James Randi Educational Foundation

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educational foundation nonprofit organization

The James Randi Educational Foundation was a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting critical thinking and scientific skepticism, best known for its public challenges to paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.

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James Randi Educational Foundation canonical	13

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instanceOf	educational foundation ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolutionReason	transition to a grant-making organization and subsequent winding down of operations ⓘ
dissolved	2015 ⓘ
field	consumer protection ⓘ science education ⓘ skepticism ⓘ
focusesOn	faith healing claims ⓘ paranormal claims ⓘ pseudoscientific claims ⓘ psychic abilities claims ⓘ
foundedBy	James Randi ⓘ
hasChairperson	James Randi ⓘ
hasKeyPerson	D.J. Grothe ⓘ Hal Bidlack ⓘ James Randi ⓘ Jeff Wagg ⓘ
hasLogo	logo of the James Randi Educational Foundation ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States ⓘ surface form: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Plantation, Florida, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Plantation, Florida United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
inception	1996 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalForm	501(c)(3) nonprofit organization ⓘ
mainActivity	hosting conferences on science and skepticism ⓘ offering a monetary prize for proof of paranormal abilities under controlled conditions ⓘ publishing educational materials on skepticism ⓘ supporting skeptical investigations ⓘ
namedAfter	James Randi ⓘ
notableProgram	One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge ⓘ
notableWork	One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge ⓘ
officialWebsite	http://web.randi.org ⓘ https://web.randi.org ⓘ
organizedEvent	The Amaz!ng Meeting ⓘ The Amaz!ng Meeting ⓘ surface form: The Amaz!ng Meeting 2 The Amaz!ng Meeting ⓘ surface form: The Amaz!ng Meeting 2012 The Amaz!ng Meeting ⓘ surface form: The Amaz!ng Meeting 2013 The Amaz!ng Meeting ⓘ surface form: The Amaz!ng Meeting 2014 The Amaz!ng Meeting ⓘ surface form: The Amaz!ng Meeting 3 The Amaz!ng Meeting ⓘ surface form: The Amaz!ng Meeting 4 The Amaz!ng Meeting ⓘ surface form: The Amaz!ng Meeting 5 The Amaz!ng Meeting ⓘ surface form: The Amaz!ng Meeting 6 The Amaz!ng Meeting ⓘ surface form: The Amaz!ng Meeting 7 The Amaz!ng Meeting ⓘ surface form: The Amaz!ng Meeting 8 The Amaz!ng Meeting ⓘ surface form: The Amaz!ng Meeting 9
purpose	combating pseudoscience ⓘ investigation of paranormal claims ⓘ promotion of critical thinking ⓘ promotion of scientific skepticism ⓘ
slogan	Encouraging critical thinking ⓘ

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James Randi → founded → James Randi Educational Foundation ⓘ

Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions → associatedWith → James Randi Educational Foundation ⓘ

Deyvi Peña → associatedWith → James Randi Educational Foundation ⓘ

Deyvi Peña → spouseNotableFor → James Randi Educational Foundation ⓘ

One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge → sponsor → James Randi Educational Foundation ⓘ

One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge → administeredBy → James Randi Educational Foundation ⓘ

Randall James Hamilton Zwinge → knownFor → James Randi Educational Foundation ⓘ

Randall James Hamilton Zwinge → founded → James Randi Educational Foundation ⓘ

Randall James Hamilton Zwinge → memberOf → James Randi Educational Foundation ⓘ

The Amaz!ng Meeting → organizedBy → James Randi Educational Foundation ⓘ

D.J. Grothe → employer → James Randi Educational Foundation ⓘ

D.J. Grothe → memberOf → James Randi Educational Foundation ⓘ

Jeff Wagg → affiliation → James Randi Educational Foundation ⓘ