OYSTER RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP INC: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization: OYSTER RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP INC (EIN 23-7204806)
Tax period: 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Filed: 2022-08-19
IRS object ID: 202232319349300503
Schema version: 2021v4.2
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 J
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2022-08-19T08:23:48-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2021-12-31	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	2021-01-01	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	2022-08-19	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	H WARD	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	SLACUM JR	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	XXX-XX-XXXX	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Jeffrey Griffith	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01081433	PTIN
Phone	4103495101	PhoneNum
Preparation	2022-08-19	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	2021	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	JIM PERDUE	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	$6,549,960	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 Volunteers	250	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$5,905,722	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$6,137,517	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$101,815	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$119,157	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$10,732	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$25,015	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$6,018,269	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$6,281,689	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,661,063	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,689,209	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$218,113	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$3,998,571	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$4,616,691	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$5,659,634	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$6,305,900	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$358,635	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$24,211	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,154,849	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,077,192	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$408,597	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$313,393	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,746,252	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,763,799	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	$5,495,385	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$119,157	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	$5,495,385	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	false	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	53	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
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
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 (19 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)	$144,751	$0	$35,306
JIM PERDUE
CO-CHAIR	001.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
TIGHE MERKERT
CO-CHAIR	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)
BOB DRISCOLL
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)
AUBREY VINCENT
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
DALE WRIGHT
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)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$144,751	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$35,306	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	$821,861
BEVANS OYSTER COMPANY
1090 SKIPJACK ROAD	KINSALE	VA	22488	OYSTER PRODUCTION	$798,892
SAMUEL J LEONARD JR
10221 COPPERVILE ROAD	EASTON	MD	21601	OYSTER PRODUCTION	$281,872
SHOP COVE AQUACULTURE
38232 PALMER ROAD	COLTONS POINT	MD	20626	OYSTER PRODUCTION	$298,940
ELECTRIC EDGE SYSTEMS GROUP
				MONITORING	$234,000	3016 ORILLIA STREET	BC	CA	V9A1Y8

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	12	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$5,263,012	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$874,505	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$6,137,517	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	CONTRACT AND SALES REVENUE	Desc
Business	110000	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$119,157	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$119,157	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$119,157	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$24,903	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$24,903	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$268,383	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$268,271	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$112	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$112	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,281,689	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$119,157	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$24,903	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	$180,057	TotalAmt
Program Services	$128,688	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$38,598	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,771	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	$1,105,341	TotalAmt
Program Services	$789,997	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$236,946	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$78,398	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$123,538	TotalAmt
Program Services	$88,294	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$26,482	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,762	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$182,202	TotalAmt
Program Services	$130,221	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$39,058	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,923	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$98,071	TotalAmt
Program Services	$70,092	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,023	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,956	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	$3,344	TotalAmt
Program Services	$918	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,267	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$159	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,993	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,138	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,618	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,237	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	$4,695	TotalAmt
Management And General	$4,695	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,103,937	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,038,051	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,213	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$52,673	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$56,059	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,834	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$28,901	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,324	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	$110,824	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,980	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$103,844	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$47,343	TotalAmt
Program Services	$41,649	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,142	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,552	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	$896	TotalAmt
Program Services	$788	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$22	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$86	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	$89,536	TotalAmt
Program Services	$44,972	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$44,564	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT	$131,979	$125,783	$1,638	$4,558
PROMOTION AND OUTREACH	$17,740	$2,363	$103	$15,274
DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS	$24,345	$617	$12,288	$11,440

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

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

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,305,900	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,495,385	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$592,402	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$218,113	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$87,567	BOYAmt
EOY	$101,661	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$534,457	BOYAmt
EOY	$253,343	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$916,535	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,043,940	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	$616,290	BOYAmt
EOY	$678,248	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,154,849	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,077,192	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$38,656	BOYAmt
EOY	$128,084	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$369,941	BOYAmt
EOY	$185,309	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$408,597	BOYAmt
EOY	$313,393	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	$1,746,252	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,763,799	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,746,252	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,763,799	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,154,849	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,077,192	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$24,211	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$41,758	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	$7,323,508	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6,351,253	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,257,977	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,007,537	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,256,674	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$32,196,949	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$7,323,508	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6,351,253	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,257,977	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,007,537	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,256,674	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$32,196,949	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$424,606	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$31,772,343	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$181	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$14,317	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,938	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$24,903	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$42,339	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$30,423	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Total	$30,423	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$32,269,711	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.98460	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.96800	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	$6,318,752	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$41,758	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$41,758	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$6,276,994	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$4,695	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$4,695	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$6,281,689	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$6,301,205	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$6,301,205	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$4,695	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$4,695	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$6,305,900	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	X 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	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.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Club Dues Or Fees	Yes (X)	ClubDuesOrFeesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
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	$144,751	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$6,462	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$28,844	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$180,057	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 4,038,051, CONSULTING FEES ADMIN 13,213, CONSULTING FEES FUNDRAISING 52,673

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
End Of Year Assets	$153,330	EndOfYearAssetsAmt
Direct Controlling NA	N/A	DirectControllingNACd