiscal year 2016. In its fiscal year 2019 IRS Form 990 filing, OpenAI Foundation fka OpenAI Inc, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 8 out of 125 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $399,356. The highest compensated employee at OpenAI Foundation fka OpenAI Inc is David Luan with fiscal year 2019 compensation of $504,048. OpenAI Foundation fka OpenAI Inc changed its name from OpenAI Inc in 2024.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$31,932,729

Expenses

$3,332,917

Employee compensation

$615,645
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

New in 2019
David Luan
Vice President, Engineering
$504,048
$242,500 from org$250,265 from related$11,283 other
－12.8%vs 2018
John Schulman
Technical Staff
$478,572
$216,667 from org$250,265 from related$11,640 other
New in 2019
Christopher Olah
Technical Staff
$430,842
$286,073 from org$133,485 from related$11,284 other
New in 2019
Scott Gray
Technical Staff
$430,675
$74,167 from org$343,599 from related$12,909 other
New in 2019
Christopher Berner
Technical Staff
$402,321
$72,500 from org$312,765 from related$17,056 other
＋13.4%vs 2018
David Lansky
General Counsel
$351,177
$58,334 from org$250,265 from related$42,578 other
＋12.2%vs 2018
Chris Clark
Coo/Sec/Tres
$309,274
$143,750 from org$160,682 from related$4,842 other
＋50.8%vs 2018
Ilya Sutskever
Research Director
$287,936
$29,167 from org$234,274 from related$24,495 other

Non-Employee Board Members

New in 2019
Gregory Brockman
Director/Cto
$72,214
$29,167 from org$12,525 from related$30,522 other
New in 2019
Sam Altman
President and Director
$28,100
$0 from org$24,143 from related$3,957 other
New in 2019
Reid Hoffman
Director
No compensation reported
Sue Yoon
Director
No compensation reported
Tasha McCauley
Director
No compensation reported
Holden Karnofsky
Director
No compensation reported
Adam D'Angelo
Director
No compensation reported

Mission Statement

OpenAIs mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

Revisions to this organization profile

November 18, 2025:
2024 OpenAI Foundation fka OpenAI Inc 990 filed
November 13, 2024:
2023 OpenAI Foundation fka OpenAI Inc 990 filed
November 16, 2023:
2022 OpenAI Foundation fka OpenAI Inc 990 filed

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