INTER DISTRICT COMMITTEE FOR PROJECT OCEANOLOGY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

U21Z

Classification

1200

Street

1084 SHENNECOSSETT RD

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 · 2024

• Summer Camps:We enhanced the educational value of our summer camps by refining the themed content offered each week, ensuring unique learning opportunities for both new and returning participants (with approximately 33% of campers returning annually). We also strengthened staff preparation by expanding behavior management training, delivered during both pre-season and mid-season sessions. Camp participation remained strong, with approximately 440 campers, maintaining the increased attendance levels achieved in prior years.School-Year Programs:We expanded our K12 programming by strengthening partnerships and successfully competing for grants that enhance our educational offerings and resources. Our curriculum continues to be updated and aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards to ensure high-quality, standards-based learning. Despite operating with one organizational research vessel instead of two, we maintained service levels comparable to prior years by contracting an additional vessel and increasing the number of licensed captains on staff. These investments improved our capacity to meet growing program demand during both the school year and summer months. Research, Policy, and Community Engagement:We advanced authentic science and environmental education by engaging federal, state, and local policymakers and supporting community-based initiatives. Through a statewide coalition, we secured a subaward to continue removing abandoned and lost lobster traps from Long Island Sound, contributing to peer-reviewed research on marine debris, invasive species, and ecosystem impacts. We deepened our role in regional stewardship by participating in watershed committees, formalizing our membership in the Long Island Sound Partnership Citizens Advisory Committee, and increasing high school internship opportunities in aquaria maintenance. Additionally, we empowered youth voices in ocean policy by leading a second annual delegation to Capitol Hill Ocean Week in Washington, DC, where students shared their perspectives directly with policymakers.

  Expenses $1,434,219 · Revenue $884,880

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,496,245

  Expenses

  $1,681,026

  Contributions

  $495,223

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,599,851

  Expenses

  $1,627,292

  Contributions

  $617,636

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,033,915

  Expenses

  $1,732,823

  Contributions

  $1,093,934

  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

  $1,726,047

  Expenses

  $1,497,160

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,360,230

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,238,714

  Expenses

  $977,770

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,411,598

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,218,114

  Expenses

  $1,144,053

  Assets (EOY)

  $715,751

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $957,818

  Expenses

  $994,809

  Assets (EOY)

  $561,179

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,139,643

  Expenses

  $1,093,876

  Assets (EOY)

  $584,077

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,119,276

  Expenses

  $1,197,264

  Assets (EOY)

  $484,032

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,252,942

  Expenses

  $1,276,803

  Assets (EOY)

  $521,090

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,335,787

  Expenses

  $1,373,434

  Assets (EOY)

  $499,615

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,296,549

  Expenses

  $1,430,806

  Assets (EOY)

  $532,623

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,426,243

  Assets (EOY)

  $719,167

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

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF EASTERN CONNECTICUT

  $21,000

  2024 · YO - YOUTH DEVELOPMENT & EMPOWERMENT

• THE CLAIRE C ENNITT WATERSHED FUND INC

  $0

  2024 · WATERSHED STEWARDS PROJECT. TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL HANDS-ON EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES TO 180 BRANFORD STUDENTS WITHIN THIER WATERSHED.

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