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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 18 September 2023. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,803,795
Total expenses
$14,042,499
Contributions and grants received
$13,248,726
Grants paid
$612,120
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$888
Other revenue
$554,181
Total assets, end of year
$9,062,569
Total liabilities, end of year
$418,852
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,643,717
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,441,853
Management and general expenses
$1,629,348
Fundraising expenses
$971,298
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,441,853

Program services were 81.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $223,620

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $13,025,106

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $888 · excluded $888

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $801,683

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $310,736

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $490,947 · related or exempt $490,947

  • 11a · Other revenue: WRITE-OFF OF PAYABLES

    total $50,356 · excluded $50,356

  • 11b · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $12,801 · excluded $12,801

  • 11c · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $77 · excluded $77

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $63,234

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $225,000 · program services $225,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $387,120 · program services $387,120

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $9,600 · program services $4,800 · management and general $2,880 · fundraising $1,920

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $136,532 · program services $136,532

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,421,453 · program services $286,691 · management and general $599,381 · fundraising $535,381

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,835 · program services $1,324 · management and general $710 · fundraising $801

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $66,349 · program services $29,370 · management and general $20,173 · fundraising $16,806

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $97,761 · program services $49,024 · management and general $23,910 · fundraising $24,827

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,051,416 · program services $1,662,588 · management and general $388,828

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $250,626 · management and general $250,626

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,947,672 · program services $2,942,327 · management and general $5,333 · fundraising $12

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $354,671 · program services $106,664 · management and general $10,728 · fundraising $237,279

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $412,271 · program services $268,978 · management and general $83,290 · fundraising $60,003

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $103,787 · program services $27,790 · management and general $18,962 · fundraising $57,035

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $95,277 · program services $82,678 · management and general $11,190 · fundraising $1,409

  • 17 · Travel

    total $630,573 · program services $604,832 · management and general $22,467 · fundraising $3,274

  • 20 · Interest

    total $39 · program services $13 · management and general $18 · fundraising $8

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $365,868 · program services $365,868

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $393,666 · program services $317,358 · management and general $76,308

  • 24a · Other expenses: SHIP EXPENSE

    total $3,322,128 · program services $3,322,128

  • 24b · Other expenses: LEGAL SETTLEMENT

    total $392,131 · program services $317,886 · management and general $74,245

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT & MAINTENANCE

    total $288,399 · program services $272,501 · fundraising $15,898

  • 24d · Other expenses: SALES TAX

    total $25,984 · program services $8,670 · management and general $12,013 · fundraising $5,301

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $61,341 · program services $21,711 · management and general $28,286 · fundraising $11,344

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,737,328 · end of year $4,175,146

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,382

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $12,750 · end of year $207,885

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $213,754 · end of year $299,320

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

    $6,020,471

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

    $1,727,586

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $677,744 · end of year $4,292,885

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $21,340 · end of year $18,087

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,695 · end of year $65,864

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $583,682 · end of year $418,852

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $223,620 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,018,690 · end of year $8,603,117

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $846,619 · end of year $40,600

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

MARINE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TO END THE DESTRUCTION OF HABITAT AND SLAUGHTER OF WILDLIFE IN THE WORLD'S OCEANS IN ORDER TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT ECOSYSTEMS AND SPECIES.

  • CONSERVATION CAMPAIGNS:DURING 2022, 4 SHIPS (SHARPIE, FARLEY, MV JOHN PAUL DEJORIA, MARTIN SHEEN) WERE IN OPERATION TO SUPPORT THE VARIOUS CAMPAIGNS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND A 4TH SHIP, THE GIS SEAHORSE WAS ADDED TO THE FLEET.OPERATION MILAGRO: IT WAS OUR 9TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES TO PROTECT THE WORLD'S MOST ENDANGERED MARINE MAMMAL, THE VAQUITA PORPOISE, ALONG WITH THE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER TOTOABA. THE TOTOABA IS VALUABLE AND IN HIGH DEMAND BY CARTELS FROM MEXICO AND ASIA. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MEXICAN NAVY, SSCS VESSELS WERE ON THE FRONT LINES, TO STAND AGAINST THE CARTELS AND PREVENT THIS SPECIES FROM TOTAL EXTINCTION. OPERATION GUADALUPE ISLANDS- THE RV MARTIN SHEEN AND OUR CREW WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT AND WORLD-RENOWNED SCIENTISTS TO GATHER DATA AND INTELLIGENCE ON SEVERAL MARINE SPECIES, WITH THE GOAL OF ENACTING PROTECTION CAMPAIGNS AND PRESERVING THE DIVERSE ISLANDS OF GUADALUPE.

    Expenses $11,441,853 · Grants $612,120

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alex Cornelissen

    PRESIDENT - UNTIL 02/2022

    Total calculated
    $9,600
    From this org
    $9,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 1 related

  • Pritam Singh

    CHAIR AND PRESIDENT - AS OF 02/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • James Costa

    SECRETARY, INTERIM TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Galesi

    BOARD MEMBER - UNTIL 07/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George Neugent

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Clementine Pallanca

    BOARD MEMBER - UNTIL 07/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roger Payne

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Glenn Platt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Pransky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diana Reiss

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Hance

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $180,626
    From this org
    $155,886
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,740
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,886
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,644
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,096
    Filer's total
    $180,626

  • Roger Fisk

    DIRECTOR OF MEDIA

    Total calculated
    $155,598
    From this org
    $142,864
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,734
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,864
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,191
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,543
    Filer's total
    $155,598

  • Paul Watson

    FORMER PRESIDENT; ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $136,532
    From this org
    $116,130
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,402
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $116,130
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,402
    Filer's total
    $136,532

  • Charles Lindsey

    FORMER CEO

    Total calculated
    $172,954
    From this org
    $161,435
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,519
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,435
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,519
    Filer's total
    $172,954

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
PAUL WATSON, FORMER PRESIDENT; ADVISOR, RECEIVED RETIREMENT PAYMENTS IN 2022 NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • SEA SHEPHERD LEGAL

    501(C)(3) · SUPPORT ACTIVITIES OF SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY · WA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY

  • SEA SHEPHERD MEDIA

    501(C)(3) · SUPPORT ACTIVITIES OF SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY · WA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • GALAPAGOS DREAM LLC

    OWN, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN SSCS FLEET · CO · income $10,000 · assets $7,545

    Directly controlled by SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • ALCHEMY VENTURES LTD

    C · HOLDING COMPANY FOR VESSEL · RM · 100% owned

    Directly controlled by SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
12 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202322859349302272

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