Public Invention Quarterly and Annual Reports
2024 Reports
In 2024, Public Invention received a general $50,000 donation, as well as a $175,000 gift to support the Global Distributed Tracking project of GOSQAS. We fiscally sponsor GOSQAS, but it is a separate organization headed by Robert Read, Victoria Jaqua, and Christina Cole.
Our gala raised $3,508 in pledges, and Rob Read matched $1,754 for a total of $5,262. We received $100,000 from NASA, which we spent on equipment and the project’s paid engineers. We also worked on a new $60,000 NASA contract.
Public Invention received a $20,000 grant from KidsOR, and a $60,000 contract to test the oxygen generator in Scotland and Zambia.
2023 Reports
In 2023, Public Invention continued to partner with Helpful Engineering, and support the GOSQAS alliance.
We raised over $37,000 in partnership with GLIA for the open-source tourniquet project. We also received a $10,000 donation from a private donor for GOSQAS.
RecognizeGood awarded Public Invention $1,000, and Moonrat raised $2,000 as a crowdfunded project. Public Invention was awarded a $300,000 contract with NASA to build a digital control system for a ceramic oxygen generator (COG).
2022 Reports
In 2022, Public Invention hosted RespiraCon II and co-hosted the hackathon for the event. Rob Read inaugurated the first Public Invention club at Auburn University. We signed and completed a short-term contract with NASA, and began a new contract with them in Q4.
Regarding projects, Rob Read tested the Moonrat in Tanzania and co-created the Global Open Source Quality Assurance (GOSQAS) alliance.
We received a $25,000 donation.
2021 Reports
Public Invention continued its creation of a free-libre, open source ecosystem for human respiration.
2020 Reports
In 2020, many of our plans were dictated by the pandemic, as Public Invention positioned itself at the center of the open-source response to COVID-19. We received a $20,000 MOSS grant and a $20,000 grant from Protocol Labs, which have mostly gone toward our COVID-19 relief efforts.
2019 Reports
Public Invention was incorporated and granted 501c3 tax-exempt status by the IRS in 2019.
In its founding year, Public Invention received $18,000 in donations primarily from its founder, with support from other Public Inventors and board members. At the end of 2019, we had approximately $6,000.