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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WATER INSTITUTE OF THE GULF.

Totals

Total revenue
$17,100,160
Total expenses
$17,140,531
Contributions and grants received
$16,534,524
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$538,458
Investment income
$375
Other revenue
$26,803
Total assets, end of year
$6,670,709
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,857,162
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,813,547
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,415,268
Management and general expenses
$3,725,263
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,415,268

Program services were 78.3% 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)

    $16,066,508

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $468,016

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COASTAL RESEARCH

    total $538,458 · related or exempt $538,458

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $375 · excluded $375

  • 11a · Other revenue: RENTAL REVENUE

    total $26,803 · excluded $26,803

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $26,803

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $934,945 · management and general $934,945

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,894,474 · program services $6,627,184 · management and general $1,267,290

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,060,031 · program services $795,638 · management and general $264,393

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $642,834 · program services $482,498 · management and general $160,336

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $45,677 · program services $32,583 · management and general $13,094

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $57,600 · program services $28,833 · management and general $28,767

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,935,317 · program services $4,910,761 · management and general $24,556

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,672 · program services $747 · management and general $43,925

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $68,008 · program services $34,225 · management and general $33,783

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $336,549 · program services $168,470 · management and general $168,079

  • 17 · Travel

    total $237,014 · program services $100,528 · management and general $136,486

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $80,328 · program services $18,251 · management and general $62,077

  • 20 · Interest

    total $15,656 · management and general $15,656

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $100,826 · program services $11,533 · management and general $89,293

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $107,663 · program services $53,894 · management and general $53,769

  • 24a · Other expenses: SOFTWARE LICENSES AND S

    total $264,898 · program services $30,203 · management and general $234,695

  • 24b · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEE

    total $46,002 · program services $34,528 · management and general $11,474

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $37,662 · program services $18,853 · management and general $18,809

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT - NON-CAPITAL

    total $31,165 · program services $15,596 · management and general $15,569

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $199,210 · program services $50,943 · management and general $148,267

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $285,933 · end of year $933,984

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $30,396 · end of year $30,771

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,656,728 · end of year $4,316,251

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $110,564 · end of year $111,759

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

    $1,966,846

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

    $1,753,981

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $313,691 · end of year $212,865

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,320,060 · end of year $1,065,079

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,367,435 · end of year $2,566,630

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $20,143 · end of year $134,141

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,475,876 · end of year $1,156,391

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,853,918 · end of year $2,813,547

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE WATER INSTITUTE OF THE GULF IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, INDEPENDENT APPLIED RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL SERVICES INSTITUTION WITH A MISSION TO HELP COASTAL AND DELTAIC COMMUNITIES THOUGHTFULLY PREPARE FOR AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. THROUGH AN INTEGRATED AND INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH, OUR WORK HELPS CREATE MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, THRIVING ECONOMIES, AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE WATER INSTITUTE IS AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH RESOURCE TO PROMOTE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE COASTS WORLDWIDE TO ENSURE LIVABLE COMMUNITITES AND A THRIVING ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT.

  • THE WATER INSTITUTE CONNECTS ACADEMIC, PUBLIC, AND PRIVATE RESEARCH PROVIDERS AND CONDUCTS APPLIED RESEARCH TO SERVE COMMUNITIES AND INDUSTRY. THE INSTITUTE CONDUCTS APPLIED RESEARCH THAT WILL HELP COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMIES BECOME MORE RESILIENT TO LAND SUBSIDENCE, STORMS, RISING SEA LEVELS, AND OTHER COASTAL THREATS. KEY INITIATIVES INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMERICAL MODELING AND DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS, REAL-TIME FORECASTING, AND COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATED RISK ASSESSMENT MODELING TO ESTABLISH SCIENTIFIC BENCHMARKS AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE THAT WILL BETTER INFORM POLICY MAKERS, COMMUNITIES, AND BUSINESSES. BY LEVERAGING THE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS OF THE INSTITUTE, GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, AND PHILANTHROPIC INTERESTS, MAY THOUGHTFULLY PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, LANDSCAPES, ECOSYSTEMS AND ECONOMIES, AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

    Expenses $13,415,268 · Revenue $16,604,966

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kevin Reilly Jr

    BOARD CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Sands

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William G Shafroth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Oliver Richard III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • J Gerard Jolly

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Norma Jean Mattei

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vikki Spruill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gerry Galloway Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christy Brown

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Efi Foufoula-Georgiou

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Merritt Lane III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Merrell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Ann Sternberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hugh Roberts

    SVP/COO

    Total calculated
    $298,031
    From this org
    $271,387
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,644
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $271,387
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,094
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,550
    Filer's total
    $298,031
  • Alyssa Dausman

    SVP/CHIEF SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $287,470
    From this org
    $265,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,470
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $265,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,875
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,595
    Filer's total
    $287,470
  • Steven Jones

    CEO/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $258,162
    From this org
    $234,245
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,917
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,245
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,568
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,349
    Filer's total
    $258,162
  • Ioannis Georgiou

    DIRECTOR OF COASTAL & DELT

    Total calculated
    $233,002
    From this org
    $210,840
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,162
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,840
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,813
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,349
    Filer's total
    $233,002
  • Michael Miner

    DIRECTOR OF APPLIED GEOSCI

    Total calculated
    $225,948
    From this org
    $204,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,798
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,150
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,248
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,550
    Filer's total
    $225,948
  • Jordan Raphael Fischbach

    DIRECTOR OF PLANNING & POL

    Total calculated
    $225,232
    From this org
    $203,612
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,620
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,612
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,271
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,349
    Filer's total
    $225,232
  • Jeffrey Hicks

    DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL SOLUTIONS

    Total calculated
    $232,099
    From this org
    $210,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,099
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,349
    Filer's total
    $232,099
  • Nicholas Howes

    TECHNOLOGY MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $215,839
    From this org
    $201,719
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,120
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,719
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,120
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $215,839
  • Justin Ehrenwerth

    FORMER CEO/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $172,667
    From this org
    $164,313
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,354
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,313
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,729
    Filer's total
    $172,667

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413209349323696

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