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← THE SATO PROJECT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE SATO PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,645,797
Total expenses
$2,469,868
Contributions and grants received
$2,487,084
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$140,454
Investment income
$18,259
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,278,714
Total liabilities, end of year
$955,833
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,322,881
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,969,051
Management and general expenses
$312,225
Fundraising expenses
$188,592
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,969,051

Program services were 79.7% 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

    $2,487,084

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $183,686

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADOPTION FEES

    total $140,454 · related or exempt $140,454

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $18,259 · excluded $18,259

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $123,961 · program services $105,367 · management and general $12,396 · fundraising $6,198

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $388,659 · program services $171,562 · management and general $80,870 · fundraising $136,227

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $38,448 · program services $16,759 · fundraising $21,689

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,223 · program services $22,312 · management and general $7,433 · fundraising $11,478

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $42,485 · management and general $42,485

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $67,916 · management and general $67,916

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $314,861 · program services $292,351 · management and general $22,510

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,370 · program services $8,370

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,292 · management and general $30,292

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,548 · program services $1,222 · management and general $11,326

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $188,296 · program services $188,296

  • 17 · Travel

    total $60,452 · program services $53,122 · management and general $7,330

  • 20 · Interest

    total $15,570 · program services $10,389 · management and general $5,181

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $80,456 · program services $80,456

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $46,175 · program services $32,577 · management and general $13,598

  • 24a · Other expenses: VETERINARY SERVICES

    total $599,128 · program services $599,128

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRAVEL - CANINE AIR

    total $140,872 · program services $140,872

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND TRAINING

    total $133,452 · program services $130,172 · management and general $3,280

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMUNITY OUTREACH

    total $64,223 · program services $64,223

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $72,481 · program services $51,873 · management and general $7,608 · fundraising $13,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $430,044 · end of year $492,212

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $43,526 · end of year $31,573

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0

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

    $1,361,629

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

    $240,060

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $261,381 · end of year $1,121,569

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $415,898 · end of year $313,798

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $436,704 · end of year $319,562

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $47,277 · end of year $169,294

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $518,349

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $389,522 · end of year $268,190

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,150,754 · end of year $1,322,881

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PLIGHT OF PUERTO RICO'S ESTIMATED 650,000 STRAY DOGS, AND TO REDUCE THEIR NUMBER THROUGH RESCUE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO RESCUE ABUSED AND ABANDONED DOGS IN PUERTO RICO AND TO WORK TOWARDS LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS TO THE ISLAND'S STRAY ANIMAL CRISIS.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $1,680,045 · Revenue $142,093

  • THE ORGANIZATION ALSO ADDRESSES THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF THE ISLAND'S SEVERE OVERPOPULATION CRISIS BY PROVIDING NO-COST SPAY, NEUTER, AND VACCINATION SERVICES THROUGH ITS OPERATION SATO PROGRAM. ITS MAIN GOAL IS SIMPLE: DISRUPT THE OVERPOPULATION CRISIS IN PUERTO RICO WITH A SYSTEMIC INTERVENTION ON OVERBREEDING AND THE TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE, FOR BOTH OWNED AND STRAY DOGS. OPERATION SATO OFFERS REGULAR HIGH-VOLUME MOBILE CLINICS IN LOCATIONS AROUND THE SOUTHEAST SECTION OF THE ISLAND, AS WELL AS 250 VOUCHERS PER MONTH FOR IN-CLINIC STERILIZATION/VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS. EACH DOG TREATED IN OUR PROGRAM RECEIVES OVER $650 WORTH OF CRUCIAL VETERINARY SERVICES, COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE TO OWNERS WHOSE DOGS ARE REMAINING ON ISLAND AND TO STRAY CARETAKERS. TO DATE, THE ORGANIZATION HAS PROVIDED FREE SERVICES TO OVER 4,500 ANIMALS THROUGH OPERATION SATO.

    Expenses $289,006

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Annya Ramirez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Beckles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Tracy Warren

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christina Beckles

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $124,100
    From this org
    $123,962
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $138
    Hours/week
    60
  • Devin Shanahan

    SECRETARY & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gannon McMorrow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Payments for business use of a personal residence
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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
2024
Filed
22 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533039349300818

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