2018-05-02T16:16:01-05:00 2017-12-31 222428965 CITRIN COOPERMAN & COMPANY LLP 10 FORBES ROAD WEST BRAINTREE MA 02184 990 2017-01-01 042908768 SAVE THE HARBORSAVE THE BAY INC SAVE 6174512860 212 NORTHERN AVENUE SUITE 304 WEST BOSTON MA 02210 PATRICIA FOLEY PRESIDENT 6174512860 2018-03-20 1 JEFFREY ALVANAS P01988325 7813562000 2018-03-20 2017 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z PATRICIA FOLEY 212 NORTHERN AVENUE SUITE 304 WEST BOSTON MA 02210 1163216 0 X WWW.SAVETHEHARBOR.ORG X 1986 MA SAVE THE HARBOR/SAVE THE BAY, INC. IS A NONPROFIT PUBLIC-INTEREST HARBOR ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION MADE UP OF CITIZENS, SCIENTISTS AND CIVIC, CORPORATE, CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WHOSE MISSION IS TO RESTORE AND PROTECT BOSTON HARBOR, MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND SHARE THEM WITH THE PUBLIC FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY. 25 25 41 50 0 0 1150116 1102315 0 0 191 189 0 1500 1150307 1104004 0 0 0 0 504625 612807 0 0 36393 589856 459064 1094481 1071871 55826 32133 414369 360406 191499 105403 222870 255003 X SAVE THE HARBOR/SAVE THE BAY, INC. IS A NONPROFIT PUBLIC-INTEREST HARBOR ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION MADE UP OF CITIZENS, SCIENTISTS AND CIVIC, CORPORATE, CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WHOSE MISSION IS TO RESTORE AND PROTECT BOSTON HARBOR, MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND SHARE THEM WITH THE PUBLIC FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY. 0 0 509138 YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:SAVE THE HARBOR/SAVE THE BAY RUNS THE REGION'S LARGEST FREE, HARBOR-FOCUSED YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, CONNECTING NEARLY 200,000 UNDERSERVED YOUTH, TEENS AND FAMILIES TO BOSTON HARBOR AND THE BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS SINCE WE BEGAN THEM IN 2002. OUR FREE PROGRAMS INCLUDE 25 ALL ACCESS BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS EXCURSIONS TO SPECTACLE AND GEORGES ISLANDS IN THE BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK. IN THE SPRING AND FALL WE RUN FREE MARINE MAMMAL SAFARIS AND TREASURES OF SPECTACLE ISLAND EXCURSIONS FOR THE REGION'S FAMILIES. WE ALSO RUN OUR BOSTON HARBOR EXPLORERS PROGRAM AT 12 PROGRAM SITES ON BOSTON HARBOR AND AT 22 FREE EVENTS ON THE REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES. IN 2017 THESE FREE PROGRAMS SERVED MORE THAN 30,000 YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM 124 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY GROUPS FROM 43 COMMUNITIES. 214650 48396 CLEAN WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC POLICY:SAVE THE HARBOR CONVENES AND LEADS AN INDEPENDENT BEACHES SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH PRODUCES AN ANNUAL REPORT CARD ON WATER QUALITY AND BEACH FLAGGING ACCURACY ON THE METROPOLITAN REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES THAT ARE MANAGED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION. IT ALSO ADVISES US AS WE DEVELOP SITE SPECIFIC PLANS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY ON THE REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS COMMITTEE IN 2017 WE ALSO PRODUCED A REPORT ON WATER QUALITY ISSUES AT KING'S BEACH IN LYNN AND SWAMPSCOTT. WE ALSO CHAIR THE OUTFALL MONITORING SCIENCE ADVISORY PANEL'S PUBLIC INTEREST ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SERVE ON THE BOSTON HARBOR DREDGING PROJECT TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP AND ON THE CITY OF BOSTON'S MUNICIPAL HARBOR PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR BOTH THE DOWNTOWN AND THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT. 214414 45745 BETTER BEACHES PROGRAM:WE LEAD AND MANAGE THE METROPOLITAN BEACHES COMMISSION FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE, WHICH ISSUES AN ANNUAL REPORT FOCUSING ATTENTION ON THE STATE OF THE REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES FROM NAHANT TO NANTASKET. OUR BETTER BEACHES PROGRAM STRENGTHENS BOSTON'S WATERFRONT NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE REGION'S BEACHFRONT COMMUNITIES BY HOSTING AND SPONSORING SCORES OF FREE EVENTS AND PROGRAMS ON THE REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES FROM NAHANT TO NANTASKET INCLUDING CONCERTS, CAMPFIRES, CLAMBAKES AND FAMILY READING NIGHTS, SAND SCULPTURE COMPETITIONS AND HEALTHY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SWIMMING AND KAYAKING. FUNDS FOR THE 2017 BETTER BEACHES PROGRAM WERE RAISED ENTIRELY AT SAVE THE HARBOR' ANNUAL HARPOON SHAMROCK SPLASH. IN 2017 WE MADE MORE THAN $55,000 IN SMALL GRANTS TO 27 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND BEACHES FRIENDS GROUPS IN LYNN, NAHANT, REVERE, WITHNROP, EAST BOSTON, SOUTH BOSTON, DORCHESTER, QUINCY AND HULL. THEY LEVERAGED OUR SMALL GRANTS WITH ADDITIONAL CASH AND IN-KIND SUPPORT TO FUND 93 FREE EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. SAVE THE HARBOR HAS ALSO BUILT SOLID PARTNERSHIPS WITH BOSTON'S BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE REGION'S CORPOROATIONS, WITH WHOM WE WORK TO HOST COPROATE SERVICE DAYS AND BEACH CLEANUPS ON THE REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES AND THE HARBOR ISLANDS. 938202 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 MA X X THE ORGANIZATION 6174512860 212 NORTHERN AVENUE SUITE 304 WEST BOSTON MA 02210 JOSEPH P NEWMAN CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 CHRISTIAN R SCORZONI ESQ VICE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MARK CHRISOS TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 LAURA A BURKE CLERK 2.00 X X 0 0 0 TOM COX DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 NICHOLAS MARTIN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL D FOSTER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH ORTIZ JACKSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES JENSEN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 THOMAS A KERSHAW DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID LEE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL A LEON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 THOMAS N O'BRIEN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JUDITH PEDERSON PH D DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOSEPH R SAVAGE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES SHINE PH D DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID SPILLANE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN TRACY VICE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 THOMAS G WOLFE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KAREN FERNANDES DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER BYNER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 EUGENE KENNEDY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH TOLEDO LMSW DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JULIE PAGANO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARTHA LAPOSATA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PATRICIA A FOLEY PRESIDENT 40.00 X 165392 0 12958 165392 0 12958 1 0 1 0 CATALYST NEW MEDIA 2003 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE BOSTON MA 02135 MARKETING/STRATEGY 126000 1 396578 705737 1102315 189 189 59212 396578 59212 0 MISC INCOME 900099 1500 1500 1500 1104004 1500 0 189 X 165392 150944 7224 7224 349383 318863 15260 15260 54666 49746 2460 2460 43366 39464 1951 1951 178465 144065 34400 25967 10309 13480 2178 17513 14011 2832 670 49451 37088 9890 2473 8360 2505 5103 752 11612 8128 1742 1742 PROGRAM AND EVENT EXPEN 123184 123184 WATER TRANSPORTATION 23250 23250 SUPPLIES 11602 11602 BANK CHARGES AND OTHER 9660 5043 2934 1683 1071871 938202 97276 36393 354514 289953 50000 60000 6338 6851 27633 27633 0 0 3517 3602 414369 360406 31499 26120 160000 79283 191499 105403 X 126620 155003 96250 100000 222870 255003 414369 360406 32133 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 893498 833617 1095872 1222965 1161527 5207479 893498 833617 1095872 1222965 1161527 5207479 5207479 41 61 80 191 189 562 1500 1500 5209541 0.99960 0.99990 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 6500 6500 0 21133 21133 0 0 X 1353486 190270 59212 249482 1104004 0 1104004 1321353 190270 59212 249482 1071871 0 1071871 PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION IS A TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (THE "CODE") AND IS GENERALLY EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES PURSUANT TO SECTION 501(A) OF THE CODE. THE ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAXES ON UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME, IF ANY. THE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTS FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FASB ASC TOPIC INCOME TAXES. THE TOPIC PRESCRIBES A RECOGNITION THRESHOLD AND MEASUREMENT PROCESS FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECOGNITION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN. THE TOPIC ALSO PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON DERECOGNITION, CLASSIFICATION, INTEREST AND PENALTIES, ACCOUNTING IN INTERIM PERIODS, DISCLOSURE AND TRANSITION. AT DECEMBER 31, 2017, MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES INCLUDED IN INCOME 59,212. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES INCLUDED IN INCOME 59,212. DESTINATION BOSTON HARBOR 410045 353121 56924 56924 SHAMROCK SPLASH 45745 43457 2288 2288 455790 396578 59212 59212 59212 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PATRICIA A FOLEY PRESIDENT 165392 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12958 0 178350 0 0 0 E BRUCE BERMAN JR(CATALYST NEW MEDIA GROUP) SEE BELOW. 126000 MR. BERMAN' COMPANY, CATALYST NEW MEDIA GROUP, PROVIDES PROGRAM STRATEGY, PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND COMMUNICATION CONSULTING SERVICES TO THE ORGANIZATION. HE IS THE SPOUSE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION. 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A DRAFT OF FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY BOTH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND EXECUTIVE COMMITEE, AND THEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL BEFORE IT IS FILED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD ANNUALLY. IF ANY BOARD MEEMBER OR OFFICER HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THEY WILL THEN DISCLOSE IT TO THE BOARD AND REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM DECISIONS INVOLVING THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES' SALARIES ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTE ON ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO SALARIES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND FORM 990 ARE POSTED ON THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S WEBSITE AND ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC OR UPON REQUEST FROM THE ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTING FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 144,065. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 34,400. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 178,465. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES FROM THE PRIOR YEAR IN THE METHODS USED BY THE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT.