Rethink Priorities

“Yes - our charitable purposes and mission were updated (to the version outlined above), as were rules on board member compensation (to allow us to pay a board member up to a few hours a week to help administer to duties of the board).”

“The board of directors will electronically review Form 990 and audited financial statements prior to submission. Submission will only occur upon majority vote by the board of directors.”

“All staff and board members declare conflicts of interest annually. Prior to financial decisions and programmatic decisions, conflicts are reviewed and adressed as relevant. Restrictions include TDOKEs recusing themselves from decision making processes.”

“Salaries for comparable roles at all levels of RP's title structure were pulled from similar organizations. RP uses a formula for setting most compensation, and exec compensation was compared to these salaries, with a target of salaries falling between the 25th and 75th percentile. This process last occurred in 2022.”

“Salaries for comparable roles at all levels of RP's title structure were pulled from similar organizations. RP uses a formula for setting most compensation, and staff compensation was compared to these salaries, with a target of salaries falling between the 25th and 75th percentile. This process last occurred in 2022.”

“Governing documents and the conflict of interest policy are available upon request. Financial statements are available on the organization's website.”

“Rethink Priorities began fiscally sponsoring several projects, primarily Epoch - a research group investigating and forecasting AI development, and Condor Camp - an outreach program for promising undergraduates interested in research in Brazil.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Surveys: We conduct public opinion polling to understand how to communicate about effective charitable interventions, to better understand the public's opinion of important issues, and to inform advocacy organizations on how to best advance their missions. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Global Health and Development: We research how organizations working to improve global health and reduce global poverty can best measure their impact. We conducted hundreds of hours of research in 2022, and communicated our findings to organizations working in the global poverty space and to the general public.”