About GCRI

GCRI’s mission is to develop the best ways to confront humanity’s gravest threats.

The Global Catastrophic Risk Institute (GCRI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. GCRI works on the risk of events that could significantly harm or even destroy human civilization at the global scale. As a think tank, GCRI bridges the world of scholarship and the world of professional practice in government, private industry, and other sectors. We aim to develop highly effective solutions for reducing the risk by leveraging both the best available scholarship and the demands of real-world decision-making.

GCRI was founded in 2011 by Seth Baum and Tony Barrett. The two met at a 2010 conference of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA). GCRI continues to be involved in SRA, and we also play a leading role in an international community of global catastrophic risk scholars and practitioners.

GCRI is a remote organization, with no central office. We have had team members based across the United States and in other countries. For our current team, please see our people page.

Financial Information

GCRI is a project of the fiscal sponsorship organization Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE). SEE is a nonprofit public charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. Donations are fully tax-deductible under US law.

Annual Reports

Annual reports are available for 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018.

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Archival Pages

The GCRI website contains archival pages for events and news summaries. These pages document work from prior years. GCRI does not currently host events or publish news summaries as of October 2024.

About This Website

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