Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $686,535
- Total expenses
- $869,196
- Contributions and grants received
- $300,836
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $331,988
- Investment income
- $41,467
- Other revenue
- $12,244
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,860,568
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $6,095
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,854,473
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $744,664
- Management and general expenses
- $120,570
- Fundraising expenses
- $3,962
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $744,664
Program services were 85.7% 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
$300,836
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2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL SERVICE FEES
total $331,988 · related or exempt $331,988
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3 · Investment income
total $33,500 · excluded $33,500
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
other assets $16,000
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
other assets $8,033
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7c · Gain or loss
other assets $7,967
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $7,967 · excluded $7,967
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$10,038
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$1,467
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $8,571 · related or exempt $8,571
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME
total $3,673 · excluded $3,673
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11e · Other revenue, total
$3,673
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $112,162 · program services $84,121 · management and general $28,041
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $50,453 · program services $37,840 · management and general $12,613
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $9,872 · program services $7,404 · management and general $2,468
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $12,007 · program services $9,005 · management and general $3,002
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $23,953 · management and general $23,953
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13 · Office expenses
total $63,513 · program services $48,806 · management and general $14,707
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14 · Information technology
total $29,821 · program services $29,821
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16 · Occupancy
total $43,333 · program services $21,458 · management and general $21,875
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17 · Travel
total $117,985 · program services $117,985
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $11,373 · program services $6,518 · management and general $4,855
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $42,709 · program services $42,709
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23 · Insurance
total $48,710 · program services $42,431 · management and general $6,279
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24a · Other expenses: COURSE EXPENSES
total $90,576 · program services $90,576
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24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH SUPPLIES & EQU
total $88,004 · program services $88,004
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24c · Other expenses: BOAT EQUIP REPAIR, SUPP
total $61,146 · program services $61,146
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24d · Other expenses: CUSTOMS & IMPORT FEES
total $20,592 · program services $20,592
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24e · All other expenses
total $42,987 · program services $36,248 · management and general $2,777 · fundraising $3,962
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $142,641 · end of year $32,062
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,039,931 · end of year $672,041
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $1,125 · end of year $800
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,036,875
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$277,743
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $784,286 · end of year $759,132
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $292,778
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $103,755
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $5,383 · end of year $6,095
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,962,600 · end of year $1,854,473
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF MARINE ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY THE HEAVILY IMPACTED SHARKS AND RAYS; TO EDUCATE FUTURE SCIENTISTS AT THE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE LEVELS; TO DISSEMINATE OUR RESEARCH RESULTS TO ADVANCE THE FIELD OF MARINE SCIENCE; AND TO PROMOTE MARINE CONSERVATION THROUGH IMPROVED PUBLIC AWARENESS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF SHARKS AND RAYS, AND TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF MARINE SCIENTISTS.
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THIS YEAR THE ORGANIZATION WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THE CORE MISSIONS OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND CONSERVATION FOR MARINE SPECIES. THE FIELD STATION HOSTED APPROXIMATELY 120 STUDENTS FROM 10 INSTITUTIONS FOR WEEKLONG MARINE SCIENCE FIELD COURSES. ADDITIONAL WEEKLONG PROGRAMS INCLUDED THE EARLY CAREER WORKSHOP WHICH SUPPORTED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 13 MARINE SCIENTISTS, AND EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS WHICH SUPPORTED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 28 TEACHERS. THE RESEARCH EFFORTS PRODUCED VALUABLE SCIENTIFIC OUTPUTS. THIS PAST YEAR OUR TEAM CONTRIBUTED TO 6 SCIENTIFIC MANUSCRIPTS THAT ARE IN STAGES OF REVIEW OR PUBLICATION, AND 5 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS. OUR DATA ARE SUPPORTING 10 STUDENT LED RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SEVERAL OTHER LARGE-SCALE COLLABORATIONS. OUR CONSERVATION EFFORTS ENGAGED WITH THE PUBLIC TO IMPROVE OVERALL EDUCATION REGARDING MARINE CONSERVATION. WE INTERACTED WITH MORE THAN 2,500 PEOPLE AT PUBLIC EVENTS, HAD 700 GUESTS AT THE FIELD STATION, AND PRESENTED TO 2,900 PEOPLE THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS.
Expenses $744,664 · Revenue $340,559
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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KEVIN FELDHEIM
CHAIRPERSON, SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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BRYAN FRANKS
VICE CHAIRPERSON
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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STEVEN KESSEL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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RALPH DEAN GRUBBS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $8,787
- From this org
- $8,787
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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AYA GRUBER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MELISSA DRAKE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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DR MATTHEW SMUKALL
PRESIDENT, CEO, DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $103,375
- From this org
- $97,716
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,659
- Hours/week
- 40
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 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202602089349300850
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