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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PROJECT RECOVER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,773,241
Total expenses
$1,951,736
Contributions and grants received
$2,747,798
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$11,205
Investment income
$13,942
Other revenue
$296
Total assets, end of year
$1,095,016
Total liabilities, end of year
$27,637
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,067,379
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,552,762
Management and general expenses
$111,527
Fundraising expenses
$287,447
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,552,762

Program services were 79.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,524,949

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,222,849

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $11,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LOGO ITEM SALES

    total $11,205 · related or exempt $11,205

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $13,942 · excluded $13,942

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC REIMBURSEMENT

    total $296 · related or exempt $296

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $296

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $233,958 · program services $172,396 · management and general $17,895 · fundraising $43,667

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $262,419 · program services $88,050 · fundraising $174,369

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $274 · management and general $274

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $39,303 · program services $19,320 · management and general $1,599 · fundraising $18,384

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,638 · management and general $6,638

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,552 · management and general $35,552

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $636,124 · program services $636,124

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $915 · fundraising $915

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $524 · program services $470 · management and general $22 · fundraising $32

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,210 · program services $2,080 · management and general $3,629 · fundraising $4,501

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $354,395 · program services $331,637 · management and general $1,365 · fundraising $21,393

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $34,935 · management and general $34,935

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,659 · program services $5,348 · management and general $1,876 · fundraising $435

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTALS

    total $152,838 · program services $152,838

  • 24b · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping

    total $99,029 · program services $97,001 · management and general $105 · fundraising $1,923

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $28,183 · program services $22,116 · management and general $1,575 · fundraising $4,492

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE

    total $23,813 · program services $23,785 · management and general $28

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $24,967 · program services $1,597 · management and general $6,034 · fundraising $17,336

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $80,866 · end of year $181,506

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $10,659 · end of year $502,270

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,975 · end of year $18,471

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

    $261,191

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

    $195,861

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $79,494 · end of year $65,330

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $87,905 · end of year $327,439

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,304 · end of year $10,966

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $16,667

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $4

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $245,595 · end of year $785,344

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $282,035

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MISSION - Project Recover is a collaborative effort to enlist 21st-century science and technology in a quest to find and repatriate Americans missing in action since World War II, in order to provide recognition and closure for families and the Nation.VISION - Project Recovers vision is: (i) to repatriate every American service member who has not come home through research, searches, recoveries and other methodologies; (ii) to provide information and closure to the families of service members; (iii) to provide a platform to educate the public on the importance of service to ones country; and (iv) to provide unique educational opportunities in the areas of science, technology, history, leadership, public service and diplomacy to a committed student audience, in conjunction with Project Recovers mission, in order to provide a real-world application to students and further educate the public.

  • Project Recover is dedicated to searching for and locating American MIAs and POWs from conflicts around the world. Project Recover seeks to provide recognition, information, and closure to families of these service members who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms.DURING 2023, THE PROJECT RECOVER TEAM CONTINUED TO BUILD OUR PROCESS: RESEARCH, SEARCH, REPATRIATE AND EDUCATE. SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITIONS TO PALAU AND THE MARSHALL ISLANDS WERE UNDERTAKEN IN PARNERSHIP WITH THE DPAA.

    Expenses $1,390,108

  • EDUCATION/OUTREACH - Project Recover provides a platform for educating the public about critical historical events, lost heroes who shaped our country, and the importance of public service.THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A WEBSITE TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE COMMITTMENT OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY TO THE RECOVERY OF EVERY SOLDIER MISSING IN ACTION AND THE PROCESS AS WELL AS THE IMPACT AND VALUR TO AMERICAN FAMILIES. IN 2023 - PROJECT RECOVER STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS TRAVEL EXTENSIVELY TO EDUCATE AND INFORM INTERESTED GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS ABOUT THE HISTORY AND SCIENCE USED TO LOCATE IDENTIFY AND RETRIEVE MIA PERSONNEL.

    Expenses $97,957

  • RESEARCH-PROJECT RECOVER FACILITATED A SPECIAL RESEARCH PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE AND THE DPAA.

    Expenses $64,697

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Derek Abbey

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $138,125
    From this org
    $138,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Daniel T O'Brien

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $95,833
    From this org
    $95,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 40 related
  • Pat Scannon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Valerie Thal-Slocum

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • T Dan Friedkin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
2023
Filed
3 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441249349302114

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