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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SEACOLOGY.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,599,548
Total expenses
$3,159,291
Contributions and grants received
$4,294,092
Grants paid
$1,075,478
Program service revenue
$49,199
Investment income
$255,510
Other revenue
$747
Total assets, end of year
$12,699,669
Total liabilities, end of year
$342,637
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,357,032
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,467,009
Management and general expenses
$254,885
Fundraising expenses
$437,397
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,467,009

Program services were 78.1% 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

    $4,294,092

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $157,556

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EXPEDITIONS

    total $49,199 · related or exempt $49,199

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $201,031 · excluded $201,031

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,151,506

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,097,027

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $54,479

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $54,479 · excluded $54,479

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $747 · related or exempt $747

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $747

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $72,470 · program services $72,470

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,757 · program services $2,757

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,000,251 · program services $1,000,251

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $356,450 · program services $264,783 · management and general $65,222 · fundraising $26,445

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $589,250 · program services $358,098 · management and general $20,488 · fundraising $210,664

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $129,915 · program services $91,900 · management and general $13,083 · fundraising $24,932

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $118,197 · program services $79,225 · management and general $7,708 · fundraising $31,264

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $69,481 · program services $46,202 · management and general $6,272 · fundraising $17,007

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,211 · management and general $1,211

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,238 · management and general $38,238

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $67,761 · management and general $67,761

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $81,601 · program services $32,500 · fundraising $49,101

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $98,960 · program services $66,645 · management and general $8,614 · fundraising $23,701

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,313 · program services $6,167 · management and general $897 · fundraising $2,249

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $44,556 · program services $29,618 · management and general $4,001 · fundraising $10,937

  • 17 · Travel

    total $107,117 · program services $81,609 · management and general $7,982 · fundraising $17,526

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $679 · program services $452 · management and general $60 · fundraising $167

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,600 · program services $5,957 · management and general $4,480 · fundraising $2,163

  • 24a · Other expenses: FIELD REPS

    total $175,073 · program services $175,073

  • 24b · Other expenses: EXPEDITIONS

    total $62,168 · program services $62,168

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROJECT MONITORING EXPENSES

    total $32,408 · program services $32,408

  • 24d · Other expenses: SEACOLOGY PRIZE EXPENSES

    total $32,165 · program services $32,165

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $56,670 · program services $26,561 · management and general $8,868 · fundraising $21,241

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $43,115 · program services $29,443 · management and general $2,415 · fundraising $11,257

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $595,756 · end of year $736,275

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,191,888 · end of year $1,689,449

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $263,734 · end of year $1,552,805

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $98,407 · end of year $102,850

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

    $53,204

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

    $53,204

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $679 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,749,592 · end of year $8,411,101

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $248,532 · end of year $207,189

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $174,628 · end of year $130,595

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $249,567 · end of year $212,042

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,692,048 · end of year $8,566,766

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,029,345 · end of year $3,790,266

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Seacology protects the threatened species and habitats of the worlds islands by working directly with local people to both conserve their natural resources and improve their quality of life.

  • IN 2023, SEACOLOGY STARTED 23 NEW PROJECTS ON ISLANDS AROUND THE WORLD. SEACOLOGY GRANTS GO TO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE WORKING TO PROTECT THEIR MARINE OR TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND NEED SOME KIND OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT, SUCH AS A SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY CENTER. SEACOLOGY'S 2023 PROJECTS FUNDED A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN RETURN FOR VARIOUS PROTECTIONS, AS DESCRIBED ON SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $2,424,844 · Grants $1,065,478 · Revenue $49,946

  • THE ANNUAL SEACOLOGY PRIZE RECOGNIZES AN INDIGENOUS ISLANDER FOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE OF HIS OR HER HOME COUNTRY. THE SEACOLOGY BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHOSE JONAH RATSIMBAZAFY AS THE 2023 PRIZE RECIPIENT. THE LONGTIME CONSERVATIONIST HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO PROTECTING THE ENDANGERED LEMURS AND OTHER SPECIES OF HIS NATIVE MADAGASCAR. ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTION ON SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $42,165 · Grants $10,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Duane Silverstein

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $300,695
    From this org
    $246,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,695
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $36,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,795
    Filer's total
    $300,695
  • Karen Peterson

    SR MGR SPEC. INIT.

    Total calculated
    $146,103
    From this org
    $108,461
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,642
    Hours/week
    40
  • Erin Coyne

    INST. GIVING OFF.

    Total calculated
    $136,159
    From this org
    $101,767
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,392
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kevin Claassen

    ACCT. MGR.

    Total calculated
    $128,910
    From this org
    $110,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,460
    Hours/week
    40
  • Paul Cox

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kimberly Myers Hewlett

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandie Tillotson

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Douglas Herst

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ken Murdock

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Dibner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Halsted

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shanna Jamieson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Masayuki Kishimoto

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Holland

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Ward

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Staffieri

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kristin Reed

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Scott Wilson

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jake Walker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter Read

    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412579349302101

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