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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PROJECT CETI INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,073,332
Total expenses
$5,233,857
Contributions and grants received
$8,031,857
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,233
Other revenue
$40,242
Total assets, end of year
$13,200,809
Total liabilities, end of year
$69,158
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,131,651
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,721,508
Management and general expenses
$470,447
Fundraising expenses
$41,902
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,721,508

Program services were 90.2% 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

    $8,031,857

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,233 · excluded $1,233

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $40,242 · excluded $40,242

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $40,242

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $102,153 · program services $30,646 · management and general $61,292 · fundraising $10,215

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $68,783 · program services $39,898 · management and general $25,996 · fundraising $2,889

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,703 · program services $2,536 · management and general $143 · fundraising $24

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,771 · program services $2,285 · management and general $6,509 · fundraising $977

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $62,071 · program services $38,039 · management and general $24,032

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $59,655 · program services $28,038 · management and general $31,617

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,063,858 · program services $4,018,208 · management and general $45,650

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,046 · management and general $9,046

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $19,426 · program services $19,426

  • 17 · Travel

    total $118,310 · program services $63,431 · management and general $54,879

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $277,981 · program services $65,444 · management and general $184,740 · fundraising $27,797

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $88,275 · program services $73,748 · management and general $14,527

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOAT CHARTER

    total $123,954 · program services $123,954

  • 24b · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND SHIPPING

    total $87,570 · program services $85,418 · management and general $2,152

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSE

    total $65,359 · program services $62,581 · management and general $2,778

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND EQ

    total $49,673 · program services $42,982 · management and general $6,691

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $25,269 · program services $24,874 · management and general $395

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $388,973 · end of year $207,305

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,659,556 · end of year $7,834,789

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $240,000 · end of year $736,666

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

    $4,700,030

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

    $277,981

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,450,939 · end of year $4,422,049

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $447,292 · end of year $69,158

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,092,232 · end of year $12,314,941

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $199,944 · end of year $816,710

Mission and programs · 2022

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 TECHNOLOGY NEEDED FOR THE 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 $4,721,508

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Gruber

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $98,077
    From this org
    $98,077
    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

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313199349316691

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