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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE FORESIGHT INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,404,522
Total expenses
$1,966,829
Contributions and grants received
$2,382,693
Grants paid
$109,058
Program service revenue
$872
Investment income
$17,374
Other revenue
$3,583
Total assets, end of year
$2,030,817
Total liabilities, end of year
$111,555
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,919,262
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,727,832
Management and general expenses
$189,244
Fundraising expenses
$49,753
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,727,832

Program services were 87.8% 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

    $2,382,693

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $372,881

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Conference & Event Income

    total $872 · related or exempt $872

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,981 · excluded $12,981

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $9,965 · other assets $96,539

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $5,516 · other assets $96,595

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $4,449 · other assets -$56

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,393 · excluded $4,393

  • 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 Income

    total $2,912 · related or exempt $2,912

  • 11b · Other revenue: Reimbursements

    total $671 · related or exempt $671

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,583

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $35,063 · program services $35,063

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $73,995 · program services $73,995

  • 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 $261,543 · program services $193,965 · management and general $30,679 · fundraising $36,899

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $271,279 · program services $219,391 · management and general $51,888

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,777 · program services $3,847 · management and general $930

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,143 · program services $2,071 · management and general $72

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,197 · program services $19,489 · management and general $2,947 · fundraising $1,761

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $26,953 · program services $18,864 · management and general $8,089

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,854 · management and general $15,854

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $122,663 · program services $86,900 · management and general $35,763

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $80,704 · program services $80,704

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $90,021 · program services $89,782 · management and general $239

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $45,436 · program services $39,765 · management and general $5,671

  • 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 $27 · program services $27

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Other Direct Program Expenses

    total $429,984 · program services $429,984

  • 24b · Other expenses: Event expenses

    total $412,394 · program services $412,394

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank charges

    total $21,597 · program services $2,049 · management and general $19,548

  • 24d · Other expenses: Insurance

    total $19,123 · program services $15,970 · management and general $1,974 · fundraising $1,179

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $29,076 · program services $3,572 · management and general $15,590 · fundraising $9,914

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $326,117 · end of year $180,643

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 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

    beginning of year $1,202 · end of year $0

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

    $51,485

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

    $50,871

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $641 · end of year $614

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,066,988 · end of year $1,288,851

  • 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

    beginning of year $374,200 · end of year $560,709

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $43,275 · end of year $102,824

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $12,863 · end of year $8,731

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,372,456 · end of year $1,607,136

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $390,554 · end of year $312,126

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Technology Education

  • FORESIGHT INSTITUTE PROGRAMSForesight Institute advances technologies of fundamental importance to the long-term future of life and the biosphere, focusing on molecular machine nanotechnology, longevity, neurotechnology, space technology, and computer science. We reward excellence, restrain recklessness, and create community to promote beneficial uses of these technologies and reduce misuse and accidents potentially associated with them.Foresight Programs in nanotechnology, biotechnology, computer science, space technology, neurotech, foresight.To translate the expertise of 10+ years of technical competitions for advancing biotechnology, nanotechnology, and computation into consistent long-term progress, Foresight Institute leads year-long strategy groups. Foresight also hosts technical in-person workshops in these areas. Invited participants included leading scientists, entrepreneurs and institutional allies connected by a virtual community and meet monthly online to focus on advancing a crucial aspect of their field, prompted by invited guest speakers. The goal is to develop concrete projects for solving foundational problems in each field open for governmental and philanthropic funding, or investment.Nanotechnology Program: Molecular Machines Group A group of scientists, entrepreneurs, and institutional allies who cooperate to make progress on molecular machines. Connected by a virtual group, this program advances the work of those working to create atomically precise applications in energy, medicine, and materials science toward Feynmans vision of molecular nanotechnology.Longevity Program: Health Extension Group This group of scientists, entrepreneurs, and institutional allies meets monthly to cooperate in spurring field-wide progress on technologies that fight aging and increase human healthspan. AI Cyberspace Program: Intelligent Cooperation GroupA group of experts in computer science, cryptography, AI, and related fields, connected by a virtual group, who cooperate on applying these tools to build a future defined by intelligent cooperation and seek decentralized defenses against automated physical and digital threats.Neurotech: Improving Cognition. A group of neuroscience researchers, entrepreneurs, and allies advancing beneficial short-term and long-term neurotechnology applications.Space: A group of researchers, entrepreneurs, and allies advancing space technologies, from near-term applications to long-term exploration.

    Expenses $1,653,837 · Grants $109,058

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $73,995

As filed on the 2022 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Allison Duettmann

    President

    Total calculated
    $170,320
    From this org
    $165,461
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,859
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,461
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $2,855
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,004
    Filer's total
    $170,320
  • Beatrice Erkers

    COO

    Total calculated
    $91,223
    From this org
    $91,223
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brandon Goldman

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Sonia Arrison

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James C Bennett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chip Morningstar

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dean Tribble

    Director

    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

  • AI Objectives Institute

    $35,063

    General sponsorship

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
2 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303069349301475

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