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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THESENTRY ORG INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,486,301
Total expenses
$4,017,566
Contributions and grants received
$5,386,376
Grants paid
$115,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$99,922
Other revenue
$3
Total assets, end of year
$4,490,189
Total liabilities, end of year
$444,763
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,045,426
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,974,613
Management and general expenses
$524,482
Fundraising expenses
$518,471
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,974,613

Program services were 74.0% 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

    $5,386,376

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $99,922 · excluded $99,922

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $3 · excluded $3

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $115,000 · program services $115,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,077,492 · program services $845,826 · management and general $46,124 · fundraising $185,542

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $627,472 · program services $467,284 · management and general $31,893 · fundraising $128,295

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $35,126 · program services $13,361 · management and general $17,043 · fundraising $4,722

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $97,278 · program services $52,237 · management and general $29,035 · fundraising $16,006

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $110,844 · program services $64,254 · management and general $27,442 · fundraising $19,148

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,155 · program services $5,720 · management and general $12,435

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $178,118 · management and general $178,118

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,339,765 · program services $1,132,645 · management and general $51,974 · fundraising $155,146

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $216 · program services $216

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $156,864 · program services $143,221 · management and general $10,423 · fundraising $3,220

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $122,826 · program services $77,571 · management and general $38,917 · fundraising $6,338

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,941 · program services $4,091 · management and general $18,850

  • 17 · Travel

    total $37,781 · program services $32,754 · management and general $4,973 · fundraising $54

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $99 · program services $99

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $77,589 · program services $20,334 · management and general $57,255

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,615,717 · end of year $775,577

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $2,528,331

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,064,440 · end of year $1,133,902

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $84,991 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,763 · end of year $51,207

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,172

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $194,220 · end of year $444,763

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $929,111 · end of year $1,756,554

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,647,580 · end of year $2,288,872

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE SENTRY IS AN INVESTIGATIVE AND POLICY TEAM THAT FOLLOWS THE DIRTY MONEY CONNECTED TO WAR CRIMINALS AND TRANSNATIONAL WAR PROFITEERS AND SEEKS TO SHUT THOSE BENEFITING FROM VIOLENCE OUT OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CREATING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PREDATORY NETWORKS THAT BENEFIT FROM VIOLENT CONFLICT, REPRESSION, AND KLEPTOCRACY.

  • THE SENTRY PRODUCES HARD-HITTING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS AND DOSSIERS ON INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES CONNECTED TO GRAND CORRUPTION AND VIOLENCE. WE ADVOCATE FOR THE USE OF TOOLS OF FINANCIAL AND LEGAL PRESSURE, INCLUDING ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND ILLICIT FINANCE MEASURES, TARGETED NETWORK SANCTIONS, CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS, COMPLIANCE ACTIONS BY BANKS AND OTHER PRIVATE COMPANIES, AND ASSET RECOVERY. AS A RESULT OF OUR WORK, MONEY LAUNDERING ROUTES HAVE BEEN EXPOSED AND SHUT DOWN, ASSETS HAVE BEEN FROZEN, TRAVEL HAS BEEN BANNED, AND CORRUPT NETWORKS HAVE BEEN CUT OFF FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM. THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH GOVERNMENTS, GLOBAL BANKS, AND OTHER PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS, THE SENTRY HAS SUCCEEDED IN CREATING REAL CONSEQUENCES FOR MANY OF THE OFFICIALS AND CREATED ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ACTORS PERPETUATING AND PROFITING FROM WAR, MASS ATROCITIES, AND OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. IN ORDER TO TRACK AND ANALYZE HOW ARMED CONFLICT AND ATROCITIES ARE FINANCED, SUSTAINED, AND MONETIZED, THE SENTRY USES OPEN SOURCE DATA COLLECTION, FIELD RESEARCH, AND STATE-OF-THE-ART NETWORK DATA ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY, AND WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, JOURNALISTS, AND GOVERNMENTS. THE SENTRY'S INVESTIGATIONS PRODUCE ANALYTICAL REPORTING THAT ENGAGES CIVIL SOCIETY AND MEDIA, SUPPORTS REGULATORY ACTION AND PROSECUTIONS, AND PROVIDES POLICYMAKERS WITH THE INFORMATION THEY REQUIRE TO TAKE EFFECTIVE ACTION.

    Expenses $2,974,613 · Grants $115,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • John Prendergast

    CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $225,756
    From this org
    $212,613
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,143
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,166
    Bonus
    $1,447
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,518
    Nontaxable benefits
    $625
    Filer's total
    $225,756

  • David Frankel

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $262,153
    From this org
    $253,882
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,271
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,666
    Bonus
    $2,216
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,593
    Nontaxable benefits
    $678
    Filer's total
    $262,153

  • Bonnie Abaunza

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Lambros

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Adotei Akwei

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Rafael Marques De Morais

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Sanjay Mody

    GENERAL COUNSEL/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $170,030
    From this org
    $170,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,030
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $170,030

  • Gregory Hittelman

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $219,326
    From this org
    $184,805
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,521
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,114
    Bonus
    $1,691
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,447
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,074
    Filer's total
    $219,326

  • Charles Cater

    INVESTIGATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $199,656
    From this org
    $181,135
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,521
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,774
    Bonus
    $1,361
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,864
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,657
    Filer's total
    $199,656

  • Jennifer Lonnquest

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $138,823
    From this org
    $116,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,470
    Hours/week
    40

  • Willem Cleven

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $158,963
    From this org
    $116,338
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,625
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,446
    Bonus
    $892
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,973
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,652
    Filer's total
    $158,963

  • Elizabeth Krisher

    EDITORIAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $139,003
    From this org
    $116,115
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,888
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michelle Kendler-Kretsch

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATIONS

    Total calculated
    $164,189
    From this org
    $105,232
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,957
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $103,841
    Bonus
    $1,391
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,941
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,016
    Filer's total
    $164,189

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE ORGANIZATION PAID PERFORMANCE-BASED BONUSES IN 2024, WHICH ARE REPORTED IN PART II, COLUMN (B)(II).

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

  • CASTELLUMAI

    $115,000

    IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUNTERING TRANSNATIONAL CORRUPTION GRAND CHALLENGE PROJECT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610299349301801

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