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- EIN 54-2078469
- (650) 644-4539
- 20 Sunnyside Ave Ste F Mill Valley CA 94941-1928 USA
- www.b612foundation.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Astronomy, Technology
Mission: Educating the public about the strategic, economic, and scientific risks and rewards asteroids present through asteroid day and developing research and technology to find, track and deflect asteroids through the asteroid institute and fellows project.
Programs: The asteroid institute program houses all of our science and technology activities. Our 2017 projects included continued development of the asteroid decision analysis and mapping (adam) project, publishing and presenting papers (including at the planetary defense conference), investing in and continued analysis of our synthetic tracking project to improve asteroid discovery and finally, staffing and building our asteroid research fellows project. Total expenses dedicated to this program prior to allocations to b612 holding co was $1,490,422, of which adam project direct expenses were $1,101,953.
our education and advocacy program included expanding asteroid day ( www. Asteroidday. Org ), a united nations recognized day of education and awareness, to 1300+ independently organized events around the world in over 200 countries and developing a worldwide global broadcast delivered online, over satellite networks and through digital content delivery networks. Additionally, b612 delivered public programs and educational activities worldwide through our website and speaking events domestically and internationally. Asteroid day project direct expenses were $261,380. Those expenses were complemented by an unrelated entity that independently and separately expended another $150,000 of costs.