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← DEBRIS FREE

Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Filed by DEBRIS FREE.

Totals

Total revenue
$193,598
Total expenses
$229,913
Contributions and grants received
$142,014
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
$48,579
Membership dues (line 3)
$2,000
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)
$1,005
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$175,482
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,332
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$157,150
Program service expenses (Part III)
$198,947

Program services were 86.5% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

Primary exempt purpose

DEBRIS FREE OCEANS IS A MIAMI-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT INSPIRES LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO RESPONSIBLY MANAGE THE LIFECYCLE OF PLASTICS AND WAS A PART OF A GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO ERADICATE MARINE DEBRIS FROM OUR BEACHES, REEFS, AND OCEANS.

  • EDUCATION - SINCE INCEPTION, WE HAVE PROVIDED 326 EDUCATIONAL LESSONS ABOUT PLASTIC POLLUTION AND HOW TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION (VIRTUALLY OR IN-PERSON) TO 13,905 LIVE STUDENTS AND 11,652 ONLINE VIEWERS.

    Expenses $64,158

  • SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTING - OFFERED SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS CONSULTING AND TOOLS TO 139 UNIQUE BUSINESSES AND ENTITIES ACROSS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND OVER 190 TOTAL VISITS FROM OUR BEGINNING.

    Expenses $36,869

  • CLEANUPS - AS OF 2023, WE HAVE CONDUCTED 355 CLEANUPS ACROSS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY REMOVING APPROXIMATELY 57,445 POUNDS OF DEBRIS WITH OVER 10,412 VOLUNTEERS.

    Expenses $59,058

  • LIFESTYLE & AWARENESS - FROM OUR START, WE HAVE PARTICIPATED AND HOSTED 128 LIFESTYLE AWARENESS EVENTS ACROSS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, RESULTING IN ENGAGEMENT WITH OVER 9,467 ATTENDEES.

    Expenses $38,862

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

  • Caitlin Waks

    FOUNDER & PR

    Total calculated
    $31,652
    Compensation
    $25,324
    Benefit plans
    $6,328
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    10

  • Saira Fida

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $3,866
    Compensation
    $3,007
    Benefit plans
    $859
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jeremy Waks

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel Sebastian Padilla Ochoa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
18 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202421729349200417

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