Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$656,417

Total expenses

$795,844

Contributions and grants received

$154,794

Grants paid

$2,050

Program service revenue

$501,062

Investment income

$185

Other revenue

$376

Total assets, end of year

$321,630

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$321,630

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$571,763

Management and general expenses

$224,081

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$571,763

Program services were 71.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• PROGRAM SERVICE CONTRACTS:THE ASSOCIATION HAS VARIOUS PROGRAM SERVICE CONTRACTS RELATED TO CARRYING OUT ITS MISSION TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND ENHANCE OUR COASTS BY MERGING SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY. DURING 2022, THE ASSOCIATION WAS INVOLVED IN PROGRAMS THAT FUNDED COASTAL RESEARCH, PRODUCED A REPORT ON SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT PLANS AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND ESTABLISHED A REAL-TIME TIDAL MONITORING SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST.

  Expenses $275,900 · Revenue $213,765

• ANNUAL CONFERENCE:THE ASSOCIATION ORGANIZES AND PRESENTS AN ANNUAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE AND ANNUAL MEETING, HELD EACH FALL IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE U.S. THE EVENT INCLUDES TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS, EXHIBITS, A PRE-CONFERENCE FIELD TRIP AND (OCCASIONALLY) ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES WITH OTHER COASTAL GROUPS.

  Expenses $170,354 · Revenue $125,206

• LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY AND INTERACTION:THE ASSOCIATION WORKS WITH AN ADVOCACY FIRM TO ENSURE BEACH ISSUES ARE FAIRLY REPRESENTED IN CONGRESS; TO EDUCATE LEGISLATORS AND STAFF ON BEACH PROCESSES AND DYNAMICS; TO WORK WITH OTHER COASTAL ORGANIZATIONS ON BEHALF OF LEGISLATION BENEFITING NATIONAL COASTAL CONCERNS; AND TO FORGE NEW COALITIONS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES WHOSE INTERESTS INTERSECTS WITH COASTAL CONCERNS.

  Expenses $54,000

• PUBLICATION OF SHORE & BEACH AND "COASTAL VOICE" E-NEWSLETTER:THE ASSOCIATION PUBLISHES THE QUARTERLY SHORE & BEACH MAGAZINE (A PEER-REVIEWED TECHNICAL JOURNAL) AND THE MONTHLY "COASTAL VOICE" E-NEWSLETTER, TO PROVIDE MEMBERS WITH REGULAR UPDATES OF ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES AND COASTAL NEWS. BOTH PUBLICATIONS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MEMBERS AS A BENEFIT OF MEMBERSHIP.

  Expenses $44,240 · Revenue $10,970

• ANNUAL COASTAL SUMMIT:THE ASSOCIATION ORGANIZES AND PRESENTS AN ANNUAL POLICY CONFERENCE, HELD EACH SPRING IN WASHINGTON, DC. THE EVENT INCLUDES POLICY PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS BOTH ON CAPITOL HILL AND IN HOTEL MEETING ROOMS, MEETINGS WITH OTHER COASTAL GROUPS HEADQUARTERED IN WASHINGTON, AND EVENTS TO ALLOW COASTAL CONSTITUENTS TO INTERACT WITH THEIR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND STAFF.

  Expenses $19,272 · Revenue $22,608

• BLUE FLAG BEACHES:AS A NATIONAL OPERATOR FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BLUE FLAG PROGRAM, THE ASSOCIATION ADMINISTERS THE PROGRAM THAT AWARDS BEACHES, MARINAS, AND TOURISM BOAT OPERATORS ANNUALLY BASED ON A SIGNIFICANT BUT ATTAINABLE SET OF OPERATIONS CRITERIA COVERING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND INFORMATION, WATER QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, AND SAFETY AND SERVICES IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S., ALASKA, AND HAWAII, AS WELL AS SUPPORTS SITES IN REACHING CRITERIA COMPLIANCE.

  Expenses $5,947 · Revenue $1,983

• SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS:THE ASSOCIATION OFFERS A VARIETY OF AWARDS EACH YEAR; HONORS CAN INCLUDE: - TOP RESTORED BEACHES, TO SPOTLIGHT COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED THEIR SHORELINES; - CORPS OF ENGINEERS AWARDS, FOR OUTSTANDING PROJECT EFFORTS; - FRIENDS OF THE ASBPA, TO HONOR LAWMAKERS AND OTHERS FOR THEIR SERVICE ON BEHALF OF COASTAL ISSUES; - A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, TO SPOTLIGHT THE LONG-TERM CONTRIBUTIONS OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO COASTAL ISSUES AND RESEARCH; - PROJECT AWARDS, FOR LONG-TERM BEACH MANAGEMENT SUCCESSES; - STUDENT AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS, TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN COASTAL RESEARCH AND STUDY. - OTHER AWARDS AS CIRCUMSTANCES ARISE.

  Expenses $2,050 · Grants $2,050

• MEMBERSHIP:MEMBERSHIP IN THE ASSOCIATION IS OPEN TO ALL WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROTECTION, RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SHORES AND BEACHES OF U.S. BAYS, HARBORS, OCEANS AND GREAT LAKES. A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERSHIP IS MADE UP OF COASTAL PRACTITIONERS: ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS, PLANNERS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, AND OTHERS ENGAGED IN SOME PHASE OF THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THESE IMPORTANT RESOURCES.

  Revenue $126,530

As filed on the 2022 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

14 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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