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OpenAI Lets Employees Donate Equity to Charity
18 Nov 2025- OpenAI will let current and former employees donate eligible equity to charity, but a delayed rollout, short decision window and clawback worries trouble staff despite higher valuation.
18 Nov 2025
Current and former OpenAI employees will — finally — be allowed to donate eligible equity to charity, according to a memo and an email from OpenAI’s equity team viewed by The Verge. The move could let staff who received six‑figure equity grants in 2019 donate millions to nonprofits, but sources tell The Verge the company is roughly 18 months late delivering on the promise. The rollout has some catches. Employees face a short turnaround to decide donation amounts and details, much shorter than the roughly 20 business days the SEC requires for certain liquidation decisions like tender offers, which makes participation harder for people who need tax or financial advice. The Verge’s reporting also notes worries among employees about OpenAI’s past restrictive approach to equity — including concerns that vested shares could be clawed back if non‑disparagement terms were violated. OpenAI hasn’t commented publicly on the announcement. The decision follows the company’s recent mega‑funding round and completion of its for‑profit restructuring; past donation rounds happened in 2021 and 2022. The story also notes competitors’ practices (Anthropic offers a 1:1 equity donation match for up to 25% of a grant) and that OpenAI’s fair‑market share price recently rose from about $430 (tender offer) to roughly $483 per unit, according to a source.
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Current and former OpenAI employees will — finally — be allowed to donate eligible equity to charity, according to a memo and an email from OpenAI’s equity team viewed by The Verge. The move could let staff who received six‑figure equity grants in 2019 donate millions to nonprofits, but sources tell The Verge the company is roughly 18 months late delivering on the promise. The rollout has some catches. Employees face a short turnaround to decide donation amounts and details, much shorter than the roughly 20 business days the SEC requires for certain liquidation decisions like tender offers, which makes participation harder for people who need tax or financial advice. The Verge’s reporting also notes worries among employees about OpenAI’s past restrictive approach to equity — including concerns that vested shares could be clawed back if non‑disparagement terms were violated. OpenAI hasn’t commented publicly on the announcement. The decision follows the company’s recent mega‑funding round and completion of its for‑profit restructuring; past donation rounds happened in 2021 and 2022. The story also notes competitors’ practices (Anthropic offers a 1:1 equity donation match for up to 25% of a grant) and that OpenAI’s fair‑market share price recently rose from about $430 (tender offer) to roughly $483 per unit, according to a source.
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