WAVE FOUNDATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization
WAVE FOUNDATION INC (EIN 61-1325992)
Tax period
2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed
2025-11-17
IRS object ID
202533219349307923
Schema version
2024v5.2
Source
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Return header ReturnHeader

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Return2025-11-17T09:15:09-08:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2024-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

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Preparer Firm EIN311683754PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

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Business Name Line1Locey Mitchell & Associates LtdBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

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Address Line14760 Red Bank Expressway Suite 222AddressLine1Txt
CityCincinnatiCityNm
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Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
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EIN611325992EIN

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Business Name Line1Wave Foundation IncBusinessNameLine1Txt
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Business Name ControlWAVEBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone8598151404PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1One Aquarium WayAddressLine1Txt
CityNewportCityNm
State AbbreviationKYStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP41071ZIPCd

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PersonTricia WattsPersonNm
Person TitleExecutive DirectorPersonTitleTxt
Phone8598151404PhoneNum
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IRS Responsible Prty Info CurrYes (true)IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

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Preparer PersonEmily MitchellPreparerPersonNm
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Address Line11 Aquarium WayAddressLine1Txt
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ZIP41071ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$1,085,143GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For AffiliatesfalseGroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Website Addresswavefoundation.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation1998FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateKYLegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionWAVE Foundation inspires and fosters environmental stewards of aquatic life through education, conservation, and volunteerism.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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PY Investment Income$42,306PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income$66,845CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
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Total Liabilities EOY$121,504TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
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MissionWAVE Foundation inspires and fosters environmental stewards of aquatic life through education, conservation, and volunteerism.MissionDesc
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Significant ChangefalseSignificantChangeInd
Expense$611,074ExpenseAmt
Grant$0GrantAmt
Revenue$202,716RevenueAmt
DescEducational programs - Provides curriculum for teachers and students that further the educational goals of WAVE Foundations mission and Newport Aquariums programming which includes educational camps, community outreach and after school program.Desc

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DescConservation programs - Provides funding for conservation projects locally, nationally, and internationally. Also includes merchandise sales which include animal art, animal adoptions, shark tooth necklaces, coin drops and Kentucky wild cards. Funds raised from the sales of these items help to support our conservation effort.Desc

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Grant$0GrantAmt
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DescVolunteer programs - Recruit, on-board, train and schedule volunteers to provide education to Newport Aquarium guests as well as the Greater Cincinnati area. Volunteer programs include exhibit interpreters, dive services, summer naturalist teem programming, outreach education specialists, husbandry aids and episodic volunteers to support our fundraising efforts.Desc
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Collections Of ArtfalseCollectionsOfArtInd
Credit CounselingfalseCreditCounselingInd
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (16 entries)

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Julie Uffman
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Jacob Purcell
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Greg Flasch
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Jennifer Gothard
Secretary1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0Yes (X)
Marcus Laifook
Member1.00$0$0$0Yes (X)
Stepahanie Koch Snyder
Member1.00$0$0$0Yes (X)
Zach Weber
Member1.00$0$0$0Yes (X)
Dudley Taft
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Kim Snyder
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Khalid Kareem
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Anthony Serelakis
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Yashna Patel
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Tabitha Tolliver
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Todd Klesch
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

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Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedfalseFSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$769,800CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$257,850CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
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Total$1,630,472TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$2,403,066PublicSupportTotal509Amt

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Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$24,319CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$31,424CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$31,134CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$42,306CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$66,845CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$196,028TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$373CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,897CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4,343CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$22,832CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$30,445TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$4,260,011TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.56410PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.56130PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.04600InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY0.03960InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePt III Ln 12FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationOther Income Part III, Line 12 Description: Miscellaneous 2020: 0. 2021: 373. 2022: 2897. 2023: 4343. 2024: 2091. Description: Insurance proceeds 2020: 0. 2021: 0. 2022: 0. 2023: 0. 2024: 20741.ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$624,207OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$11,704DepreciationAmt
Book Value$612,503BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$57,237OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$54,281DepreciationAmt
Book Value$2,956BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$216,864OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$157,805DepreciationAmt
Book Value$59,059BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$674,518TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RegionSub-Saharan AfricaRegionTxt
Purpose Of GrantConservationPurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant$10,000CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash DisbursementWire TransferMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign CorpfalseTransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign TrustfalseInterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp OwnershipfalseForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest CofalsePassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign PartnershipfalseForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott CountriesfalseBoycottCountriesInd

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1Nauti NiteEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$187,495GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$119,210CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$68,285GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1$51,261NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1$12,000RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$32,904FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1$82EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$10,995OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2Putt for PenguinesEvent2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2$86,126GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2$50,126CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2$36,000GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Cash Prizes Event2$115CashPrizesEvent2Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event2$19,073NonCashPrizesEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2$16,957RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2$8,544FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2$4,502OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total$273,621GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$169,336CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$104,285GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Cash Prizes Total Events$115CashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events$70,334NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events$28,957RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$41,448FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events$82EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$15,497OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$156,433DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$52,148NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonTrisha WattPersonNm
Base Compensation Filing Org$127,011BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs$0CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization$0BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations$0BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org$12,938OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs$0OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org$4,275DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs$0DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org$0NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs$0NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$144,224TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs$0TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org$0CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs$0CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution1ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$1,174NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (4 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxIndDescDescContributionContributionCntNoncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Yes (X)Special event auction items162$68,337
Yes (X)Special event facility1$12,000
Yes (X)Special event food and beverage29$29,741
Yes (X)Ticket discounts1$253
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsfalseReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
OtherPart I, Line 1: Programming inititatives exist in three core areas: education, conservation and volunteerism. WAVE provides unique education curriculum and experiences for students of all ages; supports and provides leadership in local, national, and global conservation efforts, and has a vibrant program with over 400 dedicated volunteers. Each of WAVEs programs aims to increase awareness, curiosity and respect of aquatic animals and their environments. In doing so, we create unique opportunities for the community to experience and participate in our programs.
Pt VI, Line 3WAVE utilitzes another Organization to transmit and pay the salaries of the individuals who work for the WAVE Foundation.
Pt VI, Line 11bPrior to signing and filing the return, it will be sent to the board to review.
Pt VI, Line 19Upon request.
Pt VI, Line 12cOn at least a yearly basis, each board member completes and signs a conflict of interest statement.
Pt VI, Line 15aThe board considers internal budgeting and industry data when setting compensation.

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