MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION (EIN 94-2487469)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-11-11
IRS object ID: 201613169349304036
Schema version: 2015v2.1
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
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-11-11T14:53:13-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GRANT THORNTON LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	101 CALIFORNIA STREET SUITE 2700	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAN FRANCISCO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94111	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	942487469	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% ANNA CAMPISI	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	MONT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8316484800	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	886 Cannery Row	AddressLine1Txt
City	Monterey	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	93940	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CYNTHIA VERNON	PersonNm
Person Title	COO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8316484800	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-10-25	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Rosemarie Brown	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01279077	PTIN
Phone	4159863900	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2017-02-10 21:41:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Julie Packard	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	886 Cannery Row	AddressLine1Txt
City	Monterey	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	93940	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$127,295,261	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.montereybayaquarium.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1978	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	The mission of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation is to inspire conservation of the ocean. See Schedule O for further detail.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	17	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	16	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	681	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	1330	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$86,771	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$47,916,874	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$29,085,009	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$43,451,445	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$45,015,537	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$6,328,775	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$3,720,829	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$3,130,547	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$3,332,508	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$100,827,641	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$81,153,883	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$482,176	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$479,062	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$36,709,765	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$40,172,834	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$291,455	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$252,831	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$3,217,061	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$39,064,757	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$40,631,468	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$76,548,153	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$81,536,195	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$24,279,488	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$382,312	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$391,700,610	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$387,639,444	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$15,592,256	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$16,739,033	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$376,108,354	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$370,900,411	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	SEE SCHEDULE O	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$31,387,581	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$90,108	GrantAmt
Revenue	$45,283,466	RevenueAmt
Desc	Marine Life Exhibition and Care - See Schedule O	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$12,193,553	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$136,190	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	Education and Outreach - See Schedule O	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$7,275,504	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$171,534	GrantAmt
Revenue	$287,550	RevenueAmt
Desc	Conservation and Research - See Schedule O	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$17,536,991	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$81,230	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	Guest Services - See Schedule O	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$17,536,991	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$81,230	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$68,393,629	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (true)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	Yes (true)	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	299	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	681	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	17	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	16	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ANNA CAMPISI	PersonNm
Phone	8316484800	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	886 CANNERY ROW	AddressLine1Txt
City	Monterey	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	93940	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (33 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Steve Neal
Chairman	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dr Peter S Bing
Chair Emeritus	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Julie Packard
Exec. Director & Vice Chair	28.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$297,472	$0	$37,431
Susan Bell
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Margaret Caldwell
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Samantha Campbell
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Caroline Getty
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Juan Govea
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MRC Greenwood
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William Landreth
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joan Lane
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael Mantell
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Connie Martinez
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Susan Orr
Trustee through June 2015	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Pietro Parravano
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Chris Scholin
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mark Wan
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
gideon yu
trustee effective Dec 2015	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Barbara Wright
Secretary	1.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
James Hekkers
Managing Director / Consultant	40.0	1.0		Yes (X)	$274,838	$0	$35,434
Cynthia Vernon
COO Effective June 2015	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$220,488	$0	$44,285
Ed Prohaska
CFO/VP Enterprise Development	40.0	1.0		Yes (X)	$279,034	$0	$38,767
Cristina Fekeci
Chief Development Officer	40.0	0.0			$284,593	$0	$46,877	Yes (X)
Margaret Spring
VP Conservation & Science	40.0	0.0			$187,605	$0	$42,221	Yes (X)
Marian Hahn
VP of Marketing	40.0	0.0			$204,200	$0	$31,070	Yes (X)
Teresa Merry
VP Human Resources	40.0	0.0			$176,731	$0	$51,051	Yes (X)
Randall Hamilton
VP of Husbandry	40.0	0.0			$171,826	$0	$32,604	Yes (X)
Charles Aslanian
VP of Facility Operations	40.0	0.0			$159,021	$0	$47,874	Yes (X)
Justin Skinner
VP of Information Technology	40.0	0.0			$219,207	$0	$32,638		Yes (X)
Don Hughes
VP of Exhibitions	40.0	0.0			$208,574	$0	$45,794		Yes (X)
Jim Westbrook
Director of Finance	40.0	1.0			$170,417	$0	$27,461		Yes (X)
Jennifer Dianto Kemmerly
Glob Fisheries/Aquaculture Dir	40.0	0.0			$157,737	$0	$26,024		Yes (X)
Diane Sena
Dir of Non-Aq Prop Mgmt/GM HH	40.0	0.0			$156,299	$0	$31,806		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$3,168,042	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$571,337	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	46	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
Impacts Research and Development
3720 Falcon Ridge Drive	MEDINA	OH	44256	ADVERTISING	$3,273,093
CHEMISTRY CLUB
451 PACIFIC AVENUE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94133	ADVERTISING	$2,793,912
STOCKER ALLAIRE
21 MANDEVILLE CT	MONTEREY	CA	93940	CONSTRUCTION	$715,359
SAN JOSE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
1000 MUNRAS AVE STE 100	MONTEREY	CA	93940	CONSTRUCTION	$766,601
MARK CAVAGNERO ASSOCIATES
1045 SANSOME ST STE 200	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94111	ARCHITECT	$756,610

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	65	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$12,155,716	MembershipDuesAmt
Related Organizations	$249,546	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$178,167	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$16,501,580	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$1,419,818	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$29,085,009	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
ADMISSION FEES	611600	$43,130,683	$43,130,683
OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE	900099	$1,884,854	$1,884,854

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$45,015,537	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,111,655	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$46,504	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$2,158,159	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$4,417,070	RealAmt
Personal	$147,745	PersonalAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$1,787,786	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$2,629,284	RealAmt
Personal	$147,745	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,777,029	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$133,275	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$263,754	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$45,962,766	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$43,676,293	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$677,299	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$2,286,473	SecuritiesAmt
Other	-$677,299	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,609,174	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,609,174	ExclusionAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
LICENSING REVENUE	900099	$287,550	$287,550
MEMBER EVENTS	900099	$29,455	$29,455
ALL OTHER REVENUE	900099	$238,474	$238,474

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$555,479	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$81,153,883	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$45,571,016	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$86,771	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$4,031,087	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$403,836	TotalAmt
Program Services	$403,836	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$51,900	TotalAmt
Program Services	$51,900	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,326	TotalAmt
Program Services	$23,326	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

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

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,663,422	TotalAmt
Program Services	$641,151	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,690,801	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$331,470	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

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

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,155,134	TotalAmt
Program Services	$23,118,809	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,985,541	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,050,784	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,235,315	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,754,453	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$379,040	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$101,822	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,949,113	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,688,930	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$954,421	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$305,762	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,169,850	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,759,562	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$317,928	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$92,360	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

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

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$347,028	TotalAmt
Program Services	$258,821	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$83,672	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,535	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$233,829	TotalAmt
Program Services	$223,367	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,334	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,128	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$140,699	TotalAmt
Program Services	$140,699	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$252,831	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$252,831	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$250,142	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$250,142	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,543,062	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,517,420	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$832,920	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$192,722	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,262,499	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,140,135	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$122,325	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$39	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,883,330	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,948,225	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$569,370	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$365,735	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$997,448	TotalAmt
Program Services	$943,148	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$40,210	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$14,090	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$847,260	TotalAmt
Program Services	$688,749	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$158,079	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$432	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,328,314	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,874,812	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$271,278	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$182,224	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

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

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$178,368	TotalAmt
Program Services	$163,745	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,265	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,358	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

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

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

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

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,402,581	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,895,054	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$452,800	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$54,727	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$565,816	TotalAmt
Program Services	$461,952	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$101,545	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,319	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
MARINE LIFE CARE	$1,352,821	$1,322,735	$30,045	$41
DONATED GOODS	$370,601	$366,061		$4,540
MERCHANT FEES	$880,709	$4,739	$875,970
REVERSAL OF BAD DEBT	-$37,172	$2,000	-$39,172

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$84,133	TotalAmt
Management And General	$84,133	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$81,536,195	TotalAmt
Program Services	$68,393,629	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,925,505	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,217,061	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,203,737	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,201,387	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,500,185	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,605,602	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$37,069,664	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,914,057	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,811,958	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,872,653	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	$1,782,557	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,329,663	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$279,292,658	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$140,118,958	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$143,450,273	BOYAmt
EOY	$139,173,700	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$183,087,633	BOYAmt
EOY	$189,725,217	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

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	$794,603	BOYAmt
EOY	$817,165	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$391,700,610	BOYAmt
EOY	$387,639,444	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,241,181	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,207,463	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	$8,189,252	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,377,583	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	$161,823	BOYAmt
EOY	$153,987	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,592,256	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,739,033	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$316,461,894	BOYAmt
EOY	$314,053,500	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,692,381	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,139,614	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,954,079	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,707,297	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$376,108,354	BOYAmt
EOY	$370,900,411	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$391,700,610	BOYAmt
EOY	$387,639,444	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$382,312	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$4,796,729	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$28,902	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	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$25,494,301	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$22,938,932	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$44,782,063	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$47,916,874	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$29,085,009	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$170,217,179	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$35,412,176	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$38,309,941	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$39,487,351	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$43,451,445	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$45,015,537	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$201,676,450	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

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

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

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

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

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

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$60,906,477	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$61,248,873	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$84,269,414	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$91,368,319	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$74,100,546	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$371,893,629	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,252,164	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,187,684	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$26,611,091	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$743,264	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$524,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$30,318,203	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

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

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,252,164	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,187,684	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$26,611,091	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$743,264	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$524,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$30,318,203	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$341,575,426	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,330,416	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,127,121	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,420,675	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,399,701	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,676,470	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$27,954,383	TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

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

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,330,416	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,127,121	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,420,675	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,399,701	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,676,470	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$27,954,383	TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

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

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$766,657	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$389,050	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$267,710	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$708,527	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$555,479	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,687,423	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$66,003,550	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$66,765,044	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$89,957,799	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$98,476,547	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$81,332,495	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$402,535,435	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.84856	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.84755	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.06945	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.06599	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

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

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$141,513	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$141,513	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$80,891,709	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$81,033,222	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

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

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx		TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp
Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx		TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

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	$124,902	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$175,477	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$113,655	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$141,513	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$555,547	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	$0	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$1,104	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$407	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$0	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$1,511	TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$131,038,945	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,009,663	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$422,798	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$4,224,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$127,401,810	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$113,049,854	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$16,050,939	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$5,831,152	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,893,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$131,038,945	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$80,879,570	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$19,632,856	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$16,037,428	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,500,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$113,049,854	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$78,277,759	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$3,864,734	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,961,077	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,224,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$80,879,570	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$77,434,508	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$4,296,393	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$466,142	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,987,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$78,277,759	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.83400	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.13100	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.03500	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	$22,915,481	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$22,915,481	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$156,906,245	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$78,682,088	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$78,224,157	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$0	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$0	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$33,253,287	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$24,403,439	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$8,849,848	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$66,217,645	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$37,033,431	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$29,184,214	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$139,173,700	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Financial Derivatives		FinancialDerivativesGrp
Closely Held Equity Interests		CloselyHeldEquityInterestsGrp

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (8 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
EQUITY FUND	$107,970,445	F
BOND FUNDS	$11,413,119	F
COMMODITIES FUND	$927,637	F
HEDGE FUNDS	$36,970,931	F
US GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET	$4,790,153	F
PRIVATE CAPITAL FUNDS	$23,614,950	F
BROKERAGE ACCOUNT BALANCES	$1,608,077	F
OFFSHORE FUND	$2,429,905	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$189,725,217	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	GIFT ANNUITY PAYMENT LIABILITY	Desc
Amt	$153,987	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$153,987	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Revision of Prior Year Change in Endowment Funds	Scheudle D, Part V: The change in endowment funds for some prior years have been updated from the previously filed Form 990 to more accurately reflect the true appreciation or use of the endowment funds. There has been no change to the beginning or end of year balances.
Intended Use of Endowment Funds	Schedule D, Part V, Line 4: The earnings of the Aquarium's endowment funds support education and conservation programs and the mission of the Aquarium.
FIN 48 (ASC 740) Footnote	Schedule D, Part X, Line 2: 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: In accordance with the FASB guidance on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, management regulary evaluates its tax positions and does not believe either Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation or MBASS have any uncertain tax positions that require disclosure or adjustment to the consolidated financial statements. According to the statute of limitations, both the Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation and MBASS are no longer subject to income tax examinations for fiscal years prior to December 31, 2011 for California tax purposes and for fiscal years prior to December 31, 2012 for federal tax purposes.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (9 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia and the Pacific	Program Services	Symposiums	$157,573
Middle East and North Africa	Program Services	Symposiums	$6,109
Sub-Saharan Africa	Program Services	Symposiums	$11,025
North America	Program Services	Symposiums	$52,615
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Program Services	Symposiums	$116,733
Central America and the Caribbean	Program Services	Symposiums	$5,980
South America	Program Services	Symposiums	$8,745
North America	Grantmaking		$23,326
Central America and the Caribbean	Investments		$3,000,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent	$3,382,106	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$3,382,106	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	North America	RegionTxt
Purpose Of Grant	Mexico Research Project	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant	$23,326	CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	WIRE	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Procedures for Monitoring Use of Grant Funds Outside the United States	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Schedule F, Part I, Line 2: The Aquarium requires potential grant recipients to submit formal applications which are reviewed by the program manager and director of finance 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 as well as the director of finance for compliance with grant conditions.	ExplanationTxt

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
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
Charles Feinstein Co
400 Michigan Ave 1650	Chicago	IL	60611	Consulting	false	$0	$153,600	-$153,600
SDA Teleservices
5757 West Century Blvd	Los Angeles	CA	90045	Tele- Marketing	false	$252,663	$80,509	$172,154

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$252,663	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$234,109	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$18,554	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Recipient Table RecipientTable (9 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
California State University Long Beach
6300 E State Univ Dr 332	Long Beach	CA	90840	656106694	115	$22,000	White Shark Research
Stanford University
450 Serra Mall	Stanford	CA	94305	941153656	501(c)(3)	$149,533	Shark Tagging Research Program
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
7700 Sandholdt Road	Moss Landing	CA	95039	770150580	501(c)(3)	$66,182	Research Project - Cephalopods
Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 167	Pacific Grove	CA	93950	941558089	501(c)(3)	$5,760	Sponsorship - Shuttle from Asilomar to Aquarium
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Fdn
4348 Waialae Ave 692	Honolulu	HI	96816	273091938	501(c)(3)	$15,000	General Support
The Ocean Foundation
1320 19th St NW 5th Fl	Washington	DC	20036	710863908	501(c)(3)	$10,000	Support of the Ocean Project
Cartel Management Inc
665 Lillian Way	Los Angeles	CA	90004	208921214		$51,950	Titans of Mavericks Sponsorship
University of California Santa Cruz
1156 High Street	Santa Cruz	CA	95064	941539563	115	$15,000	Research of Mobulid Rays
University of Hawaii Research Office
2240 Campus Rd PO Box 368	Honolulu	HI	96822	996000354	115	$38,000	Research of Elasmobranch Fish at Kaneohe Bay

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	8	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	1	TotalOtherOrgCnt

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

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
Student Research Fellowship	1	$20,000
Individual Scholarships	34	$31,900

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Procedures for Monitoring the Use of Grant Funds in the United States	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Schedule I, Part I, Line 2: The Aquarium requires potential grant recipients to submit formal applications which are reviewed by the program manager and Director of Finance 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 as well as the Director of Finance 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
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	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (15 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
Exec. Director & Vice Chair	$295,146	$0	$401	$0	$1,925	$0	$26,500	$0	$10,931	$0	$334,903	$0	$0	$0
James Hekkers
Managing Director / Consultant	$219,940	$0	$0	$0	$54,898	$0	$21,752	$0	$13,682	$0	$310,272	$0	$0	$0
Cynthia Vernon
COO Effective June 2015	$218,315	$0	$801	$0	$1,372	$0	$22,517	$0	$21,768	$0	$264,773	$0	$0	$0
Ed Prohaska
CFO/VP Enterprise Development	$276,821	$0	$801	$0	$1,412	$0	$26,500	$0	$12,267	$0	$317,801	$0	$0	$0
Cristina Fekeci
Chief Development Officer	$281,448	$0	$801	$0	$2,344	$0	$26,500	$0	$20,377	$0	$331,470	$0	$0	$0
Margaret Spring
VP Conservation & Science	$185,922	$0	$790	$0	$893	$0	$19,444	$0	$22,777	$0	$229,826	$0	$0	$0
Marian Hahn
VP of Marketing	$202,991	$0	$790	$0	$419	$0	$20,385	$0	$10,685	$0	$235,270	$0	$0	$0
Teresa Merry
VP Human Resources	$174,776	$0	$790	$0	$1,165	$0	$18,568	$0	$32,483	$0	$227,782	$0	$0	$0
Randall Hamilton
VP of Husbandry	$166,649	$0	$790	$0	$4,387	$0	$17,145	$0	$15,459	$0	$204,430	$0	$0	$0
Justin Skinner
VP of Information Technology	$218,242	$0	$801	$0	$164	$0	$13,401	$0	$19,237	$0	$251,845	$0	$0	$0
Don Hughes
VP of Exhibitions	$206,669	$0	$790	$0	$1,115	$0	$21,701	$0	$24,093	$0	$254,368	$0	$0	$0
Jim Westbrook
Director of Finance	$169,298	$0	$790	$0	$329	$0	$17,091	$0	$10,370	$0	$197,878	$0	$0	$0
Jennifer Dianto Kemmerly
Glob Fisheries/Aquaculture Dir	$156,031	$0	$1,579	$0	$127	$0	$15,764	$0	$10,260	$0	$183,761	$0	$0	$0
Diane Sena
Dir of Non-Aq Prop Mgmt/GM HH	$154,057	$0	$790	$0	$1,452	$0	$15,956	$0	$15,850	$0	$188,105	$0	$0	$0
Charles Aslanian
VP of Facility Operations	$157,318	$0	$790	$0	$913	$0	$16,778	$0	$31,096	$0	$206,895	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a

Gross-Up Payments and Health Club Dues: 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. Additionally, certain employees received tax gross-up payments for small appreciation gifts received during the course of the 2015 calendar year. All 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 II:

Compensation payments reported on Schedule J, Part II, Column (B)(i) for James Hekkers includes amounts paid to him as an employee of the organization in his capacity as Managing Director (which he served as until July 2015), as well as payments made thereafter as compensation for services as a non-employee consultant of the organization.

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Works Of Art		WorksOfArtGrp
Art Historical Treasures		ArtHistoricalTreasuresGrp
Art Fractional Interest		ArtFractionalInterestGrp
Books And Publications		BooksAndPublicationsGrp
Clothing And Household Goods		ClothingAndHouseholdGoodsGrp
Cars And Other Vehicles		CarsAndOtherVehiclesGrp
Boats And Planes		BoatsAndPlanesGrp
Intellectual Property		IntellectualPropertyGrp

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	66	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,392,215	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Cost/Selling Price	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities Closely Held Stock		SecuritiesCloselyHeldStockGrp
Secur Prtnrshp Trust Intrsts		SecurPrtnrshpTrustIntrstsGrp
Securities Miscellaneous		SecuritiesMiscellaneousGrp
Qualified Contrib Hist Struct		QualifiedContribHistStructGrp
Qualified Contrib Other		QualifiedContribOtherGrp
Real Estate Residential		RealEstateResidentialGrp
Real Estate Commercial		RealEstateCommercialGrp
Real Estate Other		RealEstateOtherGrp
Collectibles		CollectiblesGrp

Food Inventory FoodInventoryGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	31	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$27,603	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Opinion of Experts	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Drugs And Medical Supplies		DrugsAndMedicalSuppliesGrp
Taxidermy		TaxidermyGrp
Historical Artifacts		HistoricalArtifactsGrp
Scientific Specimens		ScientificSpecimensGrp
Archaeological Artifacts		ArchaeologicalArtifactsGrp
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, Column (b):	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The organization is reporting the total number of items contributed on Schedule M, Part I, Column (b).	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (13 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Organization's Mission	Form 990, Part I, Line 1 and Form 990, Part III, line 1: The mission of the Monterey Bay Aquarium is to inspire conservation of the ocean. Created with an initial gift from David and Lucille Packard, the Aquarium facilities opened to the public in 1984. Major programs include a public aquarium whose exhibits focus primarily, but not exclusively, on marine life of Monterey Bay and Californias central coast; education programs serving students from preschool through college as well as primary and secondary school educators; and research and conservation initiatives which include (a) the long-term survival of the southern sea otter, (b) understanding and conserving tuna and other highly migratory animals, (c) promoting seafood sustainability, and (d) conducting and communication scientific research that promotes marine conservation and informs ocean policy. In 2015, we served 2.1 million visitors (the second time weve had back-to-back years with over 2 million guests); the Silicon Valley Business Journal recognized our Education programs with its Community Impact Award; the White House honored employee Sarah-Mae Nelson for her work interpreting to visitors the effects of climate change on ocean health; we played a leading role in the fight for a plastic-free ocean by backing state and federal actions to phase out plastic microbeads; and we hosted an unprecedented televion program - Big Blue Live - that celebrated the health of Monterey Bays wildlife and ecosystems on prime-time television in the United Kingdom and United States, spotlighting its recovery as a conservation success story of global significance.
Program Service Accomplishment Description	Form 990, Part III, Line 4a - Marine Life Exhibition and Care: Marine life exhibition and care costs of $31,387,581 include the cost of operating and maintaining the Aquariums living exhibit galleries. The special exhibition Tentacles: The Astounding Lives of Octopuses, Squid and Cuttlefishes introduced visitors to several species of deep-sea cephalopods. We were the first in the world to debut the mysterious vampire squid, and among the first to show the cock-eyed squid and the Japetella octopus. Another uncommon animal became an international media sensation after a research colleague at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute dubbed the as-yet-unnamed Opisthoteuthis species "adorabilis" - the "adorable" octopus. Elsewhere in Tentacles, several nautiluses laid over 10 eggs on exhibit and behind the scenes, implying the collection is healthy and thriving on exhibit, according to our biologists. During 2015, work was underway with research on and development of a community of reptiles in preparation for the 2016 debut of Viva Baja! Life on the Edge. The $3.8 million dollar exhibit includes colorful tropical fishes and invertebrates, plus our most diverse terrestrial exhibit, where - for the first time at the Aquarium - visitors encounter snakes, scorpions, tortoises, tarantulas, and lizards. We participated in the "Traveling Turtle" program for the third year in a row, joining nine other U.S. aquariums that foster baby loggerhead sea turtles rescued off North Carolina, so that visitors can learn the story of the endangered species. After a year or two, the turtles grow large enough to join other rescued juvenile sea turtles that are fitted with satellite tags and released into the Atlantic Ocean. Our collection of giant sea bass, a critically endangered species, comprises several fish of various ages, from babies to adults 30 years old. We began working with baby giant sea bass as part of a research project to document growth rate and colorization/pattern changes throughout life. By studying individuals at different life stages, we help strengthen laws protecting these gentle giants that - with their hefty weight and wide, wide, lips - hold a special place in the hearts of our visitors, and especially our members and donors. We also welcomed a penguin chick and a common murre chick into our avian collection; both hatched from eggs laid by exhibit birds. These fuzzy additions were among several penguin and murre chicks that have hatched here over the past few years. Some birds we keep; some we send to other accredited institutions as part of species survival plans governed by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
Program Service Accomplishment Description	Form 990, Part III, Line 4b - Education and Outreach: Education and Outreach costs of $12,193,553 include the cost of education programs for both teachers and students, Aquarium Adventures programs to deepen guest experiences, and culinary events that promote sustainable seafood practices. We continued to raise funds for a new LEED-certified Center for Ocean Education and Leadership. The Center will enable us to double the number of visiting schoolchildren who take part in programs led by Aquarium educators, double the number of science teachers we reach through institutes and workshops designed to build their skills and double the number of teens in leadership programs. All of these education programs for schoolchildren, teachers and teens are available free, and include complimentary admission to the Aquarium. During 2015, we worked with 284 teens who participated in the summer WATCH (Watsonville Area Teens Conserving Habitats), Young Women in Science and Teen Conservation Leader (TCL) programs; an additional 12 TCL Alums supported the program this summer as paid assistants. A total of 1,546 teachers participated in fall workshops, conferences, presentations and events in 2015. In October, more than 100 Head Start teachers, staff and administrators joined Aquarium staff to engage in professional development and celebrate the 15th anniversary of our Splash Zone partnership with Monterey and Santa Cruz County Head Start Centers. Throughout 2015 we reached thousands of visitors through customized fee-based Aquarium Adventures programs, ranging from behind-the-scenes tours and overnight sleepovers to educational scuba adventures. In 2015 we added a new "Insider's Tour" wherein visitors explore exhibits with our most seasoned guides. Through their personal stories and insight, visitors uncover new animals and fishes, step behind the scenes to discover the secret lives of jellies, and hear about the Aquarium's groundbreaking research efforts with marine wildlife. In 2015 we refocused our Cooking for Solutions annual events into a year-round celebration with several smaller, more intimate events with a stronger focus on making choices for a healthy ocean, particularly food. Highlights of the revamped Cooking for Solutions included two celebration weekends with ticketed events and free public events for Aquarium visitors; sustainable tasting events during our extended public hours Evenings by the Bay weekends; and "On the Road" events with partners including The Hess Collection and Hog Island Oyster Company.
Program Service Accomplishment Description	Form 990, Part III, Line 4c - Conservation and Science: Conservation and Science costs of $7,275,504 represent expenses for marine conservation policy and advocacy efforts, the Seafood Watch sustainability program and field research supporting species survival. Our Conservation and Science programs continued to be an influence locally and nationally, and we further expanded them globally in 2015. We supported the enactment of several state and federal laws by providing testimony, writing letters, activating our audiences, and working with legislative staff on bill language. One was A.B. 888, the strongest law of its type in the nation, which banned the sale of personal care products that contain plastic microbeads by January 2020 in California. At the federal level, we worked to strengthen the language in a similar bill, and urged Congress to pass the bill and asked President Obama to sign it into law - which he did. Another was A.B. 96, which improved restrictions on the sale of illegal ivory, including from certain marine wildlife. In October, after years of negotiation, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 774, the Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015. We expect the bill to significantly improve the federal governments response to IUU fishing, keeping black-market seafood out of U.S. markets and encouraging enforcement by other nations. Locally, we supported Monterey Bay Fisheries Trusts acquisition of more than $1 million in commercial groundfish fishing quotas from The Nature Conservancy. The Aquarium worked with the City of Monterey and other community members to establish a new, non-profit trust to own and lease groundfish quotas to local fishermen, with the advice and support of The Nature Conservancy, the California Fisheries Fund of Environmental Defense Fund and the David and Lucille Packard Foundation. Our Seafood Watch program continues to set the standard for sustainable seafood, and in 2015 we advanced initiatives to support sustainable seafood production around the world - bringing our respected program to a global audience. We brought business and government leaders together in Southeast Asia to shape new standards for sustainable aquaculture, and welcomed Indonesias progressive fisheries minister to the Aquarium in Monterey. We helped colleagues in Brazil, Japan, and Europe advance their sustainable seafood initiatives, and worked with partners in Mexico to move toward sustainable fishing and aquaculture in the Gulf of California. We were pleased when Louisiana repealed its turtle excluder device (TED) exemption rule, making their use now required in fisheries. Oceana.com sited Seafood Watch's "Avoid" rating as having a direct effect on the choice to annul the law. We welcomed new Seafood Watch business partners in 2015, including Disney Parks and Resorts, and celebrated the accomplishments of partners like Aramark, which now sources 100 percent of its tuna from sustainable sources. We also joined 15 major U.S. aquariums to support a new Aquarium Conservation Partnership pilot project to harness the power of aquariums for collective action to improve ocean health. We led the development of the ACP with partners at Shedd Aquarium and National Aquarium, producing a 2016-17 Conservation Action Agenda and ACP Charter that will guide the work of the ACP over a two-year pilot phase. We welcomed new Director of Science Kyle Van Houtan to oversee the Aquariums science and conservation research programs, including those devoted to bluefin tuna, white sharks, sea otters and other species. Dr. Van Houtans research and teaching have focused on multi-faceted approaches to marine biodiversity conservation, and his work spans a range of topics - from animal behavior, foraging ecology and physiology, to fisheries stock assessments, climate change and ecosystem-based management. His research also explores global change, biodiversity conservation, processes arising from climate, long-term ecological monitoring, and ethics. Our Sea Otter Program team collaborated with other sea otter biologists to sequence the sea otter genome for the first time. National and international media shared details of our work with sea otters in stories covering a wild sea otter mom giving birth in our Great Tide Pool. Our white shark research team concluded a record field season, tagging and tracking adult and juvenile white sharks off the coasts of California and Mexico. Our researchers have identified 117 individual white sharks, 43 new animals in 2015, and one shark that returned to the Farallon Islands for a record 27th year. Partnering with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and others, we began developing a camera tag that will reveal what adult sharks are doing in a gathering area far offshore near Hawaii, dubbed the "White Shark Cafe." We also released a study in November documenting how research Dr. Sal Jorgensen and colleagues fed "Fitbit"-style tags to white sharks to track their activity level and monitor their feeding success. Working with research colleagues, we expanded Pacific bluefin tuna tagging efforts with Japans Fisheries Research Agency. Our staff joined Japanese scientists in tagging both 2-3 month old and 4-6 year old (spawning age) Pacific bluefin tuna. Information from tag returns should provide insight into how the fish use and interact with their habitat. For the third summer in a row, we again collaborated with Japanese fisheries scientists to tag hundreds of 3-month old Pacific bluefin tuna off the coast of Shikoku, Japan. Data recovered to date have shown that these tuna begin their trans-Pacific migration at just over a year old, earlier than previously thought.
Program Service Accomplishment Description	Form 990, Part III, Line 4d - Other program services: Other program services of $17,536,991 represent the costs of activities to provide a high-quality experience for the 2.1 million people who visited the Aquarium in 2015. Included in this category are costs for marketing, guest services and membership services, as well as costs associated with food services and retail. Marketing includes costs associated with the creation, production and placement of advertising in various media for the purpose of building awareness about the opportunity to connect with marine life and ocean conservation through an Aquarium visit. An allocation of marketing costs is included in management and general expenses to represent the costs associated with soliciting admission revenue. Calendar year 2015s attendance was our third highest ever, and the second time in our history that weve had back-to-back years with over 2 million guests. Our digital, search-based advertising campaign once again helped to attract more high-propensity visitors from Southern California and other cities across the U.S. to the Aquarium and the Monterey area. About one-third (32%) of the total number of paid Aquarium visitors from California were Hispanic. Most of our Hispanic attendance is from California, with the majority of visitors arriving from the San Francisco, Sacramento, Fresno and local tri-county area (Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties) markets in which we advertise directly in Spanish-language media. Weve been successful in driving millennial visitation. More than one-half (54%) of 2015 Aquarium visitors were between the ages of 18 and 34, while only one-third (33%) of California residents are in that age group. We will continue to focus on this audience, with additional emphasis on engaging them with the Aquarium and our mission largely through our social channels. Our active and responsive presence on social media platforms allows visitors to remain connected with us, and us with them, once they leave the Aquarium. We ended 2015 with 2.7 million followers (an increase of approximately 300,000 over 2014) across all social media platforms and properties, including Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram and a Spanish-language Facebook page called Tu Monterey Bay Aquarium. In 2015 the team ventured into Periscope, a live video platform, with good success and engagement. Were considered one of the social media leaders among zoos and aquariums across the country, not only in the number and engagement with our followers, but also in our innovative approaches to content. In 2015, the Aquarium admitted more than 95,000 people in our community free of charge. These guests included underserved audiences visiting through our Free to Learn, Shelf to Shore, Student Ocean Stewards, and annual Community Open House programs. Membership households totaled 78,000. In addition to the essential processing and customer service functions, membership services hosts several member events each year including sleepovers, a Halloween dance party, and holiday wine tasting event. Aquarium members also receive Shorelines, the Aquariums member magazine and targeted monthly e-newsletters. Membership services include other efforts to serve, retain and communicate with members about our conservation mission. The Aquariums overall outreach wouldnt have the impact it does without the dedication of our many volunteers, who do more than make the Aquarium better they make our work possible. For each staff member, we have two volunteers sharing their energy and enthusiasm for the ocean. In 2015, over 1,300 individuals volunteered over 163,000 hours of service in 79 different work areas, notably in education and animal care. Our volunteer community hails from all over central and nothern california - 86 cities in all - and volunteers range in age from teenagers to folks in their 90s.
Family or Business Relationships	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2: Trustees Julie Packard and Susan Orr are sisters. Chris Scholin, a Trustee, is the CEO of Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute ("MBARI"), of which Julie Packard and Barbara Wright are Board members.
Form 990 Review Process	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 11B: The Form 990 is prepared by Grant Thornton LLP based on audited financial statements and with the assistance of the Aquarium's finance and accounting staff. The final draft of the Form 990 is reviewed by the CFO and the Executive Director. Upon acceptance of the draft by the CFO and Executive Director, the draft Form 990 is delivered to the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees, which reviews the draft and directs comments and questions to the CFO and Executive Director. Finally, the Board receives a copy of the final version of the Form 990 prior to filing.
Monitoring and Enforcement of Comflict of Interest Policy	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c: The Aquarium regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with its conflict of interest policies. Trustees and officers Conflict of Interest Policy -- The Executive Director's office assures that all disclosures forms (and mitigation plans, if applicable) have been received by January 31 of each year from all trustees and officers, 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, VP of Human Resources, and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"). Trustees and officers also acknowledge receipt and understanding of the Aquariums COI Policy in conjunction with providing the annual disclosures. Following review by the Panel, the Panels 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 Board meeting. Both the Panel and the Audit Committee annually evaluate the effectiveness of the process. The CFO assures appropriate reporting to the external auditors and tax filings preparer. Trustees and officers have a continuing duty to make additional disclosures throughout the year if warranted. Employees Code of Ethical Conduct Policy -- The VP of Human Resources 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, VP of Human Resources and CFO by March. This team also evaluates the effectiveness of the process. The CFO assures appropriate reporting to the external auditors and tax filings preparer. Employees have a continuing duty to make additional disclosures throughout the year if warranted.
Process for Determining Compensation	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Lines 15a and 15b: 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 Boards Executive Compensation Committee, comprised of independent directors, reviews the CEO's performance with input from the 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 determine 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 CFO, 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 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.
Documents Made Available to the Public	Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19: 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 conflict of interest policy and governing documents are provided upon request within two business days.
Other Changes in Net Assets	Form 990, Part XI, Line 9: Unrealized Loss on Interest in Charitable Remainder Trusts: $(28,902)
FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G	DESCRIPTION:OUTSIDE SERVICES TOTAL FEES:7723201
FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G	DESCRIPTION:OTHER FEES TOTAL FEES:819861

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