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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SURFRIDER FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,280,357
Total expenses
$10,864,451
Contributions and grants received
$10,223,289
Grants paid
$11,293
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$31,432
Other revenue
$2,025,636
Total assets, end of year
$20,166,105
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,596,274
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$18,569,831
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,873,057
Management and general expenses
$951,300
Fundraising expenses
$1,040,094
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,873,057

Program services were 81.7% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $360,368

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,703,952

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $631,061

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $37,967

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,489,941

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $320,683

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $124,625 · excluded $124,625

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $2,320,671 · excluded $2,320,671

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,027,491

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

    securities $1,120,684

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$93,193

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$93,193 · excluded -$93,193

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $13,650

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $631,061

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $614,713

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$601,063 · excluded -$601,063

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $686,631

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $380,603

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $306,028 · unrelated business $306,028

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $11,293 · program services $11,293

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $432,373 · program services $332,179 · management and general $64,482 · fundraising $35,712

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,721,426 · program services $4,131,432 · management and general $166,397 · fundraising $423,597

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $72,295 · program services $65,720 · management and general $757 · fundraising $5,818

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $399,790 · program services $361,268 · management and general $5,986 · fundraising $32,536

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $347,447 · program services $305,848 · management and general $13,940 · fundraising $27,659

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $35,566 · program services $14,139 · management and general $207 · fundraising $21,220

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,971 · program services $38,514 · management and general $3,019 · fundraising $3,438

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $181,488 · program services $181,488

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,964,742 · program services $1,531,964 · management and general $156,541 · fundraising $276,237

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $379,460 · program services $330,544 · management and general $2,287 · fundraising $46,629

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $547,802 · program services $452,837 · management and general $79,887 · fundraising $15,078

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $481,000 · program services $395,478 · management and general $58,463 · fundraising $27,059

  • 17 · Travel

    total $476,908 · program services $317,830 · management and general $128,395 · fundraising $30,683

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $206,369 · program services $112,700 · management and general $71,107 · fundraising $22,562

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $29,925 · program services $19,573 · fundraising $10,352

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $31,440 · program services $28,555 · management and general $647 · fundraising $2,238

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $48,327 · management and general $48,327

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP

    total $242,719 · program services $184,059 · fundraising $58,660

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSES, FEES, & OTHER

    total $203,575 · program services $57,636 · management and general $145,323 · fundraising $616

  • 24c · Other expenses: UBI TAX PAID

    total $5,535 · management and general $5,535

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

    total $91,677 · program services $68,758 · management and general $0 · fundraising $22,919

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,075,040 · end of year $10,772,210

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,807,952 · end of year $2,047,496

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,109,363 · end of year $1,816,517

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $122,479 · end of year $209,058

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $149,200 · end of year $212,323

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

    $490,180

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

    $413,562

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $54,101 · end of year $76,618

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,246,816 · end of year $4,259,786

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $772,097

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $778,319 · end of year $755,870

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $840,404

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,039,854 · end of year $11,359,605

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,746,778 · end of year $7,210,226

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO THE PROTECTION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE WORLD'S OCEAN, WAVES AND BEACHES, THROUGH A POWERFUL ACTIVIST NETWORK.

  • VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS GRASS ROOTS VOLUNTEER ORGANIZING, PROMOTING REDUCTION IN SINGLE USE PLASTICS, PROMOTING OCEAN FRIENDLY GARDEN TECHNIQUES, PROMOTING BEACH WATER QUALITY, BEACH ACCESS AND BEACH AND WAVE PRESERVATION.

    Expenses $5,805,395 · Grants $11,293

  • CHAPTER & CLUB NETWORK SUPPORT - WE DEVELOPED TRAINING MATERIALS, TRAINED AND ASSISTED VOLUNTEERS WITH CAMPAIGN PLANNING, AND FACILITATED THE CHAPTERS IN THEIR GRASS ROOTS ACTIVIST WORKS.

    Expenses $1,361,315

  • PLASTIC POLLUTION - WE ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS, INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENTS TO PROTECT OUR OCEAN, WAVES AND BEACHES BY REDUCING PLASTICS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT. OUR RISE ABOVE PLASTICS AND OCEAN FRIENDLY RESTAURANTS PROGRAMS ADVOCATE FOR A REDUCTION IN SINGLE USE PLASTICS, FOR THE RECYCLING OF ALL PLASTICS AND DRIVES CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR THAT CREATES SCALABLE IMPACT TO REDUCE PLASTICS IN THE OCEAN.

    Expenses $1,102,807

  • CLEAN WATER INITIATIVE - WE PROTECT OUR COASTAL WATERWAYS, COMMUNITIES, AND WIDLIFE FROM WATER POLLUTION BY FOCUSING ON TWO MAIN PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS ARE THE BLUE WATER TASK FORCE (BWTF) AND OCEAN FRIENDLY GARDENS (OFG). CHAPTERS ALSO RUN CAMPAIGNS AGAINST PROJECTS THAT WILL CAUSE POLLUTION AND ADVOCATE FOR WISE MANAGEMENT OF OUR LAND AND WATER RESOURCES.

    Expenses $603,540

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ADRIANA ESTRADA

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAN LAMMOT

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEVE SHIPSEY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TOM GARCIA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANUPA ASOKAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TED CHIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TERESA CHRISTOPHER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AIRRION COPELAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EVAN HARRISON

    DIRECTOR THRU 02/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NATALIE HUBBARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MATT JARVIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CLIFF KAPONO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DENISE LEONHARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SARAH LIM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ED LUNSFORD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ARI LURIE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHELBY MEADE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER SPIES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • IAN STEWART

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHAD NELSEN

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $234,883
    From this org
    $220,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,883
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,483
    Filer's total
    $234,883

  • MICHELLE KREMER

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $197,490
    From this org
    $182,701
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,789
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,701
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,452
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,337
    Filer's total
    $197,490

  • EDUARDO ANAYA

    SR. DIR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $152,345
    From this org
    $138,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,416
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,929
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,093
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,323
    Filer's total
    $152,345

  • SPENCER CAMPBELL

    SR. DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $157,714
    From this org
    $145,742
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,972
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,742
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,993
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,979
    Filer's total
    $157,714

  • ANGELA HOWE-STEMRICH

    SR. LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $134,522
    From this org
    $124,007
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,515
    Hours/week
    40

  • ZACHARY PLOPPER

    SR. ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $129,827
    From this org
    $119,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,077
    Hours/week
    40

  • LORI BOOTH

    ASSOC. DIR.OF INSTITUTIONAL GIVING

    Total calculated
    $129,271
    From this org
    $114,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,151
    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. 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333199349321803

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