2024-06-04T14:54:23-05:00 2023-12-31 630191630 SMITH DUKES & BUCKALEW LLP 3800 AIRPORT BLVD MOBILE AL 366081667 990EZ 2023-01-01 721380415 THE PROJECT CATE FOUNDATION INC PROJ 2516946247 POST OFFICE BOX 123 MOBILE AL 36601 NEIL C JOHNSTON DIRECTOR 2516946247 2024-05-29 1 NEIL JOHNSTON 999009999 0 J WILBERT JORDAN JR P00275848 2513431200 2024-05-29 2 AAL1 IAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X N/A X X 9756 X 9016 740 9756 10000 2635 3583 16218 -6462 21039 0 14577 X 714 2071 20325 12506 21039 14577 0 0 21039 14577 X TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH POST-GRADUATE SCHOOL. TO DATE, THE PROJECT CATE FOUNDATION, INC. HAS DISTRIBUTED OVER 3,000 COPIES OF THE WATER CONSERVATION CURRICULUM CD-ROM, RIBBIT'S BIG SPLASH, FREE OF CHARGE (INCLUDING POSTAGE AND DELIVERY COSTS) TO TEACHERS AND CONSERVATION GROUPS IN THE SOUTHEAST AND SEVERAL FOREIGN COUNTRIES. PROJECT CATE HAS PRODUCED A SECOND CD-ROM, SKEETER'S WILD ADVENTURES, WHICH FOCUSES ON WILD LIFE CONSERVATION IN THE SOUTHEAST AND IS MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND INTERACTIVE THAN RIBBIT'S BIG SPLASH. THE CD IS AVAILABLE FOR TEACHERS FROM ELEMENTARY THROUGH POST-GRADUATE SCHOOL AND INCLUDES PRESENTATIONS ON ENDANGERED SPECIES, MAMMALS, BIRDS, FISH, REPTILES, AND AMPHIBIANS. ACTIVITIES IN 2021, 2022, AND 2023 SHIFTED FROM PRESENTING AN IN-PERSON COASTAL KIDS QUIZ TO SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE CONSERVATION EDUCATION COMPETITION. AS THE MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES SCHOOL SYSTEMS WERE COMING OUT OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IN 2021 AND 2022, THE SCHEDULED ONLINE COMPETITION DATES WERE SET MONTHLY, ALLOWING MORE STUDENTS (5TH GRADE) TO PARTICIPATE, WITH EACH MONTH FEATURING A DIFFERENT COASTAL TOPIC. 5000 5000 PROJECT CATE FOUNDATION, INC. HAS BEEN SUPPORTING PARTNERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS ("PEP") WITH THE EAGLE REEF PROJECT TO RAISE FUNDS USED TO DISTRIBUTE AND INSTALL SMALL FLOATING "INSHORE" FISH REEFS IN AND AROUND MOBILE BAY TETHERED UNDER COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND PUBLIC PIERS AND WHARFS TO PROVIDE HABITAT AND SECURITY TO SMALL/JUVENILLE FINFISH WHILE RECRUITING FILTER FEEDERS (OYSTERS, BARNACLES, ETC.) TO ALSO ATTACH AND GROW ON THE REEF. THE GOAL IS TO INSTALL UP TO 1,000 EAGLE REEFS. TO DATE, 230 HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. 5000 5000 10000 NEIL C JOHNSTON DIRECTOR 4.60 0 0 0 VIVIAN G JOHNSTON III DIRECTOR 0.40 0 0 0 GARRETT WILLIAMSON DIRECTOR 0.40 0 0 0 MICHAEL MANNING DIRECTOR 0.15 0 0 0 NORMAN PITMANN III DIRECTOR 0.20 0 0 0 CATHY BARNETT DIRECTOR 1.50 0 0 0 ROD PLATT DIRECTOR 0.15 0 0 0 KATHERINE OWENS DIRECTOR 10.00 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AL NEIL C JOHNSTON 104 ST FRANCIS ST STE 300 MOBILE AL 36602 2516946247 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 8206 12115 330 17 9016 29684 8206 12115 330 17 9016 29684 9259 20425 755 2244 1193 2447 740 7379 37063 0.55110 0.47770 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 4 - OTHER INVESTMENT INCOME DESCRIPTION: INVESTMENT INCOME. AMOUNT: 740. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: . GRANTEE NAME: ALABAMA COASTAL FOUNDATION. GRANTEE ADDRESS: 250 CONTI ST, 2ND FLOOR MOBILE, AL 36602. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: CASH. DATE OF GIFT: 09/13/23. AMOUNT GIVEN: 5,000. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: . GRANTEE NAME: PEP GULF COAST ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION. GRANTEE ADDRESS: 754 DOWNTOWNER LOOP W MOBILE, AL 36609. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: CASH. DATE OF GIFT: 08/28/23. AMOUNT GIVEN: 5,000. TOTAL INCLUDED ON FORM 990-EZ, LINE 10: 10,000. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: INVESTMENT FEES. AMOUNT: 207. DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS. AMOUNT: 25. DESCRIPTION: INVESTMENT LOSS. AMOUNT: 3,351. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 3,583. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 - OTHER ASSETS DESCRIPTION: COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AGENCY FUND. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 20,325. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 12,506. DESCRIPTION: RIBBIT'S BIG SPLASH CD. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 94,179. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 94,179. DESCRIPTION: RIBBIT'S BIG SPLASH CD ACCUM. AMORTIZATION. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: -94,179. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: -94,179. DESCRIPTION: SKEETER'S WILD ADVENTURE CD. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 107,435. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 107,435. DESCRIPTION: SKEETER'S WILD ADVENTURE CD - ACCUM. AMORTIZATION. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: -107,435. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: -107,435. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.