2016-08-11T09:28:33-05:00 2015-12-31 861065772 Deloitte Tax LLP 555 Mission Street San Francisco CA 94105 990PF 2015-01-01 770150580 Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute MONT 8317751700 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Basilio Martinez Chief Financial Officer 8317751700 2016-08-11 1 Joan S McMahon Managing Director P00966494 4157834000 2015 2016-12-15 16:53:06Z X 113913907 X 47300728 5410 5410 5410 2375 2375 2375 171859 171859 171859 171859 320000 320000 0 0 288110 268861 288110 48088482 448505 467754 755183 0 0 702740 17965374 0 0 18442379 13560881 0 0 10187941 77148 0 0 78435 181896 0 0 181896 5307 0 0 5307 6463947 34936 34936 2453956 0 0 2435578 748219 0 0 748295 181566 0 0 181841 9216242 94523 94523 9441382 51609719 129459 129459 42405794 251500 251500 51861219 129459 129459 42657294 -3772737 319046 338295 500 500 500 8843293 6888567 6888567 155712 78405 155712 155712 49712749 50519913 50519913 69115 637309 637309 4644294 5013758 5013758 167005062 116306914 52048865 50698148 50698148 115397221 113913907 113913907 9022664 8243291 1216019 1110755 31646000 38172000 41884683 47526046 X 34538486 26634328 38974052 39753533 73512538 66387861 115397221 113913907 73512538 -3772737 0 69739801 3351940 66387861 0 45865777 14976050 3.062608 45888504 13677283 3.355089 40309183 9520657 4.233866 48336221 13616560 3.549811 41664241 15289673 2.724992 16.926366 3.385273 14912539 50483016 3190 50486206 47781222 6381 0 6381 0 6381 6381 6381 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 CA 1 1 0 0 0 1 WWW.MBARI.ORG Jim Rehkopf 8317751704 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Applies To All Directors Officers 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 (See Statement 15) 0.00 0 0 0 Julie Packard 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Chairman 4.00 0 0 0 Dr Joseph P Allen 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director 1.00 0 0 0 Edward William Barnholt 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director 1.00 1500 0 0 Dr Francine Berman 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director 1.00 4500 0 0 Dr Joel Birnbaum 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director 1.00 6000 0 0 Nancy Burnett 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director 1.00 0 0 0 Christopher Burnett 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director 1.00 0 0 0 Dr Curtis Collins 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director 1.00 6000 0 0 Dr Susan Hackwood 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director 1.00 4500 0 0 Dr Eric Hartwig 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director 1.00 4500 0 0 Dr G Ross Heath 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director 1.00 6000 0 0 Basilio Martinez 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Chief Financial Officer 40.00 90705 8042 0 Dean O Morton 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director 1.00 6000 0 0 Dr Norman Pace 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director 1.00 6000 0 0 C Michael Pinto 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Chief Financial Officer 40.00 294182 44073 0 Dr Karl Pister 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director 1.00 6000 0 0 Dr Chris Scholin 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 President/CEO 40.00 307296 74167 0 Dr George N Somero 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director 1.00 6000 0 0 Dr Robert C Spindel 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director 1.00 6000 0 0 Barbara P Wright 7700 Sandholdt Road Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director & Secretary 1.00 0 0 0 Steve Etchemendy 7700 Sandholdt Rd Moss Landing CA 950399644 Director of Marine O 40.00 242937 50641 0 Dr Peter Brewer 7700 Sandholdt Rd Moss Landing CA 950399644 Sr. Scientist 40.00 228694 57195 0 Dr Robert Vrijenhoek 7700 Sandholdt Rd Moss Landing CA 950399644 Sr. Scientist 40.00 225086 59191 0 Dr Bruce Robison 7700 Sandholdt Rd Moss Landing CA 950399644 Sr. Scientist 40.00 230486 50722 0 Douglas Au 7700 Sandholdt Rd Moss Landing CA 950399644 Engineering Director 40.00 224333 33549 0 180 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 3 Embarcadero Center San Francisco CA 94111 Accountants 157296 0 DEVELOPMENT OF OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS - DNA PROBES, SEAFLOOR MAPPING SYSTEMS, IN SITU ANALYZERS/SAMPLERS, CHEMICAL SENSORS, ETC. 8284714 NEW TECHNOLOGY DATA COLLECTION VEHICLES - AUV DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENTS, ROV UPGRADES AND ENHANCEMENTS AND NEW COASTAL RESEARCH VESSEL 1561339 STUDY THE COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THE WATER COLUMNS AND SEAFLOOR OF THE MONTEREY BAY AND OTHER WEST COAST SITES 11240070 MAINTAIN AN OCEAN OBSERVATORY SYSTEM AND A DATA REFERENCE SYSTEM WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THE OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMUNITY WITH ACCESS TO KEY DATA AND DATA COLLECTION OPPORTUNITIES 2192387 N/A 0 0 0 8407722 6731911 15139633 0 0 15139633 227094 14912539 745627 X 42657294 0 5123928 47781222 0 47781222 1988-05-03 X 338295 287114 244237 476033 1345679 287551 244047 207601 404628 1143827 47781222 45865777 45888504 40312058 179847561 251500 15500 245000 247500 759500 47529722 45850277 45643504 40064558 179088061 0 0 497085 499202 455909 317355 1769551 0 0 0 0 X University of Washington School of Oceanography Seattle WA 98195 None PC NOVAE Workshop Sponsorship 5000 Moss Landing Marine Labs 8272 Moss Landing Road Moss Landing CA 95039 None PC Support for marine lab operations and their 50th Anniversary 1000 Leland Stanford Jr Univ William F Durand Building Stanford CA 95305 None PC Support for collaborative research program 240000 Monterey County Office of Education (Science & Engineering Fair) PO Box 80851 Salinas CA 93912 None PC Donation to Science Fair, 2015 2500 Science Buddies PO Box 5038 Carmel CA 93921 None PC Support for education tools for K-12 science, technology, engineering and math in 3 local counties. 1500 Stanford University Sea Lion Bowl 397 Panama Mall Stanford DC 94305 None PC NOSB Sea Lion Bowl, promote interest in ocean science 1500 251500 Leland Stanford Jr Univ William F Durand Building Stanford CA 95305 None PC Support for collaborative research program 240000 240000 14 5410 14 2375 16 171859 18 320000 Recycled Materials 01 2600 Earned Discounts 01 1512 Royalty Receipts 15 268861 Misc. Refunds 01 75 Sale of Misc Items 01 3080 Wells Fargo VISA Revenue Share 01 11982 0 787754 0 787754 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1 Berkeley Seismological Laboratory 299 McCone Hall Berkeley CA 947204760 11871 X 2 Canadian Institute for Advanced Res 180 Dundas St W Ste 1400 Toronto ON CA 6505 X 3 David and Lucile Packard Foundation 300 Second Street Suite 200 Los Altos CA 94022 39753533 X 4 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation T 1661 Page Mill Road Palo Alto CA 94304 780241 X 5 International Research Institute St PO Box 8046 Stavanger NO 76675 X 6 Dave and Judi Zaches Foundation PO Box 2410 Monterey CA 939422410 5000 X 7 Monterey Bay Aquarium 886 Cannery Row Monterey CA 93940 71796 X 8 National Institute of Health 45 Center Drive Bethesda MD 20814 58005 X 9 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad 1100 Wayne Ave 1210 Silver Springs MD 209103283 2099350 X 10 National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Blvd Arlington VA 22230 2049163 X 11 Office of Naval Research 300 5th Ave St 710 Seattle WA 981042398 263540 X 12 Stanford University 340 Panama Street Stanford CA 943054125 271841 X 13 University of California Santa Cruz 1156 High Street Santa Cruz CA 95064 100205 X 14 University of Washington 4333 Brooklyn Ave NE Seattle WA 981959472 51992 X 15 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutio 86 Water Street Woods Hole MA 025431041 28885 X 16 Natural Resources Canada 9860 West Saanich Road Sidney BC CA 9500 X 17 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad 325 Broadway Boulder CO 80305 40764 X 18 Orange County Sanitation District 10844 Ellis Avenue Fountain Valley CA 927087018 79167 X 19 University of British Columbia 3529 University Blvd Vancouver BC CA 159323 X 20 University of Chicago 6030 S Ellis Avenue Chicago IL 60637 120777 X 21 University of South Florida 3702 Spectrum Blvd Ste 165 Tampa FL 33612 128660 X 22 Princeton University PO Box 36 Princeton NJ 085442020 765258 X 23 University of Southampton European Way Southampton UK 83788 X 24 So Cal Coastal Water Research Proje 3535 Harbor Blvd Suite 110 Costa Mesa CA 926262537 95259 X 25 University of Hull Research Funding Cottingham Road Hull UK 183812 X Deloitte & Touche LLP - Tax Review 7300 0 0 7300 Ryan McDonald - Audit 17300 0 0 17300 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP - Audit 157296 0 0 157296 LAND 1999-06-30 4236219 0.000000000000 0 0 0 BUILDINGS 1999-06-30 45388293 28415529 0.000000000000 0 0 0 BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS 1999-06-30 5016744 4166489 0.000000000000 0 0 0 FURNITURE & FIXTURES 1999-06-30 1202296 1200983 0.000000000000 0 0 0 VEHICLES 1999-06-30 575457 505080 0.000000000000 0 0 0 EQUIPMENT - GENERAL 1999-06-30 12442915 11532540 0.000000000000 0 0 0 EQUIPMENT - OFFICE 1999-06-30 146150 144888 0.000000000000 0 0 0 EQUIPMENT - COMPUTER 1999-06-30 1737725 1387124 0.000000000000 0 0 0 EQUIPMENT - VIDEO & CAMERA 1999-06-30 942331 890988 0.000000000000 0 0 0 EQUIPMENT - MACHINE SHOP 1999-06-30 781400 698725 0.000000000000 0 0 0 EQUIPMENT - POSITIONING 1999-06-30 125206 125206 0.000000000000 0 0 0 SOFTWARE 1999-06-30 672536 633125 0.000000000000 0 0 0 OCEAN DEPLOYED EQUIPMENT 1999-06-30 26232173 11876125 0.000000000000 0 0 0 SHIPS 1999-06-30 38280465 33720646 0.000000000000 0 0 0 SHIPBOARD EQUIPMENT 1999-06-30 4564093 3727116 0.000000000000 0 0 0 REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES 1999-06-30 4704589 4560968 0.000000000000 0 0 0 ROV IMPROVEMENTS 1999-06-30 6134583 4275288 0.000000000000 0 0 0 AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES 1999-06-30 4869690 4561950 0.000000000000 0 0 0 AUV IMPROVEMENTS 1999-06-30 4641597 3884144 0.000000000000 0 0 0 FIXED ASSET PURCHASES IN PROCESS 2015-06-30 553905 0.000000000000 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION IN PROCESS 2015-06-30 3756695 0.000000000000 0 0 0 Trade-in of Multibeam Sonar 2006-10 Purchased 2015-08 Teledyne Reson 320000 0 320000 ADDITIONAL COMMENT FOR STATEMENT 13 FORM 990-PF, PART VIII, LINE 1, STATEMENT 13In addition to the amount of compensation paid to each director and officer (if any), in 2014 MBARI paid D&O insurance premiums of $39,590 (10/2014 - 9/2015) and in 2015 paid D&O premiums of $41,491 (10/2015 - 9/2016), of which $40,065 is allocable to 2015 and to these individuals as a nontaxable working condition fringe benefit.Barbara P. Wright is an officer and director of MBARI. Her firm, Finch Montgomery Wright LLP, provides legal services to MBARI. Fees for those services are paid to the firm and are for legal services, not for services in her capacity as an officer or director. Fees paid and expenses reimbursed to the firm in 2015 were $18,370. This amount is included in the appropriate Statement pertaining to Legal Fees. Tangible Property Elections Section 1.263(a)-1(f) De Minimis Safe Harbor ElectionTaxpayer is making the de minimis safe harbor election under Treas. Reg. 1.263(a)-1(f) for all eligible amounts paid or incurred during the taxable year.Section 1.263(a)-3(n) Capitalization ElectionTaxpayer hereby elects to capitalize repair and maintenance costs under Treas. Reg. 1.263(a)-3(n). The costs were incurred during the taxable year in the electing taxpayer's trade or business and the electing taxpayer treats such costs as capital expenditures on its books and records. LAND 4236219 0 4236219 BUILDINGS 45388293 28415529 16972764 BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS 5016744 4166489 850255 FURNITURE & FIXTURES 1202296 1200983 1313 VEHICLES 575457 505080 70377 EQUIPMENT - GENERAL 12442915 11532540 910375 EQUIPMENT - OFFICE 146150 144888 1262 EQUIPMENT - COMPUTER 1737725 1387124 350601 EQUIPMENT - VIDEO & CAMERA 942331 890988 51343 EQUIPMENT - MACHINE SHOP 781400 698725 82675 EQUIPMENT - POSITIONING 125206 125206 0 SOFTWARE 672536 633125 39411 OCEAN DEPLOYED EQUIPMENT 26232173 11876125 14356048 SHIPS 38280465 33720646 4559819 SHIPBOARD EQUIPMENT 4564093 3727116 836977 REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES 4704589 4560968 143621 ROV IMPROVEMENTS 6134583 4275288 1859295 AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES 4869690 4561950 307740 AUV IMPROVEMENTS 4641597 3884144 757453 FIXED ASSET PURCHASES IN PROCESS 553905 0 553905 CONSTRUCTION IN PROCESS 3756695 0 3756695 Kennedy, Archer & Giffen 6080 0 0 6080 Finch Montgomery Wright LLP 18370 0 0 18370 Lumen Patent Firm 10280 0 0 10280 The Wagner Law Group 36120 0 0 37407 Miscellaneous Legal 2807 0 0 2807 Fischer & Associates 3491 0 0 3491 Effect of Actuarial Losses & Amortization for Postretirement Benefit Plan 3351940 Expensed Equipment 416804 0 0 408212 General & Lab Supplies 3260533 0 0 3262812 Recruitment 107410 0 0 107410 Freight & Postage 123009 0 0 123009 Outside Services - General 940520 0 0 1173710 Outside Services - Subawards 1976857 0 0 1956021 External Shiptime & Equip Rental 58616 0 0 83908 Insurance 588433 0 0 588433 Maintenance & Repair 1568252 0 0 1546250 Royalty Expense 94523 94523 94523 108694 MBARI Ship/ROV/AUV Usage -82500 0 0 -82500 Miscellaneous 163785 0 0 165423 Recycled Materials 2600 2600 Earned Discounts 1512 1512 Royalty Receipts 268861 268861 268861 Misc. Refunds 75 75 Sale of Misc Items 3080 3080 Wells Fargo VISA Revenue Share 11982 11982 Postretirement Benefit Liabilities 31646000 38172000 State of California 255 0 0 255 Internal Revenue Service 5052 0 0 5052