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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by INWATER GROUP RESEARCH INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 20 February 2024. 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.

Listed under a different title

  • Blair Witherington: VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR then Vice President
  • Dean Bagley: VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECOR then Vice President
  • Michael Bresette: PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR then President
  • Steve Traxler: SECRETARY/DIRECTOR then Secretary

Totals

Total revenue
$940,339
Total expenses
$870,118
Contributions and grants received
$940,339
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$269,706
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,917
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$265,789
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$868,715
Management and general expenses
$1,403
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$868,715

Program services were 99.8% 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)

    $35,979

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $904,360

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $124,007 · program services $124,007 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $321,237 · program services $321,237 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,077 · program services $11,077 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $45,576 · program services $45,576 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $435 · program services $435 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,200 · program services $0 · management and general $1,200 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,537 · program services $7,537 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,217 · program services $9,217 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,750 · program services $1,750 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,154 · program services $5,154 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $38,171 · program services $38,171 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $20,527 · program services $20,527 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $264 · program services $264 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $38,195 · program services $38,195 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $37,207 · program services $37,207 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: NECROPSIES, LAB FEES, SERVICES

    total $10,468 · program services $10,468 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $4,731 · program services $4,731 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROJECT MATERIALS & SUPPLIES

    total $48,399 · program services $48,399 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT STORAGE

    total $5,117 · program services $5,117 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $139,849 · program services $139,646 · management and general $203 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $157,454 · end of year $204,428

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

    $333,506

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

    $268,228

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $39,883 · end of year $65,278

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,769 · end of year $3,917

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $195,568 · end of year $265,789

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

IRG'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH INFORMATION TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION OF COASTAL AND MARINE SPECIES AND THEIR HABITATS.

  • IRG RECEIVES A GRANT FROM FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO TO RESCUE SEA TURTLES TRAPPED IN POWER PLANT COOLING CANALS. THOUSANDS OF SEA TURTLES ARE CAPTURED BY THE IRG ANNUALLY. TURTLES ARE MEASURED, WEIGHED, TAGGED AND EXAMINED FOR IMPACT DUE TO POWER PLANT OPERATIONS BEFORE THEY ARE SAFELY RELEASED BACK INTO THE OCEAN. DATA COLLECTED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT ARE PROVIDED TO AND USED BY THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICES, U. S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO TRACK POPULATION TRENDS OF SEA TURTLES ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. IRG PUBLISHES THIS DATA IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND PRESENTS FINDINGS EACH YEAR AT THE INTERNATIONAL SEA TURTLE SYMPOSIUM. AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, IRG CONDUCTS SEA TURTLE NESTING SURVEYS. IRG ALSO CONDUCTS PUBLIC SEA TURTLE WALKS DURING JUNE AND JULY, PROVIDING EDUCATION ON SEA TURTLES AND SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION.

    Expenses $575,551 · Revenue $587,411

  • IRG HAS VARIOUS SMALLER PROJECTS INVOLVING SEA TURTLE EDUCATION, NESTING, MEASUREMENT, MONITORING AND TAGGING. THESE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED BY PUBLIC CORPORATIONS, STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE PROGRAMS ARE: KEY WEST NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, LAKE WORTH LAGOON PROGRAM, BIG BEND, HAWKS CHANNEL(BIG GREEN TURTLES),BOCA REEF, BISCAYNE BAY/UPPER KEYS, RIVERA BEACH POWER PLANT, INDIAN RIVER LAGOON,FORCE BLUE, PALM BEACH COUNTY AND COASTAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM. IRG PROVIDES INFORMATION OBTAINED IN THESES VARIOUS PROGRAMS FOR THE FURTHER PROTECTION OF SEA TURTLES THROUGH TECHNICAL PAPERS AND CONFERENCES.

    Expenses $182,979 · Revenue $189,789

  • IRG PARTNERED WITH THE NATIONAL SAVE A SEA TURTLE FOUNDATION EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTE QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. THE OUTREACH PROGRAM IS FREE TO TEACHERS AND INCLUDES TAILOR-MADE LESSON PLANS, IN-CLASS, AND NEW TRAVELING TRUNKS CONTAINING ALL THE EDUCATION MATERIAL TEACHERS WOULD NEED TO CARRY OUT FOUR CONSERVATION-BASED LESSON PLANS. THE PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN ABLE TO REACH OVER 20,000 STUDENTS IN ONE YEAR WITH THESE PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $110,185 · Revenue $42,000

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Bresette

    PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $70,593
    From this org
    $70,593
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Blair Witherington

    VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $33,406
    From this org
    $33,406
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Dean Bagley

    VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Steve Traxler

    SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $968
    From this org
    $968
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Carrie Keske

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $19,040
    From this org
    $19,040
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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
21 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312339349301376

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