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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FUTURE OF LIFE INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,717,340
Total expenses
$16,317,712
Contributions and grants received
$4,874,714
Grants paid
$9,449,231
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$157,374
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,785,621
Total liabilities, end of year
$577,947
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,207,674
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,298,237
Management and general expenses
$1,019,475
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,298,237

Program services were 93.8% 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

    $4,874,714

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $176,280 · excluded $176,280

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,666,346

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

    securities $4,000,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$333,654

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$333,654 · excluded -$333,654

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $8,938,822 · program services $8,938,822

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $250,000 · program services $250,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $260,409 · program services $260,409

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $507,587 · program services $432,459 · management and general $75,128

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,044,672 · program services $1,885,284 · management and general $159,388

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $24,233 · management and general $24,233

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $41,679 · program services $37,502 · management and general $4,177

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $97,682 · program services $80,893 · management and general $16,789

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $161,125 · program services $65,350 · management and general $95,775

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $193,867 · management and general $193,867

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $331,121 · program services $331,121

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,691,995 · program services $1,517,054 · management and general $174,941

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $960,939 · program services $960,939

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $115,792 · program services $12,999 · management and general $102,793

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $100,531 · program services $36,488 · management and general $64,043

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $94,774 · program services $8,875 · management and general $85,899

  • 17 · Travel

    total $490,601 · program services $480,042 · management and general $10,559

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,155 · management and general $3,155

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,728 · management and general $8,728

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $387,833 · end of year $472,081

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $25,031

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $135,815

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $745 · end of year $39,325

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

    $12,970

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

    $3,155

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $9,815

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $11,410,074 · end of year $981,735

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $28,400 · end of year $121,819

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $249,548 · end of year $209,877

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $368,070

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,577,504 · end of year $1,207,674

Mission and programs · 2023

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 AND AWAY FROM EXTREME LARGE-SCALE RISKS.

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

    Expenses $9,936,998 · Grants $9,449,231

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

    Expenses $3,199,855

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

    Expenses $2,161,384

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anthony N Aguirre

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $493,589
    From this org
    $466,686
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,903
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $466,686
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,462
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,441
    Filer's total
    $493,589

  • Mihaela Chita-Tegmark

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $27,077
    From this org
    $27,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Max Tegmark

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $409,755
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $409,755
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    33 + 7 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $409,755 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $409,755 related

  • Jaan Tallinn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Viktoriya Krakovna

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emilie Jan Javorsky

    DIRECTOR, FUTURES PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $226,632
    From this org
    $221,340
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,292
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,340
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,292
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $226,632

  • Andrea C Berman

    GRANTS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $156,887
    From this org
    $128,169
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,718
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,169
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,411
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,307
    Filer's total
    $156,887

  • Benjamin Asher Eisenpress

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $155,112
    From this org
    $146,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,049
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,063
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,849
    Filer's total
    $155,112

  • Landon Marshall Klein

    DIRECTOR OF US POLICY

    Total calculated
    $142,142
    From this org
    $132,021
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,121
    Hours/week
    40

  • Marcus Brakel

    DIRECTOR OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $182,851
    From this org
    $153,003
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,848
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,003
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,787
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,061
    Filer's total
    $182,851

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

    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
23 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521139349301937

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