2024-11-11T14:55:37-06:00 2023-12-31 381910111 UHY ADVISORS GREAT LAKES INC 7171 STADIUM DRIVE KALAMAZOO MI 49009 990 2023-01-01 863502300 THE ROOTS OF PROGRESS ROOT 6507816281 9450 SW GEMINI DR PMB 74328 BEAVERTON OR 97008 JASON CRAWFORD PRESIDENT 6507816281 2024-11-08 1 0 RHONDA L NEWMAN P00047726 2693817600 2024-11-08 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z JASON CRAWFORD 9450 SW GEMINI DR PMB 74328 BEAVERTON OR 97008 292659 0 X ROOTSOFPROGRESS.ORG X 2021 OR OUR MISSION IS TO DEFINE AND COMMUNICATE A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF PROGRESS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. WE STUDY THE NATURE, VALUE, AND CAUSES OF PROGRESS, AND PRESCRIBE WAYS THAT HUMANITY CAN ACCELERATE AND STEER IT. 3 3 2 1 0 0 499069 285825 5640 0 0 5268 0 1566 504709 292659 0 0 0 0 212260 397219 0 0 53529 78185 243884 290445 641103 214264 -348444 602605 258483 1559 5881 601046 252602 X THE ROOTS OF PROGRESS IS A RECENTLY ESTABLISHED NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN THE STATE OF OREGON. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON THE HISTORY AND NATURE OF HUMAN PROGRESS. 'PROGRESS' IS THAT WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE TO LIVE BETTER LIVES: ANYTHING THAT INCREASES HEALTH, HAPPINESS, WEALTH, FREEDOM, KNOWLEDGE, PEACE, AND THE CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO EACH INDIVIDUAL. OUR MISSION IS TO DEFINE AND COMMUNICATE A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF PROGRESS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. WE STUDY THE NATURE, VALUE, AND CAUSES OF PROGRESS, AND PRESCRIBE WAYS THAT HUMANITY CAN ACCELERATE AND STEER IT. WE WILL ALLOCATE 100% OF OUR TIME TOWARDS OUR ACTIVITIES; WHICH ARE THE FOLLOWING: RESEARCH: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY, AND ON THE NATURE OF SCIENTIFIC, TECHNOLOGICAL, INDUSTRIAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL PROGRESS. MOST OF THE RESULTS OF THIS RESEARCH WILL BE MADE FREELY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON OUR WEBSITE. WRITING: SPONSORING WRITERS TO CREATE BOOKS AND MAGAZINE/JOURNAL AR 0 0 480240 FELLOWSHIP:THE PURPOSE OF THE ROOTS OF PROGRESS FELLOWSHIP IS TO ACCELERATE THE CAREERS OF PROGRESS INTELLECTUALS.WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST PROGRAM, THE BLOG-BUILDING INTENSIVE, IN JULY, AND GOT ALMOST 500 APPLICATIONS. IN THE END, 19 FELLOWS PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM, WHICH INVOLVED WRITING INSTRUCTION, EDITORIAL FEEDBACK, TRAINING IN AUDIENCE-BUILDING, AND A PEER GROUP FOR BRAINSTORMING AND FEEDBACK.SEVERAL OF THE FELLOWS LAUNCHED SUBSTACKS UNDER THEIR OWN NAME AND BRAND FOR THE FIRST TIME, HAVING PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN ONLY FOR OTHER PUBLICATIONS OR FOR THEIR EMPLOYERS. AND ON AVERAGE, THEY WROTE MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH DURING THE INTENSIVE AS THEY HAD EARLIER IN THE YEAR.WRITING:FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT JASON CRAWFORD WROTE 35 ESSAYS FOR OUR BLOG, TOTALLING OVER 65K WORDS. HIS LONGEST, MOST IN-DEPTH PIECES WERE: "WHAT IF THEY GAVE AN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND NOBODY CAME?" A REVIEW OF THE BRITISH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, BY ROBERT ALLEN "CAN SUBMARINES SWIM?" WHICH DEMYSTIFIES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE "IF YOU WISH TO MAKE AN APPLE PIE, YOU MUST FIRST BECOME DICTATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, OR: WILL AI INEVITABLY SEEK POWER? "WHO REGULATES THE REGULATORS?" ARGUING THAT WE NEED TO GO BEYOND THE REVIEW-AND-APPROVAL PARADIGMOTHER THAN THAT, THE MOST POPULAR PIECES (BY VIEWS ON THE BLOG AND UPVOTES ON OTHER FORUMS) WERE: "WHY NO ROMAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?" "WHY DIDN'T WE GET THE FOUR-HOUR WORKDAY?" "THE COMMISSION FOR STOPPING FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS": A LETTER OF NOTE FROM ISAMBARD K. BRUNEL, CIVIL ENGINEER "HOW TO SLOW DOWN SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS," ACCORDING TO LEO SZILARD. SEVERAL OF THIS YEAR'S ESSAYS WERE "WHAT I'VE BEEN READING," WHICH CRAWFORD MADE INTO A QUASI-MONTHLY FEATURE. HE ALSO PUT OUT 35 ISSUES OF THE "LINKS DIGEST", ON A SCHEDULE WHICH VARIED FROM WEEKLY TO MONTHLY. IN TOTAL HE RECOMMENDED WELL OVER 1,000 LINKS AND INCLUDED 139 CHARTS AND IMAGES.OVERALL WE HAD 134K VISITORS TO ROOTSOFPROGRESS.ORG, AND OUR EMAIL NEWSLETTER GREW MORE THAN 2.4X, TO OVER 18K SUBSCRIBERS.TALKS AND INTERVIEWS:CRAWFORD ALSO GAVE ABOUT A DOZEN PUBLISHED TALKS AND INTERVIEWS, INCLUDING: "REMEMBER THE PAST TO BUILD THE FUTURE," RECORDED AT FORESIGHT INSTITUTE'S VISION WEEKEND 2022 AND PUBLISHED IN JANUARY A TALK TO THE INSTITUTO MILLENIUM IN BRAZIL, WITH ABOUT 80 PEOPLE ATTENDING LIVE: "TOWARD A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF PROGRESS" INFINITE LOOPS PODCAST WITH JIM O'SHAUGHNESSYHE ALSO SPOKE IN SEVERAL PRIVATE VENUES, INCLUDING: THE SANTA FE INSTITUTE, AT A WORKSHOP ON "ACCELERATING SCIENCE." HE ALSO WROTE UP THE TALK AS AN ESSAY. THE TAKSHASHILA INSTITUTE IN BANGALORE. HE SPOKE FIRST IN PERSON TO A GROUP OF A COUPLE DOZEN OF THEIR SCHOLARS, AND LATER ADDRESSED OVER 200 STUDENTS TAKING THEIR GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN PUBLIC POLICY VIA ZOOM STRIPE, WHERE HE GAVE AN INTERNAL TECH TALK. HE GAVE A CONDENSED VERSION OF THE TALK AT FORESIGHT VISION WEEKEND 2023 AN ASTRAL CODEX TEN / LESSWRONG MEETUP IN BANGALORE, WHERE HE DISCUSSED PROGRESS WITH SOME 30 OR 40 ATTENDEESFINALLY, HE WAS BRIEFLY QUOTED IN A YEAR-END REVIEW IN THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR.THE ORIGINS OF STEAM POWER:THE ORGANIZATION SPONSORED AN ESSAY ON THE PRE-HISTORY OF THE STEAM ENGINE, WITH INTERACTIVE ANIMATED DIAGRAMS. IT CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://BLOG.ROOTSOFPROGRESS.ORG/STEAM-ENGINE-ORIGINSTHE PROGRESS FORUM:THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO SPONSOR THE PROGRESS FORUM, THE ONLINE HOME FOR THE PROGRESS COMMUNITY. IT IS A DISCUSSION FORUM FOR EVERYTHING RELATED TO PROGRESS. 480240 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 OR CA X HEIKE LARSON 6507816281 9450 SW GEMINI DR PMB 74328 BEAVERTON OR 97008 JASON CRAWFORD PRESIDENT 40.00 X X 202668 0 0 RAMANDEEP GIRN SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ANIL VARANASI TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 HEIKE LARSON VP OF PROGRAMS 40.00 X 168203 0 0 370871 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 285825 285825 5268 5268 OTHER 1566 1566 1566 292659 0 0 6834 370871 297552 29826 43493 1124 1124 25224 16953 5190 3081 19265 19265 60773 20536 39984 253 21352 21008 344 2062 2045 17 12486 6096 6076 314 30614 29781 -710 1543 8983 8895 88 55 55 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT 64304 64304 PRODUCTION 10000 10000 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 9196 5095 4101 BANK FEES & MERCHANT FE 4632 263 4369 162 20 115 27 641103 480240 107334 53529 578205 249052 24400 0 0 9431 602605 258483 1559 5881 1559 5881 X 601046 252602 601046 252602 602605 258483 -348444 0 X 0 0 0 X 555489 489070 287659 1332218 555489 489070 287659 1332218 269500 1062718 5268 5268 1337486 5740 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JASON CRAWFORD PRESIDENT 200128 0 0 0 2540 0 0 0 0 0 202668 0 0 0 HEIKE LARSON VP OF PROGRAMS 168203 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 168203 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE 990 WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT AND THE OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANT PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C DIRECTORS ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 1. A COMPENSATION COMMITTEE IS IDENTIFIED. IF THE EXECUTIVE IN QUESTION IS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, THEN THE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OFTHE BOARD, EXCLUDING THE EXECUTIVE IN QUESTION. OTHERWISE, THE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF THE ENTIRE BOARD. 2. COMPARATIVE RESEARCH IS PERFORMED. THIS INCLUDES SALARY SURVEYS OF COMPARABLE ROLES FROM OTHER NONPROFITS, INDIVIDUAL DATA POINTS WE CAN ACQUIRE ABOUT COMPENSATION IN SIMILAR ROLES AT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND INFORMATION ABOUT ALTERNATIVE ROLES THAT MIGHT COMPETE FOR THE EXECUTIVE INQUESTION. 3. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE TAKES THIS INFORMATION INTO ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE. THE DISCUSSION IS HELD AT A REGULAR OR SPECIAL BOARD MEETING. IF THE EXECUTIVE IN QUESTION IS ON THE BOARD, THEY RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM THE DISCUSSION. 4. THE FINAL DECISION IS MADE IN A BOARD MEETING OR BY UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMMITTEE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT MAKE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS OR CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. FORM 990 AND THE EXEMPTION APPLICATION ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.