Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,706,288
- Total expenses
- $1,373,331
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,648,107
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $53,779
- Other revenue
- $4,402
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,827,479
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $62,008
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,765,471
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,105,737
- Management and general expenses
- $187,121
- Fundraising expenses
- $80,473
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,105,737
Program services were 80.5% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,648,107
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$4,355
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3 · Investment income
total $53,779 · excluded $53,779
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous
total $4,402 · related or exempt $4,402
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11e · Other revenue, total
$4,402
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $328,715 · program services $168,511 · management and general $108,000 · fundraising $52,204
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $25,153 · program services $12,897 · management and general $8,262 · fundraising $3,994
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11b · Fees: legal
total $17,500 · management and general $17,500
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $34,650 · management and general $34,650
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11g · Fees: other
total $385,942 · program services $373,611 · management and general $3,232 · fundraising $9,099
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13 · Office expenses
total $157,117 · program services $153,424 · management and general $381 · fundraising $3,312
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14 · Information technology
total $6,294 · program services $3,501 · management and general $2,314 · fundraising $479
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17 · Travel
total $373,971 · program services $365,020 · management and general $3,149 · fundraising $5,802
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $21,153 · program services $16,565 · fundraising $4,588
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,860 · program services $907 · management and general $953
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23 · Insurance
total $7,710 · program services $2,666 · management and general $5,044
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24a · Other expenses: Bank & Merchant Fees
total $3,906 · program services $1,944 · management and general $1,317 · fundraising $645
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24b · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions
total $3,515 · program services $2,983 · management and general $532
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24c · Other expenses: Licenses & Fees
total $2,242 · program services $258 · management and general $1,634 · fundraising $350
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24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous
total $3,603 · program services $3,450 · management and general $153
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,261,975 · end of year $1,744,905
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $183,338 · end of year $66,000
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,504 · end of year $5,420
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$13,413
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,259
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $5,967 · end of year $11,154
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $20,270 · end of year $59,813
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25 · Other liabilities
end of year $2,195
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $127,822 · end of year $68,547
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,304,692 · end of year $1,696,924
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
To unite the community of Special Operations veterans with the world of marine conservation for the betterment of both.
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Many of the seeds sown in 2024 took root in 2025, making FORCE BLUEs ninth year of operation, by far, one of its most successful. Utilizing funds raised through Publix 2024 register campaign, the organization deployed its veterans on seven (7) separate marine conservation missions across the state of Florida, performing everything from living shoreline installations and marine debris removal ops to invasive species eradication and a coral nursery build. With a grant secured through the Seedling Foundation, FORCE BLUE onboarded and trained seven (7) new FORCE BLUE veterans, bringing the organizations total to 60. FORCE BLUE conducted its fifth Ocean Conservation school (OCS) at Loggerhead MarineLife Center and, with a sizeable donation received from FORCE BLUE New York, was able to complete two (2) more Tour of Duty stops, sending teams to Papahanaumokuakea National Marine Sanctuary in Hawaii and Flower Garden Banks in Texas. Building on the success of its documentary film FROG FATHERS: Lessons from the Normandy Surf, FORCE BLUE again partnered with World of Warships in the production of FROG FATHERS 2: Last Battle of the Pacific, which brought a team of FORCE BLUE veterans to the island of Okinawa, where they repaired a section of coral reef blown up by their UDT frog fathers in 1945. FORCE BLUE secured grants (for use in 2026) from Boeing and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, expanded its existing partnership with Luminox and added new ones with Vineyard Vines and the National Hockey League.
Expenses $1,105,737
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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James Ritterhoff
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Dan Orr
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Tim Gaulluedet
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Carl Pfleger
Secretary & Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Jay Haigler
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Ryan McCombie
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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David Moson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Keith Sahm
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Rudy Reyes
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
- 12 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202631069349300343
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