OYSTER RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP INC: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization: OYSTER RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP INC (EIN 23-7204806)
Tax period: 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Filed: 2023-06-07
IRS object ID: 202341589349300804
Schema version: 2022v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2023-06-07T10:44:15-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2022-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	821650312	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Alta CPA Group	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	59 Franklin St 2nd Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	Annapolis	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21401	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2022-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	237204806	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	OYSTER RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	OYST	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4109904970	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1805A VIRGINIA STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	Annapolis	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21401	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	H WARD SLACUM JR	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	4109904970	PhoneNum
Signature	2023-06-07	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Jeffrey Griffith	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01081433	PTIN
Phone	4103495101	PhoneNum
Preparation	2023-06-07	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2022	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	TIGHE MERKET	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1805A VIRGINIA STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	ANNAPOLIS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21401	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$7,173,039	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.OYSTERRECOVERY.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1972	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MD	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	PLAN, PROMOTE IMPLEMENT SCIENCE-BASED SUSTAINABLE SHELLFISH RESTORATION, AQUACULTURE, AND WILD FISHERY ACTIVITIES TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT, SUPPORT OUR ECONOMY PRESERVE OUR CULTURE HERITAGE	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	19	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	19	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	23	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$6,137,517	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$6,772,432	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$119,157	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$107,316	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$25,015	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$54,189	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$4,068	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$6,281,689	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$6,929,869	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,689,209	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,748,106	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$217,388	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$4,616,691	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$5,203,434	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$6,305,900	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$6,951,540	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$24,211	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$21,671	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,077,192	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,921,352	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$313,393	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$300,309	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,763,799	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,621,043	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	PLAN, PROMOTE IMPLEMENT SCIENCE-BASED SUSTAINABLE SHELLFISH RESTORATION, AQUACULTURE, AND WILD FISHERY ACTIVITIES TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT, SUPPORT OUR ECONOMY PRESERVE OUR CULTURE HERITAGE	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$5,987,179	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$107,316	RevenueAmt
Desc	OYSTER RECOVERY AND HABITAT CREATION IN MARYLAND OYSTER RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP UNDERTAKES A SYNCHRONIZED OYSTER RECOVERY EFFORT. LEVERAGING THE RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES FROM ALL THE PARTNERS AND USING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 2008 OYSTER ADVISORY COMMISSION REPORT AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAMS OYSTER MANAGEMENT PLAN, THIS PROJECT BEGINS TO IMPLEMENT THE BAY WIDE STRATEGY TO RESTORE OYSTERS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE PRESIDENTS EO 13508 STRATEGY AND TO IMPLEMENT THE MD GOVERNORS OYSTER RESTORATION PLAN. MAJOR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE 1 CONTINUED MULTI-YEAR RESTORATION PROCESS OF TARGETED LARGE SCALE RESTORATION AND ENFORCEMENT, 2 CONDUCTING RESTORATION IN TARGETED TRIBUTARIES USING SPAT ON SHELL, NATURAL SET, AND ALTERNATIVE SUBSTRATE AS APPROPRIATE, CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$5,987,179	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	Yes (true)	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	90	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	23	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	19	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	19	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	WARD SLACUM	PersonNm
Phone	4109904970	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1805A VIRGINIA STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	ANNAPOLIS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21401	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (20 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd
H WARD SLACUM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	040.00	Yes (X)	$156,769	$0	$33,302
JIM PERDUE
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
TIGHE MERKERT
CHAIRMAN	001.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JOE JACKINS
TREASURER/SECRETARY	001.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
RUSSELL DIZE
DIRECTOR	001.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
RUSSELL SMITH
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
HAROLD GRAUL
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JAMES KING
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
KAREN OERTEL
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MAXINE PHILLIPS
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
BILLY RICE
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
BEN SAVAGE
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
RUSS STEVENSON
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
SCOTT BUDDEN
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
BILL CONEY
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JASON RUTH
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
BILL GIBBONS
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
ED RICH
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
BILL SIELING
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
THOMAS KOUNTZ
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$156,769	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$33,302	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt	Address Line1ContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/AddressLine1Txt	Province Or StateContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/ProvinceOrStateNm	CountryContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/CountryCd	Foreign PostalContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/ForeignPostalCd
UNIVERSITY OF MD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PO BOX 775	CAMBRIDGE	MD	21613	OYSTER PRODUCTION	$1,062,558
BEVANS OYSTER COMPANY
1090 SKIPJACK ROAD	KINSALE	VA	22488	OYSTER PRODUCTION	$762,135
WITTMAN WHARF SEAFOOD
PO BOX 181	WITTMAN	MD	21676	OYSTER PRODUCTION	$411,957
TRED AVEON TREATS
10221 COPPERVILLE ROAD	EASTON	MD	21601	OYSTER PRODUCTION	$286,860
ELECTRIC EDGE SYSTEMS GROUP
				MONITORING	$228,000	3016 ORILLIA STREET	BC	CA	V9A1Y8

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	13	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$6,221,547	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$550,885	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$6,772,432	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	CONTRACT AND SALES REVENUE	Desc
Business	110000	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$107,316	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$107,316	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$107,316	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$16,714	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$16,714	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$203,359	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$165,884	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$37,475	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$37,475	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$73,218	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$77,286	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$4,068	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,929,869	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$107,316	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$16,714	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$190,071	TotalAmt
Program Services	$121,113	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$54,436	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$14,522	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,160,417	TotalAmt
Program Services	$739,417	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$332,343	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$88,657	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$44,162	TotalAmt
Program Services	$28,140	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,648	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,374	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$268,448	TotalAmt
Program Services	$171,055	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$76,884	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$20,509	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$85,008	TotalAmt
Program Services	$54,167	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$24,346	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,495	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$982	TotalAmt
Program Services	$409	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$547	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$26	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,003	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,921	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,577	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$505	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fees For Services Prof Fundraising		FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,327	TotalAmt
Management And General	$4,327	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,328,230	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,266,444	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,343	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$44,443	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$62,074	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,542	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$34,960	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,572	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$113,529	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,540	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$105,989	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$51,766	TotalAmt
Program Services	$35,335	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,793	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,638	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,322	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,189	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,402	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,731	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$87,953	TotalAmt
Program Services	$46,456	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$41,497	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT	$457,512	$456,394	$1,118
PROMOTION AND OUTREACH	$26,809	$20,007	$6,802
DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS	$31,927	$50	$16,996	$14,881

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,951,540	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,987,179	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$746,973	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$217,388	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$101,661	BOYAmt
EOY	$108,133	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$253,343	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,301	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,043,940	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,153,988	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$106,911	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$106,911	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$678,248	BOYAmt
EOY	$606,930	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,077,192	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,921,352	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$128,084	BOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$185,309	BOYAmt
EOY	$300,309	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$313,393	BOYAmt
EOY	$300,309	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,763,799	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,621,043	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,763,799	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,621,043	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,077,192	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,921,352	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$21,671	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$121,085	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$6,351,253	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6,257,977	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,007,537	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,256,674	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,875,680	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$31,749,121	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$6,351,253	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6,257,977	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,007,537	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,256,674	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,875,680	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$31,749,121	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$333,977	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$31,415,144	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$181	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$14,317	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,938	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$24,903	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$16,714	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$59,053	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$31,808,174	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.98760	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.98460	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	false	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$106,911	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$106,911	DepreciationAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc
Financial derivatives and other financial products
Closely-held equity interests

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Federal income taxes	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$6,881,743	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$121,085	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	$77,286	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$43,799	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$6,925,542	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$4,327	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$4,327	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$6,929,869	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$7,024,499	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$77,286	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$77,286	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$6,947,213	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$4,327	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$4,327	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$6,951,540	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
X 2	THE PARTNERSHIP HAS RECEIVED A DETERMINATION LETTER INDICATING THAT IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL TAXES AS AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501C3 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. ACCORDINGLY, NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES IS REQUIRED. THE PARTNERSHIP MONITORS ITS ACTIVITIES AND CONSIDERS THE POTENTIAL FOR INCOME TAXES, IF ANY, ON ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE. THE PARTNERSHIPS INFORMATIONAL RETURN FILINGS ARE SUBJECT TO AUDIT BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER FILING.
XI 2D	NET OF SPECIAL EVENTS OF 77,286
XII 2D	NET OF SPECIAL EVENTS OF 77,286

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$73,218	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$73,218	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$8,133	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$4,708	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$22,265	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$6,959	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$35,221	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$73,218	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$73,218	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$8,133	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$4,708	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$22,265	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$6,959	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$35,221	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$77,286	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$4,068	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	H WARD SLACUM	PersonNm
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$156,769	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$6,838	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$26,464	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$190,071	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4A	PROGRAM ONE CONTINUATION-3 ESTABLISHING AND APPLYING COMMON MONITORING PROTOCOLS TO EVALUATE PROJECT PERFORMANCE AND 4EXPANDING AQUACULTURE INITIATIVES. UP TO 750 MILLION SEED OYSTERS PRODUCED TRIBUTARIES TO ACCELERATE RECOVERY. FOLLOW UP MONITORING OF OYSTER HEALTH AND DISEASE PRESSURE, REEF ASSOCIATED FISHES, AND NEARBY SHALLOW WATERS WILL BE CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE SUCCESS OF EACH TECHNIQUE. THE REEFS ARE EXPECTED TO IMMEDIATELY BE AMONG THE LARGEST CONTIGUOUS OYSTER REEFS IN CHESAPEAKE BAY. SHELL RECYCLING TO SUPPORT THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SHELL COLLECTION PROGRAM, THE OYSTER RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP INITIATED A SHELL RECYCLING PROGRAM TO COLLECT DISCARDED SHELL FROM RESTAURANTS, CATERING BUSINESSES AND SEAFOOD WHOLESALERS. SHELL IS A VITAL MATERIAL NEEDED FOR OYSTER RECOVERY ACTIVITIES. ELECTRONIC HARVEST REPORTING UNDER CONTRACT FROM THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, ORP MANAGED A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A ROBUST ELECTRONIC REPORTING AND HAILING SYSTEM TO TRACK AND INCREASE THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF CRAB HARVESTS. SINCE THEN, MORE THAN 200 WATERMEN HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11	THE ORGANIZATIONS AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE DOCUMENT, MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES, AND THEN SENDS APPROVAL TO PROCEED WITH THE FILING OF SAID FORM.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12C	THE ORGANIZATION REQUIRES EACH BOARD MEMBER TO SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ON A YEARLY BASIS. IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS, THE MEMBER MUST BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD WHEN KNOWN AND DISCLOSE THE DETAILS OF THE CONFLICT IN WRITING. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WOULD THEN REVIEW THE DISCLOSURE, APPROPRIATENESS OF THE TRANSACTION AND RE-AUTHORIZE THE BOARD MEMBER IF IT STILL IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ORGANIZATION.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15A	THE BOARD MEETS ANNUALLY EACH JANUARY TO SET THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS COMPENSATION BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND COMPARABILITY DATA FROM ORGANIZATIONS OF SIMILAR SIZE AND STRUCTURE IN THE MID ATLANTIC REGION.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	THE ORGANIZATIONS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 11G	OYSTER RESTORATION FEES 4,266,444, CONSULTING FEES 17,343 , CONSULTING FEES FUNDRAISING 44,443.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Disregarded Entities IdDisregardedEntitiesGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	OLD LINE FISH COMPANY	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1805A VIRGINIA STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	ANNNAPOLIS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21401	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	474636976	EIN
Primary Activities	SALES	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	MD	LegalDomicileStateCd
Direct Controlling NA	N/A	DirectControllingNACd