Transparency
Last updated: December 2021
The Center on Long-Term Risk (CLR) is committed to being as transparent as possible about its activities and learning from its mistakes. This page gathers relevant information related to transparency.
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Organization and goals
CLR is a charity located in London, United Kingdom. Our trustees are Jonas Vollmer, Max Daniel, Stefan Torges, Linh Chi Nguyen and Tobias Baumann.
CLR's purposes according to our constitution, are:
1. the advancement of education, primarily in the field of emerging technologies (such as artificial intelligence), in particular (but not exclusively) by conducting the following activities in order to contribute to better public understanding of the potential benefits and risks of such technologies:
(a) conducting research into emerging technologies and publishing the useful results thereof to the general public;
(b) supporting individuals and organisations to carry out research into emerging technologies, through providing grants and other forms of support;
(c) hosting events such as conferences, research retreats, and workshops; to promote recent developments in, and to stimulate discussion and exchange of information about, emerging technologies; and
(d) providing coaching, mentoring and scholarships to those interested in learning about emerging technologies; and
2. to advance such other purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law in England and Wales as the trustees may from time to time determine, in particular (but not exclusively) by grantmaking.
Please consult this page to learn more about CLR's mission and philosophy.
CLR was initially founded as a project of the Swiss charity Effective Altruism Foundation (EAF). However, our operations were transferred to an independent UK charity, the Center on Long-term Risk, at the end of 2021. Documentation below relating to 2021 and earlier therefore relates to activities carried out as part of EAF. EAF still provides support to us, including by collecting donations on our behalf. More information about EAF can be found on their transparency page.
We receive our funding from several major sources. The first is individual supporters who pledged to donate a percentage of their income to effective charities. We have also received support from several institutional donors, e.g., Open Philanthropy, the Survival and Flourishing Fund, and the Community Foundation for Ireland.
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Important documents
2023
Financials in 2023
Our budget for 2023 is significantly smaller than 2022, due to a funding shortfall. We discuss this in more detail in our 2023 fundraiser post.
In 2023, CLR expects to spend its funds as follows:
2022
Financials in 2022
- Budget 2022 simple (GBP, USD, CHF)
- Budget 2022 full (GBP)
In 2022, CLR expects to spend its funds as follows:
2021
Financials in 2021
Note: Until the end of 2021, CLR operated as a project of the Effective Altruism Foundation. All amounts in the below documents are in CHF.
In 2021, CLR expects to spend its funds as follows:
2020
Activities in 2020
Financials in 2020
Note: During this period, CLR operated as a project of the Effective Altruism Foundation. All amounts in the below documents are in CHF.
2019
Activities in 2019
Financials in 2019
Note: During this period, CLR operated as a project of the Effective Altruism Foundation. All amounts in the below documents are in CHF.
2018
Note: During this period, CLR operated as a project of the Effective Altruism Foundation. As of 2018, CLR's financials are part of "EAF core". Detailed financial reports are available on the EAF website.
2017
Note: During this period, CLR operated as a project of the Effective Altruism Foundation. Detailed financial reports are available on the EAF website.
2016
Note: During this period, CLR operated as a project of the Effective Altruism Foundation. All amounts in the below documents are in CHF.
Annual Financial Statement 2016
2015
CLR’s activities in 2015 were implemented by GBS Switzerland and Effective Altruism Switzerland (EACH), the predecessors of the Effective Altruism Foundation. Their financial reports are available on the EAF website.
2014
In 2014, CLR’s expenses amounted to 28,422 USD.
2013
CLR was founded in July 2013 but had no expenses as all of CLR’s activities were performed by volunteers on a pro bono basis.