Programs

  • The Progress Conference

    THE PROGRESS CONFERENCEIN 2024, THE ROOTS OF PROGRESS HOSTED ITS FIRST-EVER PROGRESS CONFERENCE, A MAJOR EVENT BRINGING TOGETHER THINKERS, WRITERS, SCIENTISTS, AND INNOVATORS TO DISCUSS THE PHILOSOPHY AND FUTURE OF HUMAN PROGRESS. THE CONFERENCE DREW OVER 200 PARTICIPANTS AND FEATURED TALKS, PANELS, AND NETWORKING SESSIONS ON TOPICS INCLUDING TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, THE HISTORY OF PROGRESS, AND ITS MORAL AND CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS. THE EVENT SERVED AS A CENTRAL GATHERING FOR THE GROWING PROGRESS COMMUNITY AND MARKED A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN ADVANCING THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    $221.5K

  • Roots of Progress Fellowship

    FELLOWSHIPTHE ROOTS OF PROGRESS FELLOWSHIP CONTINUED ITS MISSION TO ACCELERATE THE CAREERS OF PROGRESS INTELLECTUALS. ITS SECOND ANNUAL BLOG-BUILDING INTENSIVE WAS HELD IN 2024, WITH 24 FELLOWS PARTICIPATING. THE PROGRAM PROVIDED WRITING INSTRUCTION, EDITORIAL FEEDBACK, AND AUDIENCE-BUILDING SUPPORT. MANY FELLOWS LAUNCHED NEW PUBLICATIONS OR EXPANDED THEIR READERSHIP THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $212.5K

  • Writing and Outreach Initiatives

    WRITINGFOUNDER AND PRESIDENT JASON CRAWFORD PUBLISHED 17 ESSAYS IN 2024, TOTALING OVER 37,000 WORDS. ABOUT HALF OF THE ESSAYS WERE CHAPTERS AND EXCERPTS FROM HIS BOOK-IN-PROGRESS, THE TECHNO-HUMANIST MANIFESTO. THESE WERE ALSO SOME OF THE LONGEST AND MOST IN-DEPTH PIECES.THE MOST POPULAR PIECES, BASED ON LIKES AND COMMENTS, WERE: "ANNOUNCING THE TECHNO-HUMANIST MANIFESTO" "WHAT IS PROGRESS?" "WHY YOU, PERSONALLY, SHOULD WANT A LARGER HUMAN POPULATION" "BIOLOGICAL RISK FROM THE MIRROR WORLD"OVERALL, HIS READERSHIP AND ONLINE REACH GREW SIGNIFICANTLY. EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS ON SUBSTACK INCREASED 82% TO NEARLY 33,000, WHILE FOLLOWERS ON THE SOCIAL NETWORK X (FORMERLY TWITTER) ROSE 17% TO 36,700. CRAWFORD ALSO EXPANDED HIS PRESENCE ON OTHER PLATFORMS, INCLUDING FARCASTER (3,400 FOLLOWERS), BLUESKY (1,700), AND THREADS (OVER 1,000). ACROSS ALL CHANNELS, HIS WORK RECEIVED ABOUT 360,000 UNIQUE VIEWS ON SUBSTACK AND 192,000 PAGE VIEWS ON THE LEGACY ROOTS OF PROGRESS BLOG.TALKS AND INTERVIEWSCRAWFORD GAVE MULTIPLE TALKS AND INTERVIEWS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING AT: PROGRESS CONFERENCE 2024 ABUNDANCE 2024 FORESIGHT INSTITUTE'S VISION WEEKEND
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $81.8K