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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PROJECT INVENT.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,515,780
Total expenses
$1,301,372
Contributions and grants received
$939,341
Grants paid
$11,500
Program service revenue
$556,103
Investment income
$20,336
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$835,254
Total liabilities, end of year
$116,951
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$718,303
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$937,116
Management and general expenses
$191,500
Fundraising expenses
$172,756
Program service expenses (Part III)
$937,116

Program services were 72.0% 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

    $939,341

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Registration Fees

    total $556,103 · related or exempt $556,103

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20,336 · excluded $20,336

  • 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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $11,500 · program services $11,500

  • 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 $172,261 · program services $43,065 · management and general $43,065 · fundraising $86,131

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $594,502 · program services $438,943 · management and general $102,983 · fundraising $52,576

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $35,138 · program services $26,045 · management and general $4,883 · fundraising $4,210

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $67,386 · program services $44,022 · management and general $10,704 · fundraising $12,660

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,705 · management and general $5,705

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $211,557 · program services $194,980 · management and general $16,577

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,582 · program services $1,266 · fundraising $1,316

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,949 · program services $13,252 · management and general $2,305 · fundraising $2,392

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,799 · program services $26,199 · fundraising $600

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $94,693 · program services $82,954 · fundraising $11,739

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $18,491 · program services $17,112 · management and general $247 · fundraising $1,132

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,031 · management and general $5,031

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program expenses

    total $37,778 · program services $37,778

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $376,839 · end of year $220,535

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $212,761 · end of year $236,731

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $86,500 · end of year $116,920

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $2,500

  • 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 $12,388 · end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $258,568

  • 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 $39,160 · end of year $79,451

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $20,433 · end of year $37,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $125,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $503,895 · end of year $601,383

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $116,920

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Project Invent empowers students with the 21st-century skills to succeed individually and impact globally, through invention for social good.

  • Trained and supported teachers at 50+ schools to implement the Project Invent program for 1,500 students. Hosted 9 Demo Days for students to present inventions to top investors and tech executives. Published curriculum and resources used in over 2,800 classrooms.

    Expenses $937,116 · Grants $11,500 · Revenue $556,103

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jax Chaudhry

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $168,107
    From this org
    $160,445
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,662
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,445
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,662
    Filer's total
    $168,107
  • Mike Catterlin

    Deputy Director

    Total calculated
    $133,948
    From this org
    $133,923
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25
    Hours/week
    40
  • Babak Mostaghimi

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Matt Gallatin

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bill Heil

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Albert Lee

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Steven Ketchpel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Orly Friedman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ali Mojibi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Antonopoulos

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aragon Burlingham

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Cahill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Milton Rodriguez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gina Carroll

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Shirley Foster

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Carter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aaron Perez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hanna Phan

    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. 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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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
24 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202611149349301421

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