Alcor Life Extension Foundation
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| Founded | 1972 |
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| Founder | Fred & Linda Chamberlain |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| Tax ID no. | 23-7154039 |
| Registration no. | F-0715896-5 |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 33°37′2.52″N 111°54′39.36″W / 33.6173667°N 111.9109333°W |
Region served | Global |
| Method | Application and further development of cryonics. Education of the public about cryonics. |
Key people | James Arrowood (President & CEO) |
| Revenue | Membership fees and donations; The Alcor Patient Care Trust |
| Employees | 12 |
| Website | alcor |
Formerly called | Alcor Society for Solid State Hypothermia |
subsid. Replace with subsidiaries.focus. It should be removed.The Alcor Life Extension Foundation, most often referred to as Alcor, is an American nonprofit, federally tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization based in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Alcor advocates for, researches, and performs cryonics, the freezing of human corpses and brains in liquid nitrogen after legal death, with hopes of resurrecting and restoring them to full health if the technology to do so becomes available in the future. Cryonics is regarded with skepticism within the scientific community and has been characterized as quackery and pseudoscience.
As of October 2023, Alcor had 1,927 members, including 222 who have died and whose corpses have been subject to cryonic processes; 116 bodies had only their head preserved. Alcor also applies its cryonic process to the bodies of pets. As of February 2009, there were 33 animal bodies preserved.