Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,804,666
- Total expenses
- $5,153,324
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,417,999
- Grants paid
- $88,911
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $381,352
- Other revenue
- $5,315
- Total assets, end of year
- $10,416,676
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $129,666
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $10,287,010
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,915,209
- Management and general expenses
- $1,131,628
- Fundraising expenses
- $106,487
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,915,209
Program services were 76.0% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,417,999
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3 · Investment income
total $381,352 · excluded $381,352
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$5,315
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $5,315 · excluded $5,315
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $88,911 · program services $88,911
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $381,858 · program services $131,956 · management and general $211,716 · fundraising $38,186
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $215,600 · program services $187,478 · management and general $28,122
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $32,852 · program services $16,408 · management and general $16,046 · fundraising $398
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $47,818 · program services $17,321 · management and general $28,475 · fundraising $2,022
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11b · Fees: legal
total $6,395 · program services $5,436 · management and general $959
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11g · Fees: other
total $784,593 · program services $182,251 · management and general $593,842 · fundraising $8,500
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $8,429 · management and general $8,429
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13 · Office expenses
total $8,002 · program services $2,561 · management and general $4,641 · fundraising $800
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16 · Occupancy
total $86,874 · program services $81,596 · management and general $4,750 · fundraising $528
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17 · Travel
total $125,865 · program services $41,674 · management and general $84,191
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,121,071 · program services $1,008,965 · management and general $56,053 · fundraising $56,053
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23 · Insurance
total $40,320 · program services $32,881 · management and general $7,439
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24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH AGREEMENT EXPE
total $1,750,530 · program services $1,750,530
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24b · Other expenses: MARINE EXPENSES
total $293,669 · program services $293,669
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24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSE
total $92,944 · program services $19,591 · management and general $73,353
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24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND SHIPPING
total $28,754 · program services $28,161 · management and general $593
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24e · All other expenses
total $38,839 · program services $25,820 · management and general $13,019
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $92,998 · end of year $10,303
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $10,705,507 · end of year $8,044,589
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $71,580
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$5,602,656
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$3,312,452
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $3,050,930 · end of year $2,290,204
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $213,767 · end of year $129,666
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $13,594,846 · end of year $10,287,010
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $40,822 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
PROJECT CETI (CETACEAN TRANSLATION INITIATIVE) IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS APPLYING ADVANCED MACHINE LEARNING AND NON-INVASIVE ROBOTICS TO LISTEN TO AND TRANSLATE THE COMMUNICATION OF WHALES.
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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 $3,915,209 · Grants $88,911
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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David GruberDAVID GRUBER
CEO
- Total calculated
- $185,400
- From this org
- $185,400
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 16
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $185,400
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $185,400
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Fiona Korwin-PawlowskiFIONA KORWIN-PAWLOWSKI
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $189,697
- From this org
- $172,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,197
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $172,500
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,197
- Filer's total
- $189,697
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Ashley ZafaranlouASHLEY ZAFARANLOU
DIR. PARTNERSHIPS AND CAMP
- Total calculated
- $153,490
- From this org
- $136,294
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,196
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $136,294
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,196
- Filer's total
- $153,490
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Stan AltmanSTAN ALTMAN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jaclinn TanneyJACLINN TANNEY
TREASURER
- 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. 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
- 2025
- Filed
- 29 June 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202611809349300606
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