Ecoexploratorio INC FY2024 filing

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Guaynabo, PR501(c)(3)Since 2010Arts & CultureEIN 66-0762579Revenue $3.2M in FY2024

On file with the IRSecoexploratorio.orgPo Box 2803, 00970-2803 · Guaynabo, PRTax-exempt since Mar 2014Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To explore, explain and protect the natural world. It presents a strong commitment to promote and enhance scientific and technological knowledge in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and Latin America.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
68¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $44K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
68%
of spending
Fine: 68% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $32K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$315K
29% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 29% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.2M
+45% vs prior year
Spent
$2.9M
To programs
68%
Net assets
$777K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.2M
FY2024▲ +45%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$959K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$3.2M
FY2025$2.9M
Expenses
$2.9M
FY2024▲ +40%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$2.9M
FY2025$3.2M
Net assets
$777K
FY2024▲ +70%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$206K
FY2021$346K
FY2022$310K
FY2023$459K
FY2024$777K
FY2025$530K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Exemption reinstated (2013-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2014.

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Where the money goes

68 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 68% · $1.9M Management & general 32% · $918K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
V President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Explores, explains, and protects nature, promoting scientific knowledge in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

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1 program · $1.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Design and development of the first educational scientific exhibition of the science museum, the design included architectural drawings, equipment, graphical design and median content. This exhibition was established in 2377 square foot space in the Main Shopping Center in Puerto Rico for the purpose of displaying ocean and atmospheric…

$1.9Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$32K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$366K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Money outPt IX
$2.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.9M
Managementcol C$918K
Owns and owesPt X
$777K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$315K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.1M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$179K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$366K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Total revenueLn 12$3.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$315K
Net assetsLn 32$777K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 528
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$708K$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$725K$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$267K$315K
Net assetsLn 32$459K$777K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$77K$0$77K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$549K$344K$205K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$202K$119K$83K$0
Management feesLn 11a$87K$82K$4K$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$48K$48K$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.2M$1.1M$124K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$43K$19K$24K$0
Office expensesLn 13$53K$24K$29K$0
Information technologyLn 14$17K$0$17K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$279K$36K$242K$0
TravelLn 17$39K$28K$12K$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$6K$0$6K$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$26K$0$26K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$238K$170K$68K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.9M$1.9M$918K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.9M$3.2M−$247K$530K 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $3.2M$2.9M$319K$777K 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.2M$2.0M$148K$459K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.4M$1.4M−$36K$310K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.2M$1.0M$140K$346K 990 PDF
FY2020 $959K$1.0M−$60K$206K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $3,184,146 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,190,951$2,815,481
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$366,045
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$2,620
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,190,951$3,184,146
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $685,489$827,765
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,357,133$2,037,589
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,042,622$2,865,354
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $148,329$318,792
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,184,146 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$2,081,656
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$733,825
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$179,350
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,815,481
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $366,045 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$366,045
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $2,620 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,620
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $368,665 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,184,146
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,865,354 across 26 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $76,600 · Fundraising $0$76,600
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $344,158 · Management $205,016 · Fundraising $0$549,174
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $118,518 · Management $83,473 · Fundraising $0$201,991
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $82,374 · Management $4,406 · Fundraising $0$86,780
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $48,136 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$48,136
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,077,847 · Management $124,211 · Fundraising $0$1,202,058
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $19,325 · Management $23,894 · Fundraising $0$43,219
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $23,640 · Management $29,182 · Fundraising $0$52,822
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $16,536 · Fundraising $0$16,536
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $36,174 · Management $242,454 · Fundraising $0$278,628
IX-17 TravelPrograms $27,531 · Management $11,674 · Fundraising $0$39,205
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $5,709 · Fundraising $0$5,709
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $26,236 · Fundraising $0$26,236
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $169,968 · Management $68,292 · Fundraising $0$238,260
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,947,671 · Management $917,683 · Fundraising $0$2,865,354
Part X · Balance sheet $1,091,900 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $708,498$1,053,172
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $16,250$38,078
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $650$650
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $725,398$1,091,900
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $126,026$96,834
X-19 Deferred revenue$76,750
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $140,858$141,010
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $266,884$314,594
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $161,760$673,588
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $296,754$103,718
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $458,514$777,306
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $725,398$1,091,900
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $777,306 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,184,146
XI-2 Total expenses$2,865,354
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$318,792
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$458,514
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$777,306

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