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Follow historical donor support into the institution, then distinguish its leadership roles.
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Cumulative acknowledged support includes matching credit. Donor support is not a current campaign allocation or personal income. The anonymous 2021 gift is separately dated.
Coefficient Giving → Acknowledged historical support → Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Checked 12 September 2026
Coefficient Giving → Machine Intelligence Research Institute: acknowledged historical support. MIRI reports $15,925,143; cumulative support credit under its stated matching methodology. Total institutional support credits including leveraged matching. Not annual spending,personal payment,current campaign allocation or donor control. Thiel listed among past contributors.
Vitalik Buterin → Acknowledged historical support → Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Checked 12 September 2026
Vitalik Buterin → Machine Intelligence Research Institute: acknowledged historical support. MIRI reports $5,411,216; cumulative support credit under its stated matching methodology. Total institutional support credits including leveraged matching. Not annual spending,personal payment,current campaign allocation or donor control. Thiel listed among past contributors.
Survival and Flourishing Fund → Acknowledged historical support → Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Checked 12 September 2026
Survival and Flourishing Fund → Machine Intelligence Research Institute: acknowledged historical support. MIRI reports $3,372,000; cumulative support credit under its stated matching methodology. Total institutional support credits including leveraged matching. Not annual spending,personal payment,current campaign allocation or donor control. Thiel listed among past contributors.
Anonymous 2021 MIRI cryptocurrency donor → Reported 2021 MKR gift → Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Checked 12 September 2026
Anonymous 2021 MIRI cryptocurrency donor → Machine Intelligence Research Institute: reported 2021 mkr gift. MIRI reports $15,592,829; sale proceeds from the 2021 gift. Recipient-reported proceeds; $2.5 million annual spending cap in 2021–2024, remainder available in 2025. No donor identity or MakerDAO corporate-donor conclusion.
Eliezer Yudkowsky → Co-founder, leadership and board → Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Checked 12 September 2026
Eliezer Yudkowsky → Machine Intelligence Research Institute: co-founder, leadership and board. Not current CEO; operational roles separately recorded.
Malo Bourgon → Chief executive officer → Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Checked 12 September 2026
Malo Bourgon → Machine Intelligence Research Institute: chief executive officer. Current website listing.
Nate Soares → President → Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Checked 12 September 2026
Nate Soares → Machine Intelligence Research Institute: president. Current website listing.