Yc org is a non-profit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes. The specific purpose of this organization is to support other charitable organizations conducting charitable activities. Yc org furthers its purpose by making grants to other 501(c)(3) initiatives and activities that are trying to solve the worlds problems. The overall goal is to further scientific research that will ultimately be made freely available to the public.

Philanthropy , Public Foundations

Yc org supported a number of charitable projects and organizations in 2016, including watsi, y combinator research (basic income study, research fellows, and the human advancement research community), openai (artificial intelligence research), and watsi (infrastructure for universal healthcare access). All supported projects/organizations provide yc org with periodic updates and accounting of the use of their grants