Prediction Open AI assessment confidence: 80% certainty 3/5 debate potential 3/5

Altman predicts OpenAI's nonprofit will become the largest nonprofit ever

Sam Altman · All things AI w @altcap @sama & @satyanadella. A Halloween Special. 🎃🔥BG2 w/ Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod · Oct 31, 2025 · at 4:46

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses the structure of OpenAI's nonprofit parent and public benefit corporation with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Brad Gerstner.

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“And also as Satya said, create what we believe will be the largest nonprofit ever.”

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The claim, plainly

OpenAI's parent nonprofit organization will become the largest nonprofit entity in history.

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Assessment

Under the October 2025 corporate restructuring, the OpenAI Foundation was allocated a 26% equity stake in OpenAI Group PBC. Based on implied private transaction valuations of $500 billion in October 2025 and $852 billion in March 2026, the foundation's equity holding represents an estimated paper value between $130 billion and $220 billion, exceeding the reported asset bases of the world's largest foundations (such as the Novo Nordisk Foundation at approximately $109 billion and the Gates Foundation & Trust at $89–91 billion). However, formal audited financial statements and IRS Form 990 filings for the 2025 fiscal year confirming the carrying value and official asset holdings on the nonprofit's balance sheet have not yet been publicly released as of September 2026. Because the claim operates under a default horizon and final formal accounting documentation is pending, the claim remains open.

OpenAI restructured in October 2025, assigning the OpenAI Foundation a 26% equity stake in OpenAI Group PBC.
The 26% stake represents an implied valuation of ~$130B (at $500B PBC valuation in Oct 2025) to ~$220B (at $852B PBC valuation in March 2026), compared to Novo Nordisk Foundation's ~$109B and Gates Foundation's ~$89-91B.
As of September 2026, the most recent publicly filed IRS Form 990 is for tax year 2024 ($14.7M in net assets), while 2025 post-restructuring filings and audited financial statements remain pending.

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[1] openai.com [2] openai.com [3] theguardian.com [4] wikipedia.org [5] qz.com [6] instrumentl.com [7] causeiq.com [8] wikipedia.org

"Gates Foundation" endowment assets 2025 OR 2026 largest foundations in the world by endowment Novo Nordisk Foundation assets OpenAI nonprofit restructuring equity stake valuation OpenAI nonprofit Form 990 assets "Novo Nordisk Foundation" annual report 2025 assets OR endowment

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