Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$129,367

Total expenses

$120,517

Contributions and grants received

$102,731

Grants paid

— not reported

Program service revenue

$26,636

Membership dues (line 3)

— not reported

Investment income (line 4)

— not reported

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

— not reported

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

— not reported

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

— not reported

Other revenue (line 8)

— not reported

Total assets, end of year

$126,865

Total liabilities, end of year

— not reported

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$126,865

Program service expenses (Part III)

$99,948

Program services were 82.9% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

• EDUCATION - REEF GUARDIANS EDUCATES THE COMMUNITY AND BUILDS AWARENESS ABOUT CORAL REEF THREATS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING THE REEF, WETLANDS AND NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENTS. REEF CAMP, REEF GUARDIANS UNIQUE YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, OPERATES SCHOOL FIELD STUDY AND SCHOOL BREAK PROGRAMS. SERVING OVER 300 CHILDREN AGES 8-13 IN 2023, THE WEEKLY CAMPS PROVIDED INSTRUCTION IN SCIENCE, ARTS, HAWAIIAN CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM, AND DIRECT LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN THE OCEAN ENVIRONMENT. IN FY2023, REEF GUARDIANS HAWAII RELEASED THE "HAWAII SEALIFE" APP, A FREE IOS/ANDROID TOOL DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO RAISE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND PROMOTE RESPECTFUL, PROTECTIVE INTERACTIONS WITH HAWAIIS SHORELINES AND REEFS. THIS APP OFFERS ENGAGING EDUCATIONAL CONTENT TO HELP USERS APPRECIATE AND SAFEGUARD THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.REEF GUARDIANS IS PREPARING TO LAUNCH AN EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INITIATIVE IN 2024 CALLED THE "KE KULA KAI ONLINE SEA SCHOOL." THIS PROGRAM BUILDS ON OUR REEF CAMP CURRICULUM, COVERING 15 KEY TOPICS TO DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING OF OCEAN ECOLOGY AND THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. EACH TOPIC COMBINES OCEAN SCIENCE, CONSERVATION, AND HAWAIIAN CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE TO FOSTER ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND ENCOURAGE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS TO PLACE, SIMILAR TO OUR REEF CAMP AND HAWAII SEALIFE APP.THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY/GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, REEF GUARDIANS PROVIDED AND INSTALLED EDUCATIONAL SIGNAGE AT HARBORS AND BEACHES, PROTECTING SHARKS IN THEIR NATURAL NEAR-SHORE FEEDING AREAS. REEF GUARDIANS IS REPLACING AND INSTALLING NEW SIGNS WHERE NEEDED. REEF GUARDIANS HAWAII PUBLISHED A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON LAND-BASED POLLUTION IMPACTING KAUA'I'S ?ANINI (WANINI) LAGOON. THIS REPORT, ALONG WITH ACTION STEPS TAKEN, WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, GOVERNMENT, AND NON-PROFIT AGENCIES THROUGH PUBLIC EVENTS AND FOR DOWNLOAD ON THE REEF GUARDIANS HAWAI'I WEBSITE.ADULT EDUCATIONAL EVENTS WERE HELD ACROSS KAUA'I AND IN SANTA BARBARA BY REEF GUARDIANS, WITH PARTICIPATION FROM CORAL AND SHARK EXPERTS, TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTALLY PROTECTIVE ACTIONS.

  Expenses $83,843 · Grants $55,000

• RESEARCH AND MONITORING - FOUR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND MONITORING CONDUCTED DURING THIS YEAR: STUDY OF LAND-BASED OCEAN POLLUTION ON KAUA'I FOR THE PURPOSE OF INITIATING WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ON THE ANINI LAGOON AREA. AN EXTENSIVE REPORT WITH ACTION STEPS RESULTED AND WERE INITIATED IN 2023. OUR MONITORING OF JUVENILE WHITE SHARKS IN CALIFORNIA LED TO AN EXTENDED COMMUNITY/GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP PROTECTING SHARKS IN THEIR NATURAL NEAR-SHORE FEEDING AREAS. OUR DRONE MONITORING OF LEAKING OFF-SHORE OIL WELLS IN CALIFORNIA CONTRIBUTED TO A PARTNERSHIP PLANNING STUDY WITH A MULTI-AGENCY TEAM FUNDED TO ADDRESS THE LEAKING OIL WELL HEADS IN THE SANTA BARBARA AREA. MONITORING OF KAUA?I'S OCEAN REEFS ASSISTED THE HAWAII STATE DIVISION OF AQUATIC RESOURCES IN REMOVING NON-NATIVE SPECIES IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIALLY NEWLY INTRODUCED INVASIVE SPECIES OF HIGH CONCERN.

  Expenses $16,105 · Grants $12,500

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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