The Cryonics Institute has been in operation since 1976 (35 years) and is very financially stable.
Please provide evidence for this claim. I’ve heard contradictory statements to the effect that even $150,000 likely isn’t enough for long term viability.
Probably not, he just wasn’t being precise.
I’m curious how the statement, “our annual budget is in the $200,000/year range”, may be considered “imprecise” rather than outright false when compared with data from the source he cited.
I sent Anissimov an email asking him to clarify. He may have been netting out Summit expenses (matching cost of venue, speaker arrangements, etc against tickets to net things out). Also note that 2008 was followed by a turnover of all the SIAI staff except Eliezer Yudkowsky, and Michael Vassar then cut costs.
I was completely wrong on my budget estimate, I apologize. I wasn’t including the Summit, and I was just estimating the cost on my understanding of salaries + misc. expenses. I should have checked Guidestar. My view of the budget also seems to have been slightly skewed because I frequently check the SIAI Paypal account, which many people use to donate, but I never see the incoming checks, which are rarer but sometimes make up a large portion of total donations. My underestimate of money in contributing to my underestimating monies out.
Again, I’m sorry, I was not lying, just a little confused and a few years out of date on my estimate. I will search over my blog to modify any incorrect numbers I can find.
Please provide evidence for this claim. I’ve heard contradictory statements to the effect that even $150,000 likely isn’t enough for long term viability.
I’m curious how the statement, “our annual budget is in the $200,000/year range”, may be considered “imprecise” rather than outright false when compared with data from the source he cited.
SIAI Total Expenses (IRS form 990, line 17):
2006: $395,567
2007: $306,499
2008: $614,822
I sent Anissimov an email asking him to clarify. He may have been netting out Summit expenses (matching cost of venue, speaker arrangements, etc against tickets to net things out). Also note that 2008 was followed by a turnover of all the SIAI staff except Eliezer Yudkowsky, and Michael Vassar then cut costs.
Hi all,
I was completely wrong on my budget estimate, I apologize. I wasn’t including the Summit, and I was just estimating the cost on my understanding of salaries + misc. expenses. I should have checked Guidestar. My view of the budget also seems to have been slightly skewed because I frequently check the SIAI Paypal account, which many people use to donate, but I never see the incoming checks, which are rarer but sometimes make up a large portion of total donations. My underestimate of money in contributing to my underestimating monies out.
Again, I’m sorry, I was not lying, just a little confused and a few years out of date on my estimate. I will search over my blog to modify any incorrect numbers I can find.
Thank you for the correction.