The How We Feel Project, Inc in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by The How We Feel Project, Inc.
How We Feel is made by The How We Feel Project, Inc., which calls itself a non-profit company. The app is free and, its site says, paid for by donations, which it collects through a Donorbox page.
Founded
2020
Based in
San Francisco
Ownership
Nonprofit
Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from The How We Feel Project, Inc’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 18, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by The How We Feel Project, Inc. toolgpa.com
Part 01 · Company
The company
Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it
2020
The year The How We Feel Project, Inc was founded, in San Francisco
In a sentence
How We Feel is made by The How We Feel Project, Inc., which calls itself a non-profit company. The app is free and, its site says, paid for by donations, which it collects through a Donorbox page.
In a paragraph
The How We Feel Project, Inc was founded in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California. It was founded by Ben Silbermann. No headcount given. Its About page says the product team includes current and former Pinterest employees, and names a scientific team at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
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Fact sheet
Company
The How We Feel Project, Inc
Founded
2020
Based in
San Francisco, California
Team
No headcount given. Its About page says the product team includes current and former Pinterest employees, and names a scientific team at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
Website
howwefeel.org
Products we list
How We Feel
Ownership: Nonprofit
Its Terms of Service describe The How We Feel Project, Inc. as a non-profit company, and its About page calls the project a scientific non-profit created in 2020.
Leadership
BS
Ben Silbermann
Leads the product team; co-founder of Pinterest
MB
Marc Brackett
Leads the scientific team
FZ
Feng Zhang
Led the project at its start
XL
Xihong Lin
Led the project at its start
Part 02 · Funding
The money
Every announced round, who put money in, and what it was last valued at
No investment is mentioned anywhere on the site. The app is free and the home page says it is made possible by donations, which are taken through a Donorbox page.
What they make
How We Feel, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.
How We Feel
Free emotion check-in journal from a science nonprofit
Journaling AppsFree plan4.9 on the App Store
3.2GPA
Best for a free check-in on how you really feel. How We Feel is a free emotion journal made by a nonprofit with Yale's Center for Emotional Intelligence.
AValue
AFree
CFeatures
AEase
CPlatforms
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