EIN 46-5359631

Noyo Center For Marine Science

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
18
City
Fort Bragg
Year formed
2014
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
Noyo Center For Marine Science conserves, restores and advances marine conservation through education and partnerships in Fort Bragg, CA.
Total revenues
$687,395
2022
Total expenses
$798,142
2022
Total assets
$1,827,999
2022
Num. employees
18
2022

Program areas at Noyo Center For Marine Science

EDUCATION: The Noyo Center for Marine Science inspires people of all ages to engage with marine science and conservation, including 2,000 students annually, through a variety of education programs. Our science museums at the Discovery Center in downtown Fort Bragg and Crow's Nest Interpretive Center on the Fort Bragg Headlands offer in-person educational tours and welcomes approximately 80,000 visitors annually. We also offer summer camps for kids. In fall 2022, we started a pilot project in local schools to educate students about their plastic use and consumer habits. We continuted to offer adult educational opportunities through a robust science lecture series delivered via zoom, sea star citizen science program, and community events like the scavenger hunt that people could do independently.
KELP RECOVERY: Noyo Center continues to work and leverage collaborative partnerships to address the critical loss of the bull kelp nearshore ecosystem. Over 95% of our kelp forest has been lost since 2014, jeopardizing important marine life and habitat. Noyo focused work on two areas as part of its conservation aquaculture efforts to address bull kelp loss: Creating a new fishery for purple urchin now 100X more plentiful than in normal conditions including developing an aquaculture partnership with urchinomics, and education and outreach. Folllowing a trial project in collaboration with Bodega Marine Lab, the Noyo Center began planning its urchin ranching program, which will take starving, empty purple sea urchins that have overtaken the nearshore habitat and feed them in a land-based aquaculture system to create a desirable, restorative seafood product. If successful, this effort could continue to reduce the purple urchin population that prevents the regrowth of bull kelp forests. Another component of our conservation aquaculture is a red abalone broodstock program in which we collaborate with various partners to raise red abalone-now 70% reduce in numbers before outplanting them back into the nearshore ecosystem. We continue to develop content for our ocean immersion dome highlighting these efforts, providing a 360 degree underwater experience to our visitors at the Discovery Center Science Museum.
MARINE MAMMAL RESPONSE: In partnership with California Academy of Sciences, we continue to respond to all deceased marine mammals in southern Mendocino County as part of the west coast marine mammmal stranding network. Along with collecting relevant data on all animals we encounter for a national database overseen by NOAA, we participated in data collection on a dead sperm whale that washed near shore before sinking outside Noyo Harbor. We continued to monitor remains of the whale using an underwater rover while planning for the eventual removal of valuable pieces of the skeleton. Our work includes training a team of beach survey volunteers on beach survey protocols and marine mammal identification, networking throughout the community to increase reporting, and educating the public through talks, training and informative exhibits at the Discovery Center and Crow's Nest. This program also hosted high school and college interns, working on data collection and articulation projects. We continue to collect rare or valuable specimens for our growing natural history collection.

Who funds Noyo Center For Marine Science

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Spirit of Max FoundationLa Bonetory Design Study / Equip.$90,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$12,680
Community Foundation of Mendocino CountyProgram Support$10,613
...and 9 more grants received

Personnel at Noyo Center For Marine Science

NameTitleCompensation
Sheila SemansExecutive Director$95,872
Michael HicksDevelopment Director
Lynne JoinsNew Operations Manager
Lynne SullivanOperations Manager
Trey PetreyInterpretive Facilities Manager
...and 4 more key personnel

Financials for Noyo Center For Marine Science

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$619,620
Program services$-5,395
Investment income and dividends$457
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$23,561
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$10,382
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$38,770
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$687,395

Form 990s for Noyo Center For Marine Science

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-15990View PDF
2021-122022-11-14990View PDF
2020-122021-11-02990View PDF
2019-122021-03-01990View PDF
2018-122020-02-18990View PDF
...and 3 more Form 990s

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Data update history
July 15, 2024
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $90,000 from Spirit of Max Foundation
January 16, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
December 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $5,000 from Charles P Berolzheimer Foundation
September 27, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
September 26, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $5,000 from The Cantus Foundation
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsAnimal organizationsCharities
Issues
Animals
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsState / local levelReceives government fundingAuction fundraisersTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
PO Box 1321
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
County
Mendocino County, CA
Website URL
noyocenter.org/ 
Phone
(707) 733-6696
IRS details
EIN
46-5359631
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2014
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
D00: Animal Related: General
NAICS code, primary
813312: Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
California AB-488 details
AB 488 status
May Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes
Charity Registration status
Current - Awaiting Reporting
FTB status revoked
Not revoked
AG Registration Number
CT0216552
FTB Entity ID
3685375
AB 488 data last updated ("as-of") date
2024-10-16
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