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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 10 November 2023. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,648,954
Total expenses
$10,163,623
Contributions and grants received
$11,146,169
Grants paid
$18,262
Program service revenue
$27,480
Investment income
$2,134
Other revenue
$473,171
Total assets, end of year
$26,094,460
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,363,207
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,731,253
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,926,185
Management and general expenses
$237,438
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,926,185

Program services were 97.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $178,637

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,967,532

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WORKSHOP REVENUE

    total $27,480 · related or exempt $27,480 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,134 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $2,134

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $19,000 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $19,000 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $19,000 · related or exempt $19,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $30,499

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $30,499 · related or exempt $30,499 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $423,672 · related or exempt $423,672 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $423,672

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,337 · program services $5,337

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,925 · program services $4,925

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $8,000 · program services $8,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,317,850 · program services $1,191,403 · management and general $126,447

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $323,044 · program services $293,600 · management and general $29,444

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $37,315 · program services $31,219 · management and general $6,096

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $77,791 · program services $69,814 · management and general $7,977

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $132,719 · program services $132,494 · management and general $225

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $41,817 · program services $13,840 · management and general $27,977

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $775,199 · program services $767,064 · management and general $8,135

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $743,482 · program services $737,849 · management and general $5,633

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $139,023 · program services $133,201 · management and general $5,822

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,270,432 · program services $3,261,582 · management and general $8,850

  • 17 · Travel

    total $133,469 · program services $131,010 · management and general $2,459

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $630,907 · program services $630,907

  • 20 · Interest

    total $55,082 · program services $54,802 · management and general $280

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $130,487 · program services $130,487

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,217 · program services $12,596 · management and general $7,621

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $1,551,218 · program services $1,550,942 · management and general $276 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRAINING EXPENSES

    total $614,385 · program services $614,189 · management and general $196 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: LESSWRONG ACCOUNTS

    total $150,924 · program services $150,924 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $805,456 · end of year $4,547,918

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,949,077 · end of year $11,214

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $51,004

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $5,761

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,794 · end of year $116,836

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $21,657,072

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $264,636

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,599,851 · end of year $21,392,436

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $24,537 · end of year $26,056

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $124,344 · end of year $481,227

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $897,463 · end of year $20,881,980

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $176,767

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,425,310 · end of year $3,678,749

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $820,599 · end of year $1,052,504

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

PERFORM AND CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO INDIVIDUAL, COLLECTIVE, AND ARTIFICIAL COGNITION. DO THIS RESEARCH BY: A) SEARCHING FOR IDEAS ON HOW TO ALIGN MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, AND FOR USEFUL IDEAS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE REASONING OF BOTH INDIVIDUAL HUMANS AND GROUPS OF HUMANS; B) TEST WHETHER THE IDEAS FOR ONE PORT TO THE OTHERS; C) TEST OUR IDEAS THROUGH TARGETED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENTS, RESEARCH WORKSHOPS, PHYSICAL RESEARCH CENTRES, AND ONLINE RESEARCH FORA; D) COLLABORATE WITH EXTERNAL RESEARCHERS IN RELATED FIELDS.

  • RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (LIGHTCONE PROJECT): OUR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES CONSIST OF THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY STAFF, PRESENTED IN INTERNAL COLLOQUIA, LONGITUDINAL STUDIES, RESEARCH REPORTS, AND MORE. MOST OF THESE OCCUR UNDER THE "LIGHTCONE" PROJECT BRAND. WE ALSO HOST THE ONLINE RESEARCH FORUMS, LESSWRONG AND THE ALIGNMENT FORUM, WHERE STAFF FROM CFAR AND OTHER ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS SHARE AND DISCUSS RESEARCH PROGRESS VIA: TECHNICAL REPORTS, BLOG POSTS, AND DRAFT PAPERS, IN THE FIELDS OF: PSYCHOLOGY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, RATIONALITY, AND AI. CFAR OPERATES A RESEARCH CENTER AND OFFICE WHICH RUNS SEMINARS AND VISITOR PROGRAMS FOR RESEARCHERS FROM BOTH THE ORGANISATION AND OTHER GROUPS, UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTES BASED IN THE AREA. IN 2022 CFAR ACQUIRED THE ROSE GARDEN INN PROPERTY TO EXPAND ITS RESEARCH CENTER OPERATIONS. CFAR ALSO RUNS RESEARCH RETREATS FOR STAFF AND INVITED GUESTS, WHO SPEND SUSTAINED EFFORT IN THIS LOCATION OVER 1-2 WEEKS ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT E.G. THE NATURE OF INTELLIGENCE.

    Expenses $8,968,694 · Grants $1,249 · Revenue $65,581

  • MAIN WORKSHOPS & RESEARCH - CFAR HAS PERFORMED LITERATURE REVIEWS IN PSYCHOLOGY, COGNITIVE SCIENCE, AND RELATED FIELDS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A RANGE OF MENTAL TECHNIQUES DESIGNED TO HELP IMPROVE CLARITY OF THINKING AND DECISION-MAKING, AND INCREASE INTERNAL ALIGNMENT TOWARDS GOALS. OUR WORKSHOPS ARE 4-DAY IMMERSIVE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO TEACH PARTICIPANTS THESE TECHNIQUES IN A PRACTICAL WAY. THE WORKSHOP CONSISTS MOSTLY OF LECTURES AND EXERCISES, AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPANTS TO TRAIN EACH OTHER ON THE TECHNIQUES.

    Expenses $957,491 · Grants $17,013 · Revenue $8,398

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ben Pace

    TEAM LEAD

    Total calculated
    $218,027
    From this org
    $210,022
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,005
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,022
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $8,005
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $218,027

  • Ruben Bloom

    TEAM LEAD

    Total calculated
    $210,185
    From this org
    $192,670
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,515
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,670
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $17,515
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $210,185

  • James Babcock

    TEAM LEAD

    Total calculated
    $190,759
    From this org
    $176,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,092
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $14,092
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $190,759

  • Robert Mushkatblat

    TEAM LEAD

    Total calculated
    $159,867
    From this org
    $156,117
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,750
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,117
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,750
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $159,867

  • Jackson Carrol

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $159,347
    From this org
    $148,275
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,072
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,275
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $11,072
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $159,347

  • Raymond Arnold

    TEAM LEAD

    Total calculated
    $158,775
    From this org
    $149,474
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,301
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,474
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $9,301
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $158,775

  • Jacob Lagerros

    TEAM LEAD

    Total calculated
    $146,677
    From this org
    $141,141
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,536
    Hours/week
    40

  • Anna Salamon

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $74,213
    From this org
    $55,855
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,358
    Hours/week
    20

  • Divia Caroline Eden

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zvi Mowshowitz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400899349301450

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