@Austin Excellent! SFF got back to me and said I could apply with pending 501c3 status, but since the form still asks for an org with documentation proving 501c3 status I'm putting down Manifold for Charity and linking to the IRS determination letter, with a note about Luthien's pending status.
Would it be okay if, in the event SFF wants to issue a grant and Luthien's 501c3 status is still pending, I reach out then to confirm the fiscal sponsorship details? (If this happens, I'm totally fine with the 5% overhead.)
Jai Dhyani
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I've written some things, one of them was about humanity killing Smallpox. Later in an unrelated incident I deployed an AI that temporarily deleted the Declaration of Independence from Facebook. Currently working on AI Safety, contributed to METR's RE-Bench while visiting through MATS.
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Jai Dhyani
29 days ago
Jai Dhyani
about 1 month ago
@Austin Luthien's 501c3 status is still pending, and I'm currently applying to SFF, which requires either 501c3 status or fiscal sponsorship for non-profits. Would Manifund be able to serve as a fiscal sponsor for purposes of Luthien applying to and potentially receiving a SFF grant?
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| For | Date | Type | Amount |
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| Manifund Bank | 19 days ago | withdraw | 25000 |
| Luthien | 21 days ago | project donation | +25000 |
| Manifund Bank | about 2 months ago | withdraw | 20470 |
| Luthien | 2 months ago | project donation | +20000 |
| Luthien | 2 months ago | project donation | +200 |
| Luthien | 2 months ago | project donation | +200 |
| Luthien | 2 months ago | project donation | +70 |