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← REEF RENEWAL USA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by REEF RENEWAL USA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,339,002
Total expenses
$1,558,035
Contributions and grants received
$2,306,389
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$24,594
Investment income
$3,354
Other revenue
$4,665
Total assets, end of year
$1,464,089
Total liabilities, end of year
$133,765
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,330,324
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,329,058
Management and general expenses
$181,104
Fundraising expenses
$47,873
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,329,058

Program services were 85.3% 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)

    $995,330

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,311,059

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,900

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $24,594 · related or exempt $24,594

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,354 · excluded $3,354

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $84,512

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $79,861

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $4,651 · excluded $4,651

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $14 · excluded $14

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $14

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $562,553 · program services $478,170 · management and general $56,255 · fundraising $28,128

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $58,478 · management and general $58,478

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $268,045 · program services $227,838 · management and general $26,805 · fundraising $13,402

  • 17 · Travel

    total $37,483 · program services $31,861 · management and general $3,748 · fundraising $1,874

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $26,186 · program services $26,186

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $46,721 · program services $39,713 · management and general $4,672 · fundraising $2,336

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $343,196 · program services $343,196

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $94,329 · program services $94,329

  • 24c · Other expenses: OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

    total $78,379 · program services $78,379

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $42,665 · program services $9,386 · management and general $31,146 · fundraising $2,133

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $463,041 · end of year $650,392

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $126,195 · end of year $399,489

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $72,641 · end of year $36,416

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

    $432,512

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

    $55,383

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $106,616 · end of year $377,129

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $663

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $14,261 · end of year $65,324

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $204,875 · end of year $68,441

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $479,003 · end of year $1,145,583

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $70,354 · end of year $184,741

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

REEF RENEWAL USA IS RENEWING CORAL REEFS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD BY PRODUCING AND OUTPLANTING RESILIENT CORALS OF THE FUTURE AT AN UNPRECEDENTED SCALE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

REEF RENEWAL USA IS RENEWING CORAL REEFS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD.

  • REEF RENEWAL USA REBUILDS CORAL REEFS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS, CORALS ARE GROWN IN TWO REGIONAL OFFSHORE CORAL NURSERIES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE NURSERIES ARE LOCATED OFF TAVERNIER AND BIG PINE KEY. A LAND-BASED CORAL FARM IS SCALING UP TO PRODUCE CORALS AT A COMMERCIAL SCALE. ONCE THE CORALS ARE LARGE ENOUGH, THEY ARE THEN PLANTED ON THE TARGET REEFS. CURRENT RESTORATION ACTIVITIES ARE FOCUSED UP AND DOWN THE FLORIDA KEYS REEF TRACT. THERE IS A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE MISSION: ICONIC REEFS INITIATIVE AT CARYSFORT REEF, SOMBRERO REEF, LOOE KEY, NEWFOUND HARBOR, AND EASTERN DRY ROCKS. ADDITIONAL WORK OCCURS AT MOLASSES REEF, CONCH REEF, AND COFFINS PATCH REEF. WE PLACE A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON ENGAGING COMMUNITIES AND VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST IN TAKING OWNERSHIP OF OUR PRECIOUS CORAL REEFS.

    Expenses $1,329,058 · Revenue $24,594

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Echevarria

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Michael Blount

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Craig Watson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Daughtry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Autumn Blum

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ken Nedimyer

    CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $134,662
    From this org
    $134,662
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lisa Bailey

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
2025
Filed
21 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622389349301202

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