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← THE CENTER FOR AQUATIC SCIENCES INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE CENTER FOR AQUATIC SCIENCES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,647,765
Total expenses
$1,509,891
Contributions and grants received
$755,384
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$667,156
Investment income
$91,199
Other revenue
$134,026
Total assets, end of year
$2,413,783
Total liabilities, end of year
$296,461
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,117,322
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$899,200
Management and general expenses
$493,061
Fundraising expenses
$117,630
Program service expenses (Part III)
$899,200

Program services were 59.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $245,330

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $510,054

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $667,156 · related or exempt $667,156

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $59,437 · excluded $59,437

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $377,316

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

    securities $345,554

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $31,762

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $31,762 · excluded $31,762

  • 11a · Other revenue: ANNUAL SUPPORT

    total $134,026 · related or exempt $134,026

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $134,026

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $238,530 · program services $119,265 · management and general $119,265

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $776,125 · program services $542,943 · management and general $175,659 · fundraising $57,523

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $153,769 · program services $93,466 · management and general $46,717 · fundraising $13,586

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,175 · management and general $21,175

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,631 · program services $43,543 · management and general $777 · fundraising $311

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,452 · management and general $7,452

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,599 · program services $4,712 · management and general $1,673 · fundraising $214

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,569 · program services $12,625 · management and general $1,645 · fundraising $299

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $18,644 · management and general $18,644

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $64,895 · program services $1,200 · management and general $63,695

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $39,151 · program services $28,629 · fundraising $10,522

  • 24b · Other expenses: GENERAL OPERATING EXPEN

    total $32,475 · program services $14,812 · management and general -$4,316 · fundraising $21,979

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $28,549 · program services $28,549

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL SERVICE

    total $26,184 · management and general $26,184

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $37,143 · program services $9,456 · management and general $14,491 · fundraising $13,196

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $1,000

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $512,073 · end of year $893,067

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $247,242 · end of year $59,839

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,056 · end of year $14,978

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

    $298,545

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

    $251,549

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $59,444 · end of year $46,996

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,337,955 · end of year $1,397,903

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $118,064 · end of year $119,953

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $119,256 · end of year $176,508

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $31,342 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,741,953 · end of year $2,064,042

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $158,155 · end of year $53,280

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROMOTE THE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND PROTECTION OF AQUATIC LIFE AND HABITATS THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, CONSERVATION VENTURES BOTH GLOBALLY AND LOCALLY AND ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CENTER FOR AQUATIC SCIENCES PROVIDES UNIQUE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT EMPOWER YOUTH TO LEAD THE WAY IN UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATING, AND PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT.

  • THE CAUSE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF UNDER REPRESENTED MINORITIES IN THE SCIENCE AND EDUCATION WORKFORCE AND TO PROVIDE QUALITY SCIENCE EDUCATION THROUGH EARLY INTERVENTION TO UNDERSERVED YOUTH K-12. BRIEFLY DESCRIBED, THE CAUSE PROGRAM TRAINS HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH IN MARINE SCIENCE AND BIOLOGY TO PREPARE THEM FOR PAID EMPLOYMENT AS "CAUSE INTERNS," IN JOBS AS SUMMER SCIENCE CAMP EDUCATION AND AS EDUCATORS AND MENTORS FOR YOUNGSTERS K-8 IN THE AFTERSCHOOL SCIENCE CLUBS. TEEN INTERNS IN THE CAUSE PROGRAM HAVE EXPERIENCED SUCCESSES IN EMPLOYMENT AND LEARNING THAT GREATLY ENHANCE SELF-ESTEEM, WIDEN HORIZONS, AND INDELIBLY SHAPE AMBITIONS FOR FUTURE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT. PERHAPS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES, THE TEENS ARE THE EXPERT THE PERSON TO WHOM PEOPLE WILL LISTEN AND LEARN. EQUALLY POWERFUL BENEFITS RESULT FOR THE K-8 YOUNGSTERS WHO HAVE THE CHANCE TO DEVELOP MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEENAGERS FROM THEIR OWN COMMUNITY, WHO ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ROLE MODELS AND COMMITTED TEACHERS. 100% OF CAUSE SENIORS HAVE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL (150 SINCE 1993). THIS FACT IS PARTICULARLY NOTABLE GIVEN THE DROPOUT RATE OF CAMDEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT EXCEEDS 50% AND THE FACT THAT TEENS ARE RECRUITED INTO THE PROGRAM WITHOUT REGARD TO SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.

    Expenses $899,200 · Revenue $1,046,512

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • JENNIFER MILLER

    CHAIR & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOEY RODRIGUEZ

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER MCALINEY PHD MBA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELINDA JOHNSON PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STACEY PIERCE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIM SCARBOROUGH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LORI RAPUANO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN DIGHTON PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRUNO LEVINE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN DUVALL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUSSELL FURNARI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHLEEN WAGNER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA KELLY

    PRESIDENT & CEO (APPOINTED 6/3/24)

    Total calculated
    $101,668
    From this org
    $101,668
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • NICOLE GILLESPIE

    PRESIDENT & CEO (RESIGNED 6/3/24)

    Total calculated
    $136,862
    From this org
    $136,862
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,862
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $136,862

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 · 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
2023
Filed
13 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540159349300119

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