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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,587,911
Total expenses
$2,816,760
Contributions and grants received
$3,648,494
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$902,898
Investment income
$29,635
Other revenue
$6,884
Total assets, end of year
$8,442,457
Total liabilities, end of year
$391,832
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,050,625
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,458,151
Management and general expenses
$265,399
Fundraising expenses
$93,210
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,458,151

Program services were 87.3% 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

    $3,648,494

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,649

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION TRIPS

    total $677,361 · related or exempt $677,361

  • 2b · Program service revenue: GROUPER MOON

    total $100,053 · related or exempt $100,053

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MATERIALS

    total $49,792 · related or exempt $49,792

  • 2d · Program service revenue: MEMBER SERVICES

    total $46,552 · related or exempt $46,552

  • 2e · Program service revenue: CAMPUS EDUCATION

    total $28,855 · related or exempt $28,855

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $285 · related or exempt $285

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29,635 · related or exempt $29,635

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $6,884 · related or exempt $6,884

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,884

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $962,987 · program services $789,649 · management and general $105,928 · fundraising $67,410

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $25,161 · program services $20,380 · management and general $2,768 · fundraising $2,013

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $71,231 · program services $57,355 · management and general $7,660 · fundraising $6,216

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,653 · fundraising $1,653

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,239 · program services $5,332 · management and general $4,228 · fundraising $3,679

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $304,705 · program services $295,789 · management and general $368 · fundraising $8,548

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $64,298 · program services $64,298

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,757 · program services $11,979 · management and general $77 · fundraising $2,701

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $62,460 · program services $46,365 · management and general $15,955 · fundraising $140

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $68,235 · program services $62,709 · management and general $5,526

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $104,290 · program services $9,964 · management and general $93,476 · fundraising $850

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $1,005,847 · program services $986,283 · management and general $19,564

  • 24b · Other expenses: INTERNS

    total $48,219 · program services $48,219

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $29,963 · program services $26,967 · management and general $2,996

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $28,026 · program services $22,421 · management and general $5,605

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $11,689 · program services $10,441 · management and general $1,248

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,354,564 · end of year $1,031,310

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $481,739 · end of year $1,103,973

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $264,799 · end of year $93,458

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $42,507 · end of year $112,517

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,964 · end of year $18,966

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $6,450,635

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $368,402

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,742,014 · end of year $6,082,233

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $119,893 · end of year $112,899

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $506,220 · end of year $278,933

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,447,026 · end of year $7,766,026

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $832,448 · end of year $284,599

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION (REEF) WAS ESTABLISHED AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN 1990. REEF CONSERVES MARINE ENVIRONMENTS WORLDWIDE. OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT BIODIVERSITY AND OCEAN LIFE BY ACTIVELY ENGAGING AND INSPIRING THE PUBLIC THROUGH CITIZEN SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. REEF CONNECTS OCEAN ENTHUSIASTS AND THE DIVE COMMUNITY WITH SCIENTISTS AND RESOURCE MANAGERS THROUGH DATA COLLECTION ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES. THE REEF CAMPUS IN KEY LARGO, FL SERVES AS A VISITORS CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC.

  • IN 2023, REEF CONTINUED TO PROTECT MARINE ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH EDUCATION, SERVICE AND RESEARCH. REEF PROVIDES EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO BUILD AND INSPIRE A COMMUNITY OF OCEAN STEWARDS. THE REEF CAMPUS IN KEY LARGO FL SERVES AS A VISITORS CENTER TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC WITH MARINE CONSERVATION. WE ALSO CONDUCT ONLINE PROGRAMMING SUCH AS WEBINARS AND OTHER INTERACTIVE CONTENT. WE CONDUCT IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING LED BY REEF STAFF AS WELL AS THE WIDE NETWORK OF PARTNERS INCLUDING DIVE SHOPS AND CLUBS, NATURE CENTERS, AND PUBLIC AQUARIA. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH CONSERVATION IS ALSO FULFILLED THROUGH THE VOLUNTEER FISH SURVEY PROJECT, REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND POWERFUL OCEAN CITIZEN SCIENCE PROGRAMS. IT GIVES DIVERS AND SNORKELERS AN ENGAGING AND MEANINGFUL WAY TO SUPPORT MARINE CONSERVATION. PARTICIPANTS SCUBA DIVE AND SNORKEL TO COLLECT AND REPORT INFORMATION ON MARINE FISH POPULATIONS AS WELL AS SEA TURTLES AND SELECT INVERTEBRATE AND ALGAE SPECIES. THIS DATA IS USED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND PROTECT OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS WORLDWIDE. FISHERIES PROTECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD DEPEND ON HIGH-QUALITY DATA. WITH REEF DATA, SUBMITTED BY CITIZEN SCIENTISTS, RESEARCHERS ARE MAKING EXCITING DISCOVERIES ABOUT MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, AND POLICYMAKERS HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO REFINE CONSERVATION EFFORTS. VOLUNTEERS COLLECT AND SUBMIT DATA ON MARINE LIFE SIGHTINGS. IT HAS GENERATED THE LARGEST MARINE LIFE SIGHTINGS DATABASE, AN UNPARALLELED SOURCE OF INFORMATION THAT PROVIDES INVALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE HEALTH, STATUS, AND THREATS OF OCEAN HABITATS AND ANIMALS.

    Expenses $2,458,151

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Byron Bishop

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marta Hilton Bonatz

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Janet Camp

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anna Deloach

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ned Deloach

    TRUSTEE/CO-F

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tamsen Dewitt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James P Dalle Pazze Esq

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary McCombie PhD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Heppell PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chun Wright

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
26 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202612409349300406

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