Our mission is to reduce existential risk from advanced AI by providing support for anyone who wants to contribute to work on the project of AI Safety. We are mainly focusing on helping new and aspiring AI Safety researchers, because we think that supporting this group is a negle

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.1M a year · 50% of revenue · last 3 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 3 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 14.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $1.9M
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$155K
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
2
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 2 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.2M
+101% vs prior year
Spent
$2.7M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$3.2M
By yearFY2022–FY2024
Revenue
$4.2M
FY2024▲ +101%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$75K
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$4.2M
Expenses
$2.7M
FY2024▲ +407%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022$15K
FY2023$527K
FY2024$2.7M
Net assets
$3.2M
FY2024▲ +96%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$60K
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$3.2M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 2023.

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Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $2.3M Management & general 13% · $352K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President and Chief Executive Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rachel Williams’s $42K as Chief Operating Officer is at the 5th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1691 $1–10M philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022
Rachel Williams$42,307$100,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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3 programs · $1.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Apart Research

Is dedicated to ensuring that advanced artificial intelligence (ai) is safe and beneficial for humanity. In 2024, the program focused on building global research communities to accelerate progress in ai safety.

$521Kprogram expense
02

Timaeus is focused on singular learning theory (SLT) and developmental interpretability. The project operates with a distributed team of researchers and engineers across three primary hubs in berkeley, london, and melbourne.

$500Kprogram expense
03

Orthogonal is a research initiative focused on advancing the theoretical foundations of artificial intelligence (ai) safety. The team aims to develop a rigorous understanding of how to align increasingly capable ai systems with human values and intent.

$340Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Every OrgFY2024$72K
Total grants receivedfrom 7 funders$1.9M
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Grants paid · 2 grants · $40K · 2024–2024

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$26K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$25K
Money outPt IX
$2.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.3M
Managementcol C$352K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$3.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$155K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$25K
Investment incomeLn 3$26K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Total revenueLn 12$4.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.2M
SavingsLn 2$1.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.2M
Other assetsLn 15$167K
Total assetsLn 16$3.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$155K
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M$3.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K$155K
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M$3.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$40K$40K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$30K$30K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$45K$40K$5K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$835K$740K$94K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$14K$14K$533
Payroll taxesLn 10$141K$104K$37K
Legal feesLn 11b$26K$2K$24K
Accounting feesLn 11c$34K$34K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$921K$865K$56K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$286$4K
Office expensesLn 13$59K$43K$16K
Information technologyLn 14$59K$55K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$110K$97K$13K
TravelLn 17$207K$159K$47K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$15K$13K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$376$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$130K$118K$12K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.7M$2.3M$352K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $4.2M$2.7M$1.6M$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.1M$527K$1.6M$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $75K$15K$61K$60K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $4,240,415 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,104,518$4,187,186
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$25,299
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$25,723
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$2,207
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,104,518$4,240,415
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$70,280
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $232,405$1,035,300
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $295,005$1,567,403
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $527,410$2,672,983
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,577,108$1,567,432
Part VI · Governance 2 of 3 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members2
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,240,415 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,187,186
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,187,186
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $25,299 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$25,299
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $25,723$25,723
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,207 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,207
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $27,506 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $25,723$4,240,415
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,672,983 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $40,320$40,320
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $29,960$29,960
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $39,622 · Management $5,053$44,675
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $740,156 · Management $94,392$834,548
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,255$1,255
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $13,721 · Management $533$14,254
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $103,609 · Management $36,959$140,568
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,806 · Management $23,706$25,512
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $34,487$34,487
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $864,855 · Management $55,722$920,577
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $286 · Management $4,395$4,681
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $43,117 · Management $15,948$59,065
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $55,498 · Management $3,922$59,420
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $96,950 · Management $13,497$110,447
IX-17 TravelPrograms $159,480 · Management $47,132$206,612
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $12,606 · Management $1,918$14,524
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $376 · Management $2,030$2,406
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $117,528 · Management $12,144 · Fundraising $0$129,672
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,321,145 · Management $351,838 · Fundraising $0$2,672,983
Part X · Balance sheet $3,359,896 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,601,978$2,166,707
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$1,026,206
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $57,733$166,983
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,659,711$3,359,896
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $22,058$77,200
X-25 Other liabilities$77,611
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $22,058$154,811
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,637,653$296,423
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$2,908,662
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,637,653$3,205,085
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,659,711$3,359,896
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,205,085 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,240,415
XI-2 Total expenses$2,672,983
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,567,432
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,637,653
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,205,085

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