Reef Check Foundation

Tax-deductible

Westlake Village, CA501(c)(3)EnvironmentEIN 95-4858649

Reef check's fast growing network played a major role in reports to preserve and sustain reef ecosystems. Reef check teams work with business sectors such as tourism diving, surfing and the marine aquarium trade. These teams developed mutually beneficial solutions including createing of self-funding marine protected areas. Reef check received international environmental acclaim for its work, and was named the United Nations's officual community based reef monitoring program. If you will visit our website www.reefcheck.org, clicking on the issues names it will take you to a detail fact sheet about the world. These fact sheets includes the causes for the impact and what actaions people can take to address the issues.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 379 volunteers and 20 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $28K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$126K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 51% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
15
named funders · $612K
Looks good: 15 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$336K
74% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 74% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$1.6M
+16% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$119K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.6M
FY2024▲ +16%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.6M
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2024▼ -4%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.6M
Net assets
$119K
FY2024▲ +175%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$386K
FY2021$385K
FY2022$263K
FY2023$43K
FY2024$119K

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

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 2001.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $1.3M Management & general 10% · $156K Fundraising 8% · $131K

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

16 people listed on the 990; $126K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$125,704Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jan Freiwald’s $126K as Executive Director is at the 49th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2020
Jan Freiwald$125,704$122,231$116,244

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Programs and updates

Monitors and preserves coral reefs through community action and sustainable business partnerships.

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1 program service account for $1.3M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
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Reef Check Foundation performs three vital tasks necessary to promote stewardship of sustainable reef communities worldwide: 1) We train and organize teams of local volunteer citizen scientist divers. They collect data on reef health and assess climate change impacts on their reefs.

$1.3Mprogram expense

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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
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$66K
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$156K
Fundraisingcol D$131K
Owns and owesPt X
$119K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$455K
LiabilitiesLn 26$336K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$66K
Total revenueLn 12$1.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$455K
LiabilitiesLn 26$336K
Net assetsLn 32$119K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 520
VolunteersI 6379
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.6M$1.6M$76K$119K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.4M$1.6M−$222K$43K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.7M$1.8M−$136K$263K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.3M$1.3M$31K$385K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.1M$1.0M$109K$386K 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

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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