LONG NOW FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: LONG NOW FOUNDATION (EIN 68-0384748)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-11-15
IRS object ID: 201303199349304635
Schema version: 2012v2.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

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Timestamp	2013-11-15T09:11:03-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

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Business Name Line1	Metz CPA PC	BusinessNameLine1

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	9201 N 25th Avenue Suite 170	AddressLine1
City	Phoenix	City
State	AZ	State
ZIP Code	85021	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

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EIN	680384748	EIN

Name Name

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	LONG	NameControl
Phone	4155616582	Phone

US Address USAddress

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City	SAN FRANCISCO	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	94123	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

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Name	ALEXANDER ROSE	Name
Title	Executive Director	Title
Date Signed	2013-11-15	DateSigned
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Preparer Preparer

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Form 990 IRS990

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Activity Or Mission Description	The Long Now Foundation endeavors to foster long term thinking.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
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Mission Description	The Long Now Foundation was established to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation works to promote long-term thinking and creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.	MissionDescription
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Description	Texas Clock - The 10,000 Year Clock Project was conceived by Danny Hillis as a monument to long-term thinking. The design development on the clock began in 01997 and the clock is now under construction in West Texas.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

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Expense	165031	Expense
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Description	Seminars about Long-term Thinking - The purpose of this series is to build a coherent, compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking, to help nudge civilization toward the Foundation's goal of making long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare.	Description

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Description	The Long Now Foundation engages in various projects and programs whose aim is to creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years. Besides the 10,000 Year Clock and Seminars about Long-term Thinking, these projects include a series of special events, a museum space open to the public seven days a week, Long Bets, the Rosetta project, PanLex, and Revive and Restore.	Description

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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (14 entries)

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PING FU
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DAVID EAGLEMAN
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KIM POLESE
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PETER SCHWARTZ
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PAUL SAFFO
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
DAVID RUMSEY
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KEVIN KELLY
Secretary	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0	X
MICHAEL KELLER
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
BRIAN ENO
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
ESTHER DYSON
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DOUGLAS CARLSON
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
STEWART BRAND
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DANNY HILLIS
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ALEXANDER ROSE
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Speaking Fees	900099	3026	3026
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	787554	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	423602	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	488202	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	439906	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2048400	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4187664	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	0	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	4187664	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	197033	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	120989	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	161134	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	144126	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	218795	CurrentTaxYear
Total	842077	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	5029741	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.83260	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.63300	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	388976	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	388976	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	388976	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	6	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	132084	NoncashContribsRptdF990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	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 VI, Line 15b	Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	Board members do not receive financial compensation. Compensation for key employees is recommended by the Executive Director and reviewed by the Board of Directors.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a	Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	The Executive Director compensation is based on Board review and comparison data with other Northern California nonprofit organizations.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c	Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	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, Line 11b	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	The Executive Director and Board review the 990 before filing.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description	OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: The Long Now Foundation engages in various projects and programs whose aim is to creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years. Besides the 10,000 Year Clock and Seminars about Long-term Thinking, these projects include a series of special events, a museum space open to the public seven days a week, Long Bets, the Rosetta project, PanLex, and Revive and Restore. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Revive and Restore - Revive & Restores mission is to enhance biodiversity through genetic rescue of endangered and extinct species. Beside its focus on bringing back the passenger pigeon, Revive & Restore is exploring projects to support genomic work in allele replacement for species experiencing a loss of diversity. Revive & Restore also serves as a clearinghouse for de-extinction and rewilding projects worldwide.
Form 990, Part III, Line 2	Form 990, Part III, Line 2: New Services	PanLex - The vision underlying the PanLex project is that the worlds thousands of human languages can flourish over the long-term future. To help make them all useful for global communication, PanLex aims to translate any word (or word-like phrase) from any language into any other language. High-quality communication across languages usually requires more than lexical translation (translating words), but lexical translation is one of its main prerequisites.Revive and Restore - ERevive & Restores mission is to enhance biodiversity through genetic rescue of endangered and extinct species. Beside its focus on bringing back the passenger pigeon, Revive & Restore is exploring projects to support genomic work in allele replacement for species experiencing a loss of diversity. Revive & Restore also serves as a clearinghouse for de-extinction and rewilding projects worldwide.