Back مؤسسة جيمس راندي التربوية Arabic James Randi Educational Foundation Czech James Randi Educational Foundation German Fundación Educativa James Randi Spanish بنیاد آموزشی جیمز رندی Persian James Randi Educational Foundation French James Randi Educational Foundation Italian James Randi Educational Foundation Dutch James Randi Educational Foundation Polish Фонд Джеймса Рэнди Russian
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| Founded | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Founder | James Randi |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| Registration no. | 65-0649443 |
| Purpose | Promote critical thinking and investigate claims of the paranormal, pseudoscientific, and supernatural |
| Location | |
Key people | Banachek, President Rick Adams, Treasurer/Assis. Secretary, Board of Directors Daniel "Chip" Denman, Secretary, Board of Directors |
Revenue | US$−35,258 in 2022.  [1] US$268,727 in 2021.  [2] US$257,818 in 2020. [3] US$88,828 in 2019. [4] US$630,928 in 2018. [5] US$156,615 in 2017. [6] US$1,133,731 in 2014 [7] US $887,595 in 2013. [8] US $1,293,878 in 2012. [9] US $1,564,266 in 2011.[9]
US$852,445[10] (2009) 38% on 2008. 17% on 2009.[11] |
| Website | web |
The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) is an American grant-making institution founded in 1996 by magician and skeptic James Randi. As a nonprofit organization, the mission of JREF includes educating the public and the media on the dangers of accepting unproven claims, and to support research into paranormal claims in controlled scientific experimental conditions. The organization announced its change to a grant-making foundation in September 2015.[12]
The organization previously administered the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge, a prize of one million U.S. dollars to anyone who could demonstrate a supernatural or paranormal ability under agreed-upon scientific testing criteria.
The organization has been funded through member contributions, grants, and conferences, though it ceased accepting memberships after 2015. For several years, the JREF website published the blog Swift, which included news and information as well as exposés of paranormal claimants.[13]
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- ^ "990 Form from 2021 for The James Randi Educational Foundation". 990s.foundationcenter.org. Cause IQ. Archived from the original on 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ "990 Form from 2020 for The James Randi Educational Foundation". 990s.foundationcenter.org. Cause IQ. Archived from the original on 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ "990 Form from 2019 for The James Randi Educational Foundation". 990s.foundationcenter.org. Candid. Archived from the original on 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ "990 Form from 2018 for The James Randi Educational Foundation". 990s.foundationcenter.org. Candid. Archived from the original on 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ "990 Form from 2017 for The James Randi Educational Foundation". 990s.foundationcenter.org. Candid. Archived from the original on 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ "990 Form from 2014 for The James Randi Educational Foundation" (PDF). 990s.foundationcenter.org. Candid. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-04-02. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ 990 Form from 2013 for The James Randi Educational Foundation
- ^ a b 990 Form from 2012 for The James Randi Educational Foundation
- ^ "2009 Form 990" (PDF). GuideStar. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "Form 990 for 2010" (PDF). GuideStar. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ "JREF Status". James Randi Educational Foundation. JREF. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ "JREF Swift Blog". Retrieved 2016-03-31. JREF Swift Blog