2020-11-13T10:43:54-08:00 2020-06-30 Kronzek Fisher & Lopez PLLC 607 2nd Street NE Washington DC 20002 990 2019-07-01 710863908 The Ocean Foundation OCEA 2028878996 1320 19th Street NW Washington DC 20036 Mark J Spalding President 2028878996 2020-11-10 true Marith L Fisher P00105648 2028539059 2020-11-13 74.95.92.9 2020-11-13 10:43:41 PS P 1BB881EB52BD88D3097CB8A05673A25A126AD8DD 1BB881EB52BD88D3097CB8A05673A25A126AD8DD 2019 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Mark J Spalding 1320 19th Street NW 5th Floor Washington DC 20036 18510600 false X www.oceanfdn.org X 2001 DC The Ocean Fdn is a unique community foundation with a mission to support, strengthen, and promote those organizations dedicated to reversing the trend of destruction of ocean environments around the world. Our slogan is "Tell Us What You Want To Do" 10 10 36 250 0 0 7733201 17828372 759947 636145 1961 7743 37089 38340 8532198 18510600 1326880 1349586 0 2130212 2918091 0 791702 4745024 4492957 8202116 8760634 330082 9749966 5940901 15351389 833618 492259 5107283 14859130 X The Ocean Fdn is a unique community foundation with a mission to support, strengthen, and promote those organizations dedicated to reversing the trend of destruction of ocean environments around the world. Our slogan is "Tell Us What You Want To Do" false false 1909060 467191 106975 PROTECTING SPECIES OF CONCERN - For many of us, our first interest in the oceans began with an interest in the large animals that call it home. Whether it be the awe inspired by a gentle humpback whale, the undeniable charisma of a curious dolphin, or the ferocious gaping maw of a great white shark, these animals are more than just the ambassadors of the sea. These apex predators and keystone species keep the ocean ecosystem in balance, and the health of their populations often serves as an indicator for the health of the oceans as a whole. 1219186 32085 110088 EXPANDING OCEAN LITERACY AND PUBLIC AWARENESS - One of the most significant barriers to progress in the marine conservation sector is a lack of real understanding about the vulnerability and connectivity of ocean systems. It is easy to think of the oceans as vast, almost unlimited sources of food and recreation with abundant animals, plants, and protected spaces. Thus, it can be difficult to see the destructive consequences of human activities along the coast and below the surface. This lack of awareness creates a significant need for programs that effectively communicate how the health of our oceans relates to climate change, the global economy, biodiversity, human health, and our quality of life. 2901101 545549 34663 PROTECTING MARINE HABITATS AND SPECIAL PLACES - Our oceans are a mosaic of special places, from the bustling vibrancy of coral reefs to the tidal pools of the rocky coasts to the stark, glistening beauty of the frozen Arctic. These habitats and ecosystems are more than just picturesque; they all provide vital benefits to the health of the ocean, the plants and animals that live in them, and the human communities that depend on them. 1130717 304761 44205 BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THE MARINE CONSERVATION COMMUNITY - There are many outstanding conservation organizations dedicated to protecting and preserving our oceans. The Ocean Foundation provides assistance to these entities, which have a need to develop a certain skill or competence, or for general upgrading of performance ability. The Ocean Foundation was created in part to bring new financial and technical resources to the table so that we can increase the capacity of these organizations to pursue their missions. 1130717 304761 44205 7160064 true true false true false true false false false false true true false false true true true true false false true true false false false false false true true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false false true 78 0 true 36 true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 10 10 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA FL ME SC WA X Mark J Spalding 2028878996 1320 19th Street NW 5th Floor Washington DC 20036 Angel Braestrup Secretary & Director 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Joshua R Ginsberg Treasurer & Director 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Walter Howes Director (through 7/24/19) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Bill Eichbaum Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Dawn Martin Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Nora Pouillon Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Elliot S Cafritz Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Russell F Smith Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lisa Volgenau Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Imani Fairweather Morrison Director (9/19/19 - 1.00 X 0 0 0 Denise Naguib Director (9/19/19 - 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mark J Spalding President 60.00 X 274918 0 32121 Tamika Washington Finance & Operations Director 40.00 X 123500 0 15548 Shana Miller Program Director 40.00 X 131753 0 9786 William Mott Program Director 40.00 X 101000 0 7070 Kate Morrison Strategic Partnerships Director 40.00 X 102343 0 9092 Jason Donofrio External Relations Officer 40.00 X 108530 0 10220 842044 0 83837 6 false true false Coast Consulting LLC PO Box 165 Deer Harbor WA 98243 Consulting 116738 Sonja Fordham 2100 Connecticut Ave NW 800 Washington DC 20008 Consulting 129800 2 1896999 15931373 9338472 17828372 Fees for Services 900099 636145 0 0 636145 7743 0 7743 38340 38340 38340 38340 18510600 674485 0 7743 877772 877772 90000 90000 381814 381814 326526 277547 16326 32653 2121025 1162174 491915 466936 101595 54679 24573 22343 174150 81743 49630 42777 194795 115105 40047 39643 7957 3673 3465 819 28141 13231 12061 2849 2857532 2768949 67336 21247 49137 49137 0 0 169504 127354 18965 23185 47651 34187 55 13409 200717 73624 54180 72913 647991 622347 1703 23941 176553 164820 614 11119 13818 7015 5503 1300 39050 17502 17394 4154 Project & field expenses 200228 200228 0 0 Dues, books & subscriptions 30798 19979 346 10473 Promotional merchandise 13005 12187 0 818 Licenses, taxes & fees 10875 4997 4755 1123 8760634 7160064 808868 791702 14518 615387 289676 1131543 5204735 3910772 134329 51437 55696 33643 133220 133220 3192 0 12794 44835 190627 9499537 23292 52193 12042 12042 5940901 15351389 338435 374716 366641 0 128542 117543 833618 492259 X 2698652 12181363 2408631 2677767 5107283 14859130 5940901 15351389 9749966 1881 X false true X true false X 0 5526291 6646293 7983847 7733201 17828372 45718004 0 0 5526291 6646293 7983847 7733201 17828372 45718004 8618006 37099998 40910 30753 37536 39050 46083 194332 0 0 45912336 2751043 0.80810 0.93710 X 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 8760634 8760634 588032 147008 0 0 462620 530201 560106 588032 2140959 3211439 0 8855 1990 0 10845 115655 132550 140027 147008 535240 802860 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 5948 103289 23500 101324 284022 96624 true true 0 0 113284 113284 0 19936 19936 0 0 Partnership interest - Rockefeller Ocean Fund L.P. 199537 F Equity interest - Baja Dad Holdings 9300000 F 9499537 Tenant security deposit 3100 Deferred rent liability 110668 Charitable gift annuity 3775 117543 X 18512481 1881 1881 18510600 18510600 8760634 8760634 8760634 Pt X, Line 2 The organization is exempt from income taxes under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) and applicable DC statutes. No provision for income taxes is required at June 30, 2020, as the Organization had no net unrelated business income. The organization follows FASB ASC 740-10, Income Taxes the authoritative guidance relating to accounting for uncertainity in income taxes. These provisions provide consistent guidance for the accounting for uncertainity in income taxes recognized in an entity's financial statements and prescribe a threshold of "more likely than not" for recognition and derecognition of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Organization performed an evaluation of uncertain tax positions for the year ended June 30, 2020, and determined that there were no matters that would require recognition in the financial statements or which may have any effect on its tax-exempt status. As of June 30, 2020, the statute of limitations for tax years 2016 through 2018 remains open with federal and DC authorities. true North America 0 0 program service research 541681 North America 0 0 grantmaking grants to recipients 123856 Central America 0 0 program service research & conferences 115176 Central America 0 0 grantmaking grants to recipients 171554 South America 0 0 program service research 88293 South America 0 0 grantmaking grants to recipients 40161 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 program service research 183040 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 grantmaking grants to recipients 15000 East Asia and Pacific 0 0 program service research & conferences 222990 East Asia and Pacific 0 0 grantmaking grants to recipients 23742 Russia 0 0 program service research & conferences 16011 Europe 0 0 grantmaking research & conferences 422824 Middle East 0 0 program service research & conferences 8507 South Asia 0 0 program service general & administrative 27 South Asia 0 0 grantmaking grants to recipients 7500 0 0 0 0 1980362 1980362 North America General Support 35000 Wire 0 N/A Actual North America General Support 8710 Wire 0 N/A Actual North America Sargassum insetting 30000 Wire 0 N/A Actual North America Cetacean Incid. 10000 Wire 0 N/A Actual North America General Support 49831 Wire 0 N/A Actual North America Marine mammal 15906 Wire 0 N/A Actual Central America Water monitoring 7000 Wire 0 N/A Actual Central America Hawksbill monitoring 17000 Wire 0 N/A Actual Central America General support 18385 Wire 0 N/A Actual Central America GOA-ON box kit 7992 Wire 0 N/A Actual Central America Seagrass restoration 90000 Wire 0 N/A Actual South America Radio program 6196 Wire 0 N/A Actual South America Hawksbill monitoring 6000 Wire 0 N/A Actual South America GOA-ON box kit 7500 Wire 0 N/A Actual South America General support 11000 Wire 0 N/A Actual Sub-Saharan Africa Mitigate turtle meat 6000 Wire 0 N/A Actual East Asia and Pacific Leatherback turtle 12000 Wire 0 N/A Actual East Asia and Pacific GOA-ON box kit 7992 Wire 0 N/A Actual South Asia Leatherback turtle 7500 Wire 0 N/A Actual 19 0 false false false false false false Pt I Line 2 The Ocean Foundation's fund and project managers work very closely with foreign grantees on public education, ocean preservation, and achieving the organization's programmatic goals. In addition to regular reporting, the relationship between the Foundation's various funds & projects and foreign grantees is closer to that of a partnership than a passive grantor relationship. Frequent visits and direct involvement in all cases contribute to direct oversight over foreign grant recipients. Other Required Narrative Information - The instructions ask that we report the accounting method used to determine the amounts in Part I, Column F. We have no employees stationed in foreign countries, so there is no payroll included. We analyzed line item detail for Consultants and Service Providers of all types, Meeting and Conferences, and Travel, as well as Grants Awarded, to identify monies spent in foreign regions and that is the method used for reporting on Column F. For Parts II and III the accounting method used was to include and report all foreign grantees (subject to the Part II threshold). Part II and Part III amounts are included in Part I column F (which is therefore the total spent in each region on all types of activity). true Brick City TV LLC 601 W 26th St 1776 New York NY 10001 262087540 n/a 30168 0 Actual N/A Toxic Tide Proj. Conservacion ConCiencia 806 Calle Lafayette San Juan RQ 660861228 n/a 138350 0 Actual N/A General op sup Deep Green Wilderness 2400 NW 80th St PMB 127 Seattle WA 98117 270290082 n/a 14000 0 Actual N/A General op sup Environment FL Research & Policy 3110 1st Ave N 2H Saint Petersburg FL 33713 205308250 501(c)(3) 9200 0 Actual N/A Educ & Engagmt Greater Farallones Assoc PO Box 29386 San Francisco CA 94129 943227237 501(c)(3) 35000 0 Actual N/A Kelp Recovery Prog Havenworth Coastal Conserv 2911 NW 40th Place Gainesville FL 32605 273351539 n/a 13600 0 Actual N/A General op sup Inst for Tropical Ecology & Conserv 2911 NW 40th Place Gainesville FL 32605 593434081 501(c)(3) 10000 0 Actual N/A General op sup Intnl Fund for Animal Welfare 290 Summer Street Yarmouth Port MA 02675 311594197 501(c)(3) 20900 0 Actual N/A Repeless Gear Testing Marine Conservation Inst 4010 Stone Way N 210 Seattle WA 98103 911725640 501(c)(3) 15000 0 Actual N/A Support High Seas Natl Res Def Council 40 W 20th St Fl 11 New York NY 10011 132654926 501(c)(3) 25000 0 Actual N/A Support High Seas Noyo Ctr for Marine Science PO Box 1321 Fort Bragg CA 95437 465359631 501(c)(3) 7953 0 Actual N/A General op sup Ocean Unite PO Box 32043 Washington DC 20007 833580499 501(c)(3) 10000 0 Actual N/A General op sup Playa Viva LLC 20 Melrose Court San Mateo CA 94402 208019563 n/a 11870 0 Actual N/A Support turtle camp Restore America's Estuaries 2300 Clarendon Blvd 603 Arlington VA 22201 541965304 501(c)(3) 50000 0 Actual N/A VCS proj design Sea Mammal Educ Learning Tech 1003 Iowa Heights Road Sedro Woolley WA 98284 473370136 501(c)(3) 180000 0 Actual N/A General op sup Smithsonian Institution 100 Jefferson Dr SW Washington DC 20560 530206027 501(c)(3) 7850 0 Actual N/A Ocean Acidification Stanford University 3160 Porter Dr 100 Palo Alto CA 94304 941156365 501(c)(3) 125470 0 Actual N/A Sup electonic tagging The Conservation Fund 1655 N Ft Myer Dr 1300 Arlington VA 22209 521388917 501(c)(3) 20000 0 Actual N/A Acquistion Ft. Blakely Chippewa Lakes The Harte Research Inst 6300 Ocean Dr 5869 Corpus Christi TX 78412 741760663 501(c)(3) 56913 0 Actual N/A Research in Cuba The Marine Mammal Ctr 2000 Bunker Road Sausalito CA 94965 510144434 501(c)(3) 9796 0 Actual N/A Geneal op sup Univ of Hawaii 2440 Campus Rd PO Box 368 Honolulu HI 96822 996000354 501(c)(3) 20000 0 Actual N/A OA Initiative 16 5 Support completion of the soundtrack for the IMAX film "Cuba" 1 90000 0 FMV N/A Pt I Line 2 The Ocean Foundation works closely with most all of its grantees to solve Ocean preservation issues. It requires reports when a grant is to an entity other than one to a public charity for general operating support. Foundation staff travel widely and attend many of the same policy conferences with grantees and are closely involved and aware of grantees' work in this manner. X X X false false false false false false false false false Mark J Spalding 274918 0 0 0 0 0 20237 0 13138 0 308293 0 0 0 X 4 38472 Actual X 1 9300000 Appraisal false true false Pt VI, Line 2 RELATIONSHIPS AMONG DIRECTORS, OFFICERS & KEY EMPLOYEES - Angel Braestrup, Director & Mark Spalding, President/Officer, own real estate together, unrelated to the business of the Foundation. Pt VI, Line 11b PROCESS FOR REVIEW OF FORM 990 - Prior to filing a complete copy of the Form 990 it is emailed to all Foundation directors calling their attention to sections most likely to be of interest to contributors, the public and seeking comments on any part of the Form 990. Pt VI, Line 12c CONFLICT OF INTEREST MONITORING & ENFORCEMENT - The Foundation's conflict of interest policy covers all directors, officers & staff. Any conflict of interest is to be reported to either the Chair or President. The "cure" is full disclosure, and recusal by the conflicted person form participating in a decision that could lead to a personal gain. Pt VI, Line 15a REVIEW OF COMPENSATION OF CEO - An independent director annually surveys the field of intl NGOs marine philanthropic orgs & community foundations. This director also is on the compensation committee of the Board of a comparable size international NGO which receives a report by an independent compensation consultant based on a compensation survey. Based on this research and experience, the director reports the findings to the Foundation Board. The Board approves Mr. Spalding's (CEO/President) compensation, with Ms. Braestrup (Director) abstaining. Pt VI, Line 15b COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES - The President of the organization sets salaries levels for officers & key employees which is then approved by the board of directors in the salary line of the budget. Pt VI, Line 19 DISCLOSURE - The Foundation considers all requests for disclosures of documents on a case by case basis. It annually posts a copy of its audit to Guidestar in the section which allows additional information, and as a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, makes its audited financials available to the public on request. It also publishes on its website an annual report containing summary information derived from the audited financial statements. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THE MARINE CONSERVATION COMMUNITY - 1130717. 304761. 44205. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Scientific & technical consultants 40695. 19992. 12593. 8110. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Research & advocacy fees 2033182. 1987432. 36949. 8801. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Communications & design fees 206247. 206114. 0. 133. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Program mgt & support fees 577408. 555411. 17794. 4203. 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