2025-11-10T09:11:33-06:00 2024-12-31 742900215 MAXWELL LOCKE & RITTER LLP 401 CONGRESS AVENUE SUITE 2000 AUSTIN TX 787019682 990 2024-01-01 884338840 MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE MATH 2019825687 500 WESTOVER DR 16315 SANFORD NC 27330 ALEX ZHU DIRECTOR 2019825687 2025-11-07 1 1 LAURA WILLARD P01310853 5123703200 2025-11-07 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ALEX ZHU 500 WESTOVER DR 16315 SANFORD NC 27330 275932 0 X N/A X 2022 DE THROUGH THE DISCOVERY OF CALCULUS, ISAAC NEWTON REVOLUTIONIZED THE FIELD OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, THE BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY CONCERNED WITH UNDERSTANDING THE NATURAL WORLD, TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT IT WAS REBRANDED AS A FIELD OF SCIENCE CALLED "PHYSICS". PROMINENT MATHEMATICIANS LIKE DAVID SPIVAK BELIEVE THAT WE ARE AT THE CUSP OF DISCOVERING A NEW BRANCH OF MATHEMATICS THAT CAN DO FOR METAPHYSICS THE BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY CONCERNED WITH THE NATURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MIND AND MATTER, AND THE NATURE OF IDENTITY, AMONG OTHER THINGS WHAT CALCULUS DID FOR NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. THE MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE (MMI) AIMS TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NEW BRANCH OF MATHEMATICS, BY BUILDING AN INTERDISCIPLINARY MATHEMATICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH COMMUNITY ORIENTED TOWARD FINDING RIGOROUS FOUNDATIONS FOR METAPHYSICS, AND MAKING GRANTS TO SUPPORT EXISTING RESEARCH IN THIS DIRECTION. MMI ALSO AIMS TO UTILIZE THE FRUITS OF THIS RESEARCH TO (1) FACILITATE CRO 3 3 0 3 0 0 12010 275932 0 0 0 0 0 0 12010 275932 50000 79218 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25000 134128 75000 213346 -62990 62586 12005 35591 50000 11000 -37995 24591 X THROUGH THE DISCOVERY OF CALCULUS, ISAAC NEWTON REVOLUTIONIZED THE FIELD OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, THE BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY CONCERNED WITH UNDERSTANDING THE NATURAL WORLD, TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT IT WAS REBRANDED AS A FIELD OF SCIENCE CALLED "PHYSICS". PROMINENT MATHEMATICIANS LIKE DAVID SPIVAK BELIEVE THAT WE ARE AT THE CUSP OF DISCOVERING A NEW BRANCH OF MATHEMATICS THAT CAN DO FOR METAPHYSICS THE BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY CONCERNED WITH THE NATURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MIND AND MATTER, AND THE NATURE OF IDENTITY, AMONG OTHER THINGS WHAT CALCULUS DID FOR NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. THE MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS INSTITUTE (MMI) AIMS TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NEW BRANCH OF MATHEMATICS, BY BUILDING AN INTERDISCIPLINARY MATHEMATICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH COMMUNITY ORIENTED TOWARD FINDING RIGOROUS FOUNDATIONS FOR METAPHYSICS, AND MAKING GRANTS TO SUPPORT EXISTING RESEARCH IN THIS DIRECTION. MMI ALSO AIMS TO UTILIZE THE FRUITS OF THIS RESEARCH TO (1) FACILITATE CRO 0 0 162120 79218 ACADEMIC GRANTS FOR CONCRETIZING AND DISSEMINATING METAPHYSICAL INSIGHTS FROM EASTERN SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS IN EXISTING ACADEMIC FRAMEWORKS. * UNDER MMI FUNDING, MARK MILLER (FORMER POSTDOC OF ANDY CLARK, THE AUTHOR OF SURFING UNCERTAINTY), COMPLETED A PAPER EXPLORING HOW NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES MIGHT REDUCE FEAR OF DEATH FROM A PREDICTIVE PROCESSING STANDPOINT, AND ADDITIONALLY PUBLISHED A PAPER COMPARING JHANAS (BLISSFUL MEDITATION STATES DESCRIBED IN BUDDHISM) AND SPEAKING IN TONGUES FROM A PREDICTIVE PROCESSING STANDPOINT * DAVID SPIVAK WROTE A BLOG POST ABOUT AN IDEA HE CAME UP WITH CALLED PLAUSIBLE FICTION, WHICH PROVIDES CONCEPTUAL CLARITY FOR UNDERSTANDING SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECIES, AND SUGGESTS POINTERS FOR HOW TO MODEL THEM MATHEMATICALLY 18218 CREATION OF MORE ACCESSIBLE INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS RELATED TO THE COGNITIVE-THEORETIC MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE. 24449 RESEARCH CONSULTING 204787 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X ALEX ZHU 2019825687 500 WESTOVER DR 16315 SANFORD NC 27330 X ALEX ZHU PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JERRY SUN SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BLAKE BORGESON BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 275932 275932 275932 0 0 0 X 79218 79218 1017 1017 133063 125569 7494 48 48 213346 204787 8559 0 12005 35591 12005 35591 50000 11000 50000 11000 X -37995 24591 -37995 24591 12005 35591 62586 0 X 0 0 0 X 0 12010 275432 287442 12010 275432 287442 271934 15508 287442 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) 0 1 PROGRAM SERVICES CONTRACTOR RESEARCH 10546 NORTH AMERICA 0 1 PROGRAM SERVICES CONTRACTOR RESEARCH 51135 0 2 0 0 0 2 61681 0 61681 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TOPOS INSTITUTE 2140 SHATTUCK AVE BERKELEY CA 94704 843431367 501(C)(3) 50000 0 RESEARCH MATHEMATICAL METAPHYSICS MEGA FOUNDATION 20835 US HIGHWAY 136 PRINCETON MO 64673 061566569 501(C)(3) 29218 0 RESERACH 2 PART I, LINE 2: WE REVIEW THE BUDGET (WHICH HAS THUS FAR INCLUDED THE LIST OF GRANTEES, AND GRANT AMOUNTS) DURING BOARD MEETINGS. ALEX ZHU CURRENT OFFICER GENERAL X 50000 11000 0 1 0 11000 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 BLAKE BORGESON'S FOUNDATION, GOOD FOREVER FOUNDATION, IS EMPLOYING ALEX ZHU AS AN EMPLOYEE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B NO COMMITTEES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B EACH BOARD MEMBER WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE 990 TO REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C WE HAVE A WRITTEN POLICY AND WE WILL BE PRODUCING WRITTEN STATEMENTS ANNUALLY IN THE BOARD MEETINGS. (NONE PRODUCED YET AS OF 9/24/25.) FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT PAY ANY COMPENSATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 MMI MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G RESEARCH EXPENSES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 125,569. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 7,494. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 133,063.