- Revenue 2023
- $0
- Expenses 2023
- $0
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Street
- 249 Windward Passage
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 · 2023
Mission
Research, education and conservation work to improve the health & productivity of coastal envirmonments for endangered species & human livlihoods that depend on them.
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Right Whale Conservation - The right whale conservation program through education, public engagement, and monitoring reproduction and population numbers, aims to reduce risks and understand the factors contributing to the species decline. Our projects include extensive aerial surveys over the only known calving area in the Atlantic Ocean, producing and disseminating educational materials, scientific input and sponsoring an annual Right Whale Festival that attracts the public to learn about the plight of these whales while having an enjoyable family experience.The 2022/2023 North Atlantic right whale (NARW) aerial surveys were flown from November 15th to April 15th to collect data on this highly endangered species and reduce incidences of ship collisions. Our survey coverage area ranges from Georgia to Virginia, totaling over 4,500 nautical miles off the southeastern U.S. All teams had a total of 93 NARW sightings this season: 17 in North Carolina, 11 in South Carolina, and 65 in Georgia. Of the 93 sightings, 50 were mother/calf pairs (some were repeat sightings of the same whales). A total of 11 calves were recorded.
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Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership (MRP): The CMARI team continues to track animals for the Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership (MRP), which exists to rescue sick and injured manatees, rehabilitate, and release them back into the wild. Our current role in this consortium is to assist with verification of manatees in need of rescue, assist with the rescues and transport, and provide contracted service to monitor their movements through satellite telemetry with regular direct observations of manatees released into the wild.In February 2023, CMARI tagged 18 manatees for MRP upon their release at three different locations: TECO in Apollo Beach, Crystal River, and Blue Springs State Park.
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Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
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Cuba, Education, Festivals, Marine Debris Project, Manatee Monitoring, Manatee Research and Conservation, NESTS, Photo ID, Protect Florida Springs Education, Sea Turtle Lighting, and Tagging Supplies.
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Eric Busch
Director - Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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John Draheim
Director - Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Joe Handy
Director - Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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James Powell
Director - Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4 + 36 related
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
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2023
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $0
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $140,288
- Expenses
- $951,827
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $140,288
- Expenses
- $951,827
- Contributions
- $0
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,696
- Expenses
- $1,644,818
- Assets (EOY)
- $175,811
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- -$2
- Expenses
- $1,700,301
- Assets (EOY)
- $214,918
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $122,819
- Expenses
- $903,364
- Assets (EOY)
- $222,510
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $850,153
- Expenses
- $865,436
- Assets (EOY)
- $176,394
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $996,284
- Expenses
- $922,971
- Assets (EOY)
- $209,805
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,104,116
- Expenses
- $1,175,642
- Assets (EOY)
- $179,510
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,228,078
- Expenses
- $1,126,061
- Assets (EOY)
- $390,246
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $928,614
- Expenses
- $860,893
- Assets (EOY)
- $205,982
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,419,725
- Assets (EOY)
- $237,412
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2011 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,364,188
- Assets (EOY)
- $326,485
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.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2024
On this postcard the filer reported that the organization has terminated or gone out of business.
- Tax period
- 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024
- Principal officer
- Joe Handy
- Mailing address
- 249 Windward PassageClearwater FL 33767
- Website
- www.seewinter.com
As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.
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
No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2023 return
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501(c)(3) · Marine Life Preservation · FL
Declared as related by
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CLEARWATER MARINE AQUARIUM INC
On its 2024 return
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
Not present in the most recent drop.
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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.