NonprofitsAlignment Research Center

Science & Technology

Alignment Research Center

COVINA, CA

Total revenue

$5.2M

Total expenses

$9.1M

Net assets

$3.3M

Grants received

$10.9M

16 grants

EIN

863605182

Tax year

2024

Mission

Aligning future machine learning systems with human interests.

Programs

1 program

Evaluations (discontinued): prior to completing the spin out in may, the evaluations team had a number of achievements including (i) developing and publishing a suite of resources and methodologies for conducting evaluations of ai system autonomy, (ii) expanding the engineering team leading to the publication of an open-source software platform for conducting autonomy evaluations, (iii) supporting the development of industry-standard risk management policies at multiple organizations including anthropic and google deepmind.

Expenses: $6.6MGrants: $4.6M

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$5.2M
Program service revenue
Investment income$36
Other revenue
Total revenue$5.2M

Expenses

Grants paid$4.6M
Salaries & benefits$3.1M
Fundraising$4K
Other expenses$1.4M
Total expenses$9.1M
Total assets$3.7M
Net assets$3.3M

People

11 listed

NameRoleCompensation

JACOB HILTON

PRESIDENT

Board

$328K

40 hrs/wk

KYLE SCOTT

TREASURER/SECRETARY

Board

$94K

40 hrs/wk

BUCK SHLEGERIS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

0.25 hrs/wk

DANIEL DEWEY

BOARD MEMBER

Board

0.25 hrs/wk

BENJAMIN HOSKIN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

0.25 hrs/wk

PAUL CHRISTIANO

BOARD MEMBER

Board

0.25 hrs/wk

ERIC NEYMAN

RESEARCHER

Staff

$239K

40 hrs/wk

DAVID MATOLSCI

RESEARCHER

Staff

$200K

40 hrs/wk

MARK XU

RESEARCHER

Staff

$197K

40 hrs/wk

VICTOR LECOMTE

RESEARCHER

Staff

$137K

40 hrs/wk

LUCAS JUN KOBA SATO

MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF

Staff

$122K

40 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 16 of 16

FromAmountPurposeYear
$147K
FUND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
2024
$133K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$1.8M
GENERAL SUPPORT OF ARC EVALS TEAM
2023
$1M
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$400K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$224K
ONLINE SUPPORT FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$100K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$100K
RESEARCH ON AI SAFETY
2023
$2.2M
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$1.5M
GENERAL NONPROFIT SUPPORT
2022
$1.3M
RESEARCH RELATED TO AI ALIGNMENT
2022
$201K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$55K
RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION ON AI ALIGNMENT
2022
$265K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021

Funded by

$10.9M from 8 funders · 16 grants · 2021–2024

Founders Pledge Inc

$4.2M · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Effective Ventures Foundation Usa Inc

$1.7M · 3 grants · 2022–2023

Good Ventures Foundation

$1.5M · 2 grants · 2021–2022

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$1.5M · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$1.2M · 2 grants · 2022–2023

American Endowment Foundation

$400K · 1 grant · 2023

Every Org

$357K · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Details

EIN863605182
NTEE codeU40
Subsection03
Ruling date2022-03
Formed2021
Employees38
Volunteers6
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