As I understand it, both FHI and FutureTech are funded mostly by their founder, superhero James Martin.
I wanted to leave this, but it's been preying on my mind. I'm sure you meant well & with the upvotes it's getting I'm probably misreading it so hopefully someone will correct my perceptions.
In context of what it was answering, to me it reads "Non-rich readers, your donation's not really needed at FHI and FutureTech, fund us instead!"
Score one for my new LW-gained instinct for dragging things I really don't want to think about into the open and throwing a spotlight on them.
I know SIAI specifically gains benefit from having a certain amount of ...
The Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology (aka FutureTech) is a new research department at Oxford University, roughly a spin-off of FHI, but focusing on AI and nanotech risks and differential technological development. Like FHI, this department is directed by Nick Bostrom. They'll be hiring more researchers soon. Basically, this means more people and money being devoted to existential risk reduction.
Okay, now back to work.