2014-11-05T14:08:13-08:00 2014-06-30 Kronzek Fisher & Lopez PLLC 607 2nd Street NE Washington DC 200024909 990 2013-07-01 710863908 The Ocean Foundation OCEA 2028878996 1320 19th Street NW Washington DC 20036 MARK J SPALDING PRESIDENT 2028878996 2014-10-30 true JERRY LOPEZ 2025472727 2014-11-05 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z X MARK J SPALDING 1320 19th Street NW 5th Floor Washington DC 20036 5264763 false X www.oceanfdn.org X 2001 DC The Ocean Fdn is a unique community foundation with a mission to support, strengthen, and promote those organizations dedicated to reversing the trend of destruction of ocean environments around the world. Our slogan is "Tell Us What You Want To Do For the Ocean, We Will Take Care Of The Rest." We work with donors who care about the coasts and oceans. 4 4 28 250 0 4303385 4724273 488421 535873 3723 1517 3100 4795529 5264763 1376736 1245677 0 1195791 1322681 0 291703 2940184 2833210 5512711 5401568 -717182 -136805 2808790 2796059 107277 206754 2701513 2589305 X The Ocean Fdn is a unique community foundation with a false false 1749645 596230 105046 PROTECTING SPECIES OF CONCERN - FOR MANY OF US, OUR FIRST INTEREST IN THE OCEANS BEGAN WITH AN INTEREST IN THE LARGE ANIMALS THAT CALL IT HOME. WHETHER IT BE THE AWE INSPIRED BY A GENTLE HUMPBACK WHALE, THE UNDENIABLE CHARISMA OF A CURIOUS DOLPHIN, OR THE FEROCIOUS GAPING MAW OF A GREAT WHITE SHARK, THESE ANIMALS ARE MORE THAN JUST THE AMBASSADORS OF THE SEA. THESE APEX PREDATORS AND KEYSTONE SPECIES KEEP THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM IN BALANCE, AND THE HEALTH OF THEIR POPULATIONS OFTEN SERVES AS AN INDICATOR FOR THE HEALTH OF THE OCEANS AS A WHOLE. 965921 158725 114845 EXPANDING OCEAN LITERACY AND PUBLIC AWARENESS - ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO PROGRESS IN THE MARINE CONSERVATION SECTOR IS A LACK OF REAL UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE VULNERABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY OF OCEAN SYSTEMS. IT IS EASY TO THINK OF THE OCEANS AS VAST, ALMOST UNLIMITED SOURCES OF FOOD AND RECREATION WITH ABUNDANT ANIMALS, PLANTS, AND PROTECTED SPACES. THUS, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO SEE THE DESTRUCTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ALONG THE COAST AND BELOW THE SURFACE. THIS LACK OF 887611 146205 53937 PROTECTING MARINE HABITATS AND SPECIAL PLACES - OUR OCEANS ARE A MOSAIC OF SPECIAL PLACES, FROM THE BUSTLING VIBRANCY OF CORAL REEFS TO THE TIDAL POOLS OF THE ROCKY COASTS TO THE STARK, GLISTENING BEAUTY OF THE FROZEN ARCTIC. THESE HABITATS AND ECOSYSTEMS ARE MORE THAN JUST PICTURESQUE; THEY ALL PROVIDE VITAL BENEFITS TO THE HEALTH OF THE OCEAN, THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THEM, AND THE HUMAN COMMUNITIES THAT DEPEND ON THEM. 619997 158725 12645 BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THE MARINE CONSERVATION COMMUNITY - THERE ARE MANY OUTSTANDING CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING AND PRESERVING OUR THERE ARE MANY OUTSTANDING CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING AND PRESERVING OUR THERE ARE MANY OUTSTANDING CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING AND PRESERVING OUR THERE ARE MANY OUTSTANDING CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING AND PRESERVING OUR THERE ARE MANY OUTSTANDING CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIO 260867 30000 OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 880864 188725 12645 4484041 true true false true false true false false false false true false false false true true true false false false true true true false false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 73 0 true 28 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 4 4 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA FL ME SC WA X MARK J SPALDING 2028878996 1320 19th Street NW 5th Floor Washington DC 20036 J THOMAS MCMURRAY PHD Treasurer & Director (07/13 - 09/13) 1.00 X X 0 0 0 WOLCOTT HENRY Secretary & Director 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ANGEL BRAESTRUP Treasurer (10/13 - 06/14) & Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 LISA HOOK Director (07/13 - 09/13) 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANN LUSKEY Director (07/13 - 04/14) 1.00 X 0 0 0 SAMANTHA CAMPBELL Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 KRISTEN RECHBERGER Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARK J SPALDING President 60.00 X 239091 0 23732 KAREN MUIR Chief Operating Officer 40.00 X 90276 0 14213 329367 37945 1 false true false DAS Unlimited Inc 3908 Ellis Street Capitol Heights MD 20743 Financial management 127004 Strategic Ocean Solutions PO Box 2794 San Diego CA 92038 Consulting 142346 2 9349 1097909 3617015 4724273 Government Contracts 900099 11500 Fees for Services 900099 499024 Other Program Revenue 900099 25349 535873 1517 1517 3100 3100 3100 3100 5264763 538973 1517 683438 683438 32016 32016 530223 530223 381401 146701 178340 56360 742070 565785 155546 20739 40877 29583 10316 978 76551 51030 20031 5490 81782 53168 23283 5331 26387 11528 11796 3063 149879 61385 72007 16487 1569126 1449676 31351 88099 2547 2057 399 91 190959 157935 21435 11589 66361 47507 15341 3513 105100 54085 41511 9504 360159 317232 13003 29924 160869 113233 11641 35995 6482 2655 3114 713 31114 13162 14607 3345 Project & field expenses 156508 156304 166 38 Training & development 4894 4181 580 133 Licenses, taxes & fees 2825 1157 1357 311 5401568 4484041 625824 291703 204703 218306 1349895 1189419 1057130 1139017 45239 83765 29432 12787 102312 100324 8470 1988 113580 138735 341 12042 2808790 2796059 107277 203654 3100 107277 206754 X 1190929 1354713 1510584 1234592 2701513 2589305 2808790 2796059 -136805 24597 X false true X true true true X 5673864 4766405 4717934 4303385 4724273 24185861 5673864 4766405 4717934 4303385 4724273 24185861 4822682 19363179 11682 9601 3027 3723 4617 32650 6102 6102 24224613 1778474 0.79930 0.79310 X 0 0 0 Pt II Line 10 Description: Miscellaneous revenue Pt II Line 10 2009: 0. Pt II Line 10 2010: 0. Pt II Line 10 2011: 6102. Pt II Line 10 2012: 0. Pt II Line 10 2013: 0. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 136800 136800 5264768 5401568 420078 105020 431908 403291 425636 420078 1680913 2521370 117000 117900 309607 136800 681307 107977 100823 106409 105020 420229 630344 5 5 408500 280201 261084 105600 655062 239841 true true 100271 98283 1988 2041 2041 1988 Tenant security deposit 3100 3100 X 5289360 24597 24597 5264763 5264763 5401568 5401568 5401568 Pt X Line 2 The organization is exempt from income taxes under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) and applicable DC statutes. No provision for income taxes is required at June 30, 2014, as the Organization had no net unrelated business income. The Organization follows FASB ASC 740-10, Income Taxes the authoritative guidance relating to accounting for uncertainty in income taxes. These provisions Pt X Line 2 PROVIDE CONSISTENT GUIDANCE FOR THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINITY IN INCOME TAXES RECOGNIZED IN AN ENTITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND PRESCRIBE A THRESHOLD OF "MORE LIKELY THAN NOT" FOR RECOGNITION AND DERECOGNITION OF TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN. THE ORGANIZATION PERFORMED AN EVALUATION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2014, AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE NO MATTERS THAT WOULD REQUIRE RECOGNITION IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR WHICH MAY HAVE AN true North America 0 0 program service research 365809 North America 0 0 grantmaking grants to recipients 160330 Central America 0 0 program service research & conferences 189308 Central America 0 0 grantmaking grants to recipients 118493 South America 0 0 program service research 24306 South America 0 0 grantmaking grants to recipients 38000 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 program service research 99114 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 grantmaking grants to recipients 67000 East Asia and Pacific 0 0 program service research & conferences 51338 East Asia and Pacific 0 0 grantmaking grants to recipients 85400 Europe 0 0 program service research & conferences 59796 Europe 0 0 grantmaking grants to recipients 55000 Middle East 0 0 program service research 888 South Asia 0 0 program service research 316 South Asia 0 0 grantmaking grants to recipients 6000 0 0 0 0 1321098 1321098 North America General Support 70350 Wire North America General Support 6000 Wire North America General Support 68048 Wire North America General Support 10000 Wire Central America General Support 80000 Wire Central America Project Support 6000 Wire Central America General Support 27493 Wire South America Cape Verde Conservation 10000 Wire South America Peru Turtle Bycatch 8000 Wire South America Loggerhead Nesting 15000 Wire Sub-Saharan Africa Sea Turtle Conservation 7000 Wire Sub-Saharan Africa General Support 60000 Wire East Asia and Pacific Turtle Conservation 62000 Wire East Asia and Pacific Turtle Conservation 18000 Wire South Asia Leatherback Turtle Project 6000 Wire 15 Education Europe 1 55000 Wire false false false false false false Pt I Line 2 PART I, LINE 2 - THE OCEAN FOUNDATION'S FUND AND PROJECT MANAGERS WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH FOREIGN GRANTEES ON PUBLIC EDUCATION, OCEAN PRESERVATION, AND ACHIEVING THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMMATIC GOALS. IN ADDITION TO REGULAR REPORTING, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FOUNDATION'S VARIOUS FUNDS & PROJECTS AND FOREIGN GRANTEES IS CLOSER TO THAT OF A PARTNERHSHIP THAN A PASSIVE GRANTOR RELATIONSHIP. FREQUENT VISITS AND DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN ALL CASES CONTRIBUTE TO DIRECT OVERSIGHT OVER FOREIGN GRANT REC true Alaska Marine Conserv Cl 333 West 4th Ave 306 Anchorage AK 99501 920155875 501(c)(3) 14000 Actual N/A General op sup Alaska SeaLife Center 301 Railway Ave Seward AK 99664 920132479 501(c)(3) 47242 Actual N/A Humpback Whale tagging techniques Blue Legacy Int'l 1718 M St NW 331 Washington DC 20036 460852847 501(c)(3) 23625 Actual N/A General op sup Cook Inlet Keeper 3734 Ben Walters Lane Homer AK 99603 920156450 501(c)(3) 12000 Actual N/A General op sup Day Follows Night LLC PO Box 1203 Camden ME 04843 262407677 n/a 57050 Actual N/A General op sup Earth Island Institute 2150 Aliston Way 460 Berkeley CA 94704 942889684 501(c)(3) 21210 Actual N/A Gen sup of Sea Stewards Moebius Partners LLC 2832 B NW Thurman St Portland OR 97210 271781826 n/a 15000 Actual N/A Sup of Cabo Pulmo Nat'l Pk New England Aquarium Central Wharf Boston MA 02110 042297514 501(c)(3) 17500 Actual N/A Sup Clima Teens prog NC Aquarium Soc 3125 Poplarwood Ct 160 Releigh NC 27604 561512990 501(c)(3) 16000 Actual N/A General op sup Ocean Champions 202 San Jose Ave Capitola CA 95010 371502415 501(c)(4) 136800 Actual N/A Dir lobby ocean pres Ocean Discovery Institute 2211 Pacific Beach Dr San Diego CA 92109 330862531 501(c)(3) 10000 Actual N/A Ocean Leaders initiative Ocean Doctor Inc PO Box 53090 Washington DC 20009 461431787 501(c)(3) 80000 Actual N/A General sup Oregon Coast Aquarium 2820 SE Ferry Slip Rd Newport OR 97365 930877807 501(c)(3) 19725 Actual N/A General sup Oregon State University B308 Kerr Admin Bldg Corvallis OR 97331 481278540 501(c)(3) 75817 Actual N/A Humpback whale res. Playa Viva LLC 20 Melrose Court San Mateo CA 94402 208019563 n/a 5163 Actual N/A General sup Stanford University 3160 Porter Drive 100 Palo Alto CA 94304 941156365 501(c)(3) 38500 Actual N/A Supp of tagging res. University of Arizona 32540 S Biosphere Rd Oracle AZ 85739 742652689 501(c)(3) 15000 Actual N/A Supp Biosphere 2 Ocean Tank Modelling Yale University Press PO Box 209040 New Haven CT 06520 911864328 501(c)(3) 6000 Actual N/A General sup 17 1 Support for Blue Mind 4 1 25000 Actual N/A Support for Island Reach Program 1 7016 Actual N/A Pt I Line 2 The Ocean Foundation works closely with most all of its grantees to solve Pt I Line 2 Ocean preservation issues. It requires reports when a grant is to an entity Pt I Line 2 other than one to a public charity for general operating support. Foundation Pt I Line 2 staff travel widely and attend many of the same policy conferences with grantees Pt I Line 2 and are closely involved and aware of grantees' work in this manner. X X X false false false false false false false false false MARK J SPALDING 239091 16700 8431 264222 Pt VI, Line 2 RELATIONSHIPS AMONG DIRECTORS, OFFRS & KEY EMPLOYEES - Pt VI, Line 2 Angel Braestrup, Director & Mark Spalding, President/ Pt VI, Line 2 Officer, own real estate together, unrelated to the Pt VI, Line 2 business of the Foundation. Pt VI, Line 11b PROCESS FOR REVIEW OF FORM 990 - Pt VI, Line 11b Prior to filing, a complete copy of the Form 990 was e-mailed Pt VI, Line 11b to all Foundation directors calling their attention to Pt VI, Line 11b sections most likely to be of interest to contributors Pt VI, Line 11b and the public and seeking comments on any part of the Form Pt VI, Line 11b 990. Pt VI, Line 12c CONFLICT OF INTEREST MONITORING & ENFORCEMENT - Pt VI, Line 12c The Foundation's conflict of interest policy covers all Pt VI, Line 12c directors, officers & staff. Any conflict of interest Pt VI, Line 12c is to be reported to either the Chair or President. Pt VI, Line 12c The "cure" is full disclosure, and recusal by the Pt VI, Line 12c conflicted person from participating in a decision that Pt VI, Line 12c could lead to a personal gain. Pt VI, Line 15a REVIEW OF COMPENSATION OF CEO - Pt VI, Line 15a An independent director annually surveys the field of Pt VI, Line 15a intl NGOs marine philanthropic orgs & community Pt VI, Line 15a foundations. This director also is on the compensation Pt VI, Line 15a committee of the Board of a comparable size international Pt VI, Line 15a NGO which receives a report by an independent compensation Pt VI, Line 15a consultant based on a compensation survey. Based on Pt VI, Line 15a this research and experience, the director reports Pt VI, Line 15a his finding to the Foundation Board. The Board approves Form 990, Part III, Line 4d BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THE MARINE CONSERVATION COMMUNITY - 619997. 158725. 12645. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 260867. 30000. 0. Pt VI, Line 15a Mr Spalding's (CEO/President) compensation, with Ms. Pt VI, Line 15a Braestrup (Director) abstaining. Pt VI, Line 15b COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES Pt VI, Line 15b The President of the organization sets salaries levels Pt VI, Line 15b for officers & key employees which is then approved by Pt VI, Line 15b the board of directors in the salary line of the budget. Pt VI, Line 19 DISCLOSURE - Pt VI, Line 19 The Foundation considers all requests for disclosure Pt VI, Line 19 of documents on a case by case basis. It annually posts Pt VI, Line 19 a copy of its audit to Guidestar in the section which allows Pt VI, Line 19 additional information, and as a California nonprofit Pt VI, Line 19 public benefit corporation, makes its audited financials Pt VI, Line 19 available to the public on request. It also publishes Pt VI, Line 19 on its website an annual report containing summary Pt VI, Line 19 information derived from the audited financial statements.