Nonprofit · EIN 82-2913579
ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION EFFORT
Tax-exempt · PRINCEVILLE, HI 96722
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990-EZ (amended) | $76,251 | $82,707 | -$6,456 | $45,926 | $70,711 | -$24,785 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990-EZ (amended) | $115,500 | $115,500 | $0 | $0 | $12,000 | -$12,000 |
Financial details: 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $76,246
- Investment income
- $0
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $5
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $37,665
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fees and payments to contractors
- $37,664
- Occupancy
- $7,561
- Printing, publications and postage
- $645
- Other expenses
- $36,837
- Program services (functional)
- $22,000
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $45,926
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $70,711
- Net assets, end of year
- -$24,785
- Cash, savings and investments
- $2,257
- Gross receipts
- $76,346
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-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alix Erie | President | 80 | $30,344 |
| Daman Singh | Treasurer | 40 | $7,321 |
| Charles Ostman | Board Member | 0 | $0 |
| Wanda Simmons | Board Member | 0 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alix Erie | President | 60 | $115,500 |
| Charles Ostman | Board Member | 0 | $0 |
| Daman Singh | Treasurer | 0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 5-4344 KUHIO HWY APT 322, PRINCEVILLE, HI 96722-5455
- In care of
- % ALIX CLAIRE ERIE
- Mailing address (990-N for 2023)
- 5-4344 Kuhio Hwy Unit 322, Princeville HI 96722
- Principal officer (990-N for 2023)
- ALIX CLAIRE ERIE, 5-4344 Kuhio Hwy Unit 323, Princeville HI 96722
- Signed the 990-EZ
- ALIX ERIE, President
- Phone
- (808) 647-8213
- Website
- limitlessexistence.org
Mission
ACE's primary exempt purpose is to advance education, scientific research, and community development through programs that cultivate human potential, ethical intelligence, ecological awareness, and sustainable civilization design. ACE develops and shares research, workshops, retreats, ecotourism experiences, and community outreach related to contemplative practice, wellness, applied physics, EEG/BCI technologies, AI ethics and governance, and long-horizon sustainable community models. ACE's long-term purpose includes acquiring land and resources for a sustainable community and research institute where residents, members, visitors, and participants can train in practices and technologies that support higher human potential, moral development, responsible energy use, and beneficial human-AI co-evolution, informed by frameworks such as the Kohlberg and Kardashev scales.
Program accomplishments
- Ecotourism, Sustainability, Retreat Infrastructure, and Community-Based Program Development: ACE continued developing the foundation for its ecotourism and retreat-based program services in 2025. This included applying for a Public Utilities Commission permit to operate as a motor passenger carrier in support of ACE's emerging ecotourism program and purchasing a vehicle for this purpose: a 2025 Honda Pilot. The ecotourism program is intended to provide educational visitor experiences, sustainable transportation, island etiquette education, wellness-oriented excursions, and community-aligned activities connected to ACE's mission of ecological awareness, ethical development, and sustainable civilization design. The PUC permit process was pursued in 2025 and was subsequently granted in March 2026. ACE also continued developing the conceptual and operational framework for future workshops and retreats related to wellness, contemplative practice, ecological awareness, human potential, and responsible engagement with Kaua'i. These activities support ACE's long-term goal of acquiring land and resources for a sustainable community and research institute where residents, members, visitors, and participants can engage in educational programs, retreats, research, and regenerative community life.Expenses $15,000
- Research, Publications, AI Ethics, and BCI Development: ACE advanced its research and publication program in 2025, with emphasis on artificial intelligence ethics, human potential, consciousness studies, and brain-computer interface research. During the year, ACE acquired brain-computer interface equipment and began developing experimental designs for EEG/BCI-based studies related to meditation, coherence, attention, and subjective-objective research methods. ACE also published the first paper in a planned three-paper AI ethics and governance series on Zenodo, establishing the initial public research foundation for ACE's work on synthetic inwardness, ethical intelligence, and human-AI co-evolution. In addition to the publicly released whitepaper, ACE continued drafting and organizing longer-form research and educational writings, including the Master Narrative and a companion volume related to physics, consciousness, and civilizational development. These writings support ACE's long-term goal of developing a sustainable research institute that integrates objective scientific methods, subjective contemplative disciplines, AI ethics, and applied technologies for the advancement of civilization.Expenses $5,000
- Education, Youth Innovation, Community Outreach, and Public Learning: ACE continued educational and community outreach activities in 2025, including youth-centered program design, public demonstrations, newsletters, and local community engagement. ACE designed an Innovation Club intended for implementation at Hanalei School during the 2026-2027 school year, with the goal of introducing students to creativity, science, technology, engineering, ethics, sustainability, and hands-on problem solving. ACE also participated in Hanalei School Market Day with a geode exhibit, providing a public educational display related to geology, natural systems, and scientific curiosity. ACE sent two newsletters to its community and supporter list, maintaining public communication about ACE's mission, development, and emerging programs. These outreach efforts support ACE's broader exempt purpose of education, moral development, scientific literacy, and community-based learning. They also serve as early-stage infrastructure for future workshops, retreats, youth programs, and public educational events.Expenses $1,000
- Website, Communications, and Institutional Infrastructure: ACE rebuilt and substantially updated its public website in 2025, replacing an older site that had not been significantly updated since approximately 2018. The new website provides a clearer public-facing explanation of ACE's mission, program areas, research direction, long-term sustainable community vision, and emerging work in AI ethics, BCI research, ecotourism, education, and community development. ACE also preserved its older archived website, which documents the organization's earlier history, writings, project architecture, and long-range vision. This communications infrastructure is an important program service because ACE's work is educational, research-based, and public-facing. The website and newsletters allow ACE to distribute research, explain programs, engage supporters, prepare for funding outreach, and make its educational materials available to the public.Expenses $1,000
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-EZ on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990-N on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 82-2913579
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2017
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S99)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $45,926
- Income (IRS master file)
- $76,346
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990-EZ | December 2025 | $76,251 | $82,707 | $43,669 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2024 | $115,500 | $115,500 | $0 | IRS |
| 990-N for 2023 Officer: ALIX CLAIRE ERIE | December 31, 2023 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
| 990-N for 2022 Officer: ALIX ERIE | December 31, 2022 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
| 990-N for 2020 Officer: Alix Claire Erie | December 31, 2020 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
| 990-N for 2019 Officer: ALIX C ERIE | December 31, 2019 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
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 82-2913579).
Questions about ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION EFFORT
- What is the EIN of ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION EFFORT?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION EFFORT is 82-2913579.
- Is ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION EFFORT tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2017.
- Are donations to ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION EFFORT tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION EFFORT 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 ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION EFFORT 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 ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION EFFORT last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION EFFORT?
- The 990-N for 2023 names ALIX CLAIRE ERIE.
- Who are the officers and directors of ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION EFFORT?
- The 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 4 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $30,344 (Alix Erie, President).
- How much revenue does ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION EFFORT have?
- On its 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $76,251, expenses of $82,707 and total assets of $45,926 at year end.
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