Nonprofit · EIN 45-3100226
CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY
Tax-exempt · BERKELEY, CA 94705
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $2,414,440 | $2,077,875 | $336,565 | $1,850,466 | $955,033 | $895,433 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $6,329,582 | $10,154,994 | -$3,825,412 | $23,039,646 | $22,460,859 | $578,787 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $9,087,409 | $9,407,213 | -$319,804 | $28,001,445 | $23,597,246 | $4,404,199 |
| December 31, 2022 | 990 (amended) | $11,648,954 | $10,163,623 | $1,485,331 | $26,094,460 | $21,363,207 | $4,731,253 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $397,299
- Program service revenue
- $806,523
- Investment income
- $1,179
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$90
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $2,632
- Other revenue
- $1,209,439
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $88,218
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $558,756
- Other salaries and wages
- $116,995
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $754,928
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $24,876
- Accounting fees
- $18,049
- Occupancy
- $222,319
- Travel
- $7,695
- Depreciation
- $263,627
- Program services (functional)
- $1,873,937
- Management and general (functional)
- $203,938
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $23,039,646
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,850,466
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $955,033
- Net assets, end of year
- $895,433
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,453,508
- Publicly traded securities
- $51
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $795,033
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $100,400
- Gross receipts
- $2,580,902
- Employees
- 17
- Volunteers
- 2
- Year formed
- 2011
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUBEN BLOOM | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $211,430 | $28,012 |
| RAFE KENNEDY | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $201,667 | $10,433 |
| BEN PACE | TEAM LEAD Highest-paid employee | 40 | $133,649 | $7,724 |
| JACKSON ROSE | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Officer | 5 | $62,760 | $6,974 |
| ANNA SALAMON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $22,103 | $15,376 |
| DIVIA CAROLINE EDEN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ZVI MOWSHOWITZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUBEN BLOOM | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $165,236 | $25,019 |
| RAFE KENNEDY | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $169,729 | $9,989 |
| ROBERT MUSHKATBLAT | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $166,250 | $4,921 |
| BEN PACE | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $149,154 | $9,512 |
| RAYMOND ARNOLD | TEAM LEAD Highest-paid employee | 40 | $135,000 | $13,538 |
| CHARLIE ROGERS-SMITH | TEAM LEAD Highest-paid employee | 40 | $145,686 | $0 |
| RONNY FERNANDEZ | TEAM LEAD Highest-paid employee | 40 | $100,136 | $16,311 |
| OLIVER HABRYKA | TEAM LEAD Highest-paid employee | 40 | $93,765 | $18,129 |
| LUCAS TEIXEIRA | TEAM LEAD Highest-paid employee | 40 | $109,433 | $0 |
| MIRANDA DIXON-LUINENBURG | TEAM LEAD Highest-paid employee | 40 | $105,745 | $0 |
| JAMES BABCOCK | TEAM LEAD Highest-paid employee | 40 | $97,131 | $5,881 |
| ANNA SALAMON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $51,163 | $21,710 |
| DIVIA CAROLINE EDEN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ZVI MOWSHOWITZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT MUSHKATBLAT | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $339,862 | $8,771 |
| JACOB LAGERROS | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $229,135 | $8,132 |
| RAFE KENNEDY | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $224,622 | $8,922 |
| RUBEN BLOOM | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $216,358 | $17,090 |
| JAMES BABCOCK | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $194,628 | $11,387 |
| BEN PACE | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $185,696 | $7,971 |
| OLIVER HABRYKA | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $151,341 | $17,343 |
| RAYMOND ARNOLD | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $153,391 | $14,806 |
| JACKSON CARROL | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $111,607 | $8,484 |
| ANNA SALAMON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $23,482 | $18,418 |
| DIVIA CAROLINE EDEN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ZVI MOWSHOWITZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2022: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEN PACE | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $210,022 | $8,005 |
| RUBEN BLOOM | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $192,670 | $17,515 |
| JAMES BABCOCK | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $176,667 | $14,092 |
| ROBERT MUSHKATBLAT | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $156,117 | $3,750 |
| JACKSON CARROL | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Trustee or director, Key employee | 40 | $148,275 | $11,072 |
| RAYMOND ARNOLD | TEAM LEAD Key employee | 40 | $149,474 | $9,301 |
| JACOB LAGERROS | TEAM LEAD Highest-paid employee | 40 | $141,141 | $5,536 |
| ANNA SALAMON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $55,855 | $18,358 |
| DIVIA CAROLINE EDEN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ZVI MOWSHOWITZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2740 TELEGRAPH AVE, BERKELEY, CA 94705-1131
- In care of
- % ANNA SALAMON
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- ANNA SALAMON, 2740 TELEGRAPH AVE, BERKELEY, CA 94705
- Signed the 990
- ROSEMARY JAMES, FINANCE LEAD
- Phone
- (720) 526-3733
- Website
- www.rationality.org
- Return prepared by
- EASY OFFICE DBA JITASA
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 45-3100226 or by the name CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
PERFORM AND CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO INDIVIDUAL, COLLECTIVE, AND ARTIFICIAL COGNITION. DO THIS RESEARCH BY: A) SEARCHING FOR IDEAS ON HOW TO ALIGN MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, AND FOR USEFUL IDEAS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE REASONING OF BOTH INDIVIDUAL HUMANS AND GROUPS OF HUMANS; B) TEST WHETHER THE IDEAS FOR ONE PORT TO THE OTHERS; C) TEST OUR IDEAS THROUGH TARGETED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENTS, RESEARCH WORKSHOPS, PHYSICAL RESEARCH CENTRES, AND ONLINE RESEARCH FORA; D) COLLABORATE WITH EXTERNAL RESEARCHERS IN RELATED FIELDS.
Program accomplishments
- RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (LIGHTCONE PROJECT): OUR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES CONSIST OF THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY STAFF, PRESENTED IN INTERNAL COLLOQUIA, LONGITUDINAL STUDIES, RESEARCH REPORTS, AND MORE. MOST OF THESE OCCUR UNDER THE "LIGHTCONE" PROJECT BRAND. WE ALSO HOST THE ONLINE RESEARCH FORUMS, LESSWRONG AND THE ALIGNMENT FORUM, WHERE STAFF FROM CFAR AND OTHER ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS SHARE AND DISCUSS RESEARCH PROGRESS VIA: TECHNICAL REPORTS, BLOG POSTS, AND DRAFT PAPERS, IN THE FIELDS OF: PSYCHOLOGY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, RATIONALITY, AND AI. CFAR OPERATES A RESEARCH CENTER AND OFFICE WHICH RUNS SEMINARS AND VISITOR PROGRAMS FOR RESEARCHERS FROM BOTH THE ORGANISATION AND OTHER GROUPS, UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTES BASED IN THE AREA. IN 2022 CFAR ACQUIRED THE ROSE GARDEN INN PROPERTY TO EXPAND ITS RESEARCH CENTER OPERATIONS. CFAR ALSO RUNS RESEARCH RETREATS FOR STAFF AND INVITED GUESTS, WHO SPEND SUSTAINED EFFORT IN THIS LOCATION OVER 1-2 WEEKS ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT E.G. THE NATURE OF INTELLIGENCE.Expenses $980,517 · grants $77,448 · revenue $738,529
- MAIN WORKSHOPS & RESEARCH: CFAR HAS PERFORMED LITERATURE REVIEWS IN PSYCHOLOGY, COGNITIVE SCIENCE, AND RELATED FIELDS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A RANGE OF MENTAL TECHNIQUES DESIGNED TO HELP IMPROVE CLARITY OF THINKING AND DECISION-MAKING, AND INCREASE INTERNAL ALIGNMENT TOWARDS GOALS. OUR WORKSHOPS ARE 4-DAY IMMERSIVE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO TEACH PARTICIPANTS THESE TECHNIQUES IN A PRACTICAL WAY. THE WORKSHOP CONSISTS MOSTLY OF LECTURES AND EXERCISES, AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPANTS TO TRAIN EACH OTHER ON THE TECHNIQUES.Expenses $893,420 · grants $10,770 · revenue $67,994
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 45-3100226
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2012
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Medical research (H99)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,850,466
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,580,902
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $2,414,440 | $2,077,875 | $1,850,466 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $6,329,582 | $10,154,994 | $23,039,646 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $9,087,409 | $9,407,213 | $28,001,445 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $11,648,954 | $10,163,623 | $26,094,460 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 45-3100226).
Questions about CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY
- What is the EIN of CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY is 45-3100226.
- Is CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2012.
- Are donations to CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names ANNA SALAMON.
- Who are the officers and directors of CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 7 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $211,430 (RUBEN BLOOM, TEAM LEAD).
- How much revenue does CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,414,440, expenses of $2,077,875 and total assets of $1,850,466 at year end.
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