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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PROJECT DS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,896,617
Total expenses
$2,516,322
Contributions and grants received
$2,584,353
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$311,462
Other revenue
$802
Total assets, end of year
$7,333,550
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,542,319
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,791,231
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,721,583
Management and general expenses
$794,739
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,721,583

Program services were 68.4% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $150,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,434,353

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $184,353

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $311,462 · excluded $311,462

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC

    total $802 · related or exempt $802

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $802

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $393,955 · program services $149,467 · management and general $244,488

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,164,628 · program services $1,021,508 · management and general $143,120

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,585 · program services $6,585

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $118,760 · program services $118,078 · management and general $682

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $99,387 · program services $75,359 · management and general $24,028

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $72,525 · program services $62,432 · management and general $10,093

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $77,836 · management and general $77,836

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $253,986 · program services $49,569 · management and general $204,417

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,485 · program services $2,885 · management and general $1,600

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $37,010 · management and general $37,010

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $222,617 · program services $212,400 · management and general $10,217

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $29,877 · program services $14,898 · management and general $14,979

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,715 · management and general $1,715

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,069 · management and general $2,069

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $18,198 · program services $3,046 · management and general $15,152

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $6,006 · program services $5,356 · management and general $650

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $4,957 · management and general $4,957

  • 24d · Other expenses: PR PROCESSING & TAXES

    total $1,726 · management and general $1,726

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,905 · end of year $3,684

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,846,710 · end of year $6,338,776

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $184,600 · end of year $197,180

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $31,565 · end of year $301,669

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,147 · end of year $491,958

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

    $59,364

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

    $59,081

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,998 · end of year $283

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $123,243 · end of year $86,576

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,542,746 · end of year $2,455,743

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$734,288 · end of year -$1,360,047

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,145,224 · end of year $6,151,278

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CEO ROUNDTABLE ON CANCER CREATED THE INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT PROJECT DATA SPHERE (PDS) IN 2014. PROJECT DATA SPHERE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT DATA SPHERE PLATFORM, A FREE DIGITAL LIBRARY-LABORATORY THAT PROVIDES ONE PLACE WHERE THE WORLD'S RESEARCH COMMUNITY CAN BROADLY SHARE, INTEGRATE AND ANALYZE HISTORICAL, PATIENT-LEVEL, COMPARATOR-ARM DATA FROM ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRY PHASE III CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS. THE PROJECT DATA SPHERE PLATFORM IS AVAILABLE TO RESEARCHERS AFFILIATED WITH LIFE SCIENCE COMPANIES, HOSPITALS, AND INSTITUTIONS, AS WELL AS INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS. ANYONE INTERESTED IN CANCER RESEARCH CAN APPLY AND BECOME AN AUTHORIZED USER. PROJECT DATA SPHERE HAS A PORTFOLIO OF BIG DATA RESEARCH PROGRAMS INVOLVING INNOVATIVE DATA SCIENCE INCLUDING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI).

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT DATA SPHERE INITIATIVE IS TO SPARK INNOVATION THAT WILL HELP THE CANCER COMMUNITY UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF VALUABLE BIG DATA BY GENERATING NEW INSIGHTS AND OPENING NEW RESEARCH POSSIBILITIES.

  • PROJECT DATA SPHERE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT DATA SPHERE PLATFORM, A FREE DIGITAL LIBRARY LABORATORY THAT PROVIDES ONE PLACE WHERE THE WORLDS RESEARCH COMMUNITY CAN BROADLY SHARE, INTEGRATE AND ANALYZE HISTORICAL, PATIENT LEVEL, COMPARATORARM DATA FROM ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRY PHASE III CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS. THE PROJECT DATA SPHERE PLATFORM IS AVAILABLE TO RESEARCHERS AFFILIATED WITH LIFE SCIENCE COMPANIES, HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS, AS WELL AS INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS. ANYONE INTERESTED IN CANCER RESEARCH CAN APPLY AND BECOME AN AUTHORIZED USER. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE AUTORECIST- SUCCESSFUL DEMO IMAGING TOOL IN DEVELOPMENT, GOBDA OVARIAN CANCER, AND ARNOLD VENTURES-SUCCESSFUL ICD10 CODES FOR ADVERSE EVENTS AND MOMENTUM OF CASE REPORT FORMS.

    Expenses $1,721,583 · Revenue $802

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jonathan McDunn

    PDS PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $298,935
    From this org
    $253,086
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,849
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $253,086
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,747
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,102
    Filer's total
    $298,935
  • Christopher A Viehbacher

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Scott White

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Major General Elder Granger MD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dr James H Goodnight

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • John Crumpler

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dr Norman Sharpless

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Peter Guenter

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dr Sean Khozin

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $421,402
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $416,369
    Other
    $5,033
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $416,369 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $1,667 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $3,366 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $421,402 related
  • Julie Miller

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $190,041
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $158,957
    Other
    $31,084
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $158,957 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,621 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,463 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $190,041 related
  • David M Reese

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Asba Tasneem

    EXEC DIR IMAGES AND ALGORITHMS

    Total calculated
    $230,281
    From this org
    $202,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,631
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,650
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,378
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,253
    Filer's total
    $230,281
  • Steven Southwick

    DIRECTOR DATA IT & OPS

    Total calculated
    $232,368
    From this org
    $192,885
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,483
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,885
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,311
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,172
    Filer's total
    $232,368
  • Ravi Komandur

    DIRECTOR AI IMAGING

    Total calculated
    $219,834
    From this org
    $185,989
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,845
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,989
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,280
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,565
    Filer's total
    $219,834
  • Eleanor McCabe

    DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $140,402
    From this org
    $126,757
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,645
    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. 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
WE PARTNER WITH AN OUTSIDE HR SERVICES GROUP THAT PROVIDES SALARY INFORMATION FOR REVIEW AND COMPARISON WITH THE MARKET. THE BOARD MEETS IN CLOSED SESSION TO REVIEW THE PERFORMANCE AND COMPENSATION OF TOP MANAGEMENT.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • PROJECT DATA SPHERE LLC

    INACTIVE · DE · income $0 · assets $0

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202531679349300438

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