Effective Altruism is Buying Political Staff
Coefficient Giving's documents show they are "placing" hand-picked staff into government offices
AI Safety megadonors Dustin Moskovitz and Sam Bankman-Fried have spent hundreds of millions on political campaigns and a half-billion more on think tanks. What has that gotten them?
An archived Open Philanthropy grant table obtained by Effort shows a concerted “placement” strategy by Open Philanthropy to put their hand-picked employees in US and UK government offices.1
While Open Philanthropy, now rebranded to Coefficient Giving, no longer announces its “placements”, multiple sources tell me they continue to employ this strategy within the Trump administration.
Bankman-Fried was the third largest Democratic donor in 2022. Dustin Moskovitz was their third largest donor in 2020, then the second largest in 2024. At the same time, Moskovitz and Bankman-Fried funded a half-billion dollar apparatus of policy advocacy and media.2
EA Political Donations3
PACs / other 527sParty / joint fundraisingCandidate committeesBallot committeesPolitical nonprofits (trial ledger)
Their donations not only resulted in policies, but embedded personnel in the Biden and Trump administrations, Congress, and the UK government. The UK’s AI Safety Institute (AISI) has several senior employees previously employed by or funded by Moskovitz and Bankman-Fried.
The UK AI Safety Institute is Managed by Effective Altruists
| AISI Role | Name | Past Affiliation | Dustin Moskovitz | Sam Bankman-Fried |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Alignment | Benjamin Hilton | 80,000 Hours | $39.36m awards | — |
| Chief Technology Officer | Jade Leung | GovAI | $16.79m awards | $401,537 LTFF |
| Model Transparency lead | Joseph Bloom | Long-Term Future Fund (Personal Grant) | — | $50,000 LTFF |
| Taskforce Research Director Sep-Dec 2023 | David Krueger | Open Philanthropy (Personal Grant) | $1.25m research awards | $200,000 LTFF |
| Taskforce external adviser appointed Sep 2023 | Paul Christiano | Open Philanthropy | OpenPhil employee | — |
| Alignment Project strategy and operations | Alex Holness-Tofts | Centre for Effective Altruism | $107.80m awards | ~$14m FTX award |
| Former research scientist | Tom Davidson | Open Philanthropy | OpenPhil employee | — |
President Joe Biden attempted to create an AI Safety Institute through executive order. This institute was later severely limited by Trump and renamed the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI).
At the same time, Effective Altruists created a program to pay the salaries of EA Congressional staffers and place them with US Representatives and Senators, called the Horizon Fellowship. These staffers work directly with Representatives and Senators and significantly impact the way they vote and the bills they author.
Staffers, even those whose salaries are subsidized by other organizations, are supposed to represent the values of the members of Congress they work for. According to several senior staffers on background, that was not the case with Horizon fellows. “He went to Democrat policy meetings, and tried to hand Democrat policies to [the Senator he worked for],” one senior staffer in a Republican Senator’s office told me. EA fellowships have placed over 50 staffers in Congress and the administrative branch.
EA Staffer Placements4
Horizon has received over $12M from Open Philanthropy/Coefficient Giving. Flush with EA money, Horizon doubled their salaries. Horizon called for “AI rapid-response” hires. Adopting the doomer view could triple or quadruple a policy staffer’s salary.5
Effective Altruist Fellowship Pay Offers
The former Strategy and Partnerships Director of the Horizon Fellowship, Sophia Brown, was hired into the Trump administration’s CAISI, their successor to the AI Safety Institute. Brown was hired as an Intergovernmental Personnel Act hire through the Moskovitz-funded Foundation for American Innovation (FAI), one former FAI employee told me. Brown holds a “Senior Advisor” role at FAI and was formerly their director of AI Policy. Despite its name, FAI’s AI policies restrict American AI innovation.
Footnotes
OpenSecrets: 2022 donors · 2020 donors · 2024 donors. Effective Altruism Funded the “AI Existential Risk” Ecosystem with Half a Billion Dollars.
FEC contribution records · California Secretary of State records
Donor Year Recipient categories — USD Total USD Alameda Research 2018 Ballot committees: $76,000 $76,000 Source Alameda Research 2020 PACs / other 527s: $5,240,000 $5,240,000 Alameda Research 2021 Ballot committees: $5,007,585 $5,007,585 Source Alameda Research 2022 Ballot committees: $7,150,000 $7,150,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2009 Candidate committees: $150 $150 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2010 Ballot committees: $70,000 $70,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2013 Candidate committees: $5,200 $5,200 Dustin Moskovitz 2016 PACs / other 527s: $17,528,000
Party / joint fundraising: $499,100
Ballot committees: $600,000$18,627,100 Dustin Moskovitz 2018 PACs / other 527s: $5,594,250
Party / joint fundraising: $67,000
Candidate committees: $5,500$5,666,750 Dustin Moskovitz 2019 Party / joint fundraising: $450,000 $450,000 Dustin Moskovitz 2020 PACs / other 527s: $50,822,000
Party / joint fundraising: $875,600$51,697,600 Dustin Moskovitz 2022 PACs / other 527s: $4,030,000
Ballot committees: $750,000$4,780,000 Dustin Moskovitz 2024 PACs / other 527s: $50,000,000
Party / joint fundraising: $929,600$50,929,600 FTX US / West Realm Shires 2021 PACs / other 527s: $125,000 $125,000 Source FTX US / West Realm Shires 2022 PACs / other 527s: $2,425,947.30
Political nonprofits (trial ledger): $375,000$2,800,947.30 Open Philanthropy Action Fund 2016 Ballot committees: $200,000 $200,000 Source Open Philanthropy Action Fund 2018 Ballot committees: $4,000,000 $4,000,000 Source Open Philanthropy Action Fund 2019 PACs / other 527s: $750,000 $750,000 Source Open Philanthropy Action Fund 2020 Ballot committees: $580,000 $580,000 Source Open Philanthropy Action Fund 2021 Ballot committees: $5,000,000 $5,000,000 Source Open Philanthropy Action Fund 2022 Ballot committees: $5,250,000 $5,250,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2010 Candidate committees: $1,000 $1,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2020 PACs / other 527s: $5,570,000
Party / joint fundraising: $50,000$5,620,000 Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 PACs / other 527s: $622,000
Party / joint fundraising: $20,800
Candidate committees: $81,100$723,900 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 PACs / other 527s: $39,862,500
Party / joint fundraising: $1,748,900
Candidate committees: $1,188,500
Ballot committees: $135,000
Political nonprofits (trial ledger): $49,410,000$92,344,900 Sources (146)
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 32 · 33 · 34 · 35 · 36 · 37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41 · 42 · 43 · 44 · 45 · 46 · 47 · 48 · 49 · 50 · 51 · 52 · 53 · 54 · 55 · 56 · 57 · 58 · 59 · 60 · 61 · 62 · 63 · 64 · 65 · 66 · 67 · 68 · 69 · 70 · 71 · 72 · 73 · 74 · 75 · 76 · 77 · 78 · 79 · 80 · 81 · 82 · 83 · 84 · 85 · 86 · 87 · 88 · 89 · 90 · 91 · 92 · 93 · 94 · 95 · 96 · 97 · 98 · 99 · 100 · 101 · 102 · 103 · 104 · 105 · 106 · 107 · 108 · 109 · 110 · 111 · 112 · 113 · 114 · 115 · 116 · 117 · 118 · 119 · 120 · 121 · 122 · 123 · 124 · 125 · 126 · 127 · 128 · 129 · 130 · 131 · 132 · 133 · 134 · 135 · 136 · 137 · 138 · 139 · 140 · 141 · 142 · 143 · 144 · 145 · 146Donor Year Recipient Type USD Source Alameda Research 2018 Yes on Prop 12: Prevent Cruelty California, a Humane Society Committee Ballot committees $76,000 Source Alameda Research 2020 FF PAC PACs / other 527s $5,240,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Alameda Research 2021 Guarding Against Pandemics (Nonprofit 501(c)(4)) Ballot committees $5,007,585 Source Alameda Research 2022 Guarding Against Pandemics (Nonprofit 501(c)(4)) Ballot committees $7,150,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2009 Kelly for Attorney General 2010 Candidate committees $150 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2010 Yes on 19. Tax Cannabis 2010. (See additional comments page for full committee name ). Ballot committees $70,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2013 SEAN ELDRIDGE FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $5,200 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Dustin Moskovitz 2016 CIVIC INNOVATION USA INC PACs / other 527s $500,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2016 COLOROFCHANGE PAC PACs / other 527s $1,653,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Dustin Moskovitz 2016 DCCC Party / joint fundraising $33,400 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2016 FOR OUR FUTURE PACs / other 527s $2,500,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2016 HILLARY VICTORY FUND Party / joint fundraising $416,100 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2016 LCV VICTORY FUND PACs / other 527s $4,500,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Dustin Moskovitz 2016 MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION PACs / other 527s $1,250,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2016 NOT WHO WE ARE PAC PACs / other 527s $125,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2016 OPEN PHILANTHROPY ACTION FUND YES ON 57 (NONPROFIT 501(C)(4)) Ballot committees $600,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2016 PRIORITIES USA ACTION PACs / other 527s $6,000,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 · Filing 3 Dustin Moskovitz 2016 R4C16 PACs / other 527s $1,000,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 · Filing 3 Dustin Moskovitz 2016 SCHUMER COMMITTEE FOR THE MAJORITY Party / joint fundraising $49,600 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2018 AMY MCGRATH FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $500 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2018 ANDREW JANZ FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $500 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2018 ANGIE CRAIG FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $500 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2018 CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY Party / joint fundraising $10,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2018 CIVIC INNOVATION USA INC PACs / other 527s $594,250 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2018 COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PARTY Party / joint fundraising $6,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2018 DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF MARYLAND Party / joint fundraising $8,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2018 DNC SERVICES CORP./DEM. NAT'L COMMITTEE Party / joint fundraising $33,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2018 MCCREADY FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $500 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2018 MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION PACs / other 527s $3,000,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Dustin Moskovitz 2018 NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE Party / joint fundraising $10,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2018 RANDY BRYCE FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,500 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2018 SCHOLTEN4IOWA CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Candidate committees $500 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2018 SMP PACs / other 527s $2,000,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Dustin Moskovitz 2018 VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $500 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2019 DEMOCRATIC GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND Party / joint fundraising $440,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2019 DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN Party / joint fundraising $10,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2020 BIDEN VICTORY FUND Party / joint fundraising $830,600 Filing 1 · Filing 2 · Filing 3 Dustin Moskovitz 2020 DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN Party / joint fundraising $45,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Dustin Moskovitz 2020 FF PAC PACs / other 527s $46,890,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 · Filing 3 · Filing 4 · Filing 5 · Filing 6 · Filing 7 Dustin Moskovitz 2020 MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION PACs / other 527s $100,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2020 SMP PACs / other 527s $3,500,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Dustin Moskovitz 2020 VOTE TRIPLING PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2020 Vote Tripling PACs / other 527s $327,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2022 CENTER FOR ESSENTIAL INFORMATION PACs / other 527s $580,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2022 FF PAC PACs / other 527s $3,300,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Dustin Moskovitz 2022 OPEN PHILANTHROPY ACTION FUND, YES ON THE CALIFORNIA PANDEMIC EARLY DETECTION AND PREVENTION ACT (NONPROFIT 501(C)(4)) Ballot committees $750,000 Source Dustin Moskovitz 2022 PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT PACs / other 527s $150,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Dustin Moskovitz 2024 FF PAC PACs / other 527s $50,000,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 · Filing 3 · Filing 4 · Filing 5 · Filing 6 · Filing 7 · Filing 8 Dustin Moskovitz 2024 HARRIS VICTORY FUND Party / joint fundraising $929,600 Source FTX US / West Realm Shires 2021 GMI PAC, INC. PACs / other 527s $125,000 Source FTX US / West Realm Shires 2022 ALABAMA CONSERVATIVES FUND PACs / other 527s $100,000 Source FTX US / West Realm Shires 2022 AMERICAN PATRIOTS PAC PACs / other 527s $150,000 Source FTX US / West Realm Shires 2022 American Leadership Fund Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $50,000 Source FTX US / West Realm Shires 2022 American Voice Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $50,000 Source FTX US / West Realm Shires 2022 CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND PACs / other 527s $750,000 Source FTX US / West Realm Shires 2022 GMI PAC, INC. PACs / other 527s $425,947.30 Filing 1 · Filing 2 · Filing 3 · Filing 4 FTX US / West Realm Shires 2022 Heartland Resurgence Fund Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $250,000 Source FTX US / West Realm Shires 2022 SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND PACs / other 527s $1,000,000 Source FTX US / West Realm Shires 2022 The Bastion I Institute Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $25,000 Source Open Philanthropy Action Fund 2016 Yes on Prop. 57, Californians and Governor Brown for Public Safety and Rehabilitation Ballot committees $200,000 Source Open Philanthropy Action Fund 2018 Yes on Prop 12: Prevent Cruelty California, a Humane Society Committee Ballot committees $4,000,000 Source Open Philanthropy Action Fund 2019 REAL JUSTICE PAC PACs / other 527s $750,000 Source Open Philanthropy Action Fund 2020 YES ON 14: CALIFORNIANS FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH, TREATMENTS AND CURES Ballot committees $580,000 Source Open Philanthropy Action Fund 2021 Californians Against Pandemics, Sponsored by Public Health Nonprofit Organizations Ballot committees $5,000,000 Source Open Philanthropy Action Fund 2022 Californians Against Pandemics, Sponsored by Public Health Nonprofit Organizations Ballot committees $5,250,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2010 BENNET FOR COLORADO Candidate committees $1,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2020 BIDEN VICTORY FUND Party / joint fundraising $50,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2020 CENTER FOR ESSENTIAL INFORMATION PACs / other 527s $220,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2020 FF PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2020 VOTE TRIPLING PAC PACs / other 527s $350,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 RICHARD BURR COMMITTEE; THE Candidate committees $5,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 ACTIVATE AMERICA PACs / other 527s $22,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE Candidate committees $5,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 BEN SASSE FOR U.S. SENATE, INC. Candidate committees $5,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Candidate committees $5,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 COLLINS FOR SENATOR Candidate committees $17,400 Filing 1 · Filing 2 · Filing 3 · Filing 4 · Filing 5 Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 CORY BOOKER FOR SENATE Candidate committees $5,700 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 EMILY's List Non-Federal PACs / other 527s $100,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $5,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 LISA MURKOWSKI FOR US SENATE Candidate committees $5,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 MAGGIE HASSAN VICTORY FUND Party / joint fundraising $20,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 MANCHIN FOR WEST VIRGINIA Candidate committees $5,800 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY Candidate committees $5,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $5,800 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 ROMNEY FOR UTAH INC Candidate committees $5,800 Filing 1 · Filing 2 · Filing 3 · Filing 4 Sam Bankman-Fried 2021 SMP PACs / other 527s $500,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 ACROSS THE AISLE PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 ALABAMA CONSERVATIVES FUND PACs / other 527s $105,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 ALESSANDRA BIAGGI FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 AMERICA UNITED PACs / other 527s $1,300,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 ANGIE CRAIG FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $5,800 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 AXNE PAC (AMERICANS X-PECT NEW ENERGY) PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 Accelerate Action Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $1,300,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 BEATTY FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 BECCA BALINT FOR VERMONT Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 BFB PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 BLUE NEVADA PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 BOOZMAN FOR ARKANSAS Candidate committees $5,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADO Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 BUILD THE BENCH PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 Beto O’Rourke for governor Candidate committees $1,000,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 Bridge to Democracy PACs / other 527s $1,500,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 CARRICK FLYNN FOR OREGON Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 CHC BOLD PAC PACs / other 527s $2,500 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 CHUY GARCIA FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 CINDY AXNE FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 CITIZENS FOR BOYLE Candidate committees $5,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 CONOLE FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 CRAPO VICTORY COMMITTEE Party / joint fundraising $7,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 Center for the Future Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $250,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 DCCC Party / joint fundraising $250,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 · Filing 3 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 DEMOCRATIC GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND Party / joint fundraising $400,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF VIRGINIA Party / joint fundraising $10,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF MARYLAND Party / joint fundraising $10,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 DMFI PAC PACs / other 527s $250,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE Party / joint fundraising $865,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 · Filing 3 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 DSCC Party / joint fundraising $66,500 Filing 1 · Filing 2 · Filing 3 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 EMILY's List Non-Federal PACs / other 527s $750,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 Every Eligible American Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $250,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 FOUSHEE FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSON Candidate committees $5,800 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Candidate committees $5,800 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 FRIENDS OF LUCY MCBATH Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 Fair Democracy Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $1,000,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 Food Solutions Action Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $125,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 Future Forward USA Action Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $1,000,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 Future Now Action Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $6,000,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 GALLEGO FOR ARIZONA Candidate committees $5,800 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 GILBERT VILLEGAS FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 GILLEN FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 GILLIBRAND VICTORY FUND Party / joint fundraising $10,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 GMI PAC, INC. PACs / other 527s $2,000,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (GOLD PAC) PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 GUARDING AGAINST PANDEMICS PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 Guarding Against Pandemics Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $17,500,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 · Filing 3 · Filing 4 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 HALEY STEVENS FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 HEARTLAND RESURGENCE PACs / other 527s $50,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 HEARTLAND VALUES PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 HOEVEN FOR SENATE Candidate committees $5,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 HOPE PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 HOUSE MAJORITY PAC PACs / other 527s $6,000,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 JAKE AUCHINCLOSS FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $5,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 JASMINE FOR US Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 JERSEY VALUES PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $5,800 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 JIMMY PANETTA FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 JOE NEGUSE FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 JOINING IDEAS TO MOTIVATE MOVEMENT FOR YOU (JIMMY PAC) PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 JONI FOR IOWA Candidate committees $5,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 JOSH GOTTHEIMER FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $5,800 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 JOSH HARDER FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 KIM SCHRIER VICTORY 2022 Party / joint fundraising $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 LIMITLESS HORIZONS PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 LOU CORREA FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 MAINE DEMOCRATIC PARTY Party / joint fundraising $10,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 MARLINGA FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE Party / joint fundraising $10,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 MAX ROSE FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 MAXWELL ALEJANDRO FROST FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 MORGAN MCGARVEY FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 Majority Forward Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $8,500,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 · Filing 3 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 NARAL Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $100,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY Party / joint fundraising $10,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 NEW VOICE PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 NEW YORK STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE Party / joint fundraising $10,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 NIKKI FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 NJ DEMS VICTORY FUND Party / joint fundraising $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 National Wildlife Federation Action Fund Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $810,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 New York Solidarity Network Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $900,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 OC JOBS & EDUCATION PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 OPPORTUNITY FOR TOMORROW PACs / other 527s $300,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 OREGON VICTORY FUND Party / joint fundraising $10,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 One Nation Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $10,000,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 PRAIRIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 PROTECT OUR FUTURE PAC PACs / other 527s $27,000,000 Filing 1 · Filing 2 · Filing 3 · Filing 4 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 QUARTEY FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 RO FOR CONGRESS INC Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 ROBERT GARCIA FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 Ready Campaigns Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $1,000,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 SALUD CARBAJAL FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $5,800 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 SEAN PATRICK MALONEY FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $5,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 SERVING OUR COUNTRY (SOC) PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 SHEILA CHERFILUS MCCORMICK FOR CONGRESS, INC Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 SHONTEL BROWN FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 SMP PACs / other 527s $500,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 STABENOW VICTORY FUND Party / joint fundraising $20,800 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 SUMMITT PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 SYDNEY KAMLAGER FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 Seattle Approves Ballot committees $135,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 Southern Progress Fund Political nonprofits (trial ledger) $675,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 TEAM BLUE PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 TEAM GT Party / joint fundraising $50,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 THE NEXT 50 PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA Candidate committees $5,800 Filing 1 · Filing 2 Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 TOM O'HALLERAN FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 TORRES FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 TROY CARTER FOR CONGRESS Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 VALLEY FIRST LEADERSHIP PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 WELCH FOR VERMONT Candidate committees $2,900 Source Sam Bankman-Fried 2022 WORKING HARDER PAC PACs / other 527s $5,000 Source Full person and placement records; Sources for each role.
Destination People Names Congress 24 Arushi Gupta; Ashley Nagel; Charlie Mlcek; Eric Gomez; Gavriel Kleinwaks; Harrison Durland; Henry Wu; James Ostrowski; Joel Burke; Joel Gardner; Julia Pan; Katie Strickland; Kelvin Yu; Kevin Li; Matthew Burtell; Max Katz; Nicolas Oliver; Rashida Polk; Sarthak Agrawal; Thomas Kelly; Victoria Anderson; William Sirotkin; Willy Chertman; Zeena Nisar Defense / DARPA 8 Alexa Wehsener; Byron Cohen; Elika Somani; Genevieve Rogers; Grace Park; Jess Rogers; Liz Specht; Nils Justen NIST / CAISI 5 Anastasia Lambrou; Bennett Tomlinson; Jason Liang; Juan Cambeiro; Sophia Brown-Heidenreich Biotech commission 3 Dev Basumallik; Nils Justen; Zeena Nisar DHS / CISA 3 Krystal Jackson; Lisa Einstein; Nikhil Mulani White House 3 Britt Lampert; Byron Cohen; Katherine Dammer Commerce, other 2 Alasdair Phillips-Robins; Michael Jacob HHS 2 Katarina Watney; Willy Chertman Texas legislature 2 Ryan Quandt; Zac Castaneda Energy 1 Jack Titus FTC 1 Brandon Liu GAO 1 Michael Yang State Department 1 Matt O'Shaughnessy Horizon’s standard base offer rose from $105,000 for the 2023 cohort to $130,000 for the advertised 2027 cohort, a 23.8% increase. The junior offer rose from $70,000 to $78,000, or 11.4%. The 2027 benefits supplement adds $17,000 to each base offer; the new senior tier starts at $190,000 plus that supplement. [hor_s_op_program; hor_s_apps2024; hor_s_apps2027; hor_s_faq2027; root_horizon_2024_return; hor_s_bio_michael_jacob; gf_s_chertman_278e]
Programme / tier Cohort year Annual base USD Terms and sources Horizon fellow 2022 $100,000 hor_s_op_salary2022 Horizon junior 2022 $65,000 hor_s_op_salary2022 Horizon junior 2023 $70,000 hor_s_op_program Horizon fellow 2023 $105,000 hor_s_op_program Horizon junior 2025 $75,000 hor_s_apps2025 Horizon fellow 2025 $110,000 hor_s_apps2025 Horizon junior 2026 $75,000 hor_s_apps2026 Horizon fellow 2026 $113,000 hor_s_apps2026 Horizon junior 2027 $78,000 hor_s_apps2027 · hor_s_faq2027 Horizon fellow 2027 $130,000 hor_s_apps2027 · hor_s_faq2027 Horizon senior 2027 $190,000 hor_s_apps2027 · hor_s_faq2027 Horizon rapid fellow 2026 $170,000 hor_s_rapid_response Horizon rapid senior fellow 2026 $250,000 hor_s_rapid_response Person Reported payer Disclosed earnings USD Reporting period Evidence and sources Michael Jacob Horizon Institute for Public Service $120,956 calendar 2024 Horizon fellow through December 2024; Commerce BIS placement listed for 2023-24. [root_horizon_2024_return; hor_s_bio_michael_jacob] Sophia Brown-Heidenreich Horizon Institute for Public Service $125,000 calendar 2024 Horizon senior adviser compensation precedes subsequent FAI and CAISI roles; later CAISI payroll remains unresolved. [root_horizon_2024_return; gf_s_fai_sophia_brown_heidenreich] Willy Chertman Horizon Institute for Public Service $59,750 New-entrant OGE278e filed2025-02-09; role08/2024–02/2025; income line has no standalone allocation dates [gf_s_chertman_278e] Willy Chertman Horizon Institute for Public Service $119,500 New-entrant OGE278e filed2025-02-09; exact income subperiod unspecified in line [gf_s_chertman_278e]