Transparency
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative is an independent 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 2017.
EIN: 81-4820272
Mailing Address: 440 N Barranca Ave #2374 Covina, CA 91723
BERI is also registered with the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration as a Public Benefit Organization (ANBI), under the number 8261.41.353
Form 1023: Application for 501(c)(3) Status (This form is a founding document and much of it is now out of date.)
Bylaws (including Conflict of Interest Policy)
Code of Conduct for all employees and contractors
Our yearly 990 filings, which include detailed financial information, as well as data on staff and board member remuneration, can be found here:
Our annual reports, which include qualitative summaries of all of our activities, can be found here: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
Our audited financial statements can be found here: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 (not audited; only reviewed), 2017
Reporting Misconduct
BERI expects that all workplace interactions will be professional and free from prejudice, harassment, and other unfair biases. We strictly prohibits all forms of workplace harassment, as well as discrimination based on any protected class. If you feel that any employee, contractor, board member, or other BERI representative has harassed or discriminated against you, please email BERI’s executive director at (first name)(at)existence.org. You can also file an anonymous complaint by contacting John Ford, a professional mediator who is not an employee of BERI, via any of the methods listed on his website’s contact page.
For more information see BERI’s full Anti-Harassment and Discrimination Policy.
Donors
This list is designed for maximum transparency regarding the nature of BERI’s financial supporters, rather than maximum technical accuracy. As such, this list does not always indicate the full corporate name of the legal donor. Instead, this list may use the colloquial name of a corporation, the name of a DAF advisor, or the name of the controlling donor to a private foundation. Please email contact@existence.org with any questions.
By default, BERI does not publish donor information. Each individual on the list has given their explicit permission for BERI to publish this information. Donors who have not given permission are summed into the “all others…” lines for each year. Many donors were not contacted or did not respond. Some donors simply prefer privacy. BERI respects the right of each of our donors to make their own decisions in this regard.
Last updated on 2024-04-21. Note that there is often a delay between when a donation is received, recognized internally, and added to this list.