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← REDWOOD RESEARCH GROUP INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by REDWOOD RESEARCH GROUP INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,049,894
Total expenses
$12,759,191
Contributions and grants received
$11,974,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$75,894
Total assets, end of year
$14,026,098
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,172,716
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,853,382
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,106,904
Management and general expenses
$1,652,287
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,106,904

Program services were 87.1% 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

    $11,974,000

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $75,894 · excluded $75,894

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $75,894

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,105,325 · program services $1,105,325

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,955,442 · program services $3,172,343 · management and general $783,099

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $116,133 · program services $81,086 · management and general $35,047

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $321,496 · program services $266,868 · management and general $54,628

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $156,236 · program services $6,049 · management and general $150,187

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $56,577 · management and general $56,577

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,260,055 · program services $1,145,402 · management and general $114,653

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,189,449 · program services $1,179,218 · management and general $10,231

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,385,692 · program services $1,241,493 · management and general $144,199

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,069,711 · program services $2,069,711

  • 17 · Travel

    total $601,682 · program services $566,698 · management and general $34,984

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $666 · program services $666

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $53,533 · management and general $53,533

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,125 · program services $638 · management and general $12,487

  • 24a · Other expenses: COVID RELATED SUPPLIES

    total $266,301 · program services $266,301

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $200,000 · management and general $200,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: TAX AND LICENSING

    total $441 · management and general $441

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $197 · management and general $197

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,130 · program services $5,106 · management and general $2,024

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,135,278 · end of year $10,044,554

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $210,536 · end of year $15,801

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $168,868

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

    $623,601

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

    $57,506

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $281,567 · end of year $566,095

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,896,227 · end of year $3,230,780

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $286,901 · end of year $48,692

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,674,028 · end of year $3,124,024

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,352,323 · end of year $10,853,382

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $210,356 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

REDWOOD RESEARCH RESEARCHES TECHNIQUES FOR ALIGNING SUPERHUMAN MACHINE INTELLIGENCE AND ENGAGES IN RESEARCH AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY ON THE TOPIC OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, AIMED AT INCREASING THE LONG-TERM WELFARE OF HUMANS AND OTHER SENTIENT BEINGS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

REDWOOD RESEARCH RESEARCHES TECHNIQUES FOR ALIGNING SUPERHUMAN MACHINE INTELLIGENCE. ADDITIONALLY, REDWOOD RESEARCH OPERATES A CO-WORKING SPACE, CONSTELLATION, FOR SIMILARLY MOTIVATED ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.

  • CONSTELLATION - REDWOOD RESEARCH SETUP OUR PHYSICAL OFFICE SPACE KNOWN AS "CONSTELLATION". WE HOSTED A HANDFUL OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO CO-WORKED AND COLLABORATED WITH REDWOOD RESEARCH STAFF. ADDITIONALLY, WE HOSTED COMMUNITY EVENTS, TALKS, AND MEALS FOR OUR CO-WORKING GROUPS.

    Expenses $5,239,721

  • AI RESEARCH - REDWOOD RESEARCH CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON AI INTERPRETABILITY AND ADVERSARIAL TRAINING TECHNIQUES. AS PART OF THE RESEARCH, WE PUBLISHED BLOG POSTS AND LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS.

    Expenses $5,143,797

  • MLAB - REDWOOD RESEARCH PREPARED FOR MLAB - MACHINE LEARNING FOR ALIGNMENT BOOTCAMP, ITS 1 MONTH TRAINING PROGRAM FOR UP AND COMING AI RESEARCHERS.

    Expenses $723,386

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nathaniel Thomas

    CHAIRPERSON/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $282,350
    From this org
    $274,361
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,989
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,087
    Bonus
    $40,274
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,989
    Filer's total
    $282,350
  • Holden Karnofsky

    TREASURER/CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paul Christiano

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Shlegeris

    CTO

    Total calculated
    $282,679
    From this org
    $273,567
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,112
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,293
    Bonus
    $40,274
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,146
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,966
    Filer's total
    $282,679
  • William Zito

    COO

    Total calculated
    $281,769
    From this org
    $274,370
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,399
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,096
    Bonus
    $40,274
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $345
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,054
    Filer's total
    $281,769
  • James Bregan

    HEAD OF CONSTELLATION OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $258,529
    From this org
    $234,234
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,295
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,459
    Bonus
    $40,775
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,295
    Filer's total
    $258,529
  • Daniel Ziegler

    MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF

    Total calculated
    $398,873
    From this org
    $384,872
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,001
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $333,091
    Bonus
    $51,781
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,917
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,084
    Filer's total
    $398,873
  • Tao Lin

    MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF

    Total calculated
    $297,971
    From this org
    $295,571
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,400
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $262,489
    Bonus
    $33,082
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,313
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,087
    Filer's total
    $297,971
  • Ryan Greenblatt

    MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF

    Total calculated
    $294,112
    From this org
    $292,284
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,828
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,503
    Bonus
    $51,781
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $131
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,697
    Filer's total
    $294,112
  • Timothy Bauman

    MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF

    Total calculated
    $278,817
    From this org
    $267,761
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,056
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,734
    Bonus
    $16,027
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,806
    Filer's total
    $278,817
  • Evgenia Nitishinskaya

    MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF

    Total calculated
    $216,823
    From this org
    $212,252
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,571
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,252
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,423
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,148
    Filer's total
    $216,823

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 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323199349304867

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