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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DOLPHIN LIFE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,483,909
Total expenses
$2,348,924
Contributions and grants received
$801,341
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,650,414
Investment income
$12,669
Other revenue
$19,485
Total assets, end of year
$3,836,149
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,938,986
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,897,163
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,689,181
Management and general expenses
$620,394
Fundraising expenses
$39,349
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,689,181

Program services were 71.9% 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)

    $342,575

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $458,766

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $24,657

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EXPERIENTIAL PROGRAMS

    total $1,614,376 · related or exempt $1,614,376

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL CLASSES

    total $36,038 · related or exempt $36,038

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,669 · related or exempt $12,669

  • 11a · Other revenue: SALE OF MISC

    total $17,100 · unrelated business $17,100

  • 11b · Other revenue: LOT RENT

    total $2,055 · unrelated business $2,055

  • 11c · Other revenue: SALES TAX ALLOWANCE

    total $330 · unrelated business $330

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $19,485

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $95,100 · management and general $95,100

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $824,467 · program services $666,889 · management and general $157,578

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $42,679 · program services $25,608 · management and general $17,071

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $56,342 · program services $41,419 · management and general $14,923

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,999 · management and general $20,999

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,286 · management and general $8,286

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $68,739 · management and general $68,739

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,150 · management and general $4,150

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $202,000 · program services $202,000

  • 20 · Interest

    total $93,719 · program services $56,176 · management and general $37,543

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $80,566 · program services $12,173 · management and general $68,393

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $93,226 · program services $47,557 · management and general $45,669

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT

    total $161,824 · program services $161,824

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH & VET EXPENSES

    total $150,066 · program services $150,066

  • 24c · Other expenses: STRANDING INVESTIGATION

    total $122,661 · program services $122,661

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $51,685 · program services $46,070 · management and general $5,615

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $272,415 · program services $156,738 · management and general $76,328 · fundraising $39,349

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $783,996 · end of year $364,146

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

    $3,755,415

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

    $317,063

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,043,258 · end of year $3,438,352

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $33,651

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,384,487 · end of year $1,318,058

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $194,985 · end of year $153,370

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $500,604 · end of year $467,558

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,762,178 · end of year $1,897,163

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DOLPHINS PLUS MARINE MAMMAL RESPONDER (DPMMR), A 501(C)3, IS COMMITTED TO THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF MARINE MAMMALS, WORLDWIDE, THROUGH OUR ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN CONSERVATION, RESEARCH, EXTENSIVE EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS. DPMMR LEADS AND OPERATES THE ONLY WHALE AND DOLPHIN STRANDING ORGANIZATION COVERING 10,000 SQUARE MILES OF MARINE HABITAT IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. DPMMR PROMOTES A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF MARINE ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE, MARINE MAMMAL CONSERVATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP VIA POWERFUL DAILY INTERACTIONS WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF MARINE MAMMALS, WORLDWIDE, THROUGH OUR ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN CONSERVATION, RESEARCH, EXTENSIVE EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS.

  • CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF MARINE MAMMALS, WORLDWIDE, THROUGH OUR ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN CONSERVATION, RESEARCH, EXTENSIVE EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $1,689,181 · Revenue $1,650,414

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nancy Cooper

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $83,408
    From this org
    $80,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,600
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kenny Gentes

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Johanna Mejia-Fava

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Robert Prosek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Siddall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cristina Pearse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349303173

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