Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) — Total Funding Raised: $55 million
The claim states MIRI's total funding raised = $55M (as of 2025) based on summing 990 revenue filings from 2000-2025. However, the ProPublica source provided only contains Form 990 data from 2021-2024 and shows net assets/total assets, not cumulative funding raised. The additional context correctly notes that ProPublica's $16.5M figure represents net assets (current holdings), not cumulative funding. The source does not provide the specific cumulative funding raised figure of $55M, nor does it contain data spanning the full 2000-2025 period claimed. The claim's methodology (summing 990 revenue filings) and specific funding sources are not verifiable from this source.
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- Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
- Property
- Total Funding Raised
- Value
- $55 million
- As Of
- 2025
- Notes
Estimated cumulative funding raised 2000-2025 based on summing 990 revenue filings. Major known sources: Open Philanthropy/Coefficient Giving ~$14.8M (2016-2020), Vitalik Buterin Ethereum donation ~$15M (2021), SFF grants (multiple rounds), FLI ~$250K (2015), and individual donor… expand
Estimated cumulative funding raised 2000-2025 based on summing 990 revenue filings. Major known sources: Open Philanthropy/Coefficient Giving ~$14.8M (2016-2020), Vitalik Buterin Ethereum donation ~$15M (2021), SFF grants (multiple rounds), FLI ~$250K (2015), and individual donors. Note: ProPublica shows ~$16.5M net assets as of 2024, which reflects current holdings not cumulative funding raised.
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1 src · 1 checkNoteThe claim states MIRI's total funding raised = $55M (as of 2025) based on summing 990 revenue filings from 2000-2025. However, the ProPublica source provided only contains Form 990 data from 2021-2024 and shows net assets/total assets, not cumulative funding raised. The additional context correctly notes that ProPublica's $16.5M figure represents net assets (current holdings), not cumulative funding. The source does not provide the specific cumulative funding raised figure of $55M, nor does it contain data spanning the full 2000-2025 period claimed. The claim's methodology (summing 990 revenue filings) and specific funding sources are not verifiable from this source.