The Long Now Foundation

“The draft Form 990 is reviewed by the audit and/or finance committee before sharing with the full board for review and approval.”

“All Trustees, Directors, Officers, and Key Employees are required to sign a Conflict of Interest policy. It is the policy of the Board that the existence of any interests that give rise to conflict be disclosed on a timely basis and always before any transaction is consummated. It shall be the continuing responsibility of the Board, officers, and management employees to scrutinize their transactions and outside business interests and relationships for potential conflicts and to immediately make such disclosures. Board member disclosures should be made to a Board officer and staff disclosures should be made to the chief executive. The Board shall determine whether a conflict exists and is material, and in the presence of an existing material conflict, whether the contemplated transaction may be authorized as just, fair, and reasonable to Long Now. The decision of the BOard on these matters will rest in their sole discretion, and their concern must be the welfare of Long Now and the advancement of its purpose.”

“The Executive Director compensation is based on Board review and comparison data with other Northern California nonprofit organizations.”

“Board members do not receive financial compensation for being on the board. Board members may be compensated for specific services they provide for the organization, such as hosting and curating a public speaking series. Compensation for key employees is recommended by the executive director and reviewed by the board of directors.”

“The Long Now Foundation's 990s are available through Guidestar (www.guidestar.org). All other governing documents are available by request as per applicable laws.”

“The Foundation received a second loan under the Payroll Protection Program amounting to $306,852 on February 2021. This loan carries an annual interest rate of 1.00%. The Foundation applied for and was granted forgiveness of the total PPP loan amount in November 2021.Th Foundation also received the Employee Retention Credit (ERC), a credit against certain payroll taxes allowed to an eligible employer for qualifying wages, was established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and further amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) and the American Rescue Plan (ARP). A total of $419,860 was granted in which $311,432 is a receivable balance as of December 31, 2021”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: NEVADA - THE FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING THIS SITE AS A 10,000 YEAR INSTALLATION IN PARALLEL WITH THE 10,000 YEAR CLOCK IN TEXAS. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: THE ROSETTA PROJECT - THE ROSETTA PROJECT IS A GLOBAL COLLABORATION OF LANGUAGE SPECIALISTS AND NATIVE SPEAKERS WORKING TO BUILD A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL LIBRARY OF HUMAN LANGUAGES. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: PanLex - PanLex is a nonprofit program whose mission is to overcome language barriers to human rights, information, and opportunities. Their purpose is to make it so that nobody should have their rights restricted because of the language they speak. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: SEMINARS - THE LONG NOW FOUNDATION'S MONTHLY SEMINARS WERE STARTED IN 2003 TO BUILD A COMPELLING BODY OF IDEAS ABOUT LONG-TERM THINKING FROM SPEAKERS AROUND THE WORLD. THESE TALKS ARE PART OF OUR LIBRARY OF WORK WHICH ENCOURAGES THINKING AT THE TIMESCALE OF CIVILIZATION. SEMINAR SPONSORHIPS, INCLUDED IN PART VIII LINE 1F, SUPPORT THE LIVE AND ONLINE SEMINAR EVENTS, AS WELL AS OUR HIGHLY PRODUCED VIDEOS AND PODCASTS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. LONG NOW WAS NOT ABLE TO HOLD IN-PERSON LIVE EVENTS FOR MOST OF 2021 DUE TO COVID-19. IN 2020, WE SHIFTED TO CREATING HIGH-PRODUCTION VALUE ONLINE SEMINARS, AND CONTINUED TO HOLD ONLINE SEMINARS ALONG WITH LIVE EVENTS AS LONG NOW WAS ABLE TO RESUME THEM IN 2021. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 8: Membership - The Long Now Foundation's membership program connects more than 11,000 long-term thinkers across more than 65 countries. Our global membership receives regular updates on key ideas around long-term thinking through our frequent talks, original writing and monthly newsletter, as well as special invitations to online video lectures and in-person gatherings. Each member also receives an etched stainless steel membership card featuring their unique member number. The Long Now membership program provides substantial financial support to the organization, its activities, and its programs. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 9: Organizational Continuity Project - The Organizational Continuity Project hopes to discover the lessons behind the longest lived organizations, and build a discipline of shareable knowledge that will help contemporary institutions, companies, and governments develop into robust, long-lasting structures. In turn, we hope these institutions will be better equipped to address civilizational-scale problems with multi-generational thinking. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 10: Q2 Program - The first of hopefully 400 intergenerational transitions at The Long Now Foundation. This endeavor aims to bring us into our second quarter (century). A new generation of long-term thinking awaits.”

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