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PROJECT RECOVER INC

EIN 45-0512575 WOODLAND, CA

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Revenue 2024
$4,165,879
Expenses 2024
$2,471,341

Program services were 75.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A31
Classification
2000
Street
443 FIRST ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MISSION - Project Recover is a collaborative effort to enlist 21st-century science and technology in a quest to find and repatriate Americans missing in action since World War II, in order to provide recognition and closure for families and the Nation.VISION - Project Recovers vision is: (i) to repatriate every American service member who has not come home through research, searches, recoveries and other methodologies; (ii) to provide information and closure to the families of service members; (iii) to provide a platform to educate the public on the importance of service to ones country; and (iv) to provide unique educational opportunities in the areas of science, technology, history, leadership, public service and diplomacy to a committed student audience, in conjunction with Project Recovers mission, in order to provide a real-world application to students and further educate the public.

  • Project Recover is dedicated to searching for and locating American MIAs and POWs from conflicts around the world. Project Recover seeks to provide recognition, information, and closure to families of these service members who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms.DURING 2024, THE PROJECT RECOVER TEAM CONTINUED TO BUILD OUR PROCESS: RESEARCH, SEARCH, REPATRIATE AND EDUCATE. SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITIONS TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, PALAU, ITALY, AND GERMANY WERE UNDERTAKEN IN PARNERSHIP WITH DPAA AND OTHER DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATORS.

    Expenses $1,568,044

  • EDUCATION/OUTREACH - Project Recover provides a platform for educating the public about critical historical events, the lost service members who shaped our nation, and the importance of public service.THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A WEBSITE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE United States' COMMITTMENT to accounting for EVERY service member MISSING IN ACTION AND to explain THE PROCESS,IMPACT, AND VALUe of these efforts for AMERICAN FAMILIES. IN 2024 - PROJECT RECOVER STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS continued to engage communities across the coutry. Representatives provided presentationsd to schools, civic groups, veterans organizations, and community partners, sharing THE HISTORY AND SCIENCE behind LOCATing MIAs AND supporting family connection. PROJECT RECOVER DELIVERED PUBLIC BRIEFINGS FOLLOWING FIELD OPERATIONS, PARTICIPATED IN MEMORIAL EVENTS FOR RETURNED SERVICE MEMBERS, AND SUPPORTED MEDIA AND DIGITAL OUTREACH TO EXPAND ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

    Expenses $174,581

  • RESEARCH-PROJECT RECOVER FACILITATED A SPECIAL RESEARCH PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DPAA AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS.IN 2024, PROJECT RECOVER SUPPORTED A HISTORICALLY BASED RESEARCH EFFORT IN CHUUK STATE, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA, FOCUSED ONADVANCING CASE DEVELOPMENT FOR U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS MISSING FROM WORLD WAR II.PROJECT RECOVER ALSO CONTINUED COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY PARTNERS ON SPECIALIZED SCIENTIFIC AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH TO SUPPORT THE U.S. GOVERNMENTS MISSION TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL AMERICANS MISSING IN ACTION.

    Expenses $132,981

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Derek Abbey

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $291,314
    From this org
    $166,314
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $125,000
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,314
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $125,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $291,314

  • Adrian De La Rosa

    COO

    Total calculated
    $90,417
    From this org
    $90,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 40 related

  • Dan O'Brien

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $14,583
    From this org
    $14,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Pat Scannon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • T Dan Friedkin

    President

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,165,879
    Expenses
    $2,471,341
    Contributions
    $4,093,329
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,773,241
    Expenses
    $1,951,736
    Contributions
    $2,747,798
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $586,594
    Expenses
    $795,627
    Contributions
    $579,379
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,593,208
    Expenses
    $1,419,880
    Assets (EOY)
    $624,323

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $103,820
    Expenses
    $511,597
    Assets (EOY)
    $289,812

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,056,398
    Expenses
    $2,566,116
    Assets (EOY)
    $748,633

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $682,668
    Expenses
    $676,050
    Assets (EOY)
    $955,893

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $677,416
    Expenses
    $452,758
    Assets (EOY)
    $947,668

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $917,375
    Expenses
    $402,657
    Assets (EOY)
    $683,495

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $92,569
    Expenses
    $120,237
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,292

  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $48,865
    Expenses
    $71,222
    Assets (EOY)
    $387

  • 2011 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $45,755
    Expenses
    $44,998
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,991

  • 2010 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $66,074
    Expenses
    $71,792
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,770

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.