All Donors

For the price of a cup of coffee a day you can join the Lifeboat 500!

No amount is too small! The number of individual donors is just as important as the size of the donation, in terms of showing public support for this effort. You can also make an anonymous donation by simply shopping at Amazon.

Lifeboat Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, federal EIN #80–0034805. All membership fees and other gifts are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

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Membership Type
Name

  • $10,000 - $100,000

  • Sergio M.L. Tarrero
    $24,735 + $3,400 to A-PRIZE + $2,000 to NanoShield Fund for $30,135 total ($18,750 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 10/10/06.

    “I am proud to support the Lifeboat Foundation in its efforts to help avoid or mitigate the most serious global dangers which are inherent to our era, still a rather primitive and uncertain period characterized by much human suffering, geopolitical struggles, medievally clueless societies and governments, rogue WMDs, and a state of "general lawlessness" — without proper if any surveillance of very bad apples, weak or no police force, or other forms of "adult supervision", in most quarters — coupled with the potentially highly destructive outcomes (via direct confrontation or escalation) of our typically reckless and shortsighted war games using advanced technologies. Certain uses of our advanced techs as weapons are premature and suicidal, and however we must learn to defend ourselves against both attacks and accidents surrounding ultrapowerful new technologies. For this reason, it pays to be first in getting the necessary knowhow and prepping our safeguards before we "hurt ourselves".
     
    Despite our limitations and the worst aspects of our human nature, I am proud of all the good things that we have achieved as a species and, desperately wanting to see positive outcomes to our struggles, I think it is crucially important for as many of us as possible to focus on strategies and programs that aim to promote global balance and well-being for all sentient life, as well as programs which help us design safeguards in order to avoid the potentially globally-catastrophic scenarios that we are undoubtedly facing as our technological might skyrockets.
     
    Only a handful of organizations are working on these types of major problems (please visit www.singinst.org, www.foresight.org, and www.crnano.org as well), and Lifeboat Foundation is the most comprehensive effort that I know of. Please consider joining our cause.”

  • Jeff Bone
    $22,743.79 including 2 Bitcoins (Active Patron membership) joined 07/02/10.
  • Donald Maclean
    $16,755 ($12,745 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) + $2,000 ($23,000 pledged - Active A-500 membership) + $500 to NanoShield Fund for $19,255 total joined 04/16/08.

    “What do I want passionately from the bottom of my heart? Is my personal vision clear? How do I go about fulfilling my vision? In this rapidly unfolding life drama I value clarity. This century offers us opportunities for profound insights into life, for transcending maladaptive ways and for adopting mature ways, but there are also dangers and we confront major dilemmas. I am aware of my own customary way of identifying and confronting dilemmas in life. I support the Lifeboat Foundation because I love the vision and I want to help bring about a secure future in which people from all walks of life around the world have opportunities for fulfilling productive lives.”

  • Jack Halpern
    $12,000 joined 06/26/07.
  • Dan Stoicescu
    $11,500 joined 10/31/08.
  • Jaan Tallinn
    $10,600 joined 06/06/07.
  • Ray Kurzweil
    $10,381.60 joined 03/07/06.

    “A self-replicating pathogen, whether biological or nanotechnology based, could destroy our civilization in a matter of days or weeks. We cannot rely on trial-and-error approaches to deal with existential risks and that is why I support the Lifeboat Foundation.”

  • $1,000 - $10,000

  • Benjamin R. Hoffman
    $9,040 ($21,980 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 01/07/10.

    “Getting humanity safely through this dangerous period in our history is the most important thing we can be doing right now.”

  • Nick Pavlica
    $6,000 joined 01/19/03.

    “I realize my contribution is not as much as you really need or would like to have, but at least I am demonstrating my vote of confidence in Lifeboat Foundation for this endeavor. I am glad you are planning our rescue. We have nothing to lose and the pessimists might be wrong about an inevitable extinction.”

  • Michael Dickey
    $5,785 ($19,215 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 06/03/06.

    “I am an adamant supporter of the Lifeboat Foundations goals for three major reasons, The Drake Equation, the Fermi Paradox, and The Law of Accelerating Returns. The combination of these three principles illustrates something terribly jarring; that life throughout the universe almost always destroys itself through technology.”

  • Philippe Van Nedervelde
    $5,695 ($19,305 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 06/19/06.

    “Building arks costs money. 500 people pitching in is a great, exemplary start, and I look forward to numerous LF evangelizing opportunities to swiftly inflate the ranks of, first, the 500 and soon thereafter, the 5000, the 50.000, the 500.000 and the 5 million. The more arks the better!”

  • Jim Rutt
    $5,500 joined 02/24/06.

    “I'm about 80% thru Ray Kurweil's new book, and while reading the catalogue of N, G, and R risks this morning I sat up and thought: 's---, we really better hurry up and get life off of this planet, because it's hard to imagine we don't stumble into at least one of the planet-wide species level existential risks.'”

  • Chris K. Haley
    $4,055 + $250 to A-PRIZE + $1,000 to AIShield Fund for $5,305 total ($20,945 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 01/05/08.

    “I'm proud to support the Lifeboat Foundation as a Lifeboat 500 member. The work that is being done by this organization is extremely important, and only by taking an active part in it will we be able to manage the journey sucessfully.”

  • Kenneth P. Weiss
    $5,100 ($19,900 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 04/30/07.
  • Jerry Searcy
    $5,040 (Including $5,000 for matching funds for our Lifeboat Podcast for iTunes grant and our University Outreach Program) joined 04/06/06.

    “Long-term I want to travel throughout the universe and so I want to make sure our planet is not destroyed by the powerful technologies that are coming before I have a chance to leave Earth. (After I leave Earth, then it is your problem!!!)”

  • Jason G. Matheny
    $5,005 ($19,995 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 08/22/06.
  • Kenneth A. Cowin
    $5,000 joined 08/16/10.
  • Life Extension Foundation
    $5,000 joined 08/27/09.
  • Michael Anissimov
    $4,675 + $100 to A-PRIZE for $4,775 total ($20,325 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 11/01/06.

    “If humanity goes extinct, not only will the possibilities of extreme life extension, sophisticated nanotechnology, intelligence enhancement, and space expansion never bear fruit, but everyone we know will be dead, never to come back. Because we have so much to lose, mitigative strategies are worth investing in even if our estimated probability of disaster is extremely low. The Lifeboat Foundation is leading the pack in this area.”

  • Terasem Movement
    $4,000 joined 06/05/08.

    “We believe Lifeboat's work directly relates to Terasem's mission to establish diversity, unity, and joyful immortality via geoethical nanotechnology and personal cyberconsciousness.”

  • Anonymous Donors
    $3,270 (Includes one Active Economy membership and one Active Executive membership).
  • Stanley Pecavar
    $3,100 joined 09/06/07.
  • Humberto Castaneda
    $3,000 joined 01/14/08.

    “Human survival has always been in mortal danger. It is only our slow perception of time that has given us the illusion of stability. Whether we call it luck, or by design, we have gotten to a point where through technology we may escape the risk horizon on Earth. Now we have to believe this is possible, and that we will do it, because whatever stance we take collectively will be self-fulfilling.”

  • Robert Lecnik
    $3,000 joined 06/27/10.
  • Drew Reynolds
    $3,000 joined 09/21/06.
  • Eric Bauswell
    $2,845 ($22,155 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 10/18/07.
  • Michael Fleischmann
    $2,600 joined 07/05/07.

    “Unfortunately, I find myself pairing finite resources with unlimited advocacy. Wishing us much success...”

  • David W. Wall
    $2,400 joined 11/08/07.
  • Tyrone Steels II
    $2,162 ($22,838 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 01/21/08.

    “All of humanity is in the same boat: Earth. And if that boat is threatened or starts to sink, we need to have a lifeboat. Plain and simple. To not plan is not a plan; it is a recipe for disaster. I'm proud to be a Lifeboat 500 member since it provides a priceless service to all of humanity.”

  • Brian Cartmell
    $2,075 joined 06/05/08.
  • Fannie Mae
    $2,020 joined 01/30/10.
  • Matt Bamberger
    $2,000 joined 01/19/08.
  • Carl Martinez
    $1,550 joined 06/22/06.

    “I have little faith that the government will properly plan for the dangers of advanced technology. So I have decided to put my faith in Lifeboat Foundation instead.”

  • Robert Citron
    $1,500 (Active Executive membership) joined 02/18/07.

    “The Lifeboat Foundation concept is wonderful. Getting the best minds on the planet mobilized for a common purpose — 'to prepare for the Singularity' — may make the difference between humanity's long-term success or failure. Best wishes for success.”

  • Rick Hubbard
    $1,475 (Active Executive membership) joined 06/26/07.

    “To survive, we understand the opposing forces that vie at the intersection of means and will. To advance, we pursue quests for truth. To progress, we choose in the equilibrium of this difficult and delicate calculus. Future reality can be shaped both by pursuit and prudence.”

  • Matthew L. McGuirl
    $1,400 + $50 to NanoShield Fund for $1,450 total (Active Executive membership) joined 08/21/07.
  • HP (Hewlett Packard)
    $1,081 joined 05/19/08.

  • $100 - $1,000

  • John J. Peters
    $1,000 plus free room and board for 11 months for a volunteer. (Includes bedroom with two beds and a separate office with a fireplace and bathroom.) Joined 04/01/06.

    “Isn't my grandson cute!”

  • Sun Microsystems
    $1,000 joined 03/31/09.
  • Richard Hendrick
    $945 (Active Executive membership) joined 05/19/06.

    “So much agreement about the risks. For so many years. So little action (your considerable accomplishments excluded). Please continue promoting awareness.”

  • Edwin B. Cooper Jr.
    $870 (Active Economy membership) joined 01/17/07.

    “Lifeboat membership helps us learn about increasing productivity & longevity.”

  • Adam Dobrin
    $825 (Active Executive membership) joined 06/06/06.
  • Thoughtware.TV
    $805 joined 05/27/07.

    “Many walk the perilous path in which some claim that technology will solve our problems, and others say it will destroy us.
     
    We each have the responsibility of working hard towards a positive future. You can make a difference. Your potential is without limit.
     
    Thoughtware.TV is proud to sponsor the Lifeboat Foundation.”

  • C M Anderson
    $800 (Active Executive membership) joined 10/29/07.
  • Brenda Cooper
    $795 (Active Economy membership) joined 02/12/07.

    “I am very interested in the kind of conversations — conversations about our future — that happen in this forum.”

  • Google
    $700 joined 05/06/09.
  • Alan R. Light
    $700 (Active Executive membership) joined 12/26/08.

    “We will want to go beyond the bounds of earth anyway, we might as well start getting ready now. The preparations may prove useful in themselves long before we get off the ground.”

  • Michael Haislip
    $680 ($24,320 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 06/16/08.
  • Willard Wells
    $667 joined 05/04/10.

    “I have a problem with powerful new technologies arriving too quickly. My studies show that safety requires slow progress allowing time to anticipate the myriad hazards and adapt to them gradually.
     
    Read my book Apocalypse When?: Calculating How Long the Human Race Will Survive and zoom in on my photo.”

  • James Blodgett
    $650 joined 04/29/07.
  • Ralf J. Muller
    $650 joined 04/21/11.
  • James W. Taylor
    $650 joined 03/24/06.
  • Stephen Fleming
    $610 (Active Economy membership) joined 04/27/06.
  • Santiago Bilinkis
    $600 joined 12/01/10.

    “Keep up the excellent work!”

  • Miron Cuperman
    $585 joined 05/02/10.
  • Paula J. Wilson
    $540 (Active Economy membership) joined 05/18/08.
  • Eric Klien
    $530 joined 11/04/08.
  • John N. Phillips (Jack)
    $520 joined 09/19/07.

    “Let's hope we can achieve sufficient AW (artificial wisdom or enhanced wisdom) in time to ensure the Singularity will be benign.”

  • Sonia Arrison
    $500 joined 02/19/09.
  • Naveen Jain
    $500 joined 12/30/10.

    “I am honored to support the work you are doing.”

  • Chris Poulin
    $500 joined 01/14/09.
  • Michael Silverton
    $500 joined 10/13/07.

    “To help enable the Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group meeting. Dear friends and colleagues: if like me, you haven't pitched in for awhile, this is an important project to support. Thank you for keeping Lifeboat Foundation afloat, so the hard working team at Lifeboat Foundation can continue to keep us ALL afloat!”

  • Vincent A. Cate
    $475 joined 06/16/07.

    “The human species is at risk until it has established self sufficient colonies in space. Current technology is more powerful than ever before, so the period from now until we are established in space will be the most risky of all time. There is a good chance that humans are the only intelligent life in this galaxy and therefore amazingly precious. We need to work to prevent the extinction of the human species during this risky period and to help it get into space faster.”

  • Johan Edström
    $462 joined 10/14/06.
  • Peter Murray
    $450 (Active Executive membership) joined 12/15/07.

    “Don't accept the limits others place upon you.”

  • George Garrett
    $440 (Active Economy membership) joined 08/04/07.
  • Matt Browne
    $430 joined 09/30/07.

    “The volcanologist Bill McGuire once said: "As a race, we survive on planet Earth purely by geological consent."
     
    The physicist Stephen Hawking once said: "It's space flight or extinction."
     
    I believe the Lifeboat Foundation can make a real difference securing humanity's mid-term and long-term future.
     
    It feels good to be part of this dynamic organization.”

  • Joseph P. Jackson III
    $430 joined 09/18/07.

    “Today it is outrageous that the term existential risk is not even in the vocabulary of most policymakers, not to mention the public at large. The next decade is absolutely critical — either we get these issues recognized globally, from the highest levels of intergovernmental meetings, down to the lowest common denominator of popular culture — or — we abandon all hope of steering our future as it overcomes us.”

  • Frank C. Adamek
    $425 (Active Executive membership) joined 07/04/09.

    “The generations of humanity do not get to choose the troubles and dangers that assail them; their only choice is whether and how to meet those dangers. Technological progress is reaching a critical point, smashing through the conventional boundaries between what humans were or were not capable of, thrusting into our trembling hands the radically enhanced power to both destroy ourselves and to remake our world and very beings.
     
    This situation cannot continue for any great length of time, and if we cannot seize hold of this power to create a safer and more positive world then we seemed destined to permanent disability or death. No generation before us has shouldered such responsibility, and if we act with wisdom and foresight it may be that no future generation will have to. If so we are the most critical generation that ever has been or will be, uniquely positioned to determine the fate of life in our corner of the universe for potentially millions of years, and we must act accordingly.”

  • G. Ali Mansoori
    $425 joined 06/29/08.
  • Glenn A. Miller
    $425 (Active Economy membership) joined 04/29/07.

    “The future is so damned interesting. Pity I'll miss the majority of it.”

  • William J. Cosgrove
    $385 joined 06/07/08.

    “Keep up the good work!”

  • Mark A. Walker
    $375 (Active Executive membership) joined 07/12/07.
  • Thomas Dolphin
    $370 (Active Economy membership) joined 01/25/09.
  • Christopher Dilkus
    $370 joined 11/30/07.
  • Sylvia Engdahl
    $360 joined 10/27/06.

    “All the worldwide problems we want to solve, and feel we should have solved, are related to the fact that we've outgrown the ecological niche we presently occupy. I view them not as pathologies, but as natural indicators of our evolutionary stage. I would like to believe that they'll prove spurs to expansion. If they don't, we'll be one of evolution's failures.”

  • John Claus
    $350 joined 03/24/06.
  • Brandon E. Larson
    $350 (Active First Class membership) joined 09/04/11.

    “I am concerned about not only the survival of the human race but also preventing its descent back to savagery. Our primary goal must be to make humanity a multi-planet species.”

  • Dr. Tom Driscoll
    $330 (Active Economy membership) joined 05/21/09.
  • Adrian-Bogdan (Adi) Moruţ
    $320 joined 10/09/07.
  • Otto Valtakoski
    $285 + $10 to AIShield Fund + $10 to A-PRIZE + $10 to NanoShield Fund for $315 total joined 10/19/06.
  • Michael Breazeale
    $300 (Active Executive membership) joined 01/23/11.
  • Oracle
    $300 joined 06/27/11.
  • Aaron Mayzes
    $280 (Active Economy membership) joined 09/24/09.
  • Linda M. Glenn
    $275 joined 10/26/07.
  • Barbara Marx Hubbard
    $275 joined 10/25/06.

    “If Earth is considered a closed system, there will be less for all forever. The frontier is closed, the wilderness is gone, nature is being destroyed by human consumers, while billions are starving. The future indeed looks grim, and there are, ultimately, no really long-range, positive solutions, nor motivation for making the sacrifices and doing the hard work needed now, unless we understand that we are evolving from an Earth-only toward an Earth-space or universal species.”

  • Linus Petersson
    $260 joined 05/14/09.

    “The best minds of the world should be focusing on making sure humanity survives. This should be our number 1 priority! I hope we will make it through this extremely trying century. Best of luck!”

  • Rob Enderle
    $250 joined 10/16/07.
  • Martin Hellman
    $250 joined 11/05/08.

    “By definition, existential threats deserve our careful attention. Sadly, they are largely ignored. The Lifeboat Foundation's efforts to correct that imbalance are greatly appreciated.”

  • John Grencer
    $240 (Active Economy membership) joined 12/14/10.
  • Rodney C. Hill
    $240 (Active Economy membership) joined 07/24/09.

    “As a graduate student at UC Berkeley, I taught a future studies course for two quarters in 1968-69 and have been involved in future studies ever since. In a state of accelerating change, we must look to the future to navigate the present.”

  • Kaj Sotala
    $235 joined 01/06/07.

    “The image is a little old.”

  • Rhonda Stevenson
    $210 joined 10/18/09.
  • Alexandru Celac
    $200 joined 11/21/10.
  • Rebecca R. Cooper
    $200 (Active Economy membership) joined 05/12/10.
  • Keith Curtis
    $200 joined 07/06/07.
  • Susan Fuhr
    $200 joined 09/27/05.
  • Andrew Hessel
    $200 joined 10/28/07.
  • Ed Ziaebrahimi
    $200 joined 02/28/10.
  • Charles Hawk
    $190 (Active Economy membership) joined 05/01/10.
  • Danny Belkin
    $175 joined 05/03/08.
  • Matt Duing
    $175 (Active Executive membership) joined 10/01/08.
  • John Ratnaswamy
    $175 joined 07/21/10.
  • Robert Hunt Robinson
    $175 joined 01/14/08.
  • Sheridan Layman
    $170 joined 12/31/07.
  • Dr. R. D. Wright
    $160 joined 07/01/11.

    “The Lifeboat Foundation is a beacon of hope for a better long-term future for us all.
     
    We need organizations like the Lifeboat Foundation to try to ensure that the human race does not run out of time to take the necessary steps to ensure its long-term continuation.”

  • Kattesh V. Katti
    $150 joined 12/28/08.

    “It is gratifying to be part of and donating to Lifeboat Foundation as the extraordinary group of members of this foundation operate in an 'out of the box' approach in bringing an awareness of the implications of science and technology to our day-to-day lives. This collective effort will take all of us into the next domain of science in terms of realization of the power of nanotechnology in medicine, agriculture, and environment restoration.”

  • Bruce J. Klein
    $150 joined 12/08/07.

    “Lifeboat Foundation's goal to safeguard humanity is extremely valuable and worth our support.”

  • Michael Vassar
    $150 joined 01/13/07.
  • Chuck Weir
    $150 joined 10/17/07.
  • Alexander Braitberg
    $140 joined 03/25/08.
  • Joshua Fox
    $130 joined 10/10/07.

    “I am impressed by the roster of people you have brought on board — a great start! These respected leaders in their fields will not only contribute directly, but will also serve to convince others of the importance of preventing the extinction of the human race. (Isn't it strange that convincing is needed?)”

  • Rudi Hoffman
    $125 joined 12/28/08.

    “I am pleased to support the visionary goals of the Lifeboat Foundation. We are all in this lifeboat Earth together, and considering optimal response to global perils simply makes sense. I appreciate the leadership shown by contributors. Let's make things better for all sentient beings!”

  • Donald Byrne
    $120 (Active Economy membership) joined 02/26/11.

    “Delighted to be part of this organization and its important work.”

  • Mark P. Fusco
    $120 (Active Economy membership) joined 01/12/12.
  • Colin Kline
    $120 joined 02/03/08.
  • Alexander Macrae
    $120 (Active Economy membership) joined 01/20/11.
  • Rick Moss
    $120 (Active Economy membership) joined 06/30/11.
  • Frank D. Smith
    $120 (Active Economy membership) joined 12/05/10.

    “This is only a lifeboat if we let it continue in that direction. I am a SoCal Pacific Ocean lover, now landlocked in the city in Southern Illinois where Buckminster Fuller built and lived in the first dome home on Earth. Keep the spaceship alive with good lifeboat practices... be safe be happy.”

  • Richard Yonck
    $120 joined 10/20/10.

    “We stand at a crossroads, a point in this planet's long history that is at once unique, terrifying, and beckoning with hope. We live in a time when we are creating new ways to destroy our world faster than we are building the safeguards to prevent that very destruction. Only through considered foresight and action will we overcome these threats and realize the full potential of our future civilization.”

  • Pamela "Atlas" Geller
    $118 joined 01/18/07.

    “So much evil, so little time.”

  • Richard Kane
    $105 (Active Economy membership) joined 06/22/11.

    “Lifeboat preaches and practices tolerance, which is rather rare.”

  • Robert T. Liimatainen
    $101 joined 11/12/08.

    “Dedicated to Alexis Armstrong and her comment on 9/12/08. But for your comment, I would not have donated. Hope to have the pleasure of a daughter like you one day. Hope the donation helps out!”

  • $10 - $100

  • Michael Abramowicz
    $100 joined 10/31/11.
  • Chris Abani
    $100 joined 12/28/08.
  • Michael L. Anderson
    $100 joined 12/28/08.
  • Parsel Bilir
    $100 joined 12/25/10.
  • Mike Brogley
    $100 joined 06/01/08.
  • Bill Dickens
    $100 joined 09/02/09.
  • James Doehring
    $100 joined 02/17/10.
  • Garth D. Ehrlich
    $100 joined 09/01/09.
  • Jeffrey Herrlich
    $100 joined 10/31/07.
  • Philip Morehead
    $100 (Active Economy membership) joined 03/08/11.
  • Sarah Jane Pell
    $100 joined 11/13/07.
  • Lee Irwin Pringle
    $100 joined 06/16/10.

    “We have a duty to protect our species from extinction. We do it for our family, our friends, and for the whole of humankind.”

  • Glenn Reynolds is Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee, and is best known for his blog Instapundit, one of the most widely read American political blogs
    $100 joined 11/08/07.
  • Albert "Skip" Rizzo
    $100 joined 01/08/09.
  • Paul Sanberg
    $100 joined 12/29/10.
  • Bo Shaffer
    $100 joined 02/07/02.

    “Not much, but every little bit counts....”

  • Mark A. Smith
    $100 joined 12/28/08.
  • Patrick K. Takahashi
    $100 joined 08/12/10.
  • Antoine van de Ven
    $100 joined 12/31/10.
  • Zubin Wadia
    $100 joined 12/08/11.

    “CiviGuard is proud to support the Lifeboat Foundation.”

  • Ken Wilssens
    $100 joined 12/21/02.
  • Ronald Amos
    $90 joined 08/30/08.
  • Sam Gutterman
    $90 joined 12/29/10.
  • Phil Nadeau
    $90 (Active Economy membership) joined 03/03/11.
  • Pennye Shaw
    $90 joined 08/18/07.
  • Babak Govan
    $85 (Active Economy membership) joined 07/08/11.

    “It is an honor to support the Lifeboat Foundation as it is dedicated to challenging what I believe is the most fundamental human concern: human extinction.”

  • Mads Haahr
    $85 joined 05/11/10.
  • Richard G. Hunter
    $85 joined 12/26/11.
  • Chris K. Porter
    $85 joined 10/26/11.

    “Existential risk problems are so daunting, this might seem like pissing in the ocean. However, I feel compelled to do something to contribute. It makes me feel good.”

  • Seattle Home Company
    $85 joined 03/06/11.
  • Leslie A. Yakubowski
    $85 ($24,915 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 01/10/10.
  • Fundación Juvinter
    $80 joined 07/29/06.
  • Miriam Leis
    $80 joined 07/18/10.
  • Jeremy Shepard
    $80 joined 01/18/07.
  • Ben Smith
    $80 joined 03/29/04.
  • Francois de Villiers
    $75 joined 08/09/10.
  • MFD Industries
    $75 joined 10/18/07.
  • David Orban
    $75 joined 01/12/10.
  • Jason Patocka
    $75 joined 07/17/06.
  • David J. Xanatos
    $75 joined 12/09/08.

    “Individual resources are limited; collective resources are not. This is both the power and the threat of what our ever advancing future possibilities bring nearer to us every day. Likewise, my individual financial resources may not seem like much, but as more of us begin to recognize the value of what's being done here, and cast our lot in with this growing effort, we can multiply our individual intent beyond imagination, and I hope others reading this can recognize this fact, and join us. You will have the satisfaction of looking back and knowing you helped humankind survive our quantum leap in evolution.”

  • James Bracken
    $70 (Active Economy membership) joined 05/31/11.
  • Catherine Asaro
    $60 joined 12/26/11.
  • Marcel Lossi
    $60 joined 06/01/08.
  • John A. Barnden
    $50 joined 10/26/07.
  • Justin Corwin
    $50 joined 12/29/10.
  • Liming Dai
    $50 joined 12/29/11.
  • Pablo Elenter
    $50 joined 05/30/11.
  • Jeffrey Dean Hochderffer
    $50 joined 11/24/10.
  • Carole Johnson
    $50 joined 06/23/07.

    “I am impressed.”

  • Behrokh "Berok" Khoshnevis
    $50 joined 10/17/07.
  • John Leslie
    $50 joined 11/03/08.
  • Allen Maris
    $50 joined 09/30/09.
  • Debbi C. McFadden
    $50 joined 08/03/10.
  • Midas McGuirl
    $50 joined 02/21/10.

    “See me up close to see my full cuteness!”

  • Randy Murch
    $50 joined 10/21/08.
  • Walt Putnam
    $50 joined 12/01/11.
  • Tony Rothman
    $50 joined 10/16/07.
  • Robert Shapiro
    $50 joined 01/03/07.
  • Nick Tarleton
    $50 joined 09/20/07.
  • Temi Tarrero
    $50 joined 07/29/10.

    “See me up close to see my full cuteness!" (And another picture for you.)”

  • Tihamer “Tee” Toth-Fejel
    $50 joined 12/29/11.
  • Jeff van der Wiel
    $50 joined 03/05/10.

    “New technologies on the whole improve the human condition. However, careful consideration of consequences must always be observed”

  • Anthony Waller
    $50 joined 10/30/07.
  • Ken Wear
    $50 joined 01/02/07.
  • Carson Bizon
    $40 joined 10/27/11.

    “One of the best websites and blogs of all things on the Internet. The Lifeboat Foundation is an important endeavor. The people on the advisory boards are most impressive. I come here for the quality writing and content on all things interesting.”

  • Jesse Merriman
    $40 joined 06/05/08.
  • Benjamin T. Solomon
    $40 (Active Economy membership) joined 09/24/11.
  • Joel Isaacson
    $36 joined 12/03/11.

    “Two chai’s for Lifeboat!”

  • Ruth Itzhaki
    $35 joined 09/17/09.

    “I hope that some of the more practical of the many ideas that sprout on Lifeboat will be put into practice, so that our overpopulated world, especially those regions where people are undernourished, deprived of education and opportunities (especially the women!) will change for the better and will flourish (and, perhaps, that megalomaniacs will become extinct).”

  • Tom Kerwick
    $35 (Active Economy membership) joined 01/03/12.

    “Thank you to the Lifeboat Foundation, for providing the necessary platform for our societal challenges with technology to be raised & discussed in sincerity and with earnest. May we always strive to protect.”

  • Kenneth Reising
    $35 joined 10/30/07.
  • Rok Resnik
    $32 joined 04/11/08.
  • Kemal Akman
    $30 joined 10/13/07.
  • Sarah Black
    $30 joined 08/19/09.
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    $30 joined 06/21/07.
  • Gary Powless
    $30 joined 12/25/05.
  • Brian Shiro
    $30 joined 10/24/11.

    “Keep up the good work pushing the frontier towards the future!”

  • Jonathan Wright
    $30 joined 12/01/11.
  • Abraham Ben-David
    $29.97 joined 03/10/10.
  • Zeresenay "Zeray" Alemseged
    $25 joined 10/26/07.
  • Arlan Andrews, Sr.
    $25 joined 10/26/07.
  • Bennie M. Beaver
    $25 joined 12/31/10.

    “Twelfth grader's Web Page Dr. Warpenstein's Science and society -The Lifeboat Foundation represents hope for safeguarding the future of humanity.-”

  • David Brin
    $25 joined 10/14/07.
  • Tom Castelloe
    $25 joined 01/04/07.

    “Professor Hollywood believes in the critical importance of this cause.”

  • Adam Eivy
    $25 joined 12/20/10.
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    $25 joined 11/26/10.
  • James E. Gunn
    $25 joined 12/31/11.
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    $25 joined 11/11/10.
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    $25 joined 11/21/11.
  • Vineet KewalRamani
    $25 joined 07/20/11.
  • Jeff Krukin
    $25 joined 10/30/07.

    The Human-Space Connection®

    • Space is a continuation of the environment
    • Space is an extension of the global economy
    • Space is a place of abundant resources

  • Nickolaus Leggett
    $25 joined 10/14/07.
  • PJ Manney
    $25 joined 11/01/07.
  • Ryan McCall
    $25 joined 09/13/06.

    “We're really close to an extraordinary future and I don't want to leave things to chance. The Lifeboat Foundation is working toward that future and that is why I support them.”

  • Bud Mishra
    $25 joined 10/26/07.
  • Dipanjan Pan
    $25 joined 09/03/09.
  • Travis Putman
    $25 joined 12/16/05.
  • Stephan A. Schwartz
    $25 joined 10/15/07.
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    $25 joined 06/21/10.
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    $25 joined 08/18/11.
  • Jan Vandenbos
    $25 joined 12/10/10.
  • Maggie Whitton
    $25 joined 06/01/08.
  • Tim Czech
    $22 joined 12/14/07.
  • Ille C. Gebeshuber
    $22 joined 11/27/11.

    “I love Lifeboat and I am so happy to serve on its Nanotechnology Science Advisory Board. Good luck to us all.”

  • BABBS
    $20 joined 05/16/11.
  • Aaron Balogun
    $20 joined 09/17/09.
  • Paul M. Battista
    $20 (Active Economy membership) joined 10/19/09.
  • Don V. Black
    $20 joined 10/01/11.
  • Lawrence Catchpole
    $20 joined 11/29/10.
  • Dreamcatcher Multimedia
    $20 joined 03/17/10.

    “Technology offers profound improvements for humanity but the risks need to be managed.”

  • Erwin Franzen
    $20 joined 11/30/10.
  • Luis Carlos Reyes Hernandez
    $20 joined 12/26/11.

    “Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together. Here's my snowflake...”

  • Tom McCabe
    $20 joined 08/31/07.

    “Because somebody has to save the world.”

  • Alex McKeown
    $20 joined 11/30/10.
  • R. Michael Perry
    $20 joined 11/26/10.
  • Len Sassaman
    $20 joined 06/24/10.
  • Frank Sudia
    $20 joined 11/19/07.
  • Heikki J. Toivonen
    $20 joined 11/26/02.
  • Rosie Tran
    $20 joined 08/30/10.

    “Thank you for creating this amazing foundation! Congrats and good luck on all the work and breakthroughs to come. Sending love...”

  • Maria Entraigues
    $19 joined 09/15/10.
  • Craig Tovey
    $18 joined 06/30/10.
  • Mary Armstrong, 3453 Cody Road, Cazenovia, NY 13035
    $15 joined 08/22/08.

    “Attention, please! We have to work together to save our planet.
     
    Learn to be a minimalist. Be efficient in all you do. Drive a small or hybrid car. Live in a cozy house (under 1,400 square feet). Have only one or two children or adopt a child who's in need of a loving family.
     
    If everyone in the United States lived by the simple ideas expressed here, we would not need to import foreign oil or lose our young people in needless wars.
     
    Perhaps, if we're lucky, our precious, one-of-a-kind planet will begin to heal.”

  • James Mitchell
    $15 joined 12/03/05.
  • Lissa Oros
    $15 joined 08/02/10.
  • Helen Vann, Gabriela Vann, and Atreyu Vann
    $15 joined 12/29/08.

    “We donated $5 each. Click on our picture to see us better!”

  • Samuel Kenyon
    $14.41 joined 12/18/10.
  • Bynum M. Wheeler
    $13 joined 02/07/02.
  • Brandon K. Bailey
    $11 joined 09/23/06.

    “Check out my blogs Robotic Future News and The Singularity.”

  • $1 - $10

  • Lale Basarir
    $10 joined 06/27/11.
  • Andrew Crouch
    $10 joined 05/25/05.
  • Stephen Fountain
    $10 joined 06/21/02.
  • Grover Fuhr
    $10 joined 03/31/09.

    “If humans went extinct, then who would worship me?”

  • M. A. "Doc Gee" Greenstein
    $10 joined 07/11/10.
  • Bob Hansens
    $10 joined 06/24/10.
  • Dan Jakubowski
    $10 joined 11/17/09.
  • Susan Kent
    $10 joined 12/18/08.
  • John McClain
    $10 joined 12/18/08.
  • Vast Nexus
    $10 joined 11/22/02.

    “I'm aware $10 USD isn't much, but I believe any amount of money is a help to your cause.”

  • Francisco Palao Reinés
    $10 joined 10/31/11.
  • Shane Phillips
    $10 joined 11/05/11.
  • PMP® Certification
    $10 joined 06/01/10.

    “Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.”

  • Presentation Technology Reviews
    $10 joined 03/05/10.

    “Technology can have profound benefits beyond what is initially imagined.”

  • Project Management Academy
    $10 joined 07/29/10.

    “If you don't start with step 1, you will never get to step 2.”

  • Prometheus Data Services
    $10 joined 12/31/10.
  • Anton Pustovrh
    $10 joined 05/07/09.

    “While future technologies will likely provide great benefits for humanity, they also bring many global catastrophic risks. I hope the next Lifeboat Foundation conference will help raise awareness of such issues and help ensure a safer future.”

  • James Quinn
    $10 joined 02/01/09.
  • Douglas Rushkoff
    $10 joined 10/17/07.
  • SAT Vocabulary Builder
    $10 joined 08/26/09.

    “We are a small startup in online vocabulary building. May god give us more money to donate to noble causes like this.”

  • John Thompson
    $10 joined 05/22/11.
  • Erik Tierney
    $10 joined 11/22/02.
  • Dermot Tomelty
    $10 joined 07/06/10.
  • Devin Trevena
    $10 joined 12/30/08.
  • James D. Woolery, M.D.
    $10 joined 02/03/09.
  • Alexis Armstrong
    $6.03 joined 09/12/08.

    “If a ten-year-old can donate, then what is the excuse of you adults?”

  • Donna Beck
    $6 joined 06/14/07.
  • Todd Efin Danger Sneddon
    $6 joined 11/15/11.

    “Tequila Dune Enterprises supports Lifeboat Foundation and the important goal of safeguarding humanity.”

  • BeeDictionary
    $5 joined 05/03/10.

    “Keep it up!”

  • John Paul Browne
    $5 joined 01/12/09.
  • Darla Fuhr
    $5 joined 03/25/09.

    “If humans went extinct, then who would I play with?”

  • Keith Godici
    $5 joined 10/25/11.
  • Golf Tournament Signs
    $5 joined 04/22/10.
  • Gissell Gonzalez
    $5 joined 10/25/11.
  • Tatiana Gonzalez
    $5 joined 10/25/11.
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    $5 joined 10/25/11.
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    $5 joined 01/30/10.
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    $5 joined 10/10/09.
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    $5 joined 02/08/10.
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    $5 joined 10/25/11.
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    $5 joined 11/24/10.
  • Wendy Leal
    $5 joined 12/30/08.
  • Lexiology Dictionary
    $5 joined 12/16/09.

    “Good work! Keep it up.”

  • LifeMojo
    $5 joined 02/15/10.

    “Good work! We appreciate your efforts.”

  • Math Content
    $5 joined 01/07/10.

    “Nice work guys....”

  • Karen McKormick
    $5 joined 12/30/08.
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    $5 joined 08/03/10.
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    $5 joined 06/14/10.
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    $5 joined 05/26/10.
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    $5 joined 10/10/09.
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    $5 joined 07/03/10.
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    $5 joined 10/10/09.
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    $5 joined 12/30/08.
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    $5 joined 10/11/09.
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    $5 joined 10/10/09.
  • TutorNext
    $5 joined 01/14/10.

    “Awesome work. Keep going Lifeboat.”

  • vbDict.com
    $5 joined 10/16/09.

    “We are proud to support the Lifeboat Foundation.”

  • Steve Armstrong
    $3 joined 07/26/11.

    “I love protecting nature and our environment.”

  • Ashley Carey
    $2.50 joined 11/28/11.

    “I’m going to save the world after I finish this drink.”

  • Debra Carey
    $2.50 joined 11/28/11.

    “I’m ready to save the world!”

  • Algebra HomeWork
    $2 joined 01/11/10.

    “Great work by Lifeboat.”

  • Mahdi Cheraghchi-Bashi-Astaneh
    $2 joined 10/26/05.
  • Math Help Online
    $2 joined 01/13/10.

    “A very generous effort by Lifeboat.”

  • Lance McCreary
    $2 joined 11/29/11.

    “I’ll donate $2 to Lifeboat but I won't donate my 2 balls!”

  • Guy M. Turner
    $2 joined 09/11/08.

    “The issue weighs heavy on my shoulders. This is a great service.”

  • Mulege Armstrong
    $1.02 joined 09/27/09.

    “I'm the world's cutest dog!"

    "Learn about my fight with bone cancer.”

  • Stanley Garrett
    $1.01 joined 07/26/11.

    “They forced me to wear this evil costume until I donated.”

  • Tosh Garrett
    $1.01 joined 07/26/11.

    “Donate to Lifeboat and save nature!”

  • Lexi and Bailey Armstrong
    $1 joined 03/19/10.

    “As a mother in Sims 3, I realize that if all life on Earth was destroyed, then my precious Bailey would no longer exist. Please support the Lifeboat Foundation to prevent this from happening."
     
    "I am proud to be part of the first Sims 3 family to support the Lifeboat Foundation. Look at Bailey's photo timeline!”

  • Roxy Armstrong
    $1 joined 09/27/09.

    “Either donate or fill up my food bowl. Thank you.”

  • Loren Bergeson
    $1 joined 04/10/08.
  • Kenneth D. Evans
    $1 joined 09/07/09.
  • Globe Runner SEO
    $1 joined 04/13/11.

    “Keep up the good work!”

  • C.J. Lanhan
    $1 joined 10/09/09.

    “Donate or I'll be very, very, very sad.”

  • Penny Springer
    $1 joined 10/09/09.

    “I love being a supermodel!”

  • Pierre Gillenwaters
    Private amount – joined 01/29/09.
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