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← SEA TURTLE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SEA TURTLE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,529,392
Total expenses
$2,166,544
Contributions and grants received
$1,496,975
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,233,222
Investment income
$8,251
Other revenue
$790,944
Total assets, end of year
$18,102,873
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,329,940
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,772,933
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,369,614
Management and general expenses
$796,930
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,369,614

Program services were 63.2% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $62,218

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $29,970

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $163,094

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,241,693

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $1,153,724 · related or exempt $1,153,724

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION

    total $77,475 · related or exempt $77,475

  • 2c · Program service revenue: VOLUNTEER

    total $2,023 · related or exempt $2,023

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,251 · related or exempt $8,251

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $19,921

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $29,970

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $19,921 · excluded $19,921

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,095,213

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $443,814

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $651,399 · related or exempt $651,399

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $119,624 · related or exempt $119,624

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $119,624

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $95,333 · management and general $95,333

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $708,958 · program services $434,833 · management and general $274,125

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $134,480 · program services $70,787 · management and general $63,693

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,851 · management and general $20,851

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $72,802 · management and general $72,802

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $24,567 · management and general $24,567

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,553 · program services $6,940 · management and general $3,613

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $49,553 · program services $49,553

  • 17 · Travel

    total $877 · program services $254 · management and general $623

  • 20 · Interest

    total $123,943 · program services $123,943

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $269,001 · program services $269,001

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $89,778 · program services $89,778

  • 24a · Other expenses: DONATION EXP

    total $252,040 · program services $74,801 · management and general $177,239

  • 24b · Other expenses: ANIMAL CARE

    total $126,147 · program services $126,147

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONSERVATION EXP-PRGM

    total $106,061 · program services $106,061

  • 24d · Other expenses: EDUCATION EXP

    total $15,303 · program services $15,303

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $66,297 · program services $2,213 · management and general $64,084

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,241,794 · end of year $7,563,785

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $514,837 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $230,951 · end of year $217,254

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $305,486 · end of year $53,581

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $8,453,999

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,910,507

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,738,383 · end of year $6,543,492

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $246,045 · end of year $183,651

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $561,592 · end of year $3,541,110

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $30,474 · end of year $90,636

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $34,279 · end of year $205,609

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $4,359,677

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $3,939,711

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $30,177 · end of year $93,984

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,535,617 · end of year $11,098,835

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,848,864 · end of year $2,674,098

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEA TURTLE INC. RESCUES, REHABILITATES, AND RELEASES INJURED SEA TURTLES, EDUCATES THE PUBLIC, AND ASSISTS WITH CONSERVATION EFFORTS FOR ALL MARINE TURTLE SPECIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEA TURTLE INC PROVIDES EDUCATION CONSERVATION AND REHABILITATION RELATED TO ENDANGERED MARINE TURTLES SPECIES.

  • THE EDUCATION PROGRAM'S OBJECTIVES FOCUS ON EDUCATING AND PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ON CONSERVATION, MARINE SEA TURTLES, REHABILITATION, AND BEING GOOD OCEAN STEWARDS. THE OBJECTIVES ARE ACCOMPLISHED VIA ONSITE EDUCATION, FIELD TRIPS, AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMS AND FIELD TRIPS. THROUGH OUR EDUCATION CENTER ONSITE VISITORS LEARN ABOUT OUR MISSION AND PROGRAMS. VISITORS HAVE ACCESS TO OUR TURTLE RESIDENT CENTER AND REHABILITATION HOSPITAL. STUDENTS AND GENERAL PUBLIC VISITORS TO OUR FACILITY LEARN ABOUT OUR MISSION VIA FIELD TRIPS, ONLINE, AND ONSITE EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $369,700 · Revenue $574,316

  • OUR REHABILITATION EFFORTS INCLUDED TURTLE RESCUES, REHABILITATION, RELEASING TURTLES BACK TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN AND GENERAL PUBLIC VISITING OUR FACILITIES. OUR REHABILITATION CENTER PROVIDED CARE TO SICK AND INJURED TURTLES, AND SEA TURTLES THAT LIVE IN OUR FACILITY PERMANENTLY. WE RETRIEVED DOA TURTLES AND SUCCESSFULLY RELEASED TURTLES INTO THE OCEAN. THE REHABILITATION PROGRAM INCLUDES PROVIDING SEA TURTLES WITH MEDICAL TREATMENT, MEDICATION, SCANS, SURGERIES, AND ANY OTHER TREATMENT OR REHABILITATION NEEDED TO TREAT THE INJURED OR SICK TURTLES.

    Expenses $587,611 · Revenue $565,734

  • CONSERVATION EFFORTS INCLUDE BEACH PATROLS, NEST PROTECTION, EXCAVATION, CORRAL CREATING AND OVERSIGHT. EACH YEAR FROM MARCH TO SEPTEMBER, WE PATROL BY FOOT AND ATV MORE THAN 50 MILES OF BEACH TO WATCH AND RESPOND TO NESTING FEMALE SEA TURTLES. OUR PATROLLING EFFORTS RESULTED IN LOCATING TURTLE NESTS, EXCAVATION, AND PROTECTION OF THOUSANDS OF EGGS AND THE RELEASE OF HATCHING SEA TURTLES.

    Expenses $412,303 · Revenue $872,446

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robin Farris

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shane Wilson

    CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Butler PhD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John L Tippit

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Boruff

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pat Burchfield PhD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ralston Creswell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol Demoss

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff George

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather H Graham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nikkie S Hodgson PhD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Root

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jc Whitfield

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wendy Knight

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $95,903
    From this org
    $91,468
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,435
    Hours/week
    40

  • Maribel Fraire

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $3,865
    From this org
    $3,865
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

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.

  • SEA TURTLE INC FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · CHARITABLE SCIENTIFIC LITERARY RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES · TX

    Directly controlled by SEA TURTLE INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433209349316373

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