2020-08-11T15:59:25-07:00 2019-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 1970 Broadway STE 930 Oakland CA 94612 990 2019-01-01 814820272 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative BERK 5107171943 340 S Lemon Ave Ste 2374 Walnut CA 91789 Sawyer Bernath Deputy Director 2020-08-11 true Mengdi Tang CPA P02048198 5108352727 2019 2020-09-23 17:36:50Z X Andrew Critch 340 S Lemon Ave Ste 2374 Walnut CA 91789 860570 false X www.existence.org X 2017 CA To improve human civilizations long-term prospects for survival and flourishing. Currently, our main strategy is to take on ethical and legal responsibility, as a collaborator, for projects deemed to be important for reducing existential risk. 3 3 10 6 0 698695 860147 0 969373 423 0 1668068 860570 3087989 2538580 0 317225 549229 0 8032 434308 417410 3839522 3505219 -2171454 -2644649 5875157 3111458 436493 254420 5438664 2857038 Our mission is to improve human civilizations long-term prospects for survival and flourishing. Currently, our main strategy is to take on ethical and legal responsibility, as a collaborator, for projects deemed to be important for reducing existential risk. These projects mostly revolve around reducing risk from technologies that may pose significant civilization-scale dangers, as determined by research collaborators who have adopted existential risk reduction as both their primary career ambition and their primary area of intellectual focus. false false 2579966 2522644 Grants Program - We investigated and funded organizations and individuals working on existential risk reduction. Conducted investigations and awarded $2.5 MM in grants to 4 organizations. Continued to administer project grants awarded in 2018, as well as awarding $113k in follow-up grants to 4 individuals. 644082 15936 Collaborations Program - We collaborated with research groups at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and UC Berkeley, providing funding and services to support growth of the field of existential risk research. 59019 Other Program Accomplishments - Supporting the reduction of existential risk through the Bay Area X-risk Community Initiative, BERI Support Fund, X-risk Ecosystem software, and other small projects. 3283067 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false true true false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false true 31 0 true 10 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 3 3 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false CA X X Sawyer Bernath 5107171943 340 S Lemon Ave Ste 2374 Walnut CA 91789 X X Steven Wang ML Res. 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The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of December 31, 2019 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. The Organizations tax returns are generally subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. Europe 0 15 Program svcs Collaborations Program 177580 15 15 177580 177580 false false false false false false true Centre for Effective Altruism 2054 University Ave Ste 300 Berkeley CA 94704 471988398 501c3 15936 0 General support Ctr for Applied Rationality 2036 Bancroft Way Berkeley CA 94704 453100226 501c3 300000 0 General support Leverage Research 454 Wesley Ave Apt 3 Oakland CA 94606 453989386 501c3 25000 0 General Support Silicon Valley Community Fdn 2440 W El Camino Real Ste 300 Mountain View CA 94040 205205488 501c3 2000000 0 Survival and Flourishing Fund Social & Envir Entrepreneurs 23532 Calabasas Road Ste A Calabasas CA 91302 954116679 501c3 85000 0 Global Catastrophic Risk Institute 5 0 Project grants 4 112644 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used For grants to individuals, we execute a signed agreement regarding the use of grant funds prior to disbursement. We take expenditure responsibility for individual grantees, and perform a post-grant followup after the period in which funds were to be used, including review of a grantee report regarding the use of grant funds. For grants to domestic organizations, we verify 501(c)(3) status and carry out an extensive investigation into the organization's activities and goals, prior to funds being disbursed. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process After preparation, the form is reviewed by the deputy director. Once they approve, the form is distributed to the board of directors, each of whom must individually state that they approve submission of the document as written. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts As stated in Article 12, Section 6 of our bylaws: Each director, principal officer and member of a committee with governing board delegated powers shall annually sign a statement which affirms such person:A. Has received a copy of the conflicts of interest policy,B. Has read and understands the policy,C. Has agreed to comply with the policy, andD. Understands the Organization is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes.Signed statements are currently on file for all board members from within the last 12 months. Form 990, Part VI, Line 18: Explanation of Other Means Forms Available For Public Inspection Our website has a link to the IRS website, which has all of our 990s. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Available to the public upon request Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases Recovery of prior year grants = $63023 Form 990, Part XII, Line 2: Change of Oversight or Selection Process It is the organizations practice to appoint an audit committee to assume responsibility for oversight of any audit, review, or compilation of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant in any tax period in which the organizations gross receipts exceed $2M. For 2019 tax period, no committee was established for this purpose. BERI Support Fund 6420 Colby St Oakland CA 94618 824039090 Grantmaking CA 501(c)(3) 509(a)(3) Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative true false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false