Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← All organizations

AMERICAN LITTORAL SOCIETY

EIN 22-1731073 HIGHLANDS, NJ

Revenue 2025
$6,936,666
Expenses 2025
$6,551,574

Program services were 90.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C200
Classification
2800
Street
18 HARTSHORNE RD BLDG 18

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

PROMOTE THE STUDY AND CONSERVATION OF MARINE LIFE AND ITS HABITAT, DEFEND THE COAST FROM HARM, AND EMPOWER OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.

  • CONSERVATION-AMERICAN LITTORAL SOCIETY RESTORES ECOLOGICALLY HEALTHY AND RESILIENT COASTAL HABITATS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST AND THE DELAWARE BAY REGION. THE SOCIETY LEADS THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS IN COASTAL CLEANUPS OF THE NEW YORK STATE BEACH SHORELINE. WE PLANT DUNES WITH CORPORATIONS, PRIVATE GROUPS, MUNICIPALITIES, AND SCHOOL GROUPS TO PROTECT LIFE, LIMB AND PROPERTY FROM DANGEROUS STORMS. WE ARE WORKING TO RESTORE CONNECTIVITY TO COASTAL WATERSHEDS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AS WELL AS PROVIDE PASSAGE FOR MIGRATORY FISH SPECIES. THE SOCIETY'S PROJECTS INCLUDE LIVING SHORLINES, A METHOD OF LAND STABILIZATION THAT PROTECTS THE SHORELINE FROM EROSION WHILE PRESERVING, ENHANCING, OR CREATING HABITAT. THE "SHUCK IT DON'T CHUCK IT" SHELL RECYCLING PROGRAM WAS CREATED BY THE SOCIETY TO RECYCLE OYSTER SHELLS FROM LOCAL RESTAURANTS. THE SHELL IS RETURNED TO THE WATER WHERE IT PROVIDES A SUBSTRATE FOR NEW OYSTERS. OYSTER SHELLS FROM RESTAURANTS ORDINARILY ENDS UP IN LANDFILLS. OYSTER REEFS ALSO PROVIDE HOMES FOR OTHER MARINE LIFE AND PROTECT SHORELINES. THE SOCIETY WORKS WITH COMMUNITIES, HOMEOWNERS, AND BUSINESSES TO REDUCE STORM RUN-OFF THROUGH GREEN STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND WATER FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING.

    Expenses $5,561,420 · Revenue $51,488

  • ADVOCACY-EVERYTHING WE DO AT THE SOCIETY IS ABOUT THE PUBLIC TRUST. THE COAST BELONGS TO ALL OF US AND OUR ADVOCACY AND POLICY PROGRAM HAS BEEN PROTECTING THE AVERAGE PERSON AND THEIR STAKE IN THE COAST FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS. WE SPEAK OUT FOR THE COAST, MARINE LIFE AND ITS HABITATS, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF DIVERSE COASTAL COMMUNITIES. OUR ADVOCACY IS OFTEN COMMUNITY BASED, WORKING ON THE MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST AFFECTED. WE SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS THEY NEED TO RAISE THEIR VOICES ALONG WITH US. THE MAIN AREAS OF INTEREST WHERE THE SOCIETY ADVOCATES FOR BETTER PUBLIC POLICY TO PROTECT THE LITTORAL ZONE ARE COASTAL PUBLIC ACCESS, COASTAL LAND USE REFORM, AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION. A GRANT FROM THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION IS PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR A STUDY TO IDENTIFY WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE BACTERIA IN THE 27 MILE STRETCH OF THE DELAWARE RIVER FLOWING PAST PHILADELPHIA, CAMDEN, CHESTER AND WILMINGTON. WORKING WITH PEOPLE REPRESENTING ALL ASPECTS OF THE RIVER'S USE, OUR GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A "ROAD MAP" TO INCREASE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SWIMMING AND PADDLING IN TARGETED AREAS AS WELL AS ADVANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH, PUBLIC ACCESS, AND JOB CREATION.

    Expenses $122,847

  • EDUCATION-THE SOCIETY CONNECTS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO THE COAST THROUGH EDUCATIONAL NATURE WALKS, FISHING CLINICS, FIELD TRIPS, AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. OUR STAFF NATURALISTS HOST PUBLIC PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR INCLUDING SUNSET SEINING, HORSESHOE CRAB WALKS, SURF FISHING CLINICS, BIRD WALKS, SEAL AND WINTER WATERFOWL WALKS, AND WILD EDIBLE PLANT WALKS. FISH TAGGING-SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE SOCIETY'S FISH TAGGING PROGRAM IN 1965, MORE THAN 970,000 FISH HAVE BEEN TAGGED BY OUR VOLUNTEER TAGGERS. CURRENTLY, THE PROGRAM'S TARGET SPECIES IS STRIPED BASS AND OTHER FISH OF THE LITTORAL ZONE, INCLUDING SUMMER FLOUNDER, BLUEFISH, TAUTOG, AND BLACK SEABASS. THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY HAS MORE THAN 450 ACTIVE TAGGERS WHO TAG OVER 15,000 FISH PER YEAR. TAGGING IS AN IMPORTANT BIOLOGICAL METHOD FOR MONITORING FISH, BECAUSE, UNLIKE OTHER ANIMALS, THEY SPEND ALMOST ALL OF THEIR ENTIRE LIVES OUT OF THE SIGHT OF RESEARCHERS. THE PROGRAM AIDS SCIENTISTS TOO AS OUR TAGGING DATA IS TRANSFERRED TO THE DATABASE OF THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE LABORATORY.

    Expenses $213,402 · Revenue $71,038

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • TALLY BLUMBERG

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK MAURIELLO

    VICE-PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIANE ROY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID J CHAPMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUSSELL FURNARI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER HETZLER MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE KOWALLIS MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GAIL ELIZABETH LALLA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAUREN MORSE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER SAMSON PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEWIN WEYL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIELLE MCCULLOCH

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $45,481
    From this org
    $45,481
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • TIMOTHY DILLINGHAM

    FORMER EXEC

    Total calculated
    $140,367
    From this org
    $123,610
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,757
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $6,936,666
    Expenses
    $6,551,574
    Contributions
    $6,671,836
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,211,466
    Expenses
    $3,597,461
    Contributions
    $2,988,678
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,654,475
    Expenses
    $3,149,521
    Contributions
    $2,428,548
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,291,023
    Expenses
    $9,160,179
    Contributions
    $10,105,354
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,690,003
    Expenses
    $2,664,416
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,628,305

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,272,947
    Expenses
    $2,350,297
    Assets (EOY)
    $707,996

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,023,440
    Expenses
    $2,648,884
    Assets (EOY)
    $866,515

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,349,812
    Expenses
    $2,385,732
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,040,511

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,415,929
    Expenses
    $2,974,648
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,229,030

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,386,505
    Expenses
    $4,269,302
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,369,442

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,648,732
    Expenses
    $4,753,551
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,606,768

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,835,677
    Expenses
    $2,706,373
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,586,140

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,179,529
    Expenses
    $2,839,223
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,398,311

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,958,490
    Assets (EOY)
    $641,604

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.