BONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: BONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC (EIN 65-0988321)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-04-19
IRS object ID: 201611109349300801
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 D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-04-19T01:24:49-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Richard Henneforth CPA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	13876 SW 56th Street PMB 273	AddressLine1Txt
City	Miami	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33175	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	650988321	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BONEFISH & TARPON UNLIMITED INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BONE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3053673416	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	24 DOCKSIDE LANE Room 83	AddressLine1Txt
City	KEY LARGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	330375267	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	THOMAS N DAVIDSON	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2016-04-19	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Richard Henneforth	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	3052207366	PhoneNum
Preparation	2016-04-18	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-09-27 15:27:22Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BONEFISH TARPON TRUST	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	THOMAS N DAVIDSON	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	24 DOCKSIDE LANE 83	AddressLine1Txt
City	KEY LARGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33037	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,805,570	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.BBT.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1999	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	FL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR BONEFISH AND TARPON	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	15	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	15	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	8	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$5,398	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,691,501	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,645,142	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$626	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	-$846	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$3,481	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$5,398	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,695,608	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,649,694	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$613,624	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$710,557	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$248,242	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$347,734	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$39,934	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$535,302	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$610,081	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,397,168	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,668,372	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$298,440	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$18,678	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,514,388	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,551,015	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$14,970	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$70,275	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,499,418	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,480,740	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR BONEFISH AND TARPON	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,407,262	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$710,557	GrantAmt
Desc	PROVIDING SUPPORT TO VARIOUS RESEARCH PROGRAMS STUDYING THE BEHAVIOU OF BONEFISH, TARPON AND PERMIT	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,407,262	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	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	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	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	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	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	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	4	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	8	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	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
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	15	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	15	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	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
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TOM DAVIDSON	PersonNm
Phone	3053673416	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7 SUNRISE CAY	AddressLine1Txt
City	KEY LARGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33037	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (45 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
AARON ADAMS
DIR OF SCIENCE	015.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$12,000	$0	$0
THOMAS N DAVIDSON
CHAIRMAN/DIR	005.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RUSSELL FISHER
V CHAIRMAN	003.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
STU APTE
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVE HORN
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MATT CONNOLLY
PRESIDENT EMERITUS	003.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LUIS MENOCAL
DIR CUBA		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JIM MCDUFFIE
DIR OF OPERATIONS		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JEFF STORM HARKAVY
SECRETARY	003.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BILL KLYN
VP MEMBERSHIP	002.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DAVID NICHOLS
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SANDY MORET
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BILL ANDERSON
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RODNEY BARRETO
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BILL HORN
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BOB BRANHAM
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEVE O'BRIEN JR
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JACK CURLETT
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MIKE FITZGERALD
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROB HEWETT
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BILL LEGG
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KEN WRIGHT
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN O'HEARN
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVID PERKINS
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROB SHARPE
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ADELAIDE SKOGLUND
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEVE STANLEY
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRIS BUCKLEY
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRIS PETERSON
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEVE REYNOLDS
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MONA BREWER
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NELSON SIMS
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN TURNER
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HAROLD BREWER
PRESIDENT		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ALLEN GANT
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BERT SCHERB
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BILL STROH
DIR FLORIDA KEYS		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAUL VAHLDIEK
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
W AUGUST HILLENBRAND
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RICHARD HIRSCH
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEVE O'BRIEN
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN HILTON
V CHAIRMAN		Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BILL HORN
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LUIS MENOCAL
DIRECTOR CUBA		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN NEWMAN
DIRECTOR		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$12,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Membership Dues	$119,598	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$370,883	FundraisingAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,154,661	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$16,803	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,645,142	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$846	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$846	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$144,084	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$370,883	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$144,084	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$17,190	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$11,792	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,398	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$5,398	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,649,694	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$846	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$5,398	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$666,232	TotalAmt
Program Services	$666,232	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,125	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,125	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,200	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,200	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	$0	TotalAmt

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	$324,485	TotalAmt
Program Services	$228,816	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$58,405	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$37,264	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

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

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

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

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,249	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,396	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,183	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,670	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,000	TotalAmt
Management And General	$20,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

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

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,400	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,400	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fees For Services Prof Fundraising		FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

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

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

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

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,310	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,055	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$35,255	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,099	TotalAmt
Management And General	$14,099	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,839	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,839	ProgramServicesAmt

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	$8,639	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,639	ProgramServicesAmt

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	$7,456	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,042	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$414	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,705	TotalAmt
Management And General	$4,705	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
OPERATION MANAGEMENT	$154,767	$154,767
MEMBERSHIP EXPENSE	$55,717	$55,717
RESEARCH FUNDING - OTHER	$150,373	$150,373
JOURNAL EXPENSE	$25,547	$25,547

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$120,229	TotalAmt
Program Services	$42,514	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$77,715	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,668,372	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,407,262	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$221,176	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$39,934	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$466,182	BOYAmt
EOY	$617,424	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$847,090	BOYAmt
EOY	$497,376	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$162,344	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,608	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,029	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,351	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,532	BOYAmt
EOY	$31,697	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$41,068	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$16,313	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,211	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,755	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$1,210	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$347,193	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$6,401	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,514,388	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,551,015	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,970	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,560	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$50,715	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,970	BOYAmt
EOY	$70,275	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,498,918	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,480,240	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$500	BOYAmt
EOY	$500	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,499,418	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,480,740	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,514,388	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,551,015	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$18,678	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
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)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

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)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$890,717	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$977,335	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,230,510	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,691,501	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,645,142	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,435,205	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$890,717	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$977,335	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,230,510	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,691,501	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,645,142	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,435,205	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$6,435,205	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$761	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,081	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$558	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$626	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$3,026	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$45,533	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$24,070	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$43,824	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$88,469	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$144,084	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$345,980	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$6,784,211	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.94860	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.89120	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support CY509	0.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	false	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$800,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$46,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$1,431	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$844,569	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributions	$800,000	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$800,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	1.00000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$41,068	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$16,313	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$24,755	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$24,755	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
Financial derivatives and other financial products
Closely-held equity interests
Treasury bills notes	$347,193	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$347,193	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc
Federal income taxes
OTHER LIABILITIES

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	V 4	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ENDOWMENT FUND PURPOSE IS TO GENERATE PORTFOLIO INCOME TO BE USED FOR OPERATING EXPENDITURES	ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	North America	RegionTxt
Purpose Of Grant	Evaluating bonefish habitat in Bahamas	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant	$10,000	CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	check	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Org	1	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Fund raising events	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$514,967	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$370,883	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$144,084	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$32,244	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$28,767	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$83,073	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$514,967	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$370,883	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$144,084	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$32,244	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$28,767	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$83,073	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$144,084	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Recipient Table RecipientTable (14 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Address Line1ForeignAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityForeignAddress/CityNm	CountryForeignAddress/CountryCd
University of Mass Amherst
405 Goodell Bldg 140 Hicks Way	Amherst	MA	01003	542084125	3	$33,022	Research - bonefish juvenile habitats
Univershity of Florida
PO Box 113001	Gainesville	FL	32611	590978739	3	$18,341	Reserach - tarpon restoration
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
100 Eighth Avenue	St Petersburg	FL	33701		3	$39,880	Bonefish project
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
100 Eighth Avenue	St Petersburg	FL	33701		3	$35,905	Tarpon project
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street	Miami	FL	33199	237047106	3	$123,017	Bonefish decline research
University of Waterloo
				980061413		$10,000	Evaluating bonefish habitat	200 University Avenue West	Waterloo	CA
Carleton University
						$10,000	Bonefish biology	1125 Colonel By Dr	Ottawa	CA
Fisheries Conservation Foundation
1816 S Oak Street	Champaign	IL	61821	300190447	3	$25,000	Bahamas initiative
Florida Institute of Technology
150 W University Blvd	Melbourne	FL	32901	596046500	3	$71,250	Juvenile tarpon habitats
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1656 Linden Drive	Madison	WI	53706		3	$9,300	Bonefish decline research
University of Florida
PO Box 133001	Gainesville	FL	32611	590978739	3	$13,566	Bonefish age-structured model research
Carleton University
						$23,200	Bonefish biology	1125 Colonel By Dr	Ottawa	CA
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
100 Eighth Avenue	St Petersburg	FL	33701		3	$13,000	Accoustic tagging of permit
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street	Miami	FL	33199	237047106	3	$21,305	Research - effects of contaminants on coastal fisheries

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Org	14	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (3 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
Bonefish habitat	2	$12,450
Bonefish genetics	1	$5,450
Project permit	1	$11,725

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I Line 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Procedures for monitoring the use of grant funds - expenses are reported to Director of Operations for monitoring	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b	ORGANIZATIONS PROCESS TO REVIEW FORM 990 - FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BEFORE SIGNING AND MAILING
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c	ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY - THE ORGANIZATION REQUIRES DIRECTORS TO SIGN A WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT EVERY YEAR
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a	COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS - DIRECTORS ARE UNPAID VOLUNTEERS. COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b	COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS - COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION - INCORPORATION DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON-LINE AT THE STATE OF FLORIDA WEBSITE. OTHER DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.