2025-11-11T10:23:02-08:00 2024-12-31 464558541 Metz & Associates PLLC 950 W Indian School Rd Phoenix AZ 85013 990 2024-01-01 680384748 THE LONG NOW FOUNDATION LONG 4155616582 PO BOX 475668 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94147 REBECCA LENDL Executive Director 2025-11-11 true true William Blake Markee P01572439 2627849606 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z REBECCA LENDL PO BOX 475668 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94147 5683378 false X WWW.LONGNOW.ORG X 1996 CA The Long Now Foundation is a globally-recognized champion of long-term thinking and responsibility, operating within the context of the next and last 10,000 years a timespan we call the long now. Founded as a nonprofit cultural institution in 01996 by Stewart Brand, Brian Eno, and Danny Hillis, Long Now launched with The Clock of the Long Now, a mythic, mechanical monument built to keep time for 10,000 years from deep inside a mountain. Our work has expanded to include our Long Now Talks lecture series, Long Now Ideas online publication, Pace Layers print journal, and bold public projects that ignite imagination, all based out of The Interval at Long Now our award-winning bar, caf, exhibit space, and event venue in San Francisco. 14 13 36 10 0 2756804 1586638 1014181 646794 333376 1386343 660094 603624 4764455 4223399 208735 79000 0 2909088 2564969 0 271961 1735352 1533640 4853175 4177609 -88720 45790 20576248 20463072 9118956 8547126 11457292 11915946 X The Long Now Foundation is a globally-recognized champion of long-term thinking and responsibility, operating within the context of the next and last 10,000 years a timespan we call the long now. false false 1231472 833770 THE INTERVAL - AN AWARD WINNING BAR, CAFE AND EVENT SPACE IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH 30,000 VISITORS ANNUALY. IT FEATURES CRAFT COCKTAILS, ARTISAN COFFEE AND TEA, A BOTTLE KEEP, A CHALK BOARD-DRAWING ROBOT, AN ART INSTALLATION BY BRIAN ENO, A LIBRARY THAT STRETCHES FROM FLOOR TO CEILING, AND EXHIBITS ON LONG TERM THINKING THAT INSPIRE CURIOSITY AND WONDER. 601071 4381 Programs - Long Now Talks, a lecture series featuring leading thinkers who share ideas with live audiences in San Francisco and millions worldwide; Centuries of the Bristlecone, an artwork by philosopher and conceptual artist Jonathon Keats commissioned by the Nevada Museum of Art in partnership with Long Now; Pace Layers, our annual journal of long-term thinking that gathers ideas, art, and insights; and other bold public projects that ignite imagination. 465899 Communications - Marketing, promotion and distribution of content and learnings from Long Nows programs, projects, and public resources, including our video and podcast episodes, and print and digital publishing, and long term digital archive. 412488 860410 Untitled - A Project Dedicated To Laying Foundations For A Deeper Ecosystem Of Thought Around Technology, Philosophy, And The Future. 140443 145521 THE CLOCK OF THE LONG NOW - AN IMMENSE MECHANICAL MONUMENT, INSTALLED IN MOUNTAIN, DESIGNED TO KEEP ACCURATE TIME FOR THE NEXT TEN MILLENIA. CLOCK PROTOTYPES CAPTIVATE MILLIONS OF VISITORS ONLINE AND AT MUSEUMS INCLUDING SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM IN LONDON 72215 238437 LONG NOW TALKS - THE LONG NOW TALKS, LAUNCHED BY STEWART BRAND IN 02003, HAS INVITED MORE THAN 280 LEADING THINKERS TO SHARE THEIR WORK WITH A LIVE AUDIENCE AND MILLIONS AROUND THE GLOBE TUNING IN TO OUR FREE POSCAST AND YOUTUBE CHANNEL. LONG NOW TALKS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED BY OVER 12,000 MEMBERS ACROSS 65 COUNTRIES 56500 56500 Sponsored Projects - umbrella category for Long Now fiscally sponsored projects. 22500 22500 Deep Time - a fiscally sponsored project dedicated to landing a 700-gram (1.54 lb.) aluminum time capsule containing 24 sapphire discs on the surface of the Moon. 9898 SPECIAL EVENTS - Fundraising and network building onsite events 8853 1085042 NEVADA - OUR NEVADA BRISTLECONE PRESERVE IS A TWO MILE LONG MOUNTAIN HABITAT OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST LIVING TREES. 4710 IDEAS - Online publication on long term thinking 3052 650 LONG BETS - LONG BETS IS AN ONLINE ARENA FOR ACCOUNTABLE LONG-TERM PREDICTIONS WITH ALL THE STAKES GOING TO THE VICTOR'S CHOSEN NON PROFIT. 2578 MANUAL CIVILIZATION - A small library of books which maybe needed to restart civilization from scratch 321 1039 ROSETTA PROJECT - A COLLABORATION WITH LINGUISTS TO COMPILE AN ARCHIVE OF OVER 1,500 HUMAN LANGUAGES AND MICRO-ETCH IT ONTO A SERIES OF ARTIFACTS WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED FOR LONG-TERM PRESENTATIONS. WE MEAN SERIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED - ONE LIVES ON SURFACE OF THE MOON AND ANOTHER ON A DISTANT COMET. YOU CAN ALSO WEAR ONE AROUND YOUR NECK 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. Membership - The Long Now Foundation's membership program has connected 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. 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. 685685 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. 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. Fellowship - academics, authors, researchers, artists, and others dedicated to long-term thinking. 733558 3095784 3032000 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true false true true false false false false true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 26 0 true 36 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 14 13 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X X SF BAY FINANCIAL 4157023545 201 SPEAR STREETSUITE 1100 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105 REBECCA LENDL Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 275146 0 11771 NICHOLAS PAUL PROJECT DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 250030 0 13427 JAMES HOME DIRECTOR OF COMM 40.00 0.00 222023 0 4970 DANIELLE ENGELMAN DIR OF PROGRAMS 40.00 0.00 135072 0 15439 DANIEL LINDER IT DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 112261 0 23214 PATRICK DOWD President 20.00 0.00 X X 6651 0 0 DANNY HILLIS Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 STEWART BRAND Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOE SPEICHER Treasurer 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 BRIAN ENO DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICK COSTIGAN Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 PATRICK COLLISON Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KEVIN KELLY Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DANICA REMY Secretary 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DAVID RUMSEY Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LISA KAYE SOLOMON DIRECTOR 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 PETER SCHWARTZ DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KIM POLESE DIRECTOR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL SAFFO Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID EAGLEMAN DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ESTHER DYSON Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DOUG CARLSTON Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KATHERINE FULTON CO CHAIR 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 PING FU Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 1001183 68821 5 false true false 0 678100 908538 233623 1586638 CLOCK 541700 145521 145521 OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE 900099 446004 446004 TALKS 541700 55269 55269 THE INTERVAL 541700 646794 646089 646089 0 0 0 1984833 1244579 740254 740254 740254 0 0 819024 215400 603624 603624 0 4223399 1387048 1249713 0 0 79000 79000 0 1001182 733040 192083 76059 0 1167342 854690 223970 88682 72741 31710 32331 8700 149156 126631 15931 6594 174548 138960 22611 12977 0 15303 1018 14285 118992 6605 112387 0 0 0 146525 37294 109231 0 0 0 0 105486 59759 45727 98211 93011 3802 1398 0 51985 51263 722 0 0 75400 71144 4256 41933 5182 36751 THE INTERVAL COST OF COGS 215401 214224 1177 PROGRAM FEES 210582 180582 30000 MATERIALS & SUPPLIES 203677 187636 3998 12043 PLATFORM SERVICE FEES 76712 29484 45371 1857 173433 130767 10914 31752 4177609 3032000 873648 271961 265997 271358 11444936 9253886 500000 1000000 544406 290350 0 0 0 66497 61754 28003 41396 1652124 1202769 524756 449355 4624030 6953301 0 0 0 2577623 2141672 20576248 20463072 173419 72756 8895739 8474370 49798 9118956 8547126 X 8175249 8599872 3282043 3316074 11457292 11915946 20576248 20463072 X 45790 233025 -35561 215400 X false true X true false X 2443988 3071274 5969694 2756804 1810261 16052021 0 0 2443988 3071274 5969694 2756804 1810261 16052021 0 16052021 90314 91565 100051 349080 646089 1277099 0 519155 740520 784557 644390 1343878 4032500 21361620 4119481 0.75140 0.78380 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 388976 388976 802294 753824 48470 18418 18418 442436 430527 11909 449355 NC RECEIVABLES 2141672 Right of Use Asset 2141672 X 5060649 233025 424394 657419 4403230 35569 -215400 -179831 4223399 4602003 424394 424394 4177609 4177609 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Foundation is organized as a not-for-profit organization and is exempt from income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Unrelated business income, of which the Foundation had none for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022, would be subject to federal income taxes. The Foundation's information returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service have not been examined in the past. The Foundation is not aware of any uncertainties that could jeopardize its not-for-profit status. Therefore, no provision or liability for income taxes is deemed necessary. 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, 2024, 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, 2023. Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990 NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS $424394 Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS $424394 EUROPE THE NATURE & SOCIAL 56500 WIRE TRANSFE FMV NORTH AMERICA SANCTUARY & DEEP TI 22500 WIRE TRANSFE FMV 2 false false false false false false X X false false false false false false false false false DANIELLE ENGELMAN DIR OF PROGRAMS 135072 15439 150511 JAMES HOME DIRECTOR OF COMM 222023 3548 1422 226993 NICHOLAS PAUL PROJECT DIRECTOR 250030 4662 8765 263457 REBECCA LENDL Executive Dir. 275146 10590 1181 286917 X 4 53210 FMV X CRYPTO CURRENCY 1 180413 FMV false false false 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 generally do not receive financial compensation for being on the board. Compensation for key employees is recommended by the Executive Director and reviewed by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The Long Now Foundations Form 990 is publicly available on our website and through GuideStar (www.guidestar.org). Other governing documents and financial statements are available in accordance with applicable laws. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 THE INTERVAL COGS = $215400