In 2009, they received 432,139 of “gifts”, made 194,686 by putting on a conference—and paid Yudkowsky 95,550 and Vassar 52,083. Yudkowsky probably also got a fair bit of the 83,934 spent on project 4c. 400,000 was also spent on the things described at the end of the document. Figures are all USD.
“Probably?” According to what priors? Do not make stuff up. As of 2013, MIRI has never paid anyone more than $99K in one year, and IIRC the $95K shown there was due to an error by the payroll service we were using which accidentally shifted one month of my salary backward by one year (paid on Dec 31 instead of Jan 1).
I confirm the payroll error part; I remember speaking to Amy about it a couple times, though it happened shortly before my time. I also suspect MIRI has never paid anymore than $99k in one year, but I haven’t looked it up.
They do do various things like that from time to time—e.g.; http://singinst.org/achievements
Up to 2008, almost half of it went into paying their own salaries, IIRC.
The SIAI accounts are on Guidestar. You have to register, though.
In 2009, they received 432,139 of “gifts”, made 194,686 by putting on a conference—and paid Yudkowsky 95,550 and Vassar 52,083. Yudkowsky probably also got a fair bit of the 83,934 spent on project 4c. 400,000 was also spent on the things described at the end of the document. Figures are all USD.
“Probably?” According to what priors? Do not make stuff up. As of 2013, MIRI has never paid anyone more than $99K in one year, and IIRC the $95K shown there was due to an error by the payroll service we were using which accidentally shifted one month of my salary backward by one year (paid on Dec 31 instead of Jan 1).
I confirm the payroll error part; I remember speaking to Amy about it a couple times, though it happened shortly before my time. I also suspect MIRI has never paid anymore than $99k in one year, but I haven’t looked it up.