BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES (EIN 01-6006001)
Tax period: 2012-07-01 to 2013-06-30
Filed: 2014-01-20
IRS object ID: 201410209349300851
Schema version: 2012v2.0
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 J
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2014-01-20T06:43:50-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2013-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Macpage LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	30 Long Creek Dr	AddressLine1
City	South Portland	City
State	ME	State
ZIP Code	04106	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	016006001	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	BIGE	NameControl
Phone	2073152567	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	60 Bigelow Drive PO Box 380	AddressLine1
City	East Boothbay	City
State	ME	State
ZIP Code	04544	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

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Name	Graham Shimmield	Name
Title	Executive Director	Title
Date Signed	2014-01-20	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	George Rafuse	Name
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Phone	2077745701	Phone
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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State Legal Domicile	ME	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	To understand key processes driving the worlds ocean ecosystems, their evolution, and their fundamental relationship to life on Earth throughinterrelated research, education, and technology transfer programs.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
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The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

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Name Person	Aaron Fuchs	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2073152567	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

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Address Line1	60 Bigelow Drive PO Box 380	AddressLine1
City	East Boothbay	City
State	ME	State
ZIP Code	04544	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (23 entries)

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Mary Chatterton
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Richard A Morrell
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Colin Woodard
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Anna Marie Thron
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Randall Phelps
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Karin Gregory
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Walter Norton
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Helen Norton
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Carolyn W Slayman
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Stephen Malcom
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Louise Bowditch
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
David W Ellis
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Chip Davison
Director	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Steve Weems
Treasurer	4.00	0.00	X	0	0	0	X
Herbert Paris
Vice chairman	4.00	0.00	X	0	0	0	X
Robert Healing
Secretary	4.00	0.00	X	0	0	0	X
David M Coit
Chairman	4.00	0.00	X	0	0	0	X
Graham Shimmield
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William M Balch
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David Emerson
Sr. res. scientist	38.00	0.00		125716	0	20761		X
William Wilson
Sr. res. scientist	38.00	0.00		131210	0	21325		X
Mark Bloom
Dir of Corp Allian	38.00	0.00		122919	0	17435		X
Patricia Matrai
Sr. res. scientist	38.00	0.00		131997	0	8983		X

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VWR International
PO Box 117	Wayne	PA	19087	Scientific Supplies	221206
Thermo Electron North America
1400 Northpointe Parkway Suite 10	West Palm Beach	FL	33407	Scientific Instrum-s	197977
Silicon Graphics International Corp
46600 Landing Parkway	Fremont	CA	94538	Computer Systems	160411
Creative Office Pavilion
141 Middle Street	Portland	ME	04101	Furnishing solutions	158811
Consigli Construction Co Inc
15 Franklin Street	Portland	ME	04101	Construction	6493111

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

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Total	0	Total

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Occupancy Occupancy

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Interest Interest

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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EOY	289378	EOY

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	395751	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1872249	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	12010024	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	17757602	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	10602007	CurrentTaxYear
Total	42637633	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	395751	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1872249	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	12010024	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	17757602	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	10602007	CurrentTaxYear
Total	42637633	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	2157842	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	40479791	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	90995	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	53769	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	76206	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	32453	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	28851	CurrentTaxYear
Total	282274	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	53023	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1120227	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	11596	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1551727	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	4426427	CurrentTaxYear
Total	7163000	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	50082907	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	15864531	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.80830	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.86720	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	270778	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	21126	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
End Of Year Balance	291904	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	264589	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	6189	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
End Of Year Balance	270778	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	219486	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	45103	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
End Of Year Balance	264589	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus3 Years CurrentYearMinus3Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	194920	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	375	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	24191	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
End Of Year Balance	219486	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus4 Years CurrentYearMinus4Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	725	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	239661	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-45466	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
End Of Year Balance	194920	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance	0.69250	PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Term Endowment EOY Balance	0.30750	TermEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	2817990	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	2817990	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	33004462	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	1429466	Depreciation
Book Value	31574996	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	10314714	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	7110265	Depreciation
Book Value	3204449	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	123072	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	123072	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	37720507	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Capital Leases	Description
Amount	$161,136	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	161136	TotalOfAmounts
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	13644759	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	34540	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	124460	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	159000	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	13485759	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	13485759	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	10950317	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	124460	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	124460	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	10825857	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	10825857	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other Organizations	X	Form990OfOtherOrganizations
Written Employment Contract	X	WrittenEmploymentContract
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException
Rebuttable Presumption Procedure	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcedure

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (3 entries)

TitleTitle	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg
William Wilson
Sr. res. scientist	131210	21325	152535
William M Balch
Sr. res. scientist	143640	20920	164560
Graham Shimmield
Ex Direc / Pres	311017	27074	338091

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV (2 entries)

RelationshipRelationship	Amount Of TransactionAmountOfTransaction	Description Of TransactionDescriptionOfTransaction	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenues
David Coit
Board Member	2235	phone usage & parking	false
Richard Morrell
Board member	115537	Downeast fuel & propane	false

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Works Of Art WorksOfArt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	1	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	60000	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	market	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Clothing And Household Goods ClothingAndHouseholdGoods

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	125000	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	market	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Boats And Planes BoatsAndPlanes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	1	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	45543	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	market	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	5	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	521728	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	true	ThirdPartiesUsed

Form990 Schedule M Part II Form990ScheduleMPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Part I, Line 32, Hire and Use of Third Parties	Identifier
Explanation	Bigelow has agreed with Block Island Marine Funding, Inc., a non-profit corporation that promotes the education of children through programs in marine science and marine biology, to encourage boat owners wishing to donate a boat to Bigelow to instead donate the boat to Block Island, and Block Island would arrange for the charter or sale of the boat as soon after the donation as reasonably practicable in compliance with IRS rules and regulations and remit 75% of the proceeds, less reasonable expenses, to Bigelow.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Available by request.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c	Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	The Audit Committee reviews annually.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	A copy is provided to all members of the Board before filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2	Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et	Board members Helen and Walter Norton are married.