MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization: MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION (EIN 94-2487469)
Tax period: 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Filed: 2022-11-15
IRS object ID: 202213199349323156
Schema version: 2021v4.2
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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Form 990
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Mission	THE MISSION OF THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM IS TO INSPIRE CONSERVATION OF THE OCEAN. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE AQUARIUM AND LOOK TO US TO ADVOCATE FOR OCEAN WILDLIFE.	MissionDesc
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Desc	Marine life exhibition and care expenses of $37,487,699 include the cost of operating and maintaining the Aquarium's living exhibit galleries.Reopening our doors After a 14-month closure due to the pandemic, the Aquarium reopened its doors to the public in May 2021. Staff embraced new protocols and worked tirelessly to keep everyone safe at work and during a visit. Response to our reopening was amazing: by the end of the year, we had hosted more than 1.1 million visitors. Bringing a new deep-sea exhibit to light Throughout the year, the Aquarium was hard at work preparing our newest exhibition, Into the Deep: Exploring Our Undiscovered Ocean (En lo Profundo: Explorando Nuestro Oceano Desconocido). The exhibit, which opened in 2022, is the largest collection of deep-sea animals in North America. Our team engineered animal life support systems that replicate the deep sea as closely as possible, created videos and replicas of deep-sea animals and habitats impossible to showcase, and designed interactive games so visitors could learn firsthand about threats to the deep sea's fragile ecosystems. Every step of the way, they worked to ensure the new exhibition would not only amaze but also inspire our visitors to protect this mostly unexplored region of our planet. Providing exceptional animal care Animal care is at the heart of everything the Aquarium does. In 2021, some of our animal care highlights included welcoming new animals to the Aquarium and caring for older animals as they age. In July, we were delighted to welcome the first-ever tufted puffin chick to hatch at the Aquarium. Initially, the chick's parents reared her on exhibit in a nest box. We moved the chick behind the scenes to receive additional care when she grew larger. When she was nearly two months old, she joined the other 12 puffins in the exhibit. Like all puffins at the Aquarium, our chick is part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Species Survival Plan that works to ensure the health and breeding of tufted puffins at U.S. zoos and aquariums. At 22 years old, Rosa, one of our resident sea otters, is at the upper end of the lifespan for a southern sea otter. That means she requires extra attention and care. Although still active, she's developed an age-related heart condition and has limited eyesight. Our aquarists and veterinarian have adjusted her training routine and regularly monitor her health to watch for signs of discomfort or disease. Rosa has been one of our most successful surrogate mothers, helping raise 15 pups before her retirement three years ago. The pups Rosa and our other sea otters surrogate raise, and that we release into the wild, have made a significant impact, helping restore the sea otter population and the health of coastal ecosystems.	Desc

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Grant	$52,644	GrantAmt
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Desc	Education and Outreach expenses of $14,718,378 include the cost of education programs for teachers, students, and emerging teen leaders. Still limited by the pandemic, we connected with youth and teachers by offering free virtual learning opportunities and educational materials. We also began welcoming back teens and teachers to the Aquarium and the Bechtel Education Center. Promoting science and conservation learning virtually Helping young people learn about science, conservation, and STEM-based careers is essential to our commitment to inspire a rising generation of ocean stewards. To navigate the changes brought on by the pandemic, our educators continued to develop virtual programming, now totaling 14 online courses and three video lessons, with many available in English and Spanish. Our most recent online course for middle school students, Exploring the Deep Bit by Bit, highlights how MBARI scientists use coding in their deep-sea research and how Aquarium staff are using coding to tell stories of deep-sea animals and research in our deep-sea exhibit. We offered virtual Discovery Labs for pre-K through grade 12 students, which were highly popular with teachers both in California and beyond. During these interactive explorations of marine ecosystems, elementary students get the chance to learn about unique adaptations that ocean animals evolved to survive in challenging habitats. Middle and high school students learn about ocean research technologies and human impacts, like plastic pollution and climate change, on marine ecosystems. Our virtual programs have become a key element in our strategy to expand our reach to more students and their teachers in California and across the United States, and we will continue to offer these online courses in the future. Inspiring teachers to inspire their students To support teachers in incorporating ocean science learning and conservation action into their classrooms, we offered a weeklong virtual teacher institute in the summer of 2021. Teachers engaged in interactive Zoom sessions that were interspersed with time to go outside to put into action what they were learning. Both teachers and our staff were delighted to return to the Bechtel Family Center for Ocean Education and Leadership this fall for follow-up sessions as they learned firsthand how to inspire their students through project-based science. In the fall, we once again offered our popular Ocean Plastic Pollution Summit. The action-based yearlong program motivates 3rd to 12th grade teachers to inspire their students to become part of the plastic pollution solution. Through hands-on activities, teachers study the science behind plastic pollution, discover project ideas for the classroom, and learn how to empower their students to reduce plastic use in their homes, schools, and communities. To reach even more educators, we created a self-paced online version of the summit, with 65 educators from 18 states and three countries taking part in 2021. Empowering emerging teen and young adult leaders Committed to bolstering teens' knowledge and confidence that they can make a difference, we offered interactive virtual workshops for teens during our closure. This engagement made it possible for us to restart our popular Teen Conservation Leaders program when we reopened in May. The teens were thrilled to be back at the Aquarium, helping to interpret exhibits for our guests and aiding our staff in animal care and other behind-the-scenes work. We also piloted a new online workshop that featured the latest technology in ocean research, ways to make sustainability and conservation equitable and using art to promote ocean conservation. To expand opportunities for young people, especially those who are underrepresented in science and conservation fields, we launched a new paid internship program. Twenty college students in all, with six who are alumni of our teen programs, engaged in internships that ranged from working with our veterinary team to creating videos on sustainable fisheries to helping care for our penguins and otters to creating an online program that brought teens together from across the U.S. in support of ocean conservation.	Desc

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Desc	Conservation and Science costs of $6,993,878 represent expenses for marine policy and advocacy efforts, the Seafood Watch program, and field research. Around the world, we're driving the seafood industry to operate in ocean-friendly ways - engaging businesses and governments, informing seafood purchasing, and rating the sustainability of fishing and aquaculture practices. At the state and federal levels, we're advancing policies to protect vulnerable ocean habitats, reduce plastic pollution, and promote ocean-based climate solutions. And we're continuing our leading role in the research, rescue, and recovery of southern sea otters in California. We're making great progress with your generous support. Reducing ocean plastic pollution In the summer of 2021, we launched a campaign to support five pieces of California legislation that would help tackle ocean plastic pollution. We asked Californians to urge their state legislators to support the bills through an easy-to-use platform available on our website. We also advocated directly with decision-makers. When the California legislature passed all five bills and Governor Newsom signed them into law, California made significant steps to reduce ocean plastic pollution, which will influence other states and countries to follow our lead. We also continue to participate in and apply emerging research on plastic pollution to inform our policy work-this year our Chief Conservation & Science Officer Margaret Spring chaired a committee of experts to produce a report on the U.S. role in global plastic waste, released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in December. Removing plastic from our store and cafe Over the past several years, the Aquarium has worked with our retail and culinary partner, SSA Group, to eliminate single-use plastic packaging from the products we sell. We encouraged vendors to make changes to their products. Manufacturers responded, removing shrink wrap from their puzzles, replacing plastic with sewn-in eyes on their plush animals, and making other modifications to reduce plastic. Now, after years of hard work, the Aquarium Store is free of single-use plastic packaging. As the Aquarium made these retail changes, other organizations and companies have reached out to ask how they can reduce plastic, too. Advancing sea otter recovery Congressional interest in the long-term recovery of the southern sea otters has prompted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to assess the feasibility of sea otter reintroduction into historical areas of their range. Due to our essential role in sea otter recovery efforts, including our pioneering work to surrogate-raise orphaned pups, we took part in working groups to help develop this critical component to federal planning efforts. Essential to our work to recover the sea otter population is tracking and observing sea otters in the wild. To improve our ability to track sea otter movement and survival, we've been working with scientists and engineers at NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to create the next generation of electronic tags. After placing prototype tags on rescued sea otters, we test them to ensure the design withstands salt water and chewing by strong sea otter teeth (while not harming the otters). To understand the factors behind the success of our surrogacy and reintroduction programs, we published a study that documented the movements of 52 orphaned pups we surrogate-reared and released into the wild during the past two decades. We found that accepting their new environment quickly is key for sea otters to find food and maintain their weight in the wild. Making progress on seafood sustainability Our Seafood Watch program continues to produce essential information to drive improvements in seafood sustainability across the globe. Our assessments and the resulting ratings are used by major corporate seafood buyers, restaurants, consumers, public officials, and others to inform buying choices, improvement projects, and policy goals around sustainable seafood. To advance our work, we developed publicly accessible data tools that allow for tracking of progress and priority areas for improvement. We are also working with the Environmental Defense Fund to identify environmental sustainability risks of U.S. offshore aquaculture development to inform policies in Congress and the Administration. Antibiotics in aquaculture We're working to improve the sustainability of aquaculture, which now exceeds wild-caught seafood in the global market. One big challenge: the use of antibiotics to prevent and treat disease and promote growth. When released from aquaculture ponds, antibiotic residues can harm the environment and ocean health, including by allowing the spread of antibiotic-resistant microbes. Currently, there are no global standards regulating antibiotic release, nor are there uniform protocols to assess their effectiveness or ecological impact. In 2021, Seafood Watch hosted several workshops, bringing representatives from the World Bank, leading experts in epidemiology, and farmers in local communities together to share knowledge about best practices, and to develop tools and methods to assess the impacts of antibiotics used in aquaculture. This year we also added one of Chile's most prominent farming associations to our ongoing project in the country, and collected data on antibiotic use from 97 percent of the industry to quantify the scale of the problem. We're collaborating closely with our Chilean partners and sharing what we've learned. This supports our goal to help Chilean salmon producers cut antibiotic use by 50 percent so they can achieve at least a Good Alternative rating by 2025. Taking steps to address climate change A recent publication, authored by Aquarium scientists, maps climate disparities by looking at where heat-trapping emissions originate in relation to where temperatures will change the most. The study illustrated that climate change is impacting marginalized communities with more severity, reinforcing the need for global cooperation. Our long-term research on white sharks is also helping us learn about climate change. Using data they collected over the past two decades, our scientists published a study that confirmed the increased presence of juvenile white sharks in Monterey Bay due to warming water from climate change.	Desc

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MRC Greenwood
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Pietro Parravano
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Susan Orr
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Tegan Acton
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William Landreth
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Barbara Wright
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Troy A Grande
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Jon Hoech
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Margaret Spring
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Marian Martha Hahn
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Mary-Beth Redmond-Jones
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Teresa Jeanine Merry
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Ann Dabovich
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Jennifer Dianto Kemmerly
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Jonathan Davis
Controller	40.0	0.0			$172,994	$0	$31,187		Yes (X)
Robert Mann
VP of Technology	40.0	0.0			$174,134	$0	$45,843		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$3,026,161	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$391,893	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	72	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
Bogard Construction Company
350 Coral St Suite A	Santa Cruz	CA	95060	Construction	$4,373,207
Impacts Research
41 Logan Circle	St Simons Island	GA	31522	Advertising	$3,096,832
Animal Exhibits and Design
PO Box 145	Bay Head	NJ	08742	Construction	$1,718,493
Frank M Booth Inc
4220 Douglas Blvd	Granite Bay	CA	95746	Construction	$1,645,730
John F Otto Inc dba Otto Construction
2150 Garden Rd A1	Monterey	CA	93940	Construction	$1,418,040

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	63	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$8,016,750	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$1,576,404	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$10,239,837	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$40,436,375	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$3,114,568	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$60,269,366	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Admission fees	611600	$36,298,663	$36,298,663
Other Program Revenue	900099	$1,073,536	$1,073,536

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$37,372,199	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$366,420	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$147,724	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$514,144	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$166,944	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$166,944	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$166,944	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$166,944	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$180,436,659	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$35,000	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$164,655,654	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$15,781,005	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$35,000	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$15,816,005	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$15,816,005	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$1,576,404	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$181,277	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$181,277	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$181,277	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Licensing Revenue	900099	$486,883	$486,883
PARKING REVENUE	812930	$163,660		$163,660

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$650,543	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$114,460,200	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$37,859,082	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$15,936	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$16,315,816	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$35,644	TotalAmt
Program Services	$35,644	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,725	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,725	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,569,464	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,455,366	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$767,077	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$347,021	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,023,347	TotalAmt
Program Services	$21,897,332	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,035,789	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,090,226	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,557,828	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,315,643	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$133,050	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$109,135	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,080,918	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,258,917	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$457,580	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$364,421	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,239,836	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,820,697	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$254,103	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$165,036	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$217,300	TotalAmt
Program Services	$38,972	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$178,328	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$178,704	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$178,704	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$134,425	TotalAmt
Program Services	$134,425	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$479,123	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$479,123	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$626,053	TotalAmt
Management And General	$626,053	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,795,232	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,418,625	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$730,035	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$646,572	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,855,828	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,847,732	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,096	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,957,579	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,905,935	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,133	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$35,511	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,307,683	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,957,525	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$324,498	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$25,660	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,271	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,486	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$785	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,926,197	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,241,845	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$405,766	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$278,586	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$180,968	TotalAmt
Program Services	$121,373	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,594	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$36,001	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,742	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,185	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,674	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$883	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,054,217	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,891,311	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,121,025	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$41,881	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$811,595	TotalAmt
Program Services	$771,254	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$35,249	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,092	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Sponsorship and Gifts	Desc
Total	$80,114	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,963	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$53,892	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,259	FundraisingAmt

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$73,186,793	TotalAmt
Program Services	$59,199,955	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,351,646	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,635,192	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$25,883,575	BOYAmt
EOY	$37,004,816	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,298,840	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,753,169	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,091,948	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,425,104	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,370,246	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,323,456	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,155,034	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,636,365	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$346,727,797	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$189,030,079	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$149,679,759	BOYAmt
EOY	$157,697,718	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$51,644,777	BOYAmt
EOY	$90,775,867	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$291,229,234	BOYAmt
EOY	$329,072,726	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,117,615	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,903,891	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$564,471,028	BOYAmt
EOY	$643,593,112	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,545,674	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,539,316	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,009,002	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,231,913	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$106,294	BOYAmt
EOY	$100,606	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,660,970	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,871,835	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	$455,801,417	BOYAmt
EOY	$522,475,636	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$95,008,641	BOYAmt
EOY	$101,245,641	EOYAmt

Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds CapStkTrPrinCurrentFundsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$550,810,058	BOYAmt
EOY	$623,721,277	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$564,471,028	BOYAmt
EOY	$643,593,112	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$41,273,407	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$31,380,380	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Investment Expense	$0	InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$0	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$257,432	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
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)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

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

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	$40,375,810	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$58,258,026	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$61,820,387	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$67,321,983	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$60,269,366	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$288,045,572	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

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

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

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

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$40,375,810	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$58,258,026	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$61,820,387	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$67,321,983	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$60,269,366	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$288,045,572	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$46,136,138	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$241,909,434	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$7,006,154	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,247,155	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,856,805	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,485,246	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$681,088	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$17,276,448	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$31,339	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$960	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$110,732	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$15,936	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$158,967	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$34,480	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$34,480	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$305,515,467	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$205,366,764	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.7918	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.7802	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Other Income	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	DESCRIPTION - FUNDRAISING EVENT INCOME, COLUMN A - 0.0, COLUMN B - 34480.0, COLUMN C - 0.0, COLUMN D - 0.0, COLUMN E - , COLUMN F - 34480.0;	ExplanationTxt

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 C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$134,425	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$134,425	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$59,065,530	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$59,199,955	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,000,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$250,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$1,000,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$4,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$6,000,000	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$210,977	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$206,485	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$128,075	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$134,425	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$679,962	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$250,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$1,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$1,500,000	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$7,321	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$2,052	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$0	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$0	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$9,373	TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$293,525,757	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$3,266,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$47,351,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$9,781,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$334,361,757	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$267,572,483	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$3,869,666	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$31,483,608	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$9,400,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$293,525,757	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$233,228,187	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$2,946,556	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$39,997,740	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$8,600,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$267,572,483	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$239,831,456	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$10,625,727	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$10,238,996	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$6,990,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$233,228,187	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$196,825,806	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$15,723,311	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$33,455,339	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$6,173,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$239,831,456	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.845	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.098	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.057	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$24,797,822	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$24,797,822	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$205,661,175	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$113,734,972	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$91,926,203	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$37,983,516	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$29,564,158	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$8,419,358	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$78,285,284	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$45,730,949	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$32,554,335	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$157,697,718	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
Equity Funds	$152,080,844	F
Bond Funds	$61,822,381	F
Hedge Funds	$31,760,085	F
Nonmarketable Investments	$83,409,416	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$329,072,726	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Gift Annuity Payment Liability	Desc
Amt	$100,606	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$100,606	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 Intended uses of endowment funds

THE EARNINGS OF THE AQUARIUM'S ENDOWMENT FUNDS SUPPORT EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND THE MISSION OF THE AQUARIUM.

Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 FIN 48 (ASC 740) footnote

THE FOLLOWING FOOTNOTE APPEARED IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR BOTH MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION AND MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM SUPPORT SERVICES ("MBASS"), A RELATED ORGANIZATION: The Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation and MBASS are exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; however, they are subject to tax on income unrelated to its exempt purpose, unless that income is otherwise excluded by the Code. Both organizations are also exempt from California state franchise taxes under Section 23701(d) of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. As of December 31, 2021, management evaluated the Aquarium's tax provisions and concluded that the Aquarium had maintained its tax-exempt status and had taken no material uncertain tax positions that require adjustment to or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (5 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Program Services	Conferences/Consults	$7,648
North America (Canada & Mexico only)	Program Services	Conferences/Consults	$11,427
Sub-Saharan Africa	Program Services	Conferences/Consults	$2,312
North America (Canada & Mexico only)	Grantmaking	Research	$18,725
Central America and the Caribbean	Investments		$4,122,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	0	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$4,162,112	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$4,162,112	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
North America (Canada & Mexico only)	Grant award for field work and tagging - Dolphinfish	$9,725	WIRe
North America (Canada & Mexico only)	Grant for Tuna Research	$9,000	Wire

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	0	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	2	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	Yes (true)	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	Yes (true)	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	Yes (true)	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds	THE AQUARIUM REQUIRES POTENTIAL GRANT RECIPIENTS TO SUBMIT FORMAL APPLICATIONS WHICH ARE REVIEWED BY THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE AQUARIUM'S MISSION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE ANNUAL BUDGET. FURTHERMORE, THE AQUARIUM REQUIRES A WRITTEN REPORT FROM THE GRANTEE PROVIDING DETAIL ABOUT HOW FUNDS WERE USED TO ACCOMPLISH THE GRANT OBJECTIVES. REPORTS ARE REVIEWED BY THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR COMPLIANCE WITH GRANT CONDITIONS.
Schedule F, Part I, Line 3 Method used to account for expenditures on org's financial statements	CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-Accrual; EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND)-Accrual; NORTH AMERICA (CANADA & MEXICO ONLY)-Accrual, Accrual; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA-Accrual
Schedule F, Part II, Line 1 Method used to account for expenditures on org's financial statements	NORTH AMERICA (CANADA & MEXICO ONLY)-Accrual

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
Feldstein CO LLC
601 Skokie BLVD Suite 103	Northbrook	IL	60063	Consulting/marketing	false	$0	$141,750	-$141,750
S D & A TELESERVICES
57 West Century BLVD STE 300	Los Angeles	CA	90045	Telemarketing	false	$111,414	$122,625	-$11,211
Avalon Consulting Group Inc
805 15th Street NW Suite 700	Washington	DC	20005	Membership consulting and direct mail	false	$8,016,750	$214,748	$7,802,002

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$8,128,164	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$479,123	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$7,649,041	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	HI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ND	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Award Dinner	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$1,576,404	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$1,576,404	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$0	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$6,696	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$11,467	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$24,805	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$1,650	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$136,659	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$0	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$0	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$1,576,404	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$1,576,404	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$0	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$6,696	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$11,467	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$24,805	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$1,650	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$136,659	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$181,277	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$181,277	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	San Jose State University Research Foundation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	210 N Fourth St 4th Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Jose	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	95112	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN	946017638	RecipientEIN
IRC Section	501(C)(3)	IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant	$7,500	CashGrantAmt
Purpose Of Grant	Grant Funding for Tuna Research	PurposeOfGrantTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (2 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSHIP	14	$23,300
STIPENDS	22	$12,344

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds.	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE AQUARIUM REQUIRES POTENTIAL GRANT RECIPIENTS TO SUBMIT FORMAL APPLICATIONS WHICH ARE REVIEWED BY THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE AQUARIUM'S MISSION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE ANNUAL BUDGET. FURTHERMORE, THE AQUARIUM REQUIRES A WRITTEN REPORT FROM THE GRANTEE PROVIDING DETAIL ABOUT HOW FUNDS WERE USED TO ACCOMPLISH THE GRANT OBJECTIVES. REPORTS ARE REVIEWED BY THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR COMPLIANCE WITH GRANT CONDITIONS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Idemnification Gross Up Pmts	Yes (X)	IdemnificationGrossUpPmtsInd
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
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
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	Yes (true)	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Julie Packard
Executive Director	$169,441	$0	$1,357	$0	$2,646	$0	$7,333	$0	$10,262	$0	$191,039	$0	$0	$0
Troy A Grande
CFO & Treasurer	$267,504	$0	$2,751	$0	$1,548	$0	$11,553	$0	$37,060	$0	$320,416	$0	$0	$0
Cynthia Vernon
Chief Operating Officer	$281,802	$0	$2,851	$0	$2,690	$0	$12,034	$0	$25,426	$0	$324,803	$0	$0	$0
Cristina Fekeci
Chief Development Officer	$317,105	$0	$2,751	$0	$2,701	$0	$13,282	$0	$11,182	$0	$347,021	$0	$0	$0
Marian Martha Hahn
Chief Marketing Officer	$236,656	$0	$2,776	$0	$1,607	$0	$9,902	$0	$18,808	$0	$269,749	$0	$0	$0
Margaret Spring
Chief Conservation&Sci Officer	$222,582	$0	$2,751	$0	$2,336	$0	$9,559	$0	$23,020	$0	$260,248	$0	$0	$0
Teresa Jeanine Merry
Chief Human Resources Officer	$205,608	$0	$11,798	$0	$4,115	$0	$8,865	$0	$25,236	$0	$255,622	$0	$0	$0
Jon Hoech
VP of Animal Care	$184,008	$0	$2,739	$0	$1,874	$0	$7,893	$0	$21,069	$0	$217,583	$0	$0	$0
Mary-Beth Redmond-Jones
VP of Exhibitions & Facilities	$179,193	$0	$7,214	$0	$1,156	$0	$7,585	$0	$6,637	$0	$201,785	$0	$0	$0
Jennifer Dianto Kemmerly
VP of Global Ocean Initiatives	$190,902	$0	$2,714	$0	$434	$0	$8,052	$0	$12,449	$0	$214,551	$0	$0	$0
Ann Dabovich
VP of Gift Planning	$185,508	$0	$2,714	$0	$2,036	$0	$7,834	$0	$11,789	$0	$209,881	$0	$0	$0
Jonathan Davis
Controller	$169,170	$0	$2,714	$0	$1,110	$0	$7,345	$0	$23,842	$0	$204,181	$0	$0	$0
Robert Mann
VP of Technology	$170,708	$0	$2,808	$0	$618	$0	$7,582	$0	$38,261	$0	$219,977	$0	$0	$0
David Rosenberg
VP of Guest Experience	$170,082	$0	$2,714	$0	$369	$0	$7,065	$0	$968	$0	$181,198	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Tax indemnification and gross-up payments

AS PART OF THE AQUARIUM'S WELLNESS PROGRAM, ALL EMPLOYEES (INCLUDING THE LISTED EMPLOYEES IN PART VII, SECTION A) ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A MONTHLY SUBSIDY OF $25 FOR FITNESS CENTER DUES IF THE EMPLOYEE MEETS CERTAIN WELLNESS PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. SINCE THIS TYPE OF SUBSIDY IS CONSIDERED A TAXABLE FRINGE BENEFIT, THE AQUARIUM GROSSES-UP THESE SUBSIDIES TO COVER THE EMPLOYEE'S TAXES. SUCH PAYMENTS WERE TREATED AS TAXABLE INCOME ON THE EMPLOYEE'S FORM W-2 AND REPORTED AS COMPENSATION ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III). ADDITIONALLY, CERTAIN EMPLOYEES RECEIVED TAX GROSS-UP PAYMENTS FOR SMALL APPRECIATION GIFTS RECEIVED DURING THE COURSE OF THE 2021 CALENDAR YEAR. SUCH PAYMENTS WERE TREATED AS TAXABLE INCOME ON THE EMPLOYEE'S FORM W-2 AND REPORTED AS COMPENSATION ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III).

Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments

ALL INDIVIDUALS LISTED IN PART VII SECTION A, LINE 1A WITH REPORTABLE COMPENSATION RECEIVED A DISCRETIONARY BONUS DURING 2021. THESE BONUSES WERE DETERMINED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE SUPERVISORS AND ARE REPORTED ON FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(II).

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	108	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$3,007,690	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Desc	Equipment and Supplies	Desc
Contribution	4	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$106,878	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	0	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule M, Part I Explanations of reporting method for number of contributions	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Securities - Publicly traded - number of contributions Other - Equipment and Supplies number of contributions	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2 Family/business relationships amongst interested persons	JULIE PACKARD, CHRIS SCHOLIN AND BARBARA WRIGHT - Business relationship, JULIE PACKARD, SUSAN ORR AND LOUISE STEPHENS - Family relationship, Julie Packard, Meg Caldwell, SUSAN ORR AND LOUISE STEPHENS - Business relationship, Michael Mantell, Mark Wan - Business relationship
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body	The Aquarium's Controller provides all information needed for the Form 990 to Crowe LLP based on audited consolidated financial statements. Crowe prepares and reviews the Form 990 and provides a draft which is revewed by the Controller, CFO, Secretary and Legal Counsel, and Executive Director with revisions incorporated as needed. Upon acceptance of the final version, the 990 is shared first with the Audit Committee for its review and then distributed to the full board prior to filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy	The Executive Director's office assures that all disclosure forms (and mitigation plans, if applicable) have been received from all trustees and officers by January 31 of each year, prepares a summary of disclosures, and forwards the completed forms and the summary to the Aquarium's conflicts review panel, consisting of the Executive Director, legal counsel, Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Controller and Director of Finance. Trustees and Officers also acknowledge receipt and understanding of the Aquarium's COI policy in conjunction with providing the annual disclosures. Following review by the panel, the panel's findings and the disclosures are provided to the Board's Audit Committee, which reviews the disclosures and makes a report to the Board at its March meeting. Both the panel and the Audit Committee annually evaluate the effectiveness of the process. The CFO and Controller assure appropriate reporting to the external auditors and tax preparer. Trustees and officers have a continuing duty to make additional disclosures throughout the year if warranted. Employee Code of Ethical Conduct Policy - The Chief Human Resources Officer forwards the code, which includes a section on conflicts of interest, to all managers in early January each year, and assures that each manager responds that they have read it and are in compliance by January 31. Managers are also required to disclose any interests which could give rise to conflict, and to assure that any staff in their areas with interests which could give rise to conflict has done the same. Disclosures (and mitigation plans, if applicable) are reviewed by the Executive Director, Chief Human Resources Officer and CFO by March. This team also evaluates the effectiveness of the process. The CFO assures appropriate reporting to the external auditors and tax preparer. Employees have a continuing duty to make additional disclosures throughout the year if warranted.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official	The Board of Trustees maintains a performance evaluation process for the Chief Executive Officer, referred to as the Executive Director, who is a member of the Board. The Board's Executive Compensation Committee, comprised of independent trustees, reviews the CEO's performance with input from other board members, and recommends the compensation of the CEO to the Board. The Committee obtains and reviews market survey data from several independent organizations containing data for comparable positions at comparable organizations. The Committee provides the performance review and comparable salary information to the Board and recommends the CEO's compensation. Based upon the performance review and comparable salary information, the independent members of the Board determines that the compensation is fair, just and reasonable and then approves total compensation for the CEO. The Board delegates to the Executive Compensation Committee the performance review and compensation approval of the Chief Financial Officer, who is not a member of the Board, and any other officers or senior staff who are highly compensated. Based upon the performance review and comparable salary information, the Committee determines that the compensation is fair, just and reasonable and approves the Executive Director's recommendation of total compensation for the CFO and all other Key employees. In each case, the review and approval is contemporaneously documented in the minutes of the Committee and the Board, respectively. This process was undertaken in 2021 and occurs annually.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Process to establish compensation of other employees	Described in narrative to Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a above.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public	The Aquarium makes its audited financial statements and form 990 for the most recent three years available to the public by posting on its website. The conflicts of interest policy and governing documents are provided upon request within two business days.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Other changes in net assets or fund balances	Unrealized Gain on Interest in Charitable Remainder Trust - 304911; Change in allowance for Uncollectible pledges - -47479;

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Monterey Bay Aquarium Support Services	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	99 Pacific Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Monterey	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	93940	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	770569564	EIN
Primary Activities	PROPERTY MGMT	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501(c)(3)	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status	Type I	PublicCharityStatusTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MBAF	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Controlled Organization	Yes (true)	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	false	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	false	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	false	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	Yes (true)	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	false	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (true)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (true)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	Yes (true)	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	false	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	false	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp

Other Organization Name OtherOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Monterey Bay Aquarium Support Services	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	K	TransactionTypeTxt
Involved	$151,833	InvolvedAmt
Method Of Amount Determination	Recorded Value	MethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt