Nonprofit · EIN 87-2362688
PROJECT DYNAMO INC
Tax-exempt · NAPLES, FL 34104
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $507,755 | $1,237,422 | -$729,667 | $243,209 | $152,258 | $90,951 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,233,553 | $2,074,152 | -$840,599 | $971,976 | $151,358 | $820,618 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $2,814,944 | $2,407,527 | $407,417 | $2,115,385 | $40,386 | $2,074,999 |
| December 31, 2022 | 990 | $3,866,556 | $2,570,725 | $1,295,831 | $1,622,067 | $1,114 | $1,620,953 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $492,036
- of which government grants
- $492,036
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $14,755
- Other revenue
- $964
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $83,057
- Accounting fees
- $28,500
- Occupancy
- $405
- Travel
- $74,395
- Depreciation
- $2,028
- Program services (functional)
- $1,025,641
- Management and general (functional)
- $211,631
- Fundraising (functional)
- $150
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $971,976
- Total assets, end of year
- $243,209
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $152,258
- Net assets, end of year
- $90,951
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $5,084
- Publicly traded securities
- $57,723
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $90,951
- Gross receipts
- $507,755
- Employees
- 0
- Year formed
- 2021
- State of legal domicile
- FL
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| STANLEY BUNNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| BRAD COHEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| MARIO DUARTE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| STANLEY BUNNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| BRAD COHEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| MARIO DUARTE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| STANLEY BUNNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 25 | $0 |
| BRAD COHEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
| MARIO DUARTE | PRINCIPAL OF Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2022: 4 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARC DAVID GOLDSTEIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| STANLEY BUNNER JR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 25 | $0 |
| BRYAN STERN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 60 | $0 |
| BRAD COHEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 16 NEWBURY PL, NAPLES, FL 34104-7801
- In care of
- % STANLEY A BUNNER JR
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- MARIO DUARTE
- Signed the 990
- MARIO DUARTE, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (832) 475-0211
- Website
- PROJECTDYNAMO.ORG
- Return prepared by
- SMITH BUZZI & ASSOCIATES LLC
Mission
TO DEPLOY PERSONNEL AND RESOURCES TO GLOBAL FLASHPOINTS WHERE THE US GOVERNMENT HAS LITTLE TO NO FORMAL DIPLOMATIC AND MILITARY PRESENCE, EITHER REFUSED TO CONDUCT EVACUATIONS OF US PERSONS, ALLIES, OR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS OR WHERE THOSE EFFORTS HAVE PROVEN TO BE INSUFFICIENT. TO RELOCATE AMERICAN CITIZENS, PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS, ALLIES, AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS FROM THOSE CONFLICT ZONES TO REGIONAL SAFE HAVENS AND, WHEN POSSIBLE, TO REUNITE THEM WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND ASSIST WITH THEIR RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES OR OTHER FRIENDLY/SAFE COUNTRIES.
Program accomplishments
- AFGHANISTAN: PREPARED, PLANNED, COORDINATED, AND EXECUTED THE ASSEMBLY OF GROUPS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS, PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS, AND CITIZENS OF ALLIED NATIONS WISHING AND LEGALLY ABLE TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN. CONTRACTED NECESSARY FOOD, HOUSING, AIR AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION, AND MEDICAL SUPPORT FOR EVACUEES PENDING EVACUATION. FACILITATED GOVERNMENT PROCESSING OF DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. CONTRACTED OR OTHERWISE SECURED AIRCRAFT TO TRANSPORT EVACUEES FROM AFGHANISTAN TO THE UNITED STATES AND FACILITATED CONTINUED TRAVEL FROM THE INITIAL POINT OF ENTRY TO THEIR ULTIMATE DESTINATION. NOMAD: GROUND EVACUATION OPERATIONS FROM AFGHANISTAN TO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES OF ALLIES AND PARTNERS TO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES PROVIDING SAFE HAVEN. SLINGSHOT: AIR EVACUATION OF US PERSONS, LAWFUL RESIDENTS, AND VISA HOLDERS WHO ARE LEGALLY PERMITTED TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES, TO THE UNITED STATES FOR REUNIFICATION WITH FAMILIES. HOSTAGE RESCUES & SPECIAL OPERATIONS. THE TARGETED RESCUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO ARE HELD HOSTAGE, UNLAWFULLY DETAINED, ILLEGALLY CHARGED, INCARCERATED OR ARE AT HIGH RISK OF BEING CAPTURED AND INTERROGATED BY FOREIGN POWERS MILITARIES, TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, CRIMINAL ELEMENTS, OR INTELLIGENCE SERVICES. THESE ARE INTELLIGENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN OPERATIONS USING THE FULL-SPECTRUM OF TRADECRAFT. MISSIONS INCLUDE: DETROIT LIONS, LONE STAR, RIO GRANDE, GREEN DEVIL, TWIN CITIES, KEYSTONE, HOLLYWOOD, OUTERBANKS, FOUR CORNERS, KBAR, STONE STREET, ALL STAR, AND TREE STUMP. UKRAINE. PREPARED, PLANNED, COORDINATED, AND EXECUTED THE RESCUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENS, PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS, AND CITIZENS OF ALLIED NATIONS FROM UKRAINE AND RUSSIAN-OCCUPIED UKRAINE DURING THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE. PROVIDED FOOD, HOUSING, AIR AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION, AND MEDICAL SUPPORT FOR EVACUEES PENDING EVACUATION. OPERATION: APOLLO HUMANITARIAN RESCUE CONVOYS. FROM SMALL CARS TO 20-PASSENGER SPRINTER VANS TO LARGE 50-PASSENGER COACH BUSSES, WE HAVE EVACUATED VULNERABLE CIVILIANS FROM THE UKRAINIAN WAR-ZONE AND INSIDE THE RUSSIAN OCCUPIED AREAS TO NEIGHBORING NATO COUNTRIES. OVER 150 MISSIONS COMPLETED. OPERATION: GEMINI. AMERICAN AND WESTERN SURROGATE NEWBORN BABY RESCUE OPERATIONS. RESCUES OF NEWBORN BABIES BORN IN THE WAR-ZONE WHO ARE AMERICAN, BUT BORN TO UKRAINIAN SURROGATE MOTHERS. THESE OPERATIONS USE NEONATAL SPECIALISTS, DOCTORS, AND IF NEEDED, PREMATURE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT AMBULANCES. 60 OPERATIONS COMPLETED 68 GEMINI BABIES (MANY ARE TWINS). OPERATION: AQUARIUS. LIKE GEMINI MISSIONS, EXCEPT THE BABIES ARE NOT BORN YET. THIS IS THE TACTICAL EVACUATION OF PREGNANT UKRAINIAN SURROGATE MOTHERS CARRYING UNBORN AMERICAN OR WESTERN BABIES. THESE MISSIONS, ONCE COMPLETE, TURN INTO GEMINIS AFTER THE BABIES ARE BORN. THE WOMEN, AND THEIR FAMILIES, MUST BE EVACUATED FROM THE WAR ZONES AND OCCUPIED AREAS, BUT ARE FORCED TO REMAIN IN UKRAINE BECAUSE SURROGATE PREGNANCY IS NOT LEGAL IN MANY COUNTRIES. ONCE THEY GIVE BIRTH, DYNAMO EVACUATES THE BABIES AND OFTEN THE SURROGATE MOTHER AND HER FAMILY. OPERATION: ARIES HOSTILE MEDICAL EVACUATION OPERATIONS. CIVILIANS WHO ARE INJURED, HURT, INFIRMED, OR WOUNDED THAT ARE IN THE "HOT ZONE- OR THE OCCUPIED AREAS. PROJECT DYNAMO PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE WHEN, OFTEN, AN AMBULANCE IS NEEDED WITH A DYNAMO MEDICAL TEAM TO EVACUATE THEM. OPERATION: ATLAS BLIND AND DEAF RESCUE PROGRAM. DUE TO THEIR DISABILITY, THEY ARE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE IN THE WAR-ZONE AIR RAID SIRENS, BOMBS AND GUNSHOTS CANNOT BE SEEN OR HEARD, MAKING THEM EVEN MORE VULNERABLE IN AREAS OF WAR. OPERATION: VOYAGER HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR PROGRAM. BECAUSE THESE VULNERABLE PEOPLE ARE TWO-TIME VICTIMS OF GENOCIDAL WAR AND TEND TO BE ELDERLY, WE TREAT THESE CASES VERY SPECIAL. MOST VOYAGERS ARE TYPICALLY IN HIGH-RISK AREAS WHO CAME TO UKRAINE AS REFUGEES ESCAPING NAZI PERSECUTION DURING WWII. PROJECT DYNAMO CONDUCTS THE RESCUE, EVACUATES THEM TO SAFETY, AND THEN FLIES THEM TO ISRAEL. RUSSIA: SENSITIVE RESCUE OPERATIONS CONDUCTED INSIDE RUSSIA OF AMERICANS THAT ARE UNILATERAL, KINETIC, OR NON-NEGOTIATED. DYNAMO CONDUCTED THE FIRST OF THESE IN US/RUSSIAN HISTORY IN NOVEMBER 2022 BASED IN ESTONIA. OPERATION: PATHFINDER. RESCUE OF TWO AMERICAN CITIZENS IN RUSSIAN CUSTODY UNDER RUSSIAN CONTROL. O CNN COVERAGE OF AN OPERATION INSIDE RUSSIA TO RESCUE AMERICAN BABIES TRAPPED: HTTPS://WWW.CNN.COM/VIDEOS/WORLD/2022/11/24/RUSSIAN-ORPHANAGE-INFANT-TWI NS-TEXAS-FAMILY-PROJECT-DYNAMO-BRYAN-STERN-CPROG-ATH-VPX.CNN O MOSCOW TIMES - SAME OPERATION: HTTPS://WWW.THEMOSCOWTIMES.COM/2022/11/24/TWO-US-SURROGATE-BABIES-RESCUE D-FROM-RUSSIAN-ORPHANAGE-GROUP-SAYS-A79486 HURRICANE IAN (FLORIDA). OPERATION: HOME FRONT. IN OCTOBER 2022, HURRICANE IAN WAS BARRELING AND TRACKED TO HIT TAMPA WHERE PROJECT DYNAMO IS HEADQUARTERED. HURRICANE IAN CHANGED TRAJECTORY AND WAS PREDICTED TO THEN MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FORT MYERS. RECOGNIZING A CAT IV HURRICANE WOULD CAUSE TREMENDOUS DEVASTATION ON THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND INNOCENT CIVILIANS WOULD BE TRAPPED, PROJECT DYNAMO QUICKLY BUILT A PLAN, SET CONDITIONS FOR MARITIME AND AIR RESCUES, AND INITIATED OPERATIONS PRIOR TO SUNRISE ON DAY ONE. DYNAMO BOATS WERE IN THE WATER CONDUCTING RESCUES BEFORE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, EVEN THE U.S. COAST GUARD. OPERATION: NOAHS ARK. LARGE SCALE RESCUES OF PETS AND RARE ANIMALS TRAPPED IN BARRIER ISLANDS DURING HURRICANE IAN. COUNTER HUMAN TRAFFICKING. OPERATION: LIGHTHOUSE. PROJECT DYNAMO IS COMBATTING THE SCOURGE OF HUMANITY HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THE HORRIFIC ACTS EXPLOITING INNOCENT LIVES, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, FOR LABOR AND THE SEX TRADES SHAKES THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF OUR CIVILIZATION. DYNAMO'S OPERATION: LIGHTHOUSE, TAKES DIRECT ACTION AND SHINES A LIGHT ON THE DARKEST CORNERS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, FOCUSED ON THE RESCUE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE VICTIMS: CHILDREN. THIS IS A WAR AGAINST THE MOST VILE FORMS OF HUMAN EXPLOITATION, A WAR THAT DEMANDS THE COURAGE, COMMITMENT, AND ACTION OF THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF PROJECT DYNAMO. CHINA/TAIWAN. OPERATION: MARCO POLO. PLANNING AND PREPARATION FOR AMERICAN AND ALLIED RESCUES IN RESPONSE TO THE LIKELY CHINESE INVASION OF TAIWAN AND POSSIBLE ABSENCE OF U.S. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT.Expenses $1,025,641
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 87-2362688
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2022
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q71)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $243,209
- Income (IRS master file)
- $507,755
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $507,755 | $1,237,422 | $243,209 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,233,553 | $2,074,152 | $971,976 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $2,814,944 | $2,407,527 | $2,115,385 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $3,866,556 | $2,570,725 | $1,622,067 | XML |
| 990 | December 2021 | $1,829,184 | $1,504,062 | $375,122 | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 87-2362688).
Questions about PROJECT DYNAMO INC
- What is the EIN of PROJECT DYNAMO INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of PROJECT DYNAMO INC is 87-2362688.
- Is PROJECT DYNAMO INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2022.
- Are donations to PROJECT DYNAMO INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does PROJECT DYNAMO INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of PROJECT DYNAMO INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did PROJECT DYNAMO INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of PROJECT DYNAMO INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names MARIO DUARTE.
- Who are the officers and directors of PROJECT DYNAMO INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 3 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does PROJECT DYNAMO INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $507,755, expenses of $1,237,422 and total assets of $243,209 at year end.
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