New York · Nonprofit
THE SATO PROJECT
THE SATO PROJECT (New York) receives grants from 113 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,122,580 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($1,010,000). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 113
- Grants received
- $5.1M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What The Sato Project does
Mission
To raise awareness of the plight of puerto rico's estimated 650,000 stray dogs, and to reduce their number through rescue, community outreach, and spay and neuter programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Sato Project, inc. Is a new york not-for-profit organization which is dedicated to rescuing abused and abandoned dogs in puerto rico, locally referred to as "satos". During the first several years of operation, the efforts were focused on a place known as "dead dog beach" in the municipality of yabucoa, one of the island's poorest. Since hurricane maria in 2017, the organization has significantly expanded their rescue efforts. The organization has rescued over 8,000 dogs to date, rehabilitated them with the highest standards of veterinary care, and placed them in loving homes in the mainland u.s.
$1,680,045 spent$142,093 earned by the program85% of program spendingThe organization also addresses the underlying cause of the island's severe overpopulation crisis by providing no-cost spay, neuter, and vaccination services through its operation sato program. Its main goal is simple: disrupt the overpopulation crisis in puerto rico with a systemic intervention on overbreeding and the transmission of disease, for both owned and stray dogs. Operation sato offers regular high-volume mobile clinics in locations around the southeast section of the island, as well as 250 vouchers per month for in-clinic sterilization/vaccination appointments. Each dog treated in our program receives over $650 worth of crucial veterinary services, completely free of charge to owners whose dogs are remaining on island and to stray caretakers. To date, the organization has provided free services to over 4,500 animals through operation sato.
$289,006 spent15% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,969,051.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.0M to $1.8M (+81%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of THE SATO PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 23 funders to 45 funders, grant income rose $271k → $583k.
18 of 113 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE SATO PROJECT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 113 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE SATO PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
57% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE SATO PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 22% · 2019 29% · 2020 25% · 2021 65% · 2022 9% · 2023 17% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
30% of THE SATO PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
54% of THE SATO PROJECT's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2.4M that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 22 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE SATO PROJECT's revenue grew 35% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE SATO PROJECT
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE SATO PROJECT: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SATO PROJECT?
- THE SATO PROJECT (New York) receives grants from 113 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,122,580 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($1,010,000). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE SATO PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 113 organizations giving $5,122,580 in grants to THE SATO PROJECT, 59 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SATO PROJECT?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,010,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SATO PROJECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 113 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing