Nonprofit, United States

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Statistics

People here now
2
People ever
3
Citations of current people
20,166
Median h-index of current people
65
Full moves in and out
2 in, 0 out

Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Citation figures count 1 of the 2 people here now. People whose OpenAlex record may be incomplete or mixed are left out. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.

We estimate that 3 people shaping AI have worked at Electronic Frontier Foundation, including 2 (67%) here now and 1 with a former affiliation. Among 1,097 nonprofits, Electronic Frontier Foundation is tied for 74th by all-time people and tied for 38th by current headcount. The 3 people with profile topics span 3 areas of expertise (1 each). Dated work records span from 2006 to 2018. Across dated career transitions, we record 2 full moves in and none out. The 1 current person with a confident OpenAlex record (Tadayoshi Kohno) has 20,166 citations and an h-index of 65.

No single organization shares more than 1 person with Electronic Frontier Foundation across 11 organizations (3 people with outside work stints).Organizations where people with work records at Electronic Frontier Foundation also worked at any time in their careers (3 people across 11 organizations; degrees excluded).

A ranked chart shows 5 organizations with people who also have work records at Electronic Frontier Foundation. Each count is a distinct person with work stints at both organizations.

Source: People of Superintelligence affiliations and work stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
OrganizationShared people
AI Objectives Institute1
Authors Alliance1
Georgetown University1
Let's Encrypt1
Max Planck Society1

People here now

Both people with a current role at Electronic Frontier Foundation are researchers. Earlier in their careers, 2 of the 2 held a work role at another organization. 2 current people also hold a concurrent affiliation outside Electronic Frontier Foundation.

People with former affiliations

We record 1 person who formerly worked at Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Posts that include Electronic Frontier Foundation

Electronic Frontier Foundation appears in 1 research post comparing organizations across AI.

  1. Direct Form 990 pay in the latest returns of 39 nonprofits with AI people on this site is highest at $2.1M at the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) (2024)IRS Form 990 compensation across 39 nonprofits with AI people on this site from 2012 to 2025: in the latest returns, Mozilla reports $6.1M including related-company pay (2024) and the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) leads direct nonprofit pay at $2.1M (2024).