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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,414,440
Total expenses
$2,077,875
Contributions and grants received
$397,299
Grants paid
$88,218
Program service revenue
$806,523
Investment income
$1,179
Other revenue
$1,209,439
Total assets, end of year
$1,850,466
Total liabilities, end of year
$955,033
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$895,433
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,873,937
Management and general expenses
$203,938
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,873,937

Program services were 90.2% 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)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $397,299

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $166,277

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME

    total $805,029 · related or exempt $805,029 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WORKSHOP REVENUE

    total $1,494 · related or exempt $1,494 · 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 $1,269 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,269

  • 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

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $166,192 · other assets $180

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

    securities $166,277 · other assets $185

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$85 · other assets -$5

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$90 · related or exempt -$90 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

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

    $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,632

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,632 · related or exempt $2,632 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: ADMINISTRATIVE - OH

    total $692,996 · related or exempt $692,996 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue: GAIN/LOSS ON DISPOSAL OF DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

    total $391,529 · related or exempt $391,529 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11c · Other revenue: EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $56,401 · related or exempt $56,401 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $65,881 · related or exempt $65,881 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,206,807

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $77,448 · program services $77,448

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $10,770 · program services $10,770

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $558,756 · program services $464,917 · management and general $93,839

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $116,995 · program services $101,724 · management and general $15,271

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,907 · program services $9,937 · management and general $8,970

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $60,270 · program services $45,547 · management and general $14,723

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $24,876 · program services $24,876

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,049 · program services $4,026 · management and general $14,023

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $210,986 · program services $208,260 · management and general $2,726

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $75,635 · program services $75,585 · management and general $50

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,498 · program services $22,063 · management and general $3,435

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $222,319 · program services $222,319

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,695 · program services $7,678 · management and general $17

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,677 · program services $12,677

  • 20 · Interest

    total $81,278 · program services $81,136 · management and general $142

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $263,627 · program services $263,627

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,875 · program services $16,443 · management and general $1,432

  • 24a · Other expenses: WORKSHOP EXPENSES

    total $203,128 · program services $203,128 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: LOSS ON DISPOSAL OF ASSET

    total $49,031 · program services $0 · management and general $49,031 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: RESEARCH AND TRAINING EXPENSES

    total $9,350 · program services $9,350 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK AND PROCESSING FEES

    total $3,854 · program services $3,577 · management and general $277 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,851 · program services $8,849 · management and general $2

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $977,077 · end of year $327,006

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,320 · end of year $3,338

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $19,500 · end of year $52,478

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,707 · end of year $14,078

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

    $1,734,000

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

    $280,492

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $22,026,042 · end of year $1,453,508

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $51

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $7

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,479,371 · end of year $35,127

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $132,500

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $20,848,988 · end of year $919,906

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $36,461 · end of year $795,033

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $542,326 · end of year $100,400

Mission and programs · 2025

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 $980,517 · Grants $77,448 · Revenue $738,529

  • 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 $893,420 · Grants $10,770 · Revenue $67,994

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • RUBEN BLOOM

    TEAM LEAD

    Total calculated
    $239,442
    From this org
    $211,430
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,012
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,430
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,012
    Filer's total
    $239,442

  • RAFE KENNEDY

    TEAM LEAD

    Total calculated
    $212,100
    From this org
    $201,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,433
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,433
    Filer's total
    $212,100

  • BEN PACE

    TEAM LEAD

    Total calculated
    $141,373
    From this org
    $133,649
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,724
    Hours/week
    40

  • JACKSON ROSE

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $69,734
    From this org
    $62,760
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,974
    Hours/week
    5

  • ANNA SALAMON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $37,479
    From this org
    $22,103
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,376
    Hours/week
    5

  • 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

  • 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

  • LIGHTCONE INFRASTRUCTURE INC

    $77,448

    GRANTS TO LIGHTCONE INFRASTRUCTURE INC. TO SUPPORT THE PROTOTYPE PROJECT, INCLUDING FUNDING FOR PERSONNEL AND PROJECT-RELATED EXPENSES, AS WELL AS TRANSFER AND RECONCILIATION OF RESTRICTED FUNDS.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
7 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202611899349301526

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