Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,131,035
- Total expenses
- $797,940
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,845,895
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $173,519
- Investment income
- $111,621
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,554,684
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $145,377
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $4,409,307
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $760,622
- Management and general expenses
- $12,583
- Fundraising expenses
- $24,735
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $760,622
Program services were 95.3% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$126,678
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$48,770
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,670,447
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$1,152,069
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2a · Program service revenue: NOAA REVENUE
total $108,319 · related or exempt $108,319
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2b · Program service revenue: PROMOTIONAL PRODUCT INCOME
total $78,804 · related or exempt $78,804
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2c · Program service revenue: LESS COGS
total -$13,604 · related or exempt -$13,604
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3 · Investment income
total $30,210 · excluded $30,210
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
other assets $200,000
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
other assets $118,589
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7c · Gain or loss
other assets $81,411
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $81,411 · related or exempt $81,411
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $239,734 · program services $239,734
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $2,862 · program services $2,862
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $72,912 · program services $72,912
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11a · Fees: management
total $42,000 · program services $42,000
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11b · Fees: legal
total $19,500 · program services $19,500
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $7,400 · program services $3,699 · management and general $3,701
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11g · Fees: other
total $84,310 · program services $84,310
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $29,192 · program services $4,457 · fundraising $24,735
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13 · Office expenses
total $9,538 · program services $9,538
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14 · Information technology
total $62,403 · program services $62,403
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16 · Occupancy
total $85,404 · program services $85,404
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17 · Travel
total $22,629 · program services $22,629
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $804 · program services $804
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $33,827 · program services $33,827
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23 · Insurance
total $13,632 · program services $5,057 · management and general $8,575
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24a · Other expenses: BOAT EXPENSES
total $26,481 · program services $26,481
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24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES - BIG SALMON RAN
total $12,768 · program services $12,768
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24c · Other expenses: TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
total $10,383 · program services $10,383
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24d · Other expenses: PHONE & INTERNET
total $5,531 · program services $5,531
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24e · All other expenses
total $16,630 · program services $16,323 · management and general $307
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,749,468 · end of year $238,392
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $740,525
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $45,824
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $600 · end of year $22,595
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $150 · end of year $150
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$4,169,075
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$616,053
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,308,695 · end of year $3,553,022
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $28,525 · end of year $145,377
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $3,076,212 · end of year $4,409,307
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH (CWR) IS DEDICATED TO THE STUDY AND CONSERVATION OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWESTS KILLER WHALE POPULATIONS, WITH A PRIMARY FOCUS ON THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES. BUILDING ON HALF A CENTURY OF CONTINUOUS RESEARCH IN THE SALISH SEA, CWR ADVANCES UNDERSTANDING OF KILLER WHALE BEHAVIOR, HEALTH, AND ECOLOGY AND TRANSLATES SCIENCE INTO CONSERVATION ACTION - RESTORING CHINOOK SALMON, PROTECTING VITAL ECOSYSTEMS, AND INSPIRING PUBLIC STEWARDSHIP THROUGH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.
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THE ORGANIZATIONS CORE ACTIVITY IS THE SYSTEMATIC DOCUMENTATION OF THE SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES (SRKW) THROUGH ITS ONGOING ORCA SURVEY. STAFF CONDUCTED 93 ENCOUNTERS DURING THE YEAR (46 WITH SRKW) DOCUMENTING 4 NEW BIRTHS AND 3 DEATHS, WITH THE POPULATION CURRENTLY NUMBERING 74 INDIVIDUALS. DATA GENERATED THROUGH ORCA SURVEY CONTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO FOUR PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND HAS BEEN USED IN RESEARCH THAT RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION, RESULTING IN 639 NEWS STORIES ACROSS 511 UNIQUE OUTLETS IN 33 COUNTRIES. THESE DATA SUPPORT BROADER CONSERVATION EFFORTS BY INFORMING MANAGEMENT DECISIONS AND ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF SRKW BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGY. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED THE CORE SURVEY PROGRAM BY TRANSLATING RESEARCH FINDINGS FOR PUBLIC AUDIENCES AND ENGAGING COMMUNITIES IN ORCA CONSERVATION. THE ORGANIZATION DELIVERED 15 GUEST EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS AND WELCOMED 9,656 VISITORS TO THE EDUCATION CENTER, GENERATING 262 NEW MEMBERSHIPS THROUGH PEER-TO-PEER SIGN-UPS. EIGHT STAFF MEMBERS WORKED IN THE EDUCATION CENTER OVER THE SUMMER, EDUCATING VISITORS ABOUT THE ENDANGERED SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES AND OTHER MARINE LIFE OF THE SALISH SEA. DIGITAL OUTREACH EXTENDED THE REACH OF SURVEY AND EDUCATION EFFORTS GLOBALLY. THE ORGANIZATIONS WEBSITE RECEIVED OVER 120,000 PAGE VIEWS AND MORE THAN 70,000 UNIQUE VISITORS FROM 70 COUNTRIES. SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, WITH A 267% INCREASE IN INSTAGRAM REACH AND A 200% INCREASE IN FACEBOOK REACH OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. IN ADDITION TO SURVEY AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS THAT SUPPORT LONG-TERM ORCA RECOVERY, INCLUDING ADVANCING DISCUSSIONS FOR A LARGE-SCALE RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT WITH THE LOWER ELWHA KLALLAM TRIBE TO IMPROVE SALMON HABITAT. STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN TREE PLANTING WITH THE CLALLAM CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND HOSTED A VOLUNTEER DAY WITH GREAT OLD BROADS FOR WILDERNESS AS PART OF COMMUNITY-BASED STEWARDSHIP AND OUTREACH.
Expenses $760,622 · Revenue $173,519
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Nicola BloedelNICOLA BLOEDEL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Howard GarrettHOWARD GARRETT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Lodie GilbertLODIE GILBERT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Brian GregoryBRIAN GREGORY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Melissa MagerMELISSA MAGER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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April SmithAPRIL SMITH
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jenny WilsonJENNY WILSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Darren CroftDARREN CROFT
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 5 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202622269349300237
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