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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOUTHEAST COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING REGIONAL ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,375,802
Total expenses
$7,274,068
Contributions and grants received
$7,332,525
Grants paid
$6,156,998
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$43,277
Total assets, end of year
$3,359,786
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,119,013
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,240,773
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,240,616
Management and general expenses
$31,635
Fundraising expenses
$1,817
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,240,616

Program services were 99.5% 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

    $39,241

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $7,293,284

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $43,277 · related or exempt $43,277

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $43,277

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,080,550 · program services $6,080,550

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $76,448 · program services $76,448

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $162,746 · program services $156,310 · management and general $6,053 · fundraising $383

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $458,776 · program services $440,635 · management and general $17,063 · fundraising $1,078

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $56,036 · program services $54,499 · management and general $1,419 · fundraising $118

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $65,269 · program services $63,478 · management and general $1,653 · fundraising $138

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,352 · program services $46,053 · management and general $1,199 · fundraising $100

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $196,687 · program services $192,439 · management and general $4,248

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,044 · program services $1,044

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,109 · program services $8,109

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,390 · program services $7,390

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $80,893 · program services $80,893

  • 24a · Other expenses: BUSINESS SERVICES

    total $16,501 · program services $16,501

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $16,267 · program services $16,267

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $527,380 · end of year $744,998

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $251,695 · end of year $251,796

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,235,177 · end of year $1,868,505

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $70,398 · end of year $27,539

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

    $770,820

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

    $303,872

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $547,841 · end of year $466,948

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,480,452 · end of year $1,808,013

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $13,000 · end of year $311,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,062,588 · end of year $1,162,586

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $76,451 · end of year $78,187

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SECOORA IS THE REGIONAL SOLUTION TO INTEGRATING COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVING DATA IN THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES TO INFORM DECISION MAKERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE SECOORA REGION ENCOMPASSES 4 STATES, OVER 42 MILLION PEOPLE AND SPANS THE COASTAL OCEAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA. WE ARE CREATING CUSTOMIZED PRODUCTS TO ADDRESS THESE THEMATIC AREAS: MARINE OPERATIONS; COASTAL HAZARDS; ECOSYSTEMS, WATER QUALITY, AND LIVING MARINE RESOURCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SECOORA, THE SOUTHEAST COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING REGIONAL ASSOCIATION, IS THE REGIONAL SOLUTION TO INTEGRATING COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVING DATA AND INFORMATION IN THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES.

  • PROVIDE OCEAN INFORMATION TO MEMBERS AND OTHER PARTIES. THE ORGANIZATION IS ONE OF 11 REGIONAL COASTAL OBSERVING SYSTEMS. SECOORA COLLECTS DATA AND CREATES TOOLS THAT SUPPORT HUMAN POPULATIONS, COASTAL ECONOMIES AND A HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT. ITS OBSERVING SYSTEM IS COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE DATA PRODUCTS, MOORED AND COASTAL STATIONS, HIGH-FREQUENCY RADARS, AND A GLIDER OBSERVATORY.

    Expenses $7,240,616 · Grants $6,156,998

  • PRIORITIES FOR SECOORA FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS ARE TO SUSTAIN, REPAIR AND EXPAND CRITICAL OBSERVING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ENHANCE DATA MANAGEMENT, DATA SHARING, AND DELIVERY OF DATA PRODUCTS, TO STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST, INCLUDING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. IN SECOORA'S BIL AWARD SECOORA IS PROPOSING WORK UNDER TOPIC AREA 1 AND TOPIC AREA 2:

  • SECOORA AND PARTNERS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PILOTED AND TRANSITIONED TO OPERATIONS A COASTAL WEBCAM NETWORK FOR THE SOUTHEAST US. THE NETWORK, KNOWN AS WEBCOOS, STREAMLINED THE COLLECTION, STORAGE, AND ACCESS TO REAL-TIME AND HISTORIC WEBCAM IMAGERY AND ENABLES IMAGE ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF DERIVED PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE USED FOR DECISION-MAKING.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erin Hague

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Duane De Freese

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bryan Franks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nathan Hall

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Murley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Harris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Mitchum

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Evelien Vanderkloet

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Copeland

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Savidge

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick Barrineau

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debra Hernandez

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $200,056
    From this org
    $163,445
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,611
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,445
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,345
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,266
    Filer's total
    $200,056

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

  • UNC WILMINGTON

    $536,647

    TO FURTHER MISSION OF PROVIDING OCEAN INFORMATION TO MEMBERS AND OTHER PARTIES

  • TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

    $524,118

    TO FURTHER MISSION OF PROVIDING OCEAN INFORMATION TO MEMBERS AND OTHER PARTIES

  • UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION

    $465,748

    TO FURTHER MISSION OF PROVIDING OCEAN INFORMATION TO MEMBERS AND OTHER PARTIES

  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

    $431,176

    TO FURTHER MISSION OF PROVIDING OCEAN INFORMATION TO MEMBERS AND OTHER PARTIES

  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

    $420,141

    TO FURTHER MISSION OF PROVIDING OCEAN INFORMATION TO MEMBERS AND OTHER PARTIES

  • AXIOM DATA SCIENCES LLC

    $365,854

    TO FURTHER MISSION OF PROVIDING OCEAN INFORMATION TO MEMBERS AND OTHER PARTIES

  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

    $349,417

    TO FURTHER MISSION OF PROVIDING OCEAN INFORMATION TO MEMBERS AND OTHER PARTIES

  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

    $289,787

    TO FURTHER MISSION OF PROVIDING OCEAN INFORMATION TO MEMBERS AND OTHER PARTIES

  • UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

    $173,761

    TO FURTHER MISSION OF PROVIDING OCEAN INFORMATION TO MEMBERS AND OTHER PARTIES

  • COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

    $147,800

    TO FURTHER MISSION OF PROVIDING OCEAN INFORMATION TO MEMBERS AND OTHER PARTIES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
21 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601179349300740

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