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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GREAT LAKES OBSERVING SYSTEM REGIONAL ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,508,766
Total expenses
$3,620,468
Contributions and grants received
$3,464,245
Grants paid
$1,151,938
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$44,521
Total assets, end of year
$411,660
Total liabilities, end of year
$458,420
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$46,760
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,298,878
Management and general expenses
$321,590
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,298,878

Program services were 91.1% 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)

    $3,464,245

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $44,521 · related or exempt $44,521

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $44,521

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,050,256 · program services $1,050,256

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $101,682 · program services $101,682

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $464,307 · program services $389,569 · management and general $74,738

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $640,836 · program services $548,969 · management and general $91,867

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $61,644 · program services $57,240 · management and general $4,404

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $108,562 · program services $101,263 · management and general $7,299

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $66,516 · program services $57,100 · management and general $9,416

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $28,734 · management and general $28,734

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $47,271 · management and general $47,271

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $10,545 · management and general $10,545

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $31,373 · program services $23,515 · management and general $7,858

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $839,035 · program services $830,905 · management and general $8,130

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,233 · program services $29,671 · management and general $1,562

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $54,079 · program services $48,671 · management and general $5,408

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,759 · management and general $3,759

  • 24a · Other expenses: Internet based software and services

    total $74,928 · program services $56,561 · management and general $18,367

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,708 · program services $3,476 · management and general $2,232

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $291,695 · end of year $169,300

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $881,073 · end of year $206,227

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $36,133

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,107,826 · end of year $458,420

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $64,942 · end of year -$46,760

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

GLOS provides end-to-end data services that support science, policy, management, and industry in the Great Lakes.

  • GLOS coordinates a network of data users and data providers to improve the collection, management, and delivery of data across the Great Lakes region. GLOS sponsors data collection and data management projects conducted by academic institutions, non-profits, government agencies, and the private sector in the Great Lakes region including seasonal deployment of a nearshore observing asset network of approximately 14 buoys, 2 gliders, and 1 autonomous underwater vehicle AUV over 575 data streams made available through www.segull.us.org.

    Expenses $3,298,878 · Grants $1,151,938

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tim Kearns

    Chief Information Officer

    Total calculated
    $190,166
    From this org
    $161,051
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,115
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,051
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $16,172
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,943
    Filer's total
    $190,166
  • Kelli Paige

    CEO until January 2023

    Total calculated
    $189,834
    From this org
    $155,305
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,529
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,305
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $15,754
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,775
    Filer's total
    $189,834
  • Ana Sirviente

    Chief Technology Officer

    Total calculated
    $172,697
    From this org
    $131,316
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,381
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,316
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $13,349
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,032
    Filer's total
    $172,697
  • Becky Pearson

    Chief Operations Officer and Interim CEO

    Total calculated
    $129,873
    From this org
    $101,395
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,478
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer Boehme

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pete Giencke

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bob Lambe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Rayburn

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aaron Fisk

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynne Chaimowitz

    Treasurer-Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leon Carl

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Gandula

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rhonda Wille

    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. 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

  • 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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
29 March 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202420899349301467

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