MAP THE GAPS

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $51K · expenses $63K · assets $469K

EIN
84-2896027
Address
PMB 254-6523 CALIFORNIA AVE SW, SEATTLE, WA 98136-0000
Website
www.mapthegaps.org
NTEE code
U21
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
May 2020 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity, 509(a)(2)
Principal officer
Timothy Kearns (its 2021 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2021 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

Empowering global conservation, exploration, research efforts and communities. Aiming to make collecting and accessing seafloor data easy, inclusive and accessible to the projects that need it the most.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

4 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Tomer Ketter Director2022-2024 $0$28,400 1
Tim Kearns Executive Director2022-2024 $21,180$25,330 1
Rochelle Wigley Director2022-2024 $330$18,511 1
Courtney Brady Director2023-2024 $0$5,000 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Natalie Gilson Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Ken Childress Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Phil Plumey Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Neil Tinmouth (former) Director2022-2023 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 7 people listed · 2 paid, $22K · 0 employees · 10 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Tim Kearns Executive Director12 $21,180$0$0 $21,1801
Rochelle Wigley Director4 $0$0$330 $3301
Tomer Ketter Director4 $0$0$0 $01
Courtney Brady Director4 $0$0$0 $01
Natalie Gilson Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Ken Childress Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Phil Plumey Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $5K · 0 employees · 12 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Courtney Brady Director4 $0$0$5,000 $5,0001
Tim Kearns Executive Director12 $0$0$0 $01
Tomer Ketter Director4 $0$0$0 $01
Neil Tinmouth Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Rochelle Wigley Director4 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 4 people listed · 3 paid, $51K · 0 employees · 12 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Tomer Ketter Director10 $0$0$28,400 $28,4001
Rochelle Wigley Director5 $0$0$18,181 $18,1811
Tim Kearns Executive Director20 $0$0$4,150 $4,1501
Neil Tinmouth Director2 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$50,585$63,027 $469,293$468,704 $0$50,585 $21,180010
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$485,214$61,453 $481,196$481,146 $0$485,214 $0012
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$327,766$296,804 $57,550$57,385 $0$327,766 $0012

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $7,500 in all, tax years 2022 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “MAP THE GAPS” 2022-2023 2$7,500 2023$5,000
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ZEPHYR EDUCATION FOUNDATIONMAU21 $49,293$50,057 TREASURER$0 Same NTEE code U21, revenue within 2x
MARINE STUDIES CONSORTIUMMAU21 $67,003$47,941 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code U21, revenue within 2x
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $63,027 spent · pay $21,180 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $21,180$21,180-- 33.6%
Other (as described)Contract & professional $17,518$17,518-- 27.8%
Fees: other services $9,963$9,963-- 15.8%
Other (as described)Penalties $6,580$6,580-- 10.4%
Travel $4,578$4,578-- 7.3%
Advertising and promotion $1,537$1,537-- 2.4%
Other (as described)Computer Expense $1,012$1,012-- 1.6%
Office expenses $249$249-- 0.4%
Other (as described)Supplies & Postage $228$228-- 0.4%
Interest $115$115-- 0.2%
All other expenses $67$67-- 0.1%
Total$63,027100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $61,453 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Travel $16,943$16,943-- 27.6%
Office expenses $14,975$14,975-- 24.4%
Other (as described)Contract & professional $12,988$12,988-- 21.1%
Fees: other services $12,084$12,084-- 19.7%
Advertising and promotion $1,756$1,756-- 2.9%
Other (as described)Computer Expense $1,070$1,070-- 1.7%
Interest $938$938-- 1.5%
Other (as described)Supplies $457$457-- 0.7%
Other (as described)Meals $242$242-- 0.4%
Total$61,453100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $296,804 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $249,702$249,702-- 84.1%
Travel $21,082$21,082-- 7.1%
Other (as described)Contract & professional $12,260$12,260-- 4.1%
Advertising and promotion $3,775$3,775-- 1.3%
Office expenses $2,540$2,540-- 0.9%
Other (as described)Supplies $2,414$2,414-- 0.8%
Other (as described)Bank Charges $2,303$2,303-- 0.8%
Other (as described)Computer Expense $2,062$2,062-- 0.7%
All other expenses $666$666-- 0.2%
Total$296,804100%

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