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501(c)(3) organizations

  • Columbia UniversityAt Columbia, Enrico Fermi ran the Americas' first uranium fission experiments. They took place in Pupin Hall.
  • University of ChicagoThe University of Chicago was founded twice. The first one closed in 1886 under debt, and a new one opened in 1890.
  • Nonprofit organizationA nonprofit can make money, but it cannot pay that money out to owners. Extra revenue must go back into its mission.
  • Internet ArchiveThe Internet Archive passed one trillion saved web pages in October 2025. Brewster Kahle founded it in 1996.
  • Turning Point USATurning Point USA is an American conservative nonprofit that works on high school, college and university campuses. Each of its paid workers is supposed to make at least 1,500 student contacts per semester. The organization says it has…
  • OpenAIOpenAI's board fired its own chief executive, Sam Altman, in November 2023.
  • American Political Science AssociationWoodrow Wilson led the American Political Science Association before he governed New Jersey.
  • Freedom HouseFreedom House began in 1941 as a group of campaigns urging America to enter World War II.
  • ProPublicaIn 2010, ProPublica became the first online news source to win a Pulitzer Prize.
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersIn May 2019, the IEEE barred Huawei employees from reviewing its papers, then reversed course within weeks.
  • Union of Concerned ScientistsNorthwest Airlines complained, and both nuclear-warning billboards near two convention cities came down.
  • Atlantic CouncilThe Atlantic Council began in 1961 with a handshake between two former American statesmen.
  • National Security ArchiveA small nonprofit sued the White House over email and won. The National Security Archive saved over a billion messages.
  • The Planetary SocietyThe Planetary Society's donor-funded LightSail 2 changed its orbit using only sunlight.

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