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Basic information
Item
Value
Country
United States
Website
http://existence.org/
Launch date
2017-01-01
Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org
2023-08-11
Donations List Website (data still preliminary)
donor , donee
Positions count by year
Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only
includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count
can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions;
similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if
they held more than one position during a single year.
For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any
part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during
the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a
single year).
Year
Positions count
Researchers
General staff
Associates
Board members
Advisors
2017
16
Andrew Critch , Gina Stuessy , Jeremy Schlatter , Kenzi Amodei , Kenzi Amodei , Kyle Scott , Michael Keenan , Rebecca Raible
Andrew Critch , Eric Rogstad , Jaan Tallinn , Jacob Tsimerman , Malo Bourgon , Qiaochu Yuan , Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
Andrew Snyder-Beattie
2018
22
Andrew Critch , Colleen Gleason , Gina Stuessy , Jeremy Schlatter , Josh Jacobson , Kenzi Amodei , Kenzi Amodei , Kyle Scott , Michael Keenan , Rebecca Raible , Rebecca Raible
Alex Flint , Andrew Critch , Eric Rogstad , Jaan Tallinn , Jacob Tsimerman , Malo Bourgon , Matt Fallshaw , Qiaochu Yuan , Sam Bankman-Fried , Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
Andrew Snyder-Beattie
2019
20
Andrew Critch , Colleen Gleason , Jeremy Schlatter , Josh Jacobson , Kenzi Amodei , Kyle Scott , Kyle Scott , Rebecca Raible , Sawyer Bernath , Sofia Davis-Fogel
Alex Flint , Andrew Critch , Jaan Tallinn , Jacob Tsimerman , Malo Bourgon , Matt Fallshaw , Qiaochu Yuan , Sam Bankman-Fried , Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
Andrew Snyder-Beattie
2020
20
Andrew Critch , Andrew Critch , Josh Jacobson , Kenzi Amodei , Kyle Scott , Kyle Scott , Sawyer Bernath , Sawyer Bernath , Sawyer Bernath , Sawyer Bernath , Sofia Davis-Fogel
Andrew Critch , Jaan Tallinn , Jacob Tsimerman , Jan Tallinn , Malo Bourgon , Matt Fallshaw , Sam Bankman-Fried , Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh , Stuart Russell
2021
15
Andrew Critch , James Paul Gonzales , Jess Riedel , Kenzi Amodei , Sawyer Bernath , Sawyer Bernath
Andrew Critch , Jaan Tallinn , Jacob Tsimerman , Jan Tallinn , Malo Bourgon , Matt Fallshaw , Sam Bankman-Fried , Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh , Stuart Russell
2022
17
Andrew Critch , James Paul Gonzales , Jess Riedel , Kenzi Amodei , Sawyer Bernath , Sawyer Bernath
Andrew Critch , Jaan Tallinn , Jacob Tsimerman , Jan Tallinn , Kyle Scott , Malo Bourgon , Matt Fallshaw , Sam Bankman-Fried , Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh , Sofia Davis-Fogel , Stuart Russell
2023
19
Andrew Critch , Elizabeth Cooper , Elizabeth Cooper , James Paul Gonzales , Jess Riedel , Kenzi Amodei , Sawyer Bernath , Sawyer Bernath
Andrew Critch , Jaan Tallinn , Jacob Tsimerman , Jan Tallinn , Kyle Scott , Malo Bourgon , Matt Fallshaw , Sam Bankman-Fried , Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh , Sofia Davis-Fogel , Stuart Russell
Number of full-time staff at the beginning each year
The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization
on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every
person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in
the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns,
advisors, and board members.
Date
Staff count
Staff
2018-01-01
8
Andrew Critch , Gina Stuessy , Jeremy Schlatter , Kenzi Amodei , Kenzi Amodei , Kyle Scott , Michael Keenan , Rebecca Raible
2019-01-01
7
Andrew Critch , Colleen Gleason , Jeremy Schlatter , Josh Jacobson , Kenzi Amodei , Kyle Scott , Rebecca Raible
2020-01-01
6
Andrew Critch , Josh Jacobson , Kenzi Amodei , Kyle Scott , Sawyer Bernath , Sofia Davis-Fogel
2021-01-01
4
Andrew Critch , Kenzi Amodei , Sawyer Bernath , Sawyer Bernath
2022-01-01
6
Andrew Critch , James Paul Gonzales , Jess Riedel , Kenzi Amodei , Sawyer Bernath , Sawyer Bernath
2023-01-01
6
Andrew Critch , James Paul Gonzales , Jess Riedel , Kenzi Amodei , Sawyer Bernath , Sawyer Bernath
Full history of additions and subtractions
This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds
to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and
subtractions are in red. If a position name changed,
it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of
the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each
color for visited links.
Date
Number of positions
Number of positions added
Number of positions removed
Positions added
Positions removed
2017-02-01
9
9
0
Andrew Critch , Andrew Critch , Andrew Snyder-Beattie , Eric Rogstad , Gina Stuessy , Malo Bourgon , Michael Keenan , Qiaochu Yuan , Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
2017-04-14
10
1
0
Jacob Tsimerman
2017-05-01
11
1
0
Kenzi Amodei
2017-07-01
12
1
0
Kenzi Amodei
2017-08-01
13
1
0
Rebecca Raible
2017-10-01
14
1
0
Kyle Scott
2017-10-03
15
1
0
Jaan Tallinn
2017-11-01
16
1
0
Jeremy Schlatter
2018-03-01
15
0
-1
Rebecca Raible
2018-03-08
12
0
-3
Gina Stuessy , Kenzi Amodei , Michael Keenan
2018-03-21
13
1
0
Colleen Gleason
2018-06-01
14
1
0
Matt Fallshaw
2018-07-01
15
1
0
Rebecca Raible
2018-08-01
16
1
0
Sam Bankman-Fried
2018-09-01
15
0
-1
Eric Rogstad
2018-09-03
16
1
0
Josh Jacobson
2018-11-01
17
1
0
Alex Flint
2019-01-04
16
0
-1
Qiaochu Yuan
2019-02-01
14
0
-2
Andrew Snyder-Beattie , Rebecca Raible
2019-03-01
15
1
0
Kyle Scott
2019-03-02
14
0
-1
Colleen Gleason
2019-04-01
13
0
-1
Jeremy Schlatter
2019-04-16
12
0
-1
Kyle Scott
2019-06-01
13
1
0
Sofia Davis-Fogel
2019-07-01
14
1
0
Sawyer Bernath
2020-01-01
14
1
-1
Stuart Russell
Alex Flint
2020-02-01
15
2
-1
Kyle Scott , Sawyer Bernath
Sawyer Bernath
2020-02-17
14
0
-1
Kyle Scott
2020-05-01
13
1
-2
Jan Tallinn
Josh Jacobson , Kyle Scott
2020-05-02
14
1
0
Sawyer Bernath
2020-08-01
12
0
-2
Andrew Critch , Sawyer Bernath
2020-08-02
13
1
0
Sawyer Bernath
2020-09-01
14
1
0
Andrew Critch
2020-10-01
13
0
-1
Sofia Davis-Fogel
2021-07-02
14
1
0
Jess Riedel
2021-08-01
15
1
0
James Paul Gonzales
2022-01-01
16
1
0
Sofia Davis-Fogel
2022-08-07
17
1
0
Kyle Scott
2023-03-30
17
1
-1
Elizabeth Cooper
Elizabeth Cooper
2023-05-23
18
1
0
Elizabeth Cooper
List of people (38 positions)
Person
Title
Start date
End date
AI safety relation Subject Employment type
Source
Notes
Andrew Critch
President & Founder
2020-09-01
GCR organization
[1] , [2]
Andrew Critch
Executive Director
2017-02-01
2020-08-01
GCR organization
[3] , [4] , [5]
Andrew Critch
Board chair
2017-02-01
position
board member
[3] , [4] , [6]
Elizabeth Cooper
Deputy Director
2023-03-30
2023-03-30
position
part-time
[7]
Elizabeth Cooper
Deputy Director
2023-05-23
position
part-time
[8] , [2]
Kenzi Amodei
Interim Deputy Director
2017-07-01
2018-03-08
GCR organization
[9] , [4] , [10]
Kenzi Amodei
Deputy Director
2017-05-01
[11]
Rebecca Raible
Writer and Operations Manager
2017-08-01
2018-03-01
GCR organization
part-time
[9] , [4] , [12]
Rebecca Raible
Program Manager: Grants and Awards
2018-07-01
2019-02-01
GCR organization
part-time
[13] , [14]
Kyle Scott
Project Manager
2017-10-01
2019-04-16
GCR organization
[15] , [16]
Kyle Scott
Operations Manager
2019-03-01
2020-02-17
full-time
[17] , [18]
Kyle Scott
Operations Manager
2020-02-01
2020-05-01
part-time
[18]
Kyle Scott
Board Advisor
2022-08-07
GCR organization
[19] , [2]
Gina Stuessy
Operations Consulting
2017-02-01
2018-03-08
GCR organization
[3] , [4] , [10]
Michael Keenan
IT Support
2017-02-01
2018-03-08
GCR organization
[3] , [4] , [10]
Andrew Snyder-Beattie
Advisor
2017-02-01
2019-02-01
GCR organization
[3] , [4] , [14]
Malo Bourgon
Board advisor
2017-02-01
GCR organization
advisor
[3] , [2]
Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
Board advisor
2017-02-01
GCR organization
advisor
[3] , [4] , [2]
Jacob Tsimerman
Board advisor
2017-04-14
GCR organization
advisor
[20] , [2]
Jaan Tallinn
Board advisor
2017-10-03
advisor
[21] , [2]
Jeremy Schlatter
Software Engineer
2017-11-01
2019-04-01
position
software engineering
[22]
Colleen Gleason
Operations & Finance Manager
2018-03-21
2019-03-02
position
general
full-time
[23]
Sam Bankman-Fried
Board advisor
2018-08-01
position
advisor
[24] , [6]
Eric Rogstad
Board treasurer
2017-02-01
2018-09-01
position
board member
[25] , [3] , [4] , [26]
Qiaochu Yuan
Board secretary
2017-02-01
2019-01-04
position
board member
[3] , [4]
Alex Flint
Board secretary
2018-11-01
2020-01-01
position
board member
[14] , [27] , [28]
Josh Jacobson
Collaboration Manager & Project Manager
2018-09-03
2020-05-01
position
full-time
[29] , [30]
Sofia Davis-Fogel
Project Manager
2019-06-01
2020-10-01
position
full-time
[31] , [28]
Sofia Davis-Fogel
Board advisor
2022-01-01
position
advisor
[6] , [2]
James Paul Gonzales
Executive Assistant To Prof. Stuart Russell
2021-08-01
full-time
[32] , [33] , [6]
Sawyer Bernath
Project Manager
2019-07-01
2020-02-01
full-time
[34] , [35] , [17]
Sawyer Bernath
Deputy Director
2020-02-01
2020-08-01
full-time
[36] , [35] , [30]
Sawyer Bernath
Executive Director
2020-08-02
full-time
[1] , [35] , [2]
Sawyer Bernath
Secretary & Director
2020-05-02
board member
[30] , [2]
Stuart Russell
Board advisor
2020-01-01
advisor
[25] , [2]
Jess Riedel
Treasurer & Director
2021-07-02
board member
[37] , [2]
Jan Tallinn
Board advisor
2020-05-01
advisor
[30] , [6]
Matt Fallshaw
Board advisor
2018-06-01
advisor
[14] , [38] , [39]
Products (0 products)
Name
Creation date
Description
Organization documents (3 documents)
Title
Publication date
Author
Publisher
Affected organizations
Affected people
Document scope
Cause area
Notes
Comment on After one year of applying for EA jobs: It is really, really hard to get hired by an EA organisation
2019-02-27
Aaron Gertler
Effective Altruism Forum
Centre for Effective Altruism , Open Philanthropy , Machine Intelligence Research Institute , Ought , Vox , AI Impacts , Center for Human-Compatible AI , Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Job application experience
Various
Gertler describes his experience applying to various effective altruism-related organizations.
Comment on After one year of applying for EA jobs: It is really, really hard to get hired by an EA organisation
2019-02-26
Max Daniel
Effective Altruism Forum
Open Philanthropy , OpenAI , Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative , Centre for Effective Altruism , Future of Humanity Institute , AI Impacts
Daniel gives his experience applying to various effective altruist organizations, detailing the time he spent on applications and preparation.
After one year of applying for EA jobs: It is really, really hard to get hired by an EA organisation
2019-02-25
EA applicant
Effective Altruism Forum
Open Philanthropy , Centre for Effective Altruism , Future of Humanity Institute , Effective Giving UK , Rethink Charity , Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security , Nuclear Threat Initiative , Centre for the Study of Existential Risk , Global Priorities Institute , Ought , Veddis , Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
A pseudonymous effective altruist gives their experience applying to various effective altruist (and related) organizations.
Documents (0 documents)
Title
Publication date
Author
Publisher
Affected organizations
Affected people
Affected agendas
Notes
Similar organizations
Organization
Number of people in common
List of people in common
Center for Applied Rationality
6
Andrew Critch , Kenzi Amodei , Kyle Scott , Michael Keenan , Eric Rogstad , Qiaochu Yuan
Machine Intelligence Research Institute
5
Andrew Critch , Malo Bourgon , Jaan Tallinn , Jeremy Schlatter , Stuart Russell
University of California, Berkeley
3
Andrew Critch , Qiaochu Yuan , Stuart Russell
Centre for Effective Altruism
3
Kyle Scott , Sam Bankman-Fried , Josh Jacobson
Centre for the Study of Existential Risk
3
Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh , Jaan Tallinn , Stuart Russell
Animal Charity Evaluators
3
Gina Stuessy , Sam Bankman-Fried , Sofia Davis-Fogel
Future of Humanity Institute
3
Kyle Scott , Andrew Snyder-Beattie , Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
3
Andrew Snyder-Beattie , Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh , Stuart Russell
Survival and Flourishing.Org
3
Andrew Critch , Eric Rogstad , Alex Flint
Survival and Flourishing.Fund
3
Andrew Critch , Eric Rogstad , Alex Flint
Center for Human-Compatible AI
2
Andrew Critch , Stuart Russell
Future of Life Institute
2
Jaan Tallinn , Stuart Russell
GiveWell
1
Rebecca Raible
Encultured AI
1
Andrew Critch
Longview Philanthropy
1
Andrew Snyder-Beattie
Open Philanthropy
1
Andrew Snyder-Beattie
Redwood Research
1
Malo Bourgon
Global Catastrophic Risk Institute
1
Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
OpenAI
1
Jeremy Schlatter
FTX Future Fund
1
Sam Bankman-Fried
Lightcone Infrastructure
1
Eric Rogstad
Innovations for Poverty Action
1
Josh Jacobson