2011-05-12T12:07:26-05:00 2010-12-31 GERMAN VREELAND & ASSOCIATES LLP 7 CENTURY DRIVE SUITE 301 PARSIPPANY NJ 07054 990 2010-01-01 222897204 CLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC CLEA 7328720111 18 HARTSHORNE DRIVE HIGHLANDS NJ 07732 CINDY ZIPF 7328720111 2011-05-03 true VICTOR MAISANO CPA 9736052777 2011-05-12 2010 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z CINDY ZIPF 18 HARTSHORNE DRIVE HIGHLANDS NJ 07732 623960 false X WWW.CLEANOCEANACTION.ORG X 1984 NJ OUR GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE DEGRADED WATER QUALITY OF THE WATERS OFF THE NEW JERSEY/NEW YORK COAST THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CITIZEN ACTION. 12 12 14 9000 0 675166 598299 0 12999 4236 44346 21425 732511 623960 0 0 406804 421170 0 50885 360202 258183 767006 679353 -34495 -55393 1013556 953900 13183 7764 1000373 946136 X OUR GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE DEGRADED WATER QUALITY OF THE WATERS OFF THE NEW JERSEY/NEW YORK COAST THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CITIZEN ACTION. false false 575421 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH - CLEAN OCEAN ACTION, INC. (COA) WORKS TO EDUCATE AND MOTIVATE CITIZENS, BUSINESSES, AND ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVE AND PROTECT THE WATERS OFF THE NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK COAST. COA IS A COALITION OF OVER 125 PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS WITH THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS AND SENDS MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS AND ACTION ALERTS TO THESE PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS AND OVER 2000 INDIVIDUALS ON THE MAILING LIST. ESSENTIAL TO EDUCATING AND MOTIVATING CITIZENS ARE DIVERSE AND ENGAGING PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE SEMI-ANNUAL BEACH SWEEPS, SEMI-ANNUAL STUDENT SUMMITS, EDUCATION CURRICULUM KIT, 10 TIP SERIES, AND E-ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL NETWORKING CAMPAIGNS. THE STUDENT OCEAN ADVOCATE PROGRAM ENGAGES REPRESENTATIVES FROM HIGH SCHOOLS IN OCEAN AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES TO MOTIVATE CONTEMPORARIES IN THEIR SCHOOLS IN ACTION CAMPAIGNS TO PROTECT THE OCEAN. NEW AND EMERGING LEADERS ARE RECRUITED AND EMPOWERED THROUGH THE "NEXT GENERATION" BY CONNECTING WITH 18 TO 30-YEAR OLD OCEAN DEFENDERS. VOLUNTEERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE COA EVENTS AND PROGRAMS ARE A CROSS- SECTION OF NJ AND NY, COMING FROM DIVERSE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE STATES. POLLUTION ABATEMENT - SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1984, COA HAS TARGETED SOURCES OF OCEAN POLLUTION AND HAS SUCCEEDED IN CLOSING ALL EIGHT OCEAN DUMPSITES OFF THE COAST OF NJ. THE NUMBER ONE OCEAN POLLUTION PROBLEM IN NEW JERSEY AND THE NATION IS NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION (NPSP). COA HAS MANY PROGRAMS TO MOTIVATE CITIZENS TO GET INVOLVED AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EBB THE TIDE OF NPSP. IN ADDITION, COA HAS WORKED THROUGH STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE REGULATIONS TO IDENTIFY AND REDUCE POLLUTION SOURCES. COA ALSO WORKS AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL, INCLUDING LITTER ABATEMENT PROGRAMS AND THE BAY BUDDY PROGRAM TO REDUCE INADVERTENT SOURCES OF POLLUTION FROM HOMEOWNERS. RESEARCH- COA CONTINUES TO TARGET SOURCES OF OCEAN POLLUTION BY REVIEWING ALL OCEAN DISCHARGE PERMIT APPLICATIONS, AS WELL AS DREDGED MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS. IN ADDITION, COA MONITORS FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES AND STATE PUBLIC NOTICES TO DETERMINE IF PROPOSED PROJECTS WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO MARINE WATER QUALITY AND RESPONDS ACCORDINGLY. MOREOVER, OCEAN ENERGY PROPOSALS AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ARE REVIEWED TO ENSURE OCEAN WATER QUALITY PROTECTION. COA ALSO ACTS AS A WATCHDOG BY RESPONDING TO AND INVESTIGATING CALLS FROM CITIZENS ABOUT POSSIBLE POLLUTING ACTIVITIES. ALL EVALUATIONS AND SUBSEQUENT COMMENTS ARE PREPARED WITH SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, AND LEGAL EXPERTISE TO ENSURE PROTECTION OF MARINE WATER QUALITY FROM POLLUTION, INCLUDING FROM CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, LITTER AND FLOATABLE MATERIALS. 575421 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 5 0 true 14 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false X 12 12 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false NJ X CLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC 7328720111 18 HARTSHORNE DRIVE HIGHLANDS NJ 07732 LARRY HALL 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JOHN WNEK 1.00 X 0 0 0 TOM FAGAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 WILLIAM FEINBERG 1.00 X 0 0 0 BEN FOREST 1.00 X 0 0 0 ADELAIDE FRANKLIN 1.00 X 0 0 0 LEO GASIENICA 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SUZANNE GOLAS 1.00 X 0 0 0 PATSY GUTTENPLAN 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAT SCHNEIDER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JIM LOVGREN 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF MARTIN 1.00 X 0 0 0 CINDY ZIPF 40.00 X 52838 0 8003 MARY-BETH THOMPSON 40.00 X 48000 0 0 100838 8003 false false false 598299 598299 4236 4236 21425 21425 623960 4236 100838 66270 29526 5042 262460 235536 26924 26304 21852 2138 2314 31568 26225 2565 2778 25400 20574 4826 6000 4860 1140 180 150 14 16 33315 27850 2632 2833 9000 7524 711 765 9733 8137 769 827 691 577 55 59 7304 6106 577 621 PRINTING AND PUBLICATIONS 62963 52637 4974 5352 DIRECT PROGRAM EXPENSE 37746 37746 CONSULTANTS 26372 26372 SUPPLIES 16666 13933 1317 1416 EQUIPMENT RENTAL 9063 7577 716 770 13750 11495 1087 1168 679353 575421 53047 50885 706310 648695 300000 300000 3694 3589 3457 2595 1553 862 1999 754 1013556 953900 13183 7764 13183 7764 X 945373 916136 55000 30000 1000373 946136 1013556 953900 -55393 1156 X false true true X false X 586935 482595 687400 675166 598299 3030395 586935 482595 687400 675166 598299 3030395 776383 2254012 32870 31970 31236 12999 4236 113311 3143706 21425 0.71700 0.69490 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false false false false false false false false 3457 2595 862 862 623960 679353 -55393 1156 1156 -54237 625116 1156 1156 623960 623960 679353 679353 679353 NJ SPECIAL EVENTS 21425 21425 21425 21425 21425 FIRST ACHIEVEMENT DESCRIPTION FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A MOTIVATE CONTEMPORARIES IN THEIR SCHOOLS IN ACTION CAMPAIGNS TO PROTECT THE OCEAN. NEW AND EMERGING LEADERS ARE RECRUITED AND EMPOWERED THROUGH THE "NEXT GENERATION" BY CONNECTING WITH 18 TO 30-YEAR OLD OCEAN DEFENDERS. VOLUNTEERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE COA EVENTS AND PROGRAMS ARE A CROSS- SECTION OF NJ AND NY, COMING FROM DIVERSE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE STATES. POLLUTION ABATEMENT - SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1984, COA HAS TARGETED SOURCES OF OCEAN POLLUTION AND HAS SUCCEEDED IN CLOSING ALL EIGHT OCEAN DUMPSITES OFF THE COAST OF NJ. THE NUMBER ONE OCEAN POLLUTION PROBLEM IN NEW JERSEY AND THE NATION IS NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION (NPSP). COA HAS MANY PROGRAMS TO MOTIVATE CITIZENS TO GET INVOLVED AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EBB THE TIDE OF NPSP. IN ADDITION, COA HAS WORKED THROUGH STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE REGULATIONS TO IDENTIFY AND REDUCE POLLUTION SOURCES. COA ALSO WORKS AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL, INCLUDING LITTER ABATEMENT PROGRAMS AND THE BAY BUDDY PROGRAM TO REDUCE INADVERTENT SOURCES OF POLLUTION FROM HOMEOWNERS. RESEARCH- COA CONTINUES TO TARGET SOURCES OF OCEAN POLLUTION BY REVIEWING ALL OCEAN DISCHARGE PERMIT APPLICATIONS, AS WELL AS DREDGED MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS. IN ADDITION, COA MONITORS FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES AND STATE PUBLIC NOTICES TO DETERMINE IF PROPOSED PROJECTS WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO MARINE WATER QUALITY AND RESPONDS ACCORDINGLY. MOREOVER, OCEAN ENERGY PROPOSALS AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ARE REVIEWED TO ENSURE OCEAN WATER QUALITY PROTECTION. COA ALSO ACTS AS A WATCHDOG BY RESPONDING TO AND INVESTIGATING CALLS FROM CITIZENS ABOUT POSSIBLE POLLUTING ACTIVITIES. ALL EVALUATIONS AND SUBSEQUENT COMMENTS ARE PREPARED WITH SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, AND LEGAL EXPERTISE TO ENSURE PROTECTION OF MARINE WATER QUALITY FROM POLLUTION, INCLUDING FROM CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, LITTER AND FLOATABLE MATERIALS. RELATED PARTY INFORMATION AMONG OFFICERS FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 CINDY ZIPF ADELAIDE FRANKLIN EXEC. DIRECT TRUSTEE IN-LAW OF ADELAIDE FRANKLIN ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990 FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B REVIEWED AT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING. ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETS AND MONITORS COMPLIANCE. COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVIEWS AND APPROVES COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR USING COMPARABLE DATA AND APPROVAL IS DOCUMENTED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY. COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVIEWS AND APPROVES COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS USING COMPARABLE DATA AND APPROVAL IS DOCUMENTED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY. GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST