Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,232,257
- Total expenses
- $1,508,831
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,887,428
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $344,829
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,398,388
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $125,837
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,272,551
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,327,260
- Management and general expenses
- $152,810
- Fundraising expenses
- $28,761
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,327,260
Program services were 88.0% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,887,428
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$15,900
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2a · Program service revenue: CONSULTING / RESEARCH
total $344,829 · related or exempt $344,829
-
3 · Investment income
total $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
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 $117,578 · program services $70,547 · management and general $29,394 · fundraising $17,637
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $184,680 · program services $178,269 · management and general $6,411
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $6,029 · program services $6,029
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $23,338 · program services $18,956 · management and general $2,996 · fundraising $1,386
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $9,091 · management and general $9,091
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $29,050 · program services $29,050
-
14 · Information technology
total $163,291 · program services $151,695 · management and general $11,596
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $71,946 · program services $57,557 · management and general $10,792 · fundraising $3,597
-
17 · Travel
total $94,507 · program services $60,932 · management and general $33,575
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $113,301 · program services $113,301
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $3,201 · management and general $3,201
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24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT RESEARCH WORK
total $545,117 · program services $545,117
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24b · Other expenses: RECRUITING & PROF DEVLPMT
total $56,926 · program services $55,968 · management and general $958
-
24c · Other expenses: OTHER CONTRACT WORK
total $26,191 · program services $17,784 · management and general $3,061 · fundraising $5,346
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24d · Other expenses: LEGAL & IMMIGRATION FEES
total $24,622 · management and general $24,622
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24e · All other expenses
total $39,963 · program services $22,055 · management and general $17,113 · fundraising $795
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $200,759 · end of year $1,945,031
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $375,000 · end of year $100,195
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $344,829
-
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 $8,333 · end of year $8,333
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
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
end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $34,740 · end of year $125,837
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $228
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $549,124 · end of year $2,272,551
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
OUR MISSION IS TO RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATE THE CAPABILITIES AND RISKS POSED BY ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS. OUR CURRENT WORK FOCUSES ON CYBERSECURITY, DECEPTION, AND PERSUASION. WE AIM TO COMMUNICATE THE STATE OF THESE CAPABILITIES AND UNDERSTAND HOW THEY MAY AFFECT THE RISK OF HUMANITY BECOMING PERMANENTLY DISEMPOWERED BY AI SYSTEMS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
PALISADE RESEARCH IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO RESEARCH THE OFFENSIVE CAPABILITIES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) SYSTEMS TODAY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE RISK OF LOSING CONTROL TO AI SYSTEMS FOREVER.
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THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES AND SECURITY, INCLUDING RESEARCH ON AUTOMATED AI DECEPTION, UNDETECTABLE LLM BACKDOORS, AND REMOVING SAFETY FINE-TUNING IN OPEN SOURCE MODELS. RESEARCH FINDINGS WERE DISSEMINATED THROUGH PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS TO INFORM POLICYMAKERS, RESEARCHERS, AND THE PUBLIC. THE ORGANIZATION EXPANDED ITS TECHNICAL RESEARCH TEAM AND HOSTED AN AI SECURITY CONFERENCE AT DEFCON 2024, ATTENDED BY 200 SECURITY ENGINEERS, RESEARCHERS, POLICYMAKERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMUNITY.
Expenses $1,327,260 · Revenue $344,829
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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BEN WEINSTEIN-RAUN
SR RESEARCHER
- Total calculated
- $181,976
- From this org
- $176,667
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,309
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $176,667
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $5,309
- Filer's total
- $181,976
-
JEFFREY LADISH
Pres/Exec Dir
- Total calculated
- $117,578
- From this org
- $117,578
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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KYLE SCOTT
Secretary/Treas
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
BLAKE BORGENSON
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202533169349308523
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