Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,822,101
- Total expenses
- $932,153
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,797,792
- Grants paid
- $47,700
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $22,467
- Other revenue
- $1,842
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,452,784
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $20,270
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,432,514
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $706,758
- Management and general expenses
- $136,850
- Fundraising expenses
- $88,545
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $706,758
Program services were 75.8% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,797,792
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$24,814
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3 · Investment income
total $22,467 · excluded $22,467
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous
total $1,842 · related or exempt $1,842
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11e · Other revenue, total
$1,842
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $47,700 · program services $47,700
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $280,129 · program services $142,401 · management and general $90,875 · fundraising $46,853
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $26,315 · program services $10,947 · management and general $11,765 · fundraising $3,603
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11b · Fees: legal
total $1,500 · program services $1,500
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $18,569 · management and general $18,569
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11g · Fees: other
total $206,982 · program services $184,499 · management and general $4,343 · fundraising $18,140
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13 · Office expenses
total $68,073 · program services $60,985 · management and general $921 · fundraising $6,167
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14 · Information technology
total $10,662 · program services $3,004 · management and general $4,409 · fundraising $3,249
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17 · Travel
total $221,492 · program services $217,516 · management and general $46 · fundraising $3,930
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $35,862 · program services $29,812 · fundraising $6,050
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $398 · program services $239 · management and general $159
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23 · Insurance
total $7,804 · program services $2,993 · management and general $4,811
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24a · Other expenses: Bank & Merchant Fees
total $2,660 · program services $1,824 · management and general $283 · fundraising $553
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24b · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions
total $1,652 · program services $1,294 · management and general $358
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24c · Other expenses: Licenses & Fees
total $403 · program services $92 · management and general $311
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24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous
total $1,952 · program services $1,952
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $549,224 · end of year $1,261,975
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $183,338
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $1,504
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$6,365
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$398
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $5,967
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $6,658 · end of year $20,270
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $542,566 · end of year $127,822
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $1,304,692
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To unite the community of Special Operations veterans with the world of marine conservation for the betterment of both.
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2024 was a year of expansion for FORCE BLUE, both in its size and its scope. Through its scientific diver training program, held annually in conjunction with I.CARE and The Guy Harvey Foundation, FORCE BLUE added six (6) new Special Operations veterans to its ranks bringing the total number of veterans capable of deploying on behalf of the organization to over fifty (50). In April, FORCE BLUE partnered with regional supermarket behemoth Publix on a register campaign that netted over $700K for its operations inside the state of Florida. By summers end, FORCE BLUE had put the wraps on its fourth Ocean Conservation School (OCS), this time at a new venue (Loggerhead MarineLife Center) and had completed two (2) more Tour of Duty stops, sending teams to execute marine conservation missions and public engagement events for both the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. In Fall 2024, FORCE BLUE premiered its documentary FROG FATHERS: Lessons from the Normandy Surf at a screening for media members in New York. The film, which traces the story of the Naval Combat Demolition Units (NCDUs) who were the first to land on D-Day, was produced earlier in the year by FORCE BLUE under contract with video game giant Wargaming (World of Warships) to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the allied invasion. Throughout the year, FORCE BLUE added several new private sector sponsors, to include Copper Bonnet Gin, PenFed and the Rivian Foundation, and was the recipient of a federal grant from NOAAs Office of National Marine Sanctuaries to continue its Tour of Duty in 2026.
Expenses $706,758 · Grants $47,700
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Jay Haigler
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Ryan McCombie
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
David Moson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Keith Sahm
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
James Ritterhoff
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Dan Orr
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Tim Gaulluedet
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Carl Pfleger
Secretary & Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
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Force Blue NY
$47,700
Scholarship & Event
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 24 June 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202541769349300609
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