2024-05-14T01:39:38-00:00 2023-12-31 263332097 Controller-on-Call 4211 Broad Street Ste C San Luis Obispo CA 93401 990 2023-01-01 770481003 Friends of the Elephant Seal FRIE 8059241628 P O Box 115 San Simeon CA 93452 Kathleen Curtis President 8059241628 2024-05-14 true Kathleen Curtis XXX-XX-XXXX Elizabeth Lisa F Gonzalez EA P00078101 8055442895 2024-05-14 X 2 AAL1 IAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Kathleen Curtis PO Box 115 San Simeon CA 93452 258028 false X www.elephantseal.org X 1998 CA Friends of the Elephant Sea is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating people about elephant seals and other marine life and teaching stewardship for the ocean along the central coast of California. 6 6 4 0 138675 116585 13482 0 -29006 26238 67173 61474 190324 204297 3600 3600 0 47873 81646 0 3876 93443 90966 144916 176212 45408 28085 503764 544090 57110 69372 446654 474718 X Friends of the Elephant Sea is dedicated to educating people about elephant seals and other marine life and teaching stewardship for the ocean along the central coast of California. by providing docent/guide services year round at the Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery, conducting school field trips and an internship program. false false 93394 Friends of the Elephant Seal is a non-profit organizaation dedicated to educating people about elephant seals and other marine life and teaching stewardship for the ocean along the central coast of California. As a cooperating association with the California Department of Parks and Recreation, the organization collaborates to offer interpretive services and support the needs of the expanding Piedras Blancas northern elephant seal colony. Piedras Blancas is the home of the largest mainland colory of northern elephant seals, with an estimated 25,000 seals over 8 miles of central California coastline. continued on Schedule O 93394 true false false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false 1 0 true 4 true false false false false false false false false false false false false 6 6 false false false false false false false true true false false false true true false true true false false false CA X X Friends of the Elephant Seal 8059241628 250 San Simeon Avenue Unit 3B San Simeon CA 93452 X Kathleen Curtis President 010.00 X X 0 0 0 Michael O'Bannon Treasurer 010.00 X X 0 0 0 Bill Kneeland Secretary 003.00 X X 0 0 0 Marlyn Denter Director 002.00 X 0 0 0 Julie Haugsness Director 002.00 X 0 0 0 Carla Switt Director 003.00 X 0 0 0 Wendy Smith Director 002.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 23985 92600 116585 26238 115205 53731 61474 204297 0 3600 3600 0 0 0 0 74943 31495 43448 0 0 6703 3012 3691 0 0 10068 10068 0 0 0 0 3292 307 2985 1228 11 1217 0 22842 22842 425 425 0 0 0 0 1325 1064 261 7411 7411 Docent Expense 8574 8574 Fundraising Expenses 2692 2692 Restricted Expenses 1242 1242 31867 20822 10122 923 176212 93394 78942 3876 98144 35611 231391 284704 18018 37545 2765 2777 15099 8185 1201 6914 150745 176539 1500 503764 544090 -301 -2216 52315 63461 5096 8127 57110 69372 X 393313 421377 53341 53341 446654 474718 503764 544090 28085 -21 X false false false X 144226 119514 161980 138675 116585 680980 100654 30711 40774 67173 61474 300786 244880 150225 202754 205848 178059 981766 981766 18007 2081 5806 25894 0 18007 2081 5806 25894 0 0 244880 150225 220761 207929 183865 1007660 0.97430 0.98280 0.02570 0.01720 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false 9005 7314 1691 6094 871 5223 6914 Financial derivatives and other financial products Closely-held equity interests Federal income taxes California payroll taxes due 48 Federal payroll taxes due 2402 Docent Jacket Deposits 3818 Sales Tax Payable 1891 Direct Deposit Liabilities -32 8127 Form 990, Part III, Line 4a - Contd Volunteers provide interpretive services 365 days per year at the Piedras Blancas Northern Elephant Seal Rookery. An interactive science-based experience for primary and secondary school students provides on-site education for school children each year. The community-based speakers bureau provides outreach education, presenting in dozens of local and virtual meetings. A university-affiliated student internship program engages students in reasearch and education. The Community Science program provides collaborative assistance to university reseachers with observations of the elephant seal colony. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a - Contd Accomplishments in 2023 The San Simeon-based Elephant Seal Visitor Center provided interpretation and local resource infomration to over 20,000 visitors. In 2023, a total of 108 volunteers provided 14,000 hours of service and made 150,000 visitor contacts across multiple programs. Docents guides provided both daily roving interpretation and weekend Seal Science Sunday exhibition activities for visitors at the Elephant Seal Viewing Area. In addition, 32 volunteers in the Winter program at William R. Hearst Memorial Beach prevented over 700 disturbances to resting elephant seals and promoted public safety at this busy public beach. The School Groups program grew its reach into the community, welcoming over 1,700 students from elementary through university levels in field trips to the Piedras Blancas Rookery. The organization continued an active online presence, with over 10,000 virtual visits per month to view the rookery live streaming beach cams and providing socials media education, reaching a peak of 1.31 million followers per month.