Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$47,774

Total expenses

$42,835

Contributions and grants received

$20,149

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$27,625

Membership dues (line 3)

$0

Investment income (line 4)

$0

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

$0

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

$0

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

$0

Other revenue (line 8)

$0

Total assets, end of year

$83,400

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$83,400

Program service expenses (Part III)

$42,843

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

• Monitoring surveys to detect the presence and abundance of sea turtles after beach nourishment and installation of artificial reefs in Brevard County. Sea turtles are protected under state and federally laws. As part of the environmental assessment of the impact of beach construction on threatened and endangered species and their habitat. Required monitoring for Joint Coastal Permitting for beach construction projects. Funding includes 2023 monitoring reports, and 2024 field and reporting work completed.

  Expenses $11,177 · Grants $18,445

• Tagging project to capture and study the health, distribution, and population characteristics of immature sea turtles using nearshore and artificial reefs. Funds assist with costs for part-time field work personnel, equipment, operating costs, and permit reporting for nearshore research and support telemetry projects where additional funds are needed. Reporting and some field expenses for this project roll over into 2025

  Expenses $6,126 · Grants $7,500

• Grant to determine the movement, behavior, and origin of foraging grounds of the subadult loggerhead sea turtle using acoustic telemetry and stable isotope analysis. Grant was initially awarded in 2023 to expand on and continue supporting the objectives in the recovery of the Western Atlantic loggerhead turtle that is protected under the endangered species act. This study is in progress and expenses for field work will roll over into 2025.

  Expenses $3,856

• Analysis of green turtle diet for other researchers in Florida ($9180) and expenses are in part for 2024 ($2163) for the analysis, data entry, and reporting of that work. This diet work supports knowledge of local habitat and health of endangered green turtles. Work rolls into 2025.

  Expenses $2,163 · Grants $9,180

• Outreach activity expenses (travel, setup, materials - brochures, social media sites) to reach the general public through participation in ocean-minded festivals with education booths and presentations and ecological meetings that are open to the general public and travel funds used to collaborate with other researchers on non-profit sea turtle research projects around the state of Florida (Inwater Research Group, The Florida Hawksbill Project). Meetings reach out to >500 people. Fieldwork encounters range from 25 to 50 persons for >60 field days.

  Expenses $13,813 · Grants $7,500

• Grant to determine the proximate nutritional value of macroalgae consumed by juvenile green turtles. Research is important for turtles in the wild as well as rehabilitation facilities that want to provide the most complementary feeding for turtles' recovery under their care. Remaining funding (25%; $4958)was awarded with submission of final analysis and report. Expenses were ($5708). Project was completed in 2024. Publication in peer-reviewed literature is in progress for EOY 2025.

  Expenses $5,708 · Grants $4,958

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2024

Filed

12 May 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

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