- Revenue 2024
- $4,017,704
- Expenses 2024
- $3,772,689
Program services were 78.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- U21C
- Classification
- 2800
- Street
- 890 NE OCEAN BLVD
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
Mission
TO INSPIRE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP OF FLORIDA'S COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY.
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COASTAL CENTER OPERATIONS - FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP OF FLORIDA'S COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY, SITUATED ON 57-ACRES, THE COASTAL CENTER WELCOMES OVER 60,000 GUESTS ANNUALLY AND IS HOME TO OVER 300 ANIMALS INCLUDING 30+ SPECIES OF FISH, STINGRAYS, NURSE SHARKS, AND SEA TURTLES. THE 26,000 SQUARE FOOT OCEAN ECOCENTER INCLUDES 4 EDUCATIONAL INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT GALLERIES, AQUARIUMS AND AN EXPLORATION LAB CLASSROOM FOR DAILY AND SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
Expenses $1,195,846 · Revenue $621,950
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RESEARCH & ADVOCACY - RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS CONDUCT SCIENCE TO SUPPORT RESTORATION OF LOCAL HABITAT IN THE ST LUCIE ESTUARY AND INDIAN RIVER LAGOON BY ESTABLISHING OYSTER REEFS, SEAGRASS MEADOWS, AND NATURAL LIVING SHORELINES.
Expenses $831,855 · Revenue $18,240
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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS - EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDES COASTAL CENTER PROGRAMMING, AS WELL AS SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS, GROUP VISITS, SUMMER CAMPS, AND EDUCATION OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY.
Expenses $570,470 · Revenue $80,201
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OTHER - OTHER PROGRAMS TO INSPIRE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP OF FLORIDA'S COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, CONSERVATION AND ADVOCACY.
Expenses $352,060
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
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.
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PHIL WINTERCORN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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JOHN CIABATTARI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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W JOHN AMERLING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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MARSHALL CRITCHFIELD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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ALLEN HERSKOWITZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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LINDA HOUSTON
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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DANIEL B MERRITT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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PATRICIA NOONAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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W SCOTT TURNBULL
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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MEREDITH GRANT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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RICK DUFFY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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DONNA BOYD
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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DAVID LUSK
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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RICHARD DAKERS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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MARK PERRY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / CEO
- Total calculated
- $180,280
- From this org
- $174,656
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,624
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $174,656
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $5,624
- Filer's total
- $180,280
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ANDREW DORE
CFO
- Total calculated
- $113,668
- From this org
- $107,908
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,760
- Hours/week
- 40
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JENNY HAUSER
COO
- Total calculated
- $138,000
- From this org
- $133,600
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,400
- 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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $4,017,704
- Expenses
- $3,772,689
- Contributions
- $2,977,900
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $3,370,719
- Expenses
- $3,414,289
- Contributions
- $2,288,039
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $3,457,925
- Expenses
- $3,334,355
- Contributions
- $2,482,406
- 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
- $3,269,743
- Expenses
- $2,813,034
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,987,978
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,399,442
- Expenses
- $2,103,905
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,438,109
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,572,051
- Expenses
- $1,905,321
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,634,327
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,587,386
- Expenses
- $1,767,756
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,648,254
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,898,453
- Expenses
- $1,814,238
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,172,282
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,875,119
- Expenses
- $1,649,436
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,970,113
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,896,007
- Expenses
- $1,877,434
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,731,073
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,479,752
- Expenses
- $1,644,912
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,718,179
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,390,992
- Expenses
- $1,553,475
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,872,638
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,547,769
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,032,020
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
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2023 TO SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION OF BOARDWALKS & PLAY/LEARN STATIONS, PURCHASE OF DEIONIZED WATER SYSTEM, REPLACEMENT OF ANIMAL FOOD PREP BUILDING & CREATION OF 2 GAMEFISH LAGOON REEFS.
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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$55,000
2022 Annual support, support for the Florida Eco Center
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2024 TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES; TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
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$45,000
2024 ENVIRONMENTAL
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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$40,000
2023 ENVIRONMENTAL
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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.