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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SURGEONS DATA SCIENCE COLLECTIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,775,828
Total expenses
$1,654,932
Contributions and grants received
$1,727,003
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$48,802
Investment income
$23
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$145,492
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,596
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$120,896
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,441,130
Management and general expenses
$213,802
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,441,130

Program services were 87.1% 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

    $1,727,003

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE REVENUE

    total $48,802 · related or exempt $48,802

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $23 · excluded $23

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $75,096 · program services $52,567 · management and general $22,529

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $735,676 · program services $662,108 · management and general $73,568

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $37,403 · program services $33,663 · management and general $3,740

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $109,368 · program services $76,558 · management and general $32,810

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,750 · program services $22,925 · management and general $9,825

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $454,581 · program services $409,123 · management and general $45,458

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,526 · program services $2,468 · management and general $1,058

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $28,196 · program services $25,376 · management and general $2,820

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $26,470 · program services $23,823 · management and general $2,647

  • 17 · Travel

    total $30,666 · program services $27,599 · management and general $3,067

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $100,399 · program services $90,359 · management and general $10,040

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,221 · program services $10,655 · management and general $4,566

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,580 · program services $3,906 · management and general $1,674

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $145,492

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $24,596

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $120,896

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT POWERS THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF GLOBAL SURGERY.

  • SURGICAL VIDEO PLATFORM: 2023 WAS OUR FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS AND SET SURGICAL VIDEO PLATFORM (SVP) UP FOR SUCCESS IN 2024 AND BEYOND. WE HIRED 4 FULL-TIME SOFTWARE ENGINEERS, 2 SENIOR SOFTWARE CONSULTANTS, 2 PRODUCT ADVISORS, A WEBSITE DESIGN FIRM, AND A CONTRACT SOFTWARE ENGINEERING COMPANY WITH A DEDICATED TEAM WORKING ON SVP. AFTER MONTHS OF DILIGENT EFFORT, WE ROLLED SVP OUT IN OCTOBER. WE HAD A VERY POSITIVE RESPONSE, AND AT YEAR-END HAD 23 SURGEON USERS, 7,458 SURGICAL VIDEOS UPLOADED, WHICH REPRESENT 402 SURGICAL PROCEDURES. UPLOADING AND SHARING SURGICAL VIDEOS TO SVP IS FREE OF CHARGE TO ANY SURGEON IN THE WORLD.

    Expenses $804,042

  • SURGICAL DATA SCIENCE RESEARCH: 2023 WAS OUR FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS AND SET UP OUR RESEARCH EFFORTS FOR SUCCESS IN 2024 AND BEYOND. WE HIRED A HEAD OF MACHINE LEARNING AND A MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER, ALONG WITH THREE ENTHUSIASTIC VOLUNTEERS AND A SURGICAL ADVISER. WE NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS WITH IMPORTANT SOFTWARE VENDORS AND DATA ANNOTATORS TO ENABLE OUR AI ANALYSIS, ANNOTATED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FRAMES OF VIDEO, AND CREATED A HUNDRED THOUSAND BOUNDING BOXES AROUND OBJECTS DETECTED ON VIDEO. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE BUILT FUNCTIONAL MACHINE LEARNING MODELS THAT AUTOMATICALLY DETECT AND IDENTIFY NUMEROUS SURGICAL TOOLS CAPTURED ON VIDEO. AS OF YEAR-END WE ARE IN NEGOTIATION WITH SEVERAL MAJOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH HOSPITALS TO UTILIZE OUR MODELS TO ANALYZE THEIR SURGICAL VIDEOS AND HELP IMPROVE THEIR SURGICAL PRACTICE.

    Expenses $467,401

  • EDUCATION: IN OCTOBER 2023, WE HOSTED THE FIRST ANNUAL DIGITAL NEUROSURGERY CONFERENCE IN PALO ALTO, CA. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ATTENDEES, INCLUDING SURGEONS, TECHNOLOGISTS, ACADEMICS, AND STUDENTS CAME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS CRITICAL ISSUES FOR SURGERY, NEUROSURGERY, AI, AND MEDICINE. THE FOUR-DAY EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE BROUGHT TOGETHER THE WORLDS OF TECHNOLOGY AND SURGERY TO BREAK DOWN SILOS AND FORGE NEW CONNECTIONS IN THE WORLD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SURGEONS. BY POPULAR ACCLAIM, WE ARE PLANNING TO CONTINUE TO HOST THIS CONFERENCE AND/OR SIMILAR ONES IN THE FUTURE. THIS EVENT WAS FUNDED THROUGH TICKET SALES AND SPONSORSHIPS BY MAJOR MEDICAL AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES INCLUDING MEDTRONIC AND INTEGRA.

    Expenses $146,445 · Revenue $48,802

  • PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATION: PROGRAM EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN 2025, ONCE PROPER CERTIFICATIONS ARE IN PLACE. WE ENGAGED THE TOP ATTORNEY IN THE NATION ON THE FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PSOS TO GUIDE THIS PROCESS FOR US.

    Expenses $23,242

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Daniel Donoho

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Kevin Cleary

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Glenn

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Porter

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $62,269
    From this org
    $62,269
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Margaux Masson-Forsythe

    DIRECTOR OF MACHINE LEARNING

    Total calculated
    $141,038
    From this org
    $131,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,500
    Hours/week
    40

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
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433189349311018

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