EIN 84-4630660

Project Ceti

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
2
Year formed
2020
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
Project Ceti applies advanced machine learning and non-invasive robotics to listen to and translate the communication of whales. The nonprofit organization aims to develop technology for whale communication research, examine an initial data set from Ceti's location in Dominica, and has designed, planned, and consulted on their mission.
Total revenues
$8,073,332
2022
Total expenses
$5,233,857
2022
Total assets
$13,200,809
2022
Num. employees
2
2022

Program areas at Project Ceti

Project Ceti was founded in 2020 and the organization's mission includes developing technology needed for the whale communication research and examining an initial data set from Ceti's research location dominica. Project Ceti has designed, planned and constructed Project Ceti's core whale listening station (buoys) as well as customized existing whale tags to improve data collection methods and built a fully automatic ml-based pipeline from audio waveform data, including click detection, automatic detection of basic low-level structure (codas).

Grants made by Project Ceti

GranteeAmount
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)$835,000
Harvard University$555,000
Regents of the University of California / Office of the President$110,709

Who funds Project Ceti

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$2,000,102
Dalio Family FundTo Support General Operations$2,000,000
American Endowment FoundationGeneral Operating Support$1,000,000
...and 3 more grants received

Personnel at Project Ceti

NameTitleCompensation
David GruberChief Executive Officer$98,077
Dan TchernovChief Operating Officer and Biology Team Professor, University of Haifa
Peter TyndaleChief Financial Officer Project Ceti
Fiona Korwin-PawlowskiChief Strategy Officer Project Ceti$0
Adam Tauman KalaiTheoretical Analysis Senior Principal
...and 8 more key personnel

Financials for Project Ceti

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$8,031,857
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$1,233
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$40,242
Total revenues$8,073,332

Form 990s for Project Ceti

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-15990View PDF
2021-122022-11-09990View PDF
2020-122021-11-01990View PDF
Data update history
January 9, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
January 8, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
December 27, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
December 24, 2023
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $1,000,000 from American Endowment Foundation
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Research centersCharities
Issues
Science and technology
Characteristics
Conducts researchTax deductible donations
General information
Address
302 E 19th St Apt 2C
New York, NY 10003
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
Website URL
projectceti.org/ 
Phone
(202) 681-9195
IRS details
EIN
84-4630660
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2020
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
U00: Science and Technology Research: General
NAICS code, primary
5417: Scientific Research and Development Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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