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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$21Mrevenue
FY2024 · −96% in 3 yrs29staff
8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin18.2%
Months of reserve0.3mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+37.4%
Middle half of peersMedianFuture of Life Institute
Where the money goes FY2024 · $17M spent
Programs$16M91%Management and general$1.6M9%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$465M in FY2022 and −$12M in FY2023. Cash covers 0.3 months, under the peer median of 2.6.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 37% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort11funders
$1.5Ma year, last 3 years
87%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Musk FoundationOn and off$4.0MBerkeley Existential Risk InitiativeOn and off$300kBeri Support FundOn and off$50kLeaves of Grass FundNew in FY2023$3kStiefel Freethought FoundationStopped after FY2018$1k$1k–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$100k$256k$736k$405k$593k$616$399
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped