Form 990 for tax year 2023

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 27 October 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue

$2,909,551 →changed to $2,862,664

Total expenses

$3,873,799 →changed to $2,909,223

Contributions and grants received

$2,526,721 →changed to $2,529,863

Grants paid

$415,702 →changed to $110,702

Other revenue

$188,134 →changed to $138,105

Total assets, end of year

$1,817,543 →changed to $1,865,085

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,740,453 →changed to $1,637,627

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$77,090 →changed to $227,458

Program services expenses

$2,720,429 →changed to $1,755,853

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,720,429 →changed to $1,755,853

Totals

Total revenue

$2,909,551

Total expenses

$3,873,799

Contributions and grants received

$2,526,721

Grants paid

$415,702

Program service revenue

$194,696

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$188,134

Total assets, end of year

$1,817,543

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,740,453

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$77,090

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,720,429

Management and general expenses

$819,161

Fundraising expenses

$334,209

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,720,429

Program services were 70.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• SCIENCE AND RESEARCH: THE GUY HARVEY FOUNDATION (GHF) RESEARCH PROGRAMS ARE DEDICATED TO EXPANDING THE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION OF FISH POPULATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF FISH BIODIVERSITY. THE HIGH-QUALITY SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION PROVIDED BY GHF IS CRITICAL TO THE UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED URGENT NEED TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE MEASURES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF FISH RESOURCES WORLDWIDE. RESEARCH PROGRAMS INCLUDE: (1) SATELLITE TAGGING SHORTFIN MAKO SHARKS, (2) SATELLITE AND CONVENTIONAL TAGGING DOLPHINFISH IN THE NW ATLANTIC OCEAN, CARIBBEAN SEA, AND EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC, (3) TAGGING AND TRACKING BILLFISH IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN, AND (4) SATELLITE TAGGING OF WHALE SHARKS OFF THE YUCATN PENINSULA. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)1. SATELLITE TAGGING SHORTFIN MAKO SHARKS IN THE NW ATLANTIC OCEAN AND WESTERN CARIBBEAN / GULF OF MEXICO. THE GUY HARVEY FOUNDATION AND GUY HARVEY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (GHRI) AT NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY DEPLOYED FIVE SATELLITE TRACKING TAGS (SPOT TAGS) ON SHORTFIN MAKO SHARKS IN THE NW ATLANTIC OCEAN AND WESTERN CARIBBEAN / GULF OF MEXICO AS PART OF A MULTIYEAR STUDY TO UNDERSTAND THE MIGRATION PATTERNS AND FISHING MORTALITY FOR THIS SPECIES. THIS RESEARCH PROJECT PROVIDED THE FIRST FISHERIES-INDEPENDENT FISHING MORTALITY RATE FOR THIS ECONOMICALLY AND ECOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT SPECIES, WHICH WAS 10 TIMES HIGHER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. THIS DISCOVERY LED THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT MANAGES MAKO SHARKS TO DOWNGRADE THEIR STATUS TO OVERFISHED WITH OVERFISHING OCCURRING. THIS CHANGE OF STATUS, IN TURN, PROMPTED THE U.S. GOVERNMENT (NOAA) TO INCREASE PROTECTIONS FOR MAKO SHARKS IN FEDERAL WATERS, INCLUDING MANDATING THE RELEASE OF LIVE MAKO SHARKS IN THE COMMERCIAL FISHERY AND AN INCREASED MINIMUM SIZE IN THE RECREATIONAL FISHERY.2. SATELLITE AND CONVENTIONAL TAGGING DOLPHINFISH IN THE NW ATLANTIC OCEAN, CARIBBEAN SEA, AND EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC. THE FOUNDATION PARTNERED WITH THE DOLPHINFISH RESEARCH PROGRAM TO DEPLOY POP-UP SATELLITE TRACKING TAGS (PSAT TAGS) AND GEOLOCATING TAGS ON ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC DOLPHINFISH AND TO ENGAGE RECREATIONAL ANGLERS IN A TAG AND RECAPTURE CITIZEN SCIENCE STUDY. THIS HIGHLY REPRODUCTIVE FISH HAS LONG BEEN THOUGHT TO BE IMMUNE TO OVERFISHING BUT ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE IS SHOWING A DECLINE IN THE NUMBERS AND SIZE OF DOLPHINFISH AROUND THE WORLD AND SPECIFICALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. THE SATELLITE TAGGING STUDY IS HELPING RESEARCHERS BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SEASON MIGRATIONS OF THESE FISH WHILE THE TAG AND RECAPTURE STUDY IS PROVIDING INVALUABLE DATA ABOUT THE INCREDIBLY FAST GROWTH RATE OF THESE FISH AND HOW OFTEN THEY ARE CAUGHT. THESE DATA ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO CONSERVING THIS COMMERCIALLY AND RECREATIONALLY IMPORTANT SPECIES.3. TAGGING AND TRACKING BILLFISH IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN. THE FOUNDATION PARTNERED WITH NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY AND TROPIC STAR LODGE IN PANAMA ON A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE BILLFISH AND OTHER LARGE VERTEBRATES THAT INHABIT THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN. THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR OF A FIVE-YEAR STUDY TO DEPLOY SATELLITE POP-UP TAGS AND ACCELEROMETER TAGS ON BLUE MARLIN, BLACK MARLIN, AND SAILFISH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR MIGRATION PATTERNS AND HOW THESE SPECIES RECOVER FROM THE CATCH AND RELEASE PROCESS. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL FISHING IN THIS REGION SO FISHERIES MANAGERS NEED TO KNOW WHERE THESE BILLFISH ARE TRAVELLING. ADDITIONALLY, THE RECREATIONAL FISHERY IS VERY VALUABLE TO THE REGION SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS THAT THE CATCH AND RELEASE PROCESS HAS ON THESE ANIMALS. DATA COLLECTED FROM THE DEPLOYMENT OF BAITED REMOTE UNDERWATER VIDEO (BRUV) CAMERAS IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SCIENTIFICALLY PUBLISHED.4. SATELLITE TAGGING OF WHALE SHARKS OFF THE YUCATN PENINSULA. THE FOUNDATION PARTNERED WITH CH'OOJ AJAUIL AND THE GUY HARVEY RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO DEPLOY SMART POSITION AND TEMPERATURE (SPOT) TRANSMITTING TAGS ON WHALE SHARKS IN A LONG-TERM MOVEMENT ECOLOGY STUDY. WHALE SHARKS ARE A COSMOPOLITAN SPECIES THAT AGGREGATE ANNUALLY IN LARGE NUMBERS OFF MEXICO ATTRACTING NATURALISTS, SCIENTISTS, AND TOURISTS TO THE SITE. WHALE SHARKS ARE THREATENED BY POLLUTION, BOAT STRIKES AND THE SHARK FIN TRADE. THEIR ANNUAL MIGRATION SUPPORTS AN IMPORTANT SEASONAL ECO-TOURISM ATTRACTION AND ALLOWS ABILITY TO STUDY MULTIPLE SHARKS OVER MULTI YEAR PERIODS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR OUTSIDE OF THE ANNUAL AGGREGATION PERIOD. THEIR TRACKS ARE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS OF THIS IMPORTANT SPECIES AND OVERALL AID IN THEIR CONSERVATION.

  Expenses $1,671,579 · Grants $367,687 · Revenue $194,696

• EDUCATION: THE GUY HARVEY FOUNDATION (GHF) OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS STUDYING MARINE SCIENCE AND WORKING TO BECOME FUTURE LEADERS OF OCEAN CONSERVATION. GHF, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GUY HARVEY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, OFFERS FOUR (4) 4-YEAR FLORIDA UNIVERSITY PLAN SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO PLAN TO ATTEND NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY.

  Expenses $958,350 · Grants $48,015

• THE GUY HARVEY MAGAZINE EDITORIAL FOCUSES ON FISHING, BOATING, ADVENTURE AND ECO-TRAVEL, SCUBA DIVING AND LIVING THE COASTAL LIFESTYLE THROUGH THE LENS OF MARINE CONSERVATION. THE MAGAZINE IS PUBLISHED QUARTERLY WITH THE FALL EDITION DEDICATED AS THE "EDUCATION ISSUE" WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE CURRENT GHF EDUCATION INITIATIVES.

  Expenses $90,500

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

Listed in Part VII

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

• NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

  $305,000

  SCHOLARSHIP FUND

• CENTER FOR SPORTFISHING POLICY

  $25,000

  ADVOCACY FOR SALTWATER RECREATIONAL ANGLERS

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION

  $21,000

  SCHOLARSHIP FUND

• UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

  $11,687

  GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH ON MARINE LIFE

• OCEAN EXCHANGE

  $10,000

  COLLEGIATE INNOVATION AWARD

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC

  501(C)(3) EQUIVALENT · RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE MARINE ENVIRONMENTS · CJ

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

25 April 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202521189349302317

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