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← BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$461,055
Total expenses
$494,737
Contributions and grants received
$316,487
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$32,504
Investment income
$434
Other revenue
$111,630
Total assets, end of year
$46,635
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,850
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$41,785
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$319,636
Management and general expenses
$172,820
Fundraising expenses
$2,281
Program service expenses (Part III)
$319,636

Program services were 64.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $316,487

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS

    total $25,152 · related or exempt $25,152

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WHALE WATCH

    total $4,680 · related or exempt $4,680

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAMS

    total $2,672 · related or exempt $2,672

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $434 · related or exempt $434

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $18,831

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $11,869

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $6,962 · excluded $6,962

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $93,924

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $93,924 · excluded $93,924

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $12,183

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,439

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $10,744 · related or exempt $10,744

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $136,830 · program services $44,952 · management and general $91,878

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $166,621 · program services $166,621

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $26,234 · management and general $26,234

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,952 · program services $15,772 · management and general $7,180

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,769 · program services $1,250 · management and general $5,519

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,255 · program services $680 · management and general $575

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,945 · program services $3,625 · management and general $12,087 · fundraising $2,233

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,064 · program services $583 · management and general $14,481

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,460 · management and general $9,460

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,655 · program services $11,635 · management and general $990 · fundraising $30

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,160 · program services $2,160

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,238 · management and general $3,238

  • 24a · Other expenses: GRANT EXPENSES

    total $38,537 · program services $38,537

  • 24b · Other expenses: BLUE OCEAN DISCOVERY CE

    total $23,389 · program services $23,389

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDUCATION/OUTREACH

    total $5,770 · program services $5,105 · management and general $647 · fundraising $18

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $5,570 · program services $5,039 · management and general $531

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $288 · program services $288

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $16,088 · end of year $2,275

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $60,467 · end of year $43,771

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $624 · end of year $589

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,712 · end of year $4,850

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $53,704 · end of year $7,438

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,763 · end of year $34,347

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT MARINE LIFE IN THE GULF OF MAINE THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND INSPIRING ACTION. OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES ARE STUDYING MARINE LIFE OFF THE NH COAST, CONDUCTING OVER 200 COMMUNITY BEACH CLEANUPS EACH YEAR, RUNNING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT OUR BLUE OCEAN DISCOVERY CENTER IN HAMPTON BEACH, NH, AND LASTLY CONDUCTING INTERACTIVE PRESENTATIONS FOR SCHOOLS AND GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE NEW ENGLAND REGION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROTECT MARINE LIFE IN THE GULF OF MAINE THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND INSPIRING ACTION.

  • INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS - PROVIDE HANDS-ON PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS AND AT OUR BLUE OCEAN DISCOVERY CENTER IN HAMPTON BEACH, TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT MARINE LIFE AND INSPIRE THEM TO PROTECT THE OCEAN. SCHOOL PROGRAMS FEATURE OUR LIFE-SIZED INFLATABLE WHALE AND POLLUTION PREVENTION EDUCATION. OUR BLUE OCEAN DISCOVERY CENTER FEATURES TOUCH TANKS AND A VARIETY OF OTHER EXHIBITS ABOUT THE GULF OF MAINE AND MARINE CONSERVATION. TOGETHER, THESE PROGRAMS REACH APPROXIMATELY 22,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $123,272 · Revenue $25,152

  • WHALE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION - PROVIDE NATURALISTS ON ONE LOCAL WHALE WATCH VESSELS WHO RUN A HANDS-ON EDUCATION PROGRAM AND INFORM OVER 10,000 PEOPLE EACH YEAR. COLLECT BEHAVIORAL DATA ON WHALES THAT IS PART OF A LONG-TERM SCIENTIFIC STUDY TO IDENTIFY, CATALOG AND STUDY THE BEHAVIOR OF GULF OF MAINE MARINE LIFE, FOCUSING ON LARGE WHALE SPECIES.

    Expenses $128,056 · Revenue $7,352

  • BEACH CLEANUP AND MARINE DEBRIS MONITORING - ENGAGE VOLUNTEERS IN CONDUCTING OVER 200 BEACH CLEANUPS A YEAR, STUDY MICROPLASTICS AND DOCUMENT LITTER AS PART OF OUR LONG-TERM STUDY ON MARINE POLLUTION. USE THIS DATA TO DEVELOP TARGETED EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $45,222

  • OTHER PROGRAMS TO EDUCATE AND PROMOTE A HEALTHY MARINE ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT THE BLUE OCEAN DISCOVERY CENTER AND SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS, AND PROJECTS TO INSPIRE THE PUBLIC TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT MARINE LIFE.

    Expenses $23,086 · Revenue $105,102

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nadine Lysiak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Crotty

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tyler O'Brien

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Schleyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christian Brouillard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Colleen Durkin Blackburn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristin Laberis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Norlaila Miller

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Corie Grewal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Carragher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brett Prior

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Kennedy

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $76,081
    From this org
    $76,081
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dianna Schulte

    DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $56,874
    From this org
    $56,874
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
27 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202642399349301244

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