2023-11-15T08:27:49-08:00 2022-12-31 464558541 Metz & Associates PLLC 950 W Indian School Rd Phoenix AZ 85013 990 2022-01-01 680384748 THE LONG NOW FOUNDATION LONG 4155616582 PO BOX 475668 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94147 REBECCA LENDL INTERIM EXECUTIVE DI 2023-11-15 true REBECCA LENDL 999009999 true Douglas Alford EA P01756518 6029446353 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z REBECCA LENDL 8951197 false X WWW.LONGNOW.ORG X 1996 CA The Long Now Foundation is a nonprofit organization and globally-recognized champion of long-term thinking and responsibility. We produce talks, essays, and gatherings to promote a culture of long-term thinking. We support audacious, visionary projects that encourage imagination at the timescale of civilization the next and last 10,000 years a timespan we call the long now. 16 16 36 15 0 3071274 5969694 231684 382115 468679 304654 363406 579954 4135043 7236417 19001 45000 0 1672878 1880872 0 344954 1276446 1957888 2968325 3883760 1166718 3352657 8496773 10781765 99490 280878 8397283 10500887 X The mission of The Long Now Foundation is to promote long-term thinking and to explore new ways to inspire others to think long-term. A broader understanding of the present moment can reframe enormous challenges as tractable and imply deep responsibility to future generations. Long Now advances this mission through a variety of projects and programs ranging from the monument-scale 10,000 Year Clock to the micro-scale Rosetta Project archive of human languages. All projects aim to shift culture toward a longer temporal perspective. All programs aim to connect long-term thinkers from around the world. false false 1090258 969853 THE INTERVAL - A COMPELLING VENUE FOR CONVERSATION THAT INVITES VISTORS TO SPEND TIME IN A PLACE THAT ITSELF ENCOURAGES LONG TERM THINKING. THE INTERVAL IS A BAR, CAFE, MUSEUM AND HOME OF THE LONG NOW FOUNDATION. FEATURING A FLOOR-TO-CEILING LIBRARY OF BOOKS YOU MIGHT NEED TO REBUILD CIVILIZATION, MECHANICAL PROTOTYPES FOR A CLOCK MEANT TO LAST FOR 10,000 YEARS, AND A TIME-INSPIRED MENU OF ARTISAN DRINKS. 546488 59472 TALKS - THE LONG NOW FOUNDATION'S MONTHLY TALKS WERE STARTED IN 2003 TO BUILD A COMPELLING BODY OF IDEAS ABOUT LONG-TERM THINKING FROM SPEAKERS AROUND THE WORLD. THESE TALKS ARE PART OF OUR LIBRARY OF WORK WHICH ENCOURAGES THINKING AT THE TIMESCALE OF CIVILIZATION. TALKS SPONSORHIPS, INCLUDED IN PART VIII LINE 1F, SUPPORT THE LIVE AND ONLINE SEMINAR EVENTS, AS WELL AS OUR HIGHLY PRODUCED VIDEOS AND PODCASTS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. LONG NOW WAS NOT ABLE TO HOLD IN-PERSON LIVE EVENTS FOR MOST OF 2021 DUE TO COVID-19. IN 2020, WE SHIFTED TO CREATING HIGH-PRODUCTION VALUE ONLINE SEMINARS, AND CONTINUED TO HOLD ONLINE TALKS ALONG WITH LIVE EVENTS AS LONG NOW WAS ABLE TO RESUME THEM IN 2021 AND 2022. 386532 601584 Membership - The Long Now Foundation's membership program connects more than 11,000 long-term thinkers across more than 65 countries. Our global membership receives regular updates on key ideas around long-term thinking through our frequent talks, original writing and monthly newsletter, as well as special invitations to online video lectures and in-person gatherings. Each member also receives an etched stainless steel membership card featuring their unique member number. 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The Foundation follows the provisions of uncertain tax positions addressed by FAS ASC 740-10 Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. The Foundation has no uncertain tax positions at December 31, 2021, for which the ultimate deductibility is highly certain but for which there is uncertainty about the timing of such deductibility. The Foundation recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in operating expense. The Foundation has determined that no amount is required to be accrued for taxes or related penalties and interest for any tax position taken through December 31, 2021. Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990 NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS $88688 Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS $88688 EUROPE SPONSORED PROJECT 45000 CHECK 1 false false false false false false X X false false false false false false false false false ALEXANDER ROSE Secretary 213483 213483 NICHOLAS P BRYSIEWICZ DIR OF STRATEGY 165600 165600 X 415 40317 FMV false true false Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: NEVADA - THE FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING THIS SITE AS A 10,000 YEAR INSTALLATION IN PARALLEL WITH THE 10,000 YEAR CLOCK IN TEXAS. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: THE ROSETTA PROJECT - THE ROSETTA PROJECT IS A GLOBAL COLLABORATION OF LANGUAGE SPECIALISTS AND NATIVE SPEAKERS WORKING TO BUILD A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL LIBRARY OF HUMAN LANGUAGES. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: PanLex - PanLex is a nonprofit program whose mission is to overcome language barriers to human rights, information, and opportunities. Their purpose is to make it so that nobody should have their rights restricted because of the language they speak. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: TALKS - THE LONG NOW FOUNDATION'S MONTHLY TALKS WERE STARTED IN 2003 TO BUILD A COMPELLING BODY OF IDEAS ABOUT LONG-TERM THINKING FROM SPEAKERS AROUND THE WORLD. THESE TALKS ARE PART OF OUR LIBRARY OF WORK WHICH ENCOURAGES THINKING AT THE TIMESCALE OF CIVILIZATION. TALKS SPONSORHIPS, INCLUDED IN PART VIII LINE 1F, SUPPORT THE LIVE AND ONLINE SEMINAR EVENTS, AS WELL AS OUR HIGHLY PRODUCED VIDEOS AND PODCASTS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. LONG NOW WAS NOT ABLE TO HOLD IN-PERSON LIVE EVENTS FOR MOST OF 2021 DUE TO COVID-19. IN 2020, WE SHIFTED TO CREATING HIGH-PRODUCTION VALUE ONLINE SEMINARS, AND CONTINUED TO HOLD ONLINE TALKS ALONG WITH LIVE EVENTS AS LONG NOW WAS ABLE TO RESUME THEM IN 2021 AND 2022. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 8: Membership - The Long Now Foundation's membership program connects more than 11,000 long-term thinkers across more than 65 countries. Our global membership receives regular updates on key ideas around long-term thinking through our frequent talks, original writing and monthly newsletter, as well as special invitations to online video lectures and in-person gatherings. Each member also receives an etched stainless steel membership card featuring their unique member number. The Long Now membership program provides substantial financial support to the organization, its activities, and its programs. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 9: Organizational Continuity Project - The Organizational Continuity Project hopes to discover the lessons behind the longest lived organizations, and build a discipline of shareable knowledge that will help contemporary institutions, companies, and governments develop into robust, long-lasting structures. In turn, we hope these institutions will be better equipped to address civilizational-scale problems with multi-generational thinking. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 10: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 11: Future Fund - The purpose of these funds is to support efforts to convert Long Now from a successful start-up project into a sustainable institution that can survive for the long term. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 12: Sponsored Projects - umbrella category for Long Now fiscally sponsored projects. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 13: Naming Names - a fiscally sponsored project by artists Eve Sussman and Simon Lee dedicated to investigating the act of naming through a theatrical and sonic performance connecting the Bay Area and Athens, Greece. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 14: Philosophy - a fiscally sponsored project dedicated to laying foundations for a deeper ecosystem of thought around technology, philosophy, and the future. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 15: Fellowship - academics, authors, researchers, artists, and others dedicated to long-term thinking. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The draft Form 990 is reviewed by the audit and/or finance committee before sharing with the full board for review and approval. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All Trustees, Directors, Officers, and Key Employees are required to sign a Conflict of Interest policy. It is the policy of the Board that the existence of any interests that give rise to conflict be disclosed on a timely basis and always before any transaction is consummated. It shall be the continuing responsibility of the Board, officers, and management employees to scrutinize their transactions and outside business interests and relationships for potential conflicts and to immediately make such disclosures. Board member disclosures should be made to a Board officer and staff disclosures should be made to the chief executive. The Board shall determine whether a conflict exists and is material, and in the presence of an existing material conflict, whether the contemplated transaction may be authorized as just, fair, and reasonable to Long Now. The decision of the BOard on these matters will rest in their sole discretion, and their concern must be the welfare of Long Now and the advancement of its purpose. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Executive Director compensation is based on Board review and comparison data with other Northern California nonprofit organizations. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT RECEIVE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FOR BEING ON THE BOARD. BOARD MEMBERS MAY BE COMPENSATED FOR SPECIFIC SERVICES THEY PROVIDE FOR THE ORGANIZATION, SUCH AS HOSTING AND CURATING A PUBLIC SPEAKING SERIES. COMPENSATION FOR KEY EMPLOYEES IS RECOMMENDED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The Long Now Foundation's 990s are available through Guidestar (www.guidestar.org). All other governing documents are available by request as per applicable laws. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 THE INTERVAL COGS = $254006