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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DOWNEAST INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED MARINE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,042,563
Total expenses
$2,026,183
Contributions and grants received
$1,493,996
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$508,950
Investment income
$31,009
Other revenue
$8,608
Total assets, end of year
$9,849,662
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,305,793
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,543,869
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,494,658
Management and general expenses
$379,935
Fundraising expenses
$151,590
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,494,658

Program services were 73.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $677,283

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $816,713

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SHELLFISH SALES

    total $419,759 · related or exempt $419,759

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVI

    total $89,191 · related or exempt $89,191

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31,009 · excluded $31,009

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $8,608

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $8,608

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $8,608 · related or exempt $8,608

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $132,915 · program services $98,271 · management and general $25,353 · fundraising $9,291

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $693,835 · program services $512,985 · management and general $132,349 · fundraising $48,501

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,387 · program services $12,503 · management and general $4,781 · fundraising $1,103

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $50,980 · program services $34,666 · management and general $13,255 · fundraising $3,059

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $69,193 · program services $51,085 · management and general $13,317 · fundraising $4,791

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,475 · program services $15,350 · management and general $5,868 · fundraising $5,257

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $231,491 · program services $161,189 · management and general $22,362 · fundraising $47,940

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,225 · program services $5,928 · management and general $2,267 · fundraising $2,030

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,740 · program services $18,982 · management and general $7,258 · fundraising $6,500

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $27,696 · program services $19,035 · management and general $7,037 · fundraising $1,624

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $186,902 · program services $149,878 · management and general $30,082 · fundraising $6,942

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,826 · program services $16,154 · management and general $546 · fundraising $126

  • 20 · Interest

    total $75,530 · program services $55,463 · management and general $20,067

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $124,130 · program services $84,408 · management and general $39,131 · fundraising $591

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $114,630 · program services $79,658 · management and general $28,415 · fundraising $6,557

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $84,577 · program services $61,284 · management and general $19,038 · fundraising $4,255

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $72,497 · program services $68,245 · management and general $2,650 · fundraising $1,602

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $33,463 · program services $33,463

  • 24d · Other expenses: VEHICLE EXPENSES

    total $23,691 · program services $16,111 · management and general $6,159 · fundraising $1,421

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $371,142 · end of year $387,238

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $32,870

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $312,278 · end of year $44,631

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $55,188 · end of year $200,849

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $3,434,450

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $44,525 · end of year $51,187

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

    $11,520,437

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

    $2,417,712

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,184,444 · end of year $9,102,725

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $63,032

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $159,481 · end of year $166,916

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,184,305

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $950,344 · end of year $1,138,877

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,753,371 · end of year $8,254,897

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $388,396 · end of year $288,972

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO DEVELOP AND ENHANCE MAINE'S MARINE RESOURCES THROUGH APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AQUACULTURE.

  • THE DOWNEAST INSTITUTE CONDUCTS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO HELP SPUR INNOVATION IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SHELLFISH AQUACULTURE. WE CONDUCT K-12 PROGRAMMING AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT IN MARINE SCIENCE AND OFFER UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE LEVEL INTERNSHIPS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS. WE PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO RESEARCHERS AS THE EASTERN MOST MARINE SCIENCE FIELD STATION IN THE UNITED STATES.

    Expenses $1,494,658 · Revenue $517,558

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lynn Alley

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $20,873
    From this org
    $20,873
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Dr Sherrie Sprangers

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jane Hinson

    CLERK/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason Alley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Alley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Bartlett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Brian Beal

    DIRECTOR & DIRECTOR OF RES

    Total calculated
    $6,500
    From this org
    $6,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Wendell Bradford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Chapman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dean Girdis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Greene

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Haslett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gayle Kraus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ralph Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dianne Tilton

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $105,542
    From this org
    $95,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,004
    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.

  • DEI REAL ESTATE INC

    501(c)(3) · SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION · ME · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by DOWNEAST INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED MARINE RESEARCH & EDUCATION

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • BEALS ISLAND SHELLFISH MARICULTURE INC

    C · Cultivating Shellfish · ME · 100% owned · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by DOWNEAST INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED MARINE RESEARCH & EDUCATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503179349304165

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