“We do research and public outreach intended to help prevent human extinction from the development of artificial superintelligence (ASI).”In its own words: intelligence.org
Berkeley nonprofit, long known for technical alignment research, now focused on communication and policy work to prevent human extinction from artificial superintelligence.
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Received $24M from 5 funders
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Led by Malo Bourgon (Chief Executive Officer), Nate Soares (President), Eliezer Yudkowsky (Co-Founder)Checked 25 Oct 2026
Money flows
Where its money came from and where it went. Pick years and what to show; hover a box or ribbon for details, click one to focus it, click the background to see everything.
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40 grants totalling $24M, newest first.
2025 1 grant · $215k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $215k | SFF-2025: General support, Speculation Grant already paid (base amount; the $1,392,000 conditional matching pledge is a separate row) source |
2024 1 grant · $54k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2024 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $54k | SFF-2024: General support source |
2021 1 grant · $4.4M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Vitalik Buterin | $4.4M | Unsolicited donation of 1050 ETH, worth $4,378,159 at the time source |
2020 7 grants · $8.7M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2020 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $20k | Top-up: Jaan Tallinn paid $563,000 (2020-12-17, via Founders Pledge US, per jaan.online) against the $543,000 SFF-2020-H2 row for MIRI; this row is the difference source |
| Apr 2020 | Long-Term Future Fund | $100k | April 2020 payout report (paid 15 Apr 2020): General support [report rows sum to $552,900 vs the stated $488,350 total] source |
| Feb 2020 | Navigating Transformative AI | $7.7M | MIRI plans to use these funds for ongoing research and activities related to AI safety. From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
| 2020 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $543k | SFF-2020-H2: General support source |
| 2020 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $280k | SFF-2020-H1: General support source |
| 2020 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $40k | SFF-2020-H1: General support; funded by Jed McCaleb through the S-Process source |
| 2020 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $20k | SFF-2020-H1: General support; funded by SFF itself through the S-Process source |
2019 3 grants · $3.3M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2019 | Long-Term Future Fund | $50k | April 2019 payout report (paid 21 Mar 2019): Unrestricted donation source |
| 26 Feb 2019 | Jaan Tallinn | $600k | Jaan Tallinn gift (via BSF): Unrestricted grant source |
| Feb 2019 | Navigating Transformative AI | $2.7M | MIRI plans to use these funds for ongoing research and activities related to AI safety. Planned activities include alignment research, a summer fellows program, computer scientist workshops, and internship programs.. From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
2018 3 grants · $679k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2018 | Long-Term Future Fund | $40k | November 2018 payout report (paid 30 Nov 2018): Research directions in MIRI's 2018 update source |
| Aug 2018 | Long-Term Future Fund | $489k | July 2018 payout report (paid 15 Aug 2018): General support; grantees encouraged to trade money for staff time and productivity. Joint recommendation with the EA Community Fund; LTFF total USD 917,000 source |
| Jun 2018 | Navigating Transformative AI | $150k | Grant to suppport the artificial intelligence safety retraining project. MIRI intends to use these funds to provide stipends, structure, and guidance to promising computer programmers and other technically proficient individuals who are.... From Vipul Naik's donations database (v source |
2017 7 grants · $4.8M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Dec 2017 | Jaan Tallinn | $100k | Jaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): Unrestricted grant source |
| Dec 2017 | Vitalik Buterin | $764k | Ethereum donation worth $763,970 near the end of MIRI's 2017 fundraiser source |
| Oct 2017 | Navigating Transformative AI | $3.8M | According to the grant page: "MIRI expects to use these funds mostly toward salaries of MIRI researchers, research engineers, and support staff.". From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
| 13 Sep 2017 | Jaan Tallinn | $100k | Jaan Tallinn gift (via BERI): Unrestricted grant source |
| 5 Jun 2017 | Jaan Tallinn | $25k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source |
| 6 Mar 2017 | Jaan Tallinn | $25k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source |
| 2017 | Jaan Tallinn | $61k | From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
2016 5 grants · $641k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2016 | Navigating Transformative AI | $500k | The grant page, Section 3.1 Budget and room for more funding, says: "MIRI operates on a budget of approximately $2 million per year. At the time of our investigation, it had between $2.4 and $2.6 million in reserve. In 2015, MIRI’s.... From Vipul Naik's donations database (via Op source |
| 22 Jul 2016 | Jaan Tallinn | $11k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation in the name of scott siskind source |
| 9 Jun 2016 | Jaan Tallinn | $25k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source |
| 10 Mar 2016 | Jaan Tallinn | $25k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source |
| 2016 | Jaan Tallinn | $80k | From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
2015 2 grants · $75k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 2015 | Jaan Tallinn | $25k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source |
| 12 Aug 2015 | Jaan Tallinn | $50k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source |
2014 1 grant · $100k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2014 | Jaan Tallinn | $100k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source |
2013 1 grant · $100k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 2013 | Jaan Tallinn | $100k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source |
2012 3 grants · $372k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Aug 2012 | Jaan Tallinn | $108k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source |
| 2012 | Jaan Tallinn | $155k | From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
| 2012 | Jaan Tallinn | $109k | From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
2011 3 grants · $200k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Dec 2011 | Jaan Tallinn | $50k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source |
| 7 Nov 2011 | Jaan Tallinn | $50k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source |
| 15 Feb 2011 | Jaan Tallinn | $100k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source |
2010 1 grant · $10k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jul 2010 | Jaan Tallinn | $10k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation (EEK 120,500; USD value as given by jaan.online) source |
2009 1 grant · $5k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Mar 2009 | Jaan Tallinn | $5k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation source |