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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PROJECT CETI INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,229,724
Total expenses
$6,762,829
Contributions and grants received
$5,935,679
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$294,045
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$12,882,609
Total liabilities, end of year
$284,063
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,598,546
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,294,564
Management and general expenses
$1,348,293
Fundraising expenses
$119,972
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,294,564

Program services were 78.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,935,679

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $214,441 · excluded $214,441

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $117,726

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $38,122

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $79,604

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $79,604 · excluded $79,604

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $334,955 · program services $50,440 · management and general $251,263 · fundraising $33,252

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $32,677 · program services $32,677

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $73 · program services $17 · management and general $50 · fundraising $6

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $26,956 · program services $6,095 · management and general $18,423 · fundraising $2,438

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,670 · program services $1,655 · management and general $1,015

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $110,033 · management and general $110,033

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,621,791 · program services $4,428,742 · management and general $193,049

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,972 · management and general $6,972

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $57,958 · program services $57,958

  • 17 · Travel

    total $96,929 · program services $55,343 · management and general $41,586

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $919,354 · program services $207,858 · management and general $628,345 · fundraising $83,151

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $219,975 · program services $210,355 · management and general $8,495 · fundraising $1,125

  • 24a · Other expenses: MARINE EXPENSES

    total $163,906 · program services $163,906

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSE

    total $73,240 · program services $10,970 · management and general $62,270

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND EQ

    total $60,786 · program services $36,688 · management and general $24,098

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $17,941 · program services $17,941

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $16,613 · program services $13,919 · management and general $2,694

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $207,305 · end of year $144,656

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,834,789 · end of year $8,523,392

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $736,666 · end of year $406,484

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $4,973,234

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,165,157

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,422,049 · end of year $3,808,077

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $69,158 · end of year $284,063

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,314,941 · end of year $12,161,589

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $816,710 · end of year $436,957

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PROJECT CETI (CETACEAN TRANSLATION INITIATIVE) IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT AIMS TO APPLY ADVANCED MACHINE LEARNING AND NON-INVASIVE ROBOTICS TO LISTEN TO AND TRANSLATE THE COMMUNICATION OF WHALES.

  • PROJECT CETI WAS FOUNDED IN 2020, AND THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION INCLUDES DEVELOPING THE TECHNOLOGY NEEDED FOR WHALE COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AND EXAMINING AN INITIAL DATA SET FROM CETI'S RESEARCH LOCATION DOMINICA. PROJECT CETI HAS DESIGNED, PLANNED AND CONSTRUCTED PROJECT CETI'S CORE WHALE LISTENING STATION (BUOYS) AS WELL AS CUSTOMIZED EXISTING WHALE TAGS TO IMPROVE DATA COLLECTION METHODS AND BUILT A FULLY AUTOMATIC ML-BASED PIPELINE FROM AUDIO WAVEFORM DATA, INCLUDING CLICK DETECTION, AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF BASIC LOW-LEVEL STRUCTURE (CODAS).

    Expenses $5,294,564

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Gruber

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $150,000
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Stan Altman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jaclinn Tanney

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fiona Korwin-Pawlowski

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $187,146
    From this org
    $161,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,646
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,646
    Filer's total
    $187,146

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
25 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412999349300026

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