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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FUTURE OF LIFE INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
-$85,626,657
Total expenses
$379,048,482
Contributions and grants received
$21,898
Grants paid
$372,863,899
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$85,648,555
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$11,827,052
Total liabilities, end of year
$249,548
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,577,504
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$377,862,547
Management and general expenses
$1,185,935
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$377,862,547

Program services were 99.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $21,898

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,357,514 · excluded $4,357,514

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $171,880,915 · other assets $24,710,364

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

    securities $202,788,620 · other assets $83,808,728

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$30,907,705 · other assets -$59,098,364

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$90,006,069 · excluded -$90,006,069

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $191,840,488 · program services $191,840,488

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $390,617 · program services $390,617

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $180,632,794 · program services $180,632,794

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $949,392 · program services $863,636 · management and general $85,756

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,108,030 · program services $1,108,030

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $31,403 · program services $31,403

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $48,976 · program services $48,976

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $564,067 · management and general $564,067

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,260 · management and general $16,260

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $246,632 · program services $246,632

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $693,880 · program services $693,880

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,718,508 · program services $1,448,450 · management and general $270,058

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $251,361 · program services $107,751 · management and general $143,610

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $88,018 · program services $2,817 · management and general $85,201

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,418 · program services $13,286 · management and general $132

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,476 · management and general $17,476

  • 17 · Travel

    total $91,376 · program services $91,376

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $172,749 · program services $172,749

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,806 · program services $5,806

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,479 · program services $4,929 · management and general $550

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOREIGN TAX PAID

    total $111,662 · program services $111,662

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $50,090 · program services $47,265 · management and general $2,825

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,586,827 · end of year $387,833

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $68,461,898

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $250,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $745

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $334,961,602 · end of year $11,410,074

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $123,904,047 · end of year $28,400

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $100,907 · end of year $249,548

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $537,063,467 · end of year $11,577,504

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF LIFE FOUNDATION BY STEERING TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY TOWARDS BENEFITING LIFE AND AWAY FROM EXTREME LARGE-SCALE RISKS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

STEERING TRANSFORMATIVE TECH. TOWARDS BENEFITING LIFE & AWAY FROM EXTREME LARGE-SCALE RISKS.

  • GRANTMAKING AND PRIZES IN SUPPORT OF MITIGATING RISKS AND INCREASING BENEFITS OF TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

    Expenses $372,718,950 · Grants $372,863,899

  • SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES VIA WEBSITE(S) AND MEDIA CREATION.

    Expenses $2,434,917

  • RESEARCH, OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY REGARDING POLICY ON RISKS AND BENEFITS OF TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

    Expenses $2,708,680

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Max Tegmark

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $466,421
    From this org
    $466,421
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    33 + 7 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $466,421
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $466,421

  • Anthony Aguirre

    BOARD SECRETARY/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $391,144
    From this org
    $391,144
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $391,144
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $391,144

  • Mihaela Chita-Tegmark

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $91,827
    From this org
    $91,827
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jaan Tallinn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Viktoriya Krakovna

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Brakel

    DIRECTOR OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $168,321
    From this org
    $138,654
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,667
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,654
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,575
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,092
    Filer's total
    $168,321

  • Blake Pierson

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, OUTREACH & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $136,258
    From this org
    $131,491
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,767
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jared Brown

    DIRECTOR OF U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY

    Total calculated
    $115,085
    From this org
    $115,085
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • LIGHTCONE FOUNDATION (LF)

    501(C)(3) · GRANTMAKING · NV · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by FUTURE OF LIFE INSTITUTE (FLI) FLF FLIE

  • FUTURE OF LIFE FOUNDATION (FLF)

    501(C)(3) · RESEARCH & GRANTMAKING · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by FLI FLIE LF

  • IMPROVE THE NEWS FOUNDATION (ITNF)

    501(C)(3) · FACILITATING FREE ACCESS TO UNBIASED NEWS · DE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by FLI FLF FLIE LF BAIF SAIRI CLF

  • BENEFICIAL AI FOUNDATION (BAIF)

    501(C)(3) · WORK TO HELP ENSURE THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS BENEFICIAL · DE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by FLI FLF FLIE LF SAIRI ITNF CLF

  • CIVIL LIBERTIES FOUNDATION (CLF)

    501(C)(3) · FURTHERING CIVIL LIBERTIES · DE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by FLI FLF FLIE LF BAIF SAIRI ITNF

  • SOCIAL AI RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SAIRI)

    501(C)(3) · NON-PROFIT RESEARCH · DE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by FLI FLF FLIE LF BAIF ITNF CLF

  • FUTURE OF LIFE INSTITUTE EUROPE (FLIE)

    GRANTMAKING · SZ · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by FLI FLF LF

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

  • FUTURE OF LIFE FOUNDATION

    $25,025,000

    Disposition · CASH · Dec 11, 2022 · 501(C)(3)

  • FUTURE OF LIFE INSTITUTE EUROPE

    $180,297,079

    Disposition · CASH, FINANCIAL ASSETS · Dec 30, 2022

  • LIGHTCONE FOUNDATION

    $162,587,667

    Disposition · CASH, PUBLICLY-TRADED SECURITIES · Dec 15, 2022 · 501(C)(3)

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
24 January 2025
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202510309349301606

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