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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SURGEONS DATA SCIENCE COLLECTIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,874,047
Total expenses
$3,368,084
Contributions and grants received
$7,854,855
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$19,000
Investment income
$192
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,640,976
Total liabilities, end of year
$14,117
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,626,859
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,930,150
Management and general expenses
$419,446
Fundraising expenses
$18,488
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,930,150

Program services were 87.0% 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

    $7,854,855

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SURGICAL VIDEO

    total $19,000 · related or exempt $19,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $192 · excluded $192

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $165,000 · program services $115,500 · management and general $49,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,618,787 · program services $1,456,909 · management and general $161,878

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,276 · program services $16,448 · management and general $1,828

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $105,708 · program services $95,138 · management and general $10,570

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $72,288 · program services $50,600 · management and general $21,688

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $107,556 · program services $75,290 · management and general $32,266

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $18,488 · fundraising $18,488

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,019,789 · program services $917,810 · management and general $101,979

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,382 · program services $4,469 · management and general $1,913

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $43,676 · program services $39,310 · management and general $4,366

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $78,070 · program services $70,260 · management and general $7,810

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,493 · program services $18,443 · management and general $2,050

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $22,345 · program services $20,110 · management and general $2,235

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $64,840 · program services $45,390 · management and general $19,450

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,386 · program services $4,473 · management and general $1,913

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $145,492 · end of year $4,640,976

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $24,596 · end of year $14,117

  • 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 $120,896 · end of year $4,626,859

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

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

  • SURGICAL VIDEO PLATFORM ("SVP"): 2024 WAS THE PLATFORM'S FIRST FULL YEAR OF OPERATIONS AND ACHIEVED CONSIDERABLE MILESTONES. AT YEAR-END WE HAD 3 FULL-TIME SOFTWARE ENGINEERS, 2 SENIOR SOFTWARE CONSULTANTS, A QUALITY ASSURANCE ("QA") CONSULTANT, 2 PRODUCT ADVISORS, A WEBSITE DESIGN FIRM, AND A CONTRACT SOFTWARE ENGINEERING COMPANY WITH A DEDICATED TEAM WORKING ON SVP. WE HAD A VERY POSITIVE RESPONSE, AND AT YEAR-END HAD MORE THAN 270 SURGEONS FROM 59 COUNTRIES UPLOADING, SHARING, AND VIEWING SURGICAL VIDEOS, MORE THAN 14,000 SURGICAL VIDEOS UPLOADED (REPRESENTING 2,600 HOURS OF VIDEO), 35 ACTIVE MEDICAL RESEARCHERS USING THE PLATFORM. UPLOADING AND SHARING SURGICAL VIDEOS TO SVP IS FREE OF CHARGE TO ANY SURGEON IN THE WORLD. SVP IS THE LARGEST INDEPENDENT REPOSITORY OF SURGICAL VIDEO IN THE US, BUILT TO ALLOW MEDICAL RESEARCHERS TO ACCESS THE DATA THEY NEED TO MAKE SURGERY SAFER.

    Expenses $1,503,466 · Revenue $19,000

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $1,283,019

  • EDUCATION: WE ATTENDED 19 SURGICAL CONFERENCES IN 2024, BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF EXCELLENCE WITH MEDICAL RESEARCHERS AND DEMONSTRATING COMMITMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN THE EVER-EVOLVING CONVERSATION AROUND AI/ML APPLICATIONS IN SURGERY. WE POSTPONED HOSTING THE SECOND ITERATION OF OUR CONFERENCE UNTIL EARLY 2025, BUT SPONSORSHIP ACTIVITY HAS ALREADY BEEN VERY ENTHUSIASTIC, INCLUDING BY MEDTRONIC AND THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS (AANS). WE HIGHLIGHT OUR RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL THOUGHT LEADERSHIP THROUGH OUR BLOG, WWW.SURGICALVIDEO.IO/BLOG. IN 2024 WE WROTE SIXTEEN ARTICLES, COLLECTIVELY VIEWED THOUSANDS OF TIMES BY A A GLOBAL AUDIENCE OF CLINICIANS, STUDENTS, RESIDENTS, AND RESEARCHERS.

    Expenses $135,138

  • PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATION: GIVEN THE VOLUME OF WORK TO DO IN OTHER PROGRAMS, THIS PROGRAM WAS DE-PRIORITIZED IN 2024. WE STILL EXPECT TO PURSUE IT IN THE FUTURE, 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 AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

    Expenses $8,527

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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
  • Carla Volpe

    SECRETARY (THRU 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Porter

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $165,000
    From this org
    $165,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $165,000
  • Margaux Masson-Forsythe

    DIRECTOR OF MACHINE LEARNING

    Total calculated
    $204,615
    From this org
    $204,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,615
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $204,615
  • Sumeyra Ozgur Kaplan

    SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $150,438
    From this org
    $135,937
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,501
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,937
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,501
    Filer's total
    $150,438
  • Jack Cook

    MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $130,314
    From this org
    $126,539
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,775
    Hours/week
    40
  • Eric Fennell

    TECHNICAL LEAD

    Total calculated
    $122,843
    From this org
    $122,843
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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

None.

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
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513199349301446

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