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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SUSTAINABLE SURF.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 14 November 2023. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$2,486,342 changed to $2,471,342
Total expenses
$2,010,864 changed to $2,030,539
Contributions and grants received
$2,441,495 changed to $2,426,495
Program services expenses
$1,816,546 changed to $1,804,542
Management and general expenses
$135,769 changed to $135,770
Fundraising expenses
$58,549 changed to $90,227
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,816,546 changed to $1,804,542

Totals

Total revenue
$2,471,342
Total expenses
$2,030,539
Contributions and grants received
$2,426,495
Grants paid
$130,000
Program service revenue
$35,782
Investment income
$819
Other revenue
$8,246
Total assets, end of year
$1,781,232
Total liabilities, end of year
$225,116
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,556,116
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,804,542
Management and general expenses
$135,770
Fundraising expenses
$90,227
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,804,542

Program services were 88.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,426,495

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $56,073

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ECOBOARD PROJECTS

    total $20,843 · related or exempt $20,843

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SEATREES PROGRAM

    total $14,939 · related or exempt $14,939

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $819 · excluded $819

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $8,246 · related or exempt $8,246

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,246

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $130,000 · program services $130,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $271,453 · program services $211,902 · management and general $20,037 · fundraising $39,514

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $222,474 · program services $212,875 · management and general $9,599

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,049 · program services $8,923 · management and general $694 · fundraising $432

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $54,123 · program services $46,432 · management and general $3,656 · fundraising $4,035

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $39,599 · program services $34,134 · management and general $2,290 · fundraising $3,175

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,109 · management and general $20,109

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $55,031 · program services $28,898 · management and general $2,859 · fundraising $23,274

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $60,977 · program services $56,867 · management and general $3,706 · fundraising $404

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $35,989 · program services $2 · management and general $35,987

  • 17 · Travel

    total $39,528 · program services $37,028 · management and general $1,535 · fundraising $965

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $28,536 · program services $12,598 · management and general $13,263 · fundraising $2,675

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,133 · management and general $4,133

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,060 · program services $4,791 · management and general $1,269

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,634 · program services $2,647 · management and general $3,987

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT EXPENSES

    total $553,606 · program services $553,557 · management and general $49 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: SEA TREES PROGRAM EXPEN

    total $347,900 · program services $347,900

  • 24c · Other expenses: ALL OTHER EXPENSES

    total $65,410 · program services $52,218 · management and general $12,339 · fundraising $853

  • 24d · Other expenses: WEBSITE

    total $48,302 · program services $33,144 · management and general $258 · fundraising $14,900

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $30,626 · program services $30,626

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $507,680 · end of year $1,258,857

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $150,035

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $294,592

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $211,691

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $377,415

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $77,089

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

    $12,840

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

    $6,061

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,523 · end of year $6,779

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $143,915

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $28,084 · end of year $76,520

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $85,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $148,596

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $148,210 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $559,393 · end of year $582,569

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $431,657 · end of year $973,547

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO REGENERATE THE HEALTH OF OUR OCEAN PLANET AND REVERSE CLIMATE CHANGE. WE PROTECT AND RESTORE BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD, AND CREATE EDUCATIONAL STORIES THAT INSPIRE PEOPLE AND CORPORATIONS TO TAKE ACTION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO REGENERATE THE HEALTH OF OUR OCEAN PLANET AND REVERSE CLIMATE CHANGE.

  • SUSTAINABLE SURF STARTED THE SEATREES PROGRAM AS PART OF ITS MISSION TO REVERSE CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESTORE BLUE CARBON COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS BY DIRECTLY SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND SCIENTISTS. ALL-TIME AT THE END OF 2022 OVER 2.1 MILLION SEATREES COMBINED HAVE BEEN RESTORED, PLANTED AND CONSERVED THROUGH THE WORK OF THE PROGRAM. FURTHER 54K CARBON CREDITS HAVE BEEN RETIRED, SEQUESTERING OVER 54,000 TONNES OF C02 FROM THE ATMOSPHERE.

    Expenses $1,703,701 · Grants $130,000 · Revenue $14,939

  • SUSTAINABLE SURF ESTABLISHED THE ECOBOARD PROJECT AS THE FIRST INDEPENDENT 3RD PARTY CONSUMER-FACING "ECO-LABEL" FOR SURFBOARDS. OVER 40,000 SURFBOARDS WERE BUILT IN 2022 USING OUR SUSTAINABILITY STANDARD, BRINGING THE GRAND TOTAL TO 430,000 SINCE THE LAUNCH OF THE PROGRAM IN 2012. THIS PROJECT CONTINUES TO GROW YEAR ON YEAR. BRINGING TOGETHER SURFBOARD MANUFACTURERS AND SURF COMMUNITY TO FOSTER COMMUNICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES

    Expenses $100,841 · Revenue $20,843

  • Revenue $8,246

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kevin Whilden

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133,580
    From this org
    $132,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $930
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michael Stewart

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $137,874
    From this org
    $130,966
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,908
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jim Moriarty

    CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Tighe

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Shipsey

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Coleman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Marovich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Thurston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justin Wilkenfeld

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cathy Campbell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Abigail Whilden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • SCRIPPS INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY

    $130,000

    FOR THE PURPOSES OF BUILDING CAPACITY TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE METHODS FOR CARBON ACCOUNTING IN KELP FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOR THE SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY AT UC SAN DIEGO.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
26 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202410579349300226

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