James Randi Educational Foundation

James Randi Educational Foundation

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	Falls Church, Virginia
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.randi.org

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. JREF also maintains a legal defense fund to assist persons who are attacked as a result of investigating or criticizing those making paranormal claims.^[13]

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.^[14]