OCEANS FORWARD: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization
OCEANS FORWARD (EIN 47-1874294)
Tax period
2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed
2020-11-16
IRS object ID
202033219349305243
Schema version
2019v5.1
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 ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2020-11-16T09:59:24-06:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2019-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

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Preparer Firm EIN043243262PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1BERGER KATZ WEISHAUS & LENZA PCBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

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CityCANTONCityNm
State AbbreviationMAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP02021ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2019-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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EIN471874294EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlOCEABusinessNameControlTxt
Phone5086483570PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
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PersonJUDAH LEVENSONPersonNm
Person TitlePRESIDENTPersonTitleTxt
Phone5086483570PhoneNum
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Phone7818216400PhoneNum
Preparation2020-11-15PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

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Address ChangeYes (X)AddressChangeInd
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Legal Domicile StateCALegalDomicileStateCd
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (4 entries)

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Total$134,079TotalAmt
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Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

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BOY$2,222BOYAmt
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BOY$1,282BOYAmt
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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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EOY$42,993EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited0FSAuditedInd
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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$5,000CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$60,000CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
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Total$247,794TotalAmt

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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$5,000CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$60,000CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
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Total$247,794TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

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ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

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Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

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Other Cost Or Other Basis$6,500OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$6,007DepreciationAmt
Book Value$493BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$493TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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Grant Records Maintained0GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

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RegionDOMINICA, WEST INDIESRegionTxt
Offices0OfficesCnt
Employee0EmployeeCnt
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Specific Services ProvidedSEA TURTLE CONSERVATIONSpecificServicesProvidedTxt
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Subtotal Employees0SubtotalEmployeesCnt
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Total Employee0TotalEmployeeCnt
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Continuation Spent$0ContinuationSpentAmt
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Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RegionDOMINICA, WEST INDIESRegionTxt
Purpose Of GrantCONSERVATIONPurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant$135,579CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash DisbursementWIRE TRANSFERMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp0TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust0InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership0ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co0PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership0ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries0BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePART III ACCOUNTING METHOD:FormAndLineReferenceDesc

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11BA DRAFT RETURN IS SENT FOR THEIR REVIEW AND COMMENTS
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19A DRAFT RETURN IS SENT FOR THEIR REVIEW AND COMMENTS

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