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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by RETHINK PRIORITIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,759,144
Total expenses
$7,734,979
Contributions and grants received
$11,487,954
Grants paid
$114,367
Program service revenue
$1,239,580
Investment income
$26,505
Other revenue
$5,105
Total assets, end of year
$11,526,295
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,150,165
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,376,130
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,871,141
Management and general expenses
$1,744,508
Fundraising expenses
$119,330
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,871,141

Program services were 75.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $11,487,954

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Research contracts

    total $1,239,580 · related or exempt $1,239,580

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $26,505 · excluded $26,505

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $5,105 · excluded $5,105

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,105

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $114,367 · program services $114,367

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $514,792 · program services $276,084 · management and general $220,315 · fundraising $18,393

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,172,911 · program services $3,329,353 · management and general $768,669 · fundraising $74,889

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $42,563 · program services $33,238 · management and general $9,325

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $147,594 · program services $116,525 · management and general $31,069

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $597,219 · program services $472,773 · management and general $110,323 · fundraising $14,123

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,040 · program services $800 · management and general $17,240

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,491 · management and general $17,491

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,050,044 · program services $724,402 · management and general $325,543 · fundraising $99

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,804 · program services $18,117 · management and general $14,647 · fundraising $40

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $99,366 · program services $29,634 · management and general $65,970 · fundraising $3,762

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $597,002 · program services $498,011 · management and general $91,612 · fundraising $7,379

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,020 · program services $9,503 · management and general $12,517

  • 24a · Other expenses: Survey expenses

    total $126,868 · program services $126,868

  • 24b · Other expenses: Facility Rentals

    total $126,277 · program services $84,291 · management and general $41,560 · fundraising $426

  • 24c · Other expenses: Other

    total $55,621 · program services $37,175 · management and general $18,227 · fundraising $219

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,659,522 · end of year $5,560,589

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,502,003 · end of year $5,028,508

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,212,550 · end of year $247,048

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $690,150

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $88,977

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,022,110 · end of year $1,061,188

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $827,476 · end of year $2,754,474

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,524,489 · end of year $7,621,656

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Rethink Priorities' mission is to support organizations, researchers, and changemakers in efforts to generate the most significant possible charitable impact for others in the present and the long-term future.

  • Animal Welfare: We research how organizations working to improve global health and reduce global poverty can best measure their impact. We conducted hundreds of hours of research in 2022, and communicated our findings to organizations working in the global poverty space and to the general public.

    Expenses $1,865,145 · Grants $114,367 · Revenue $211,248

  • AI Governance and Strategy: We conduct research into the governance of advanced artificial intelligence, to ensure that these technologies are developed safely. We distribute our research to key decision makers in the AI space.

    Expenses $1,050,745 · Revenue $432,328

  • Global Health and Development: We research how organizations working to improve global health and reduce global poverty can best measure their impact. We conducted hundreds of hours of research in 2022, and communicated our findings to organizations working in the global poverty space and to the general public.

    Expenses $841,308 · Revenue $332,365

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Peter Hurford Co-

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $209,119
    From this org
    $194,443
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,676
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,539
    Bonus
    $54,904
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,101
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,575
    Filer's total
    $209,119

  • Marcus Davis Co-CEO

    President

    Total calculated
    $153,881
    From this org
    $133,753
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,128
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,753
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,203
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,925
    Filer's total
    $153,881

  • Abraham Rowe

    COO

    Total calculated
    $144,279
    From this org
    $128,411
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,868
    Hours/week
    40

  • Samara Mendez

    Senior Economist

    Total calculated
    $143,195
    From this org
    $116,963
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,232
    Hours/week
    0

  • David Reinstein

    Senior Researcher

    Total calculated
    $133,635
    From this org
    $118,084
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,551
    Hours/week
    0

  • Greer Gosnell

    Senior Researcher

    Total calculated
    $129,918
    From this org
    $118,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,218
    Hours/week
    0

  • Amanda El-Dakhakhni

    Snr. Research Mgr.

    Total calculated
    $124,125
    From this org
    $118,557
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,568
    Hours/week
    0

  • Jacob Peacock

    Snr. Research Mgr.

    Total calculated
    $121,239
    From this org
    $112,217
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,022
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ozzie Gooen Dir

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cameron Meyer Shorb Dir

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vicky Bond

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
16 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202342289349301659

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