<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>How the Musk Foundation’s grants and carbon-removal prize unfolded</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/musk-foundation/</link><description>Ongoing. The foundation’s 2020 to 2024 tax returns document assets and charitable disbursements. XPRIZE’s 2021 to 2025 announcements trace its foundation-funded carbon-removal competition from launch to final awards.</description><language>en</language><item><title>23 Apr 2025: Mati Carbon wins the grand prize</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/musk-foundation/#e8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">musk-foundation-ebe874ce5d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>XPRIZE announced Mati Carbon as the $50 million grand-prize winner. The organizer also named runners-up and other awardees. These final awards followed the student and milestone rounds within the $100 million competition.</description></item><item><title>2024: The return reports $474 million in grants</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/musk-foundation/#e7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">musk-foundation-96515f871c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>For tax year 2024, the foundation reports $474,325,312 in grants paid and $474,381,752 in qualifying distributions. Year-end assets were $14,733,241,124 at fair market value, compared with $462,970,680 in book value. The grants schedule includes $5,450,000 to X Prize Foundation for carbon-removal technology.</description></item><item><title>2023: Annual qualifying distributions rise</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/musk-foundation/#e6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">musk-foundation-954b5aca32</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The 2023 return reports $236,645,423 in qualifying distributions and year-end assets of $9,452,177,174 at fair market value. These figures describe that tax year rather than the later filing year.</description></item><item><title>22 Apr 2022: Fifteen teams receive milestone awards</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/musk-foundation/#e5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">musk-foundation-c7006f65f2</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>XPRIZE announced $1 million awards for each of 15 teams. The $15 million milestone round was part of the existing carbon-removal competition.</description></item><item><title>2022: The next return records further contributions</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/musk-foundation/#e4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">musk-foundation-347b84b94f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>For tax year 2022, the return reports $2,245,989,389 in contributions and $160,567,914 in qualifying distributions. Year-end fair market assets were $5,050,765,516.</description></item><item><title>10 Nov 2021: Student teams win the first awards</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/musk-foundation/#e3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">musk-foundation-cce4d5d8da</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>XPRIZE announced 23 student teams as winners in a $5 million competition within the wider $100 million program.</description></item><item><title>8 Feb 2021: A $100 million carbon-removal competition is announced</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/musk-foundation/#e2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">musk-foundation-94e553a928</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>XPRIZE announced a four-year carbon-removal competition funded by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation. The announced prize program was not a statement that all prize money had already been paid.</description></item><item><title>2021: Contributions increase the foundation’s resources</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/musk-foundation/#e1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">musk-foundation-3ad86c58a5</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The 2021 return reports $5,703,165,040 in contributions received and $160,085,353 in qualifying distributions. Contributions received by the foundation are distinct from grants it pays to others.</description></item><item><title>2020: The 2020 return records assets and charitable spending</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/musk-foundation/#e0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">musk-foundation-342c6ba964</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>For tax year 2020, the return reports year-end assets of $2,956,347,525 at fair market value and $10,237,958 in qualifying distributions. These are annual figures, not amounts paid on one date.</description></item></channel></rss>