2024-01-30T13:45:19-06:00 2023-06-30 273147421 KURTZ FARGO LLP 1470 Walnut Street Ste 301 Boulder CO 80302 990 2022-07-01 471716881 Ocean First Institute OCEA 3038193275 3015 Bluff Street Boulder CO 80301 Dawn M McComb-Kobza Executive Director 3038193275 2024-01-29 1 Dawn McComb-Kobza XXX-XX-XXXX 0 Meghan Hays P01250229 7203102078 2024-01-29 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Dawn M McComb-Kobza 2758 Flacon Drive Longmont CO 80503 573537 0 X www.OceanFirstInstitute.org X 2014 CO The mission of Ocean First Institute is ocean conservation through research and education. 8 0 0 0 0 0 316352 280040 103071 162604 532 -37248 17478 27130 437433 432526 4189 0 0 0 247582 260193 0 0 1000 114418 143522 366189 403715 71244 28811 133140 145850 56000 54320 77140 91530 X The mission of Ocean First Institute is ocean conservation through research and education. We work to deepen the natural connection between people and the ocean. We educate and empower people to understand the ocean is our life support system no matter where we live, and that we need a healthy ocean to have a healthy planet. We provide individuals the opportunity to engage in activities that support sustainability, biodiversity, and improvethe health of our ocean. 0 0 0 4999 1. Northern Redbelly Dace Recovery ProjectFunded by Boulder County Parks and Open Space FoundationLauren Townsend Memorial FundOur species conservation projects are award-winning, hands-on, environmental education programs that involve students in substantive conservation efforts. This past year, the Northern Redbelly Dace Recovery and Restoration project taught students conservation biology through aquaculture habitat and species restoration. Students lead every step of the process from breeding to feeding to species release and monitoring. This project was a collaboration with government agencies and local community leaders and had a positive impact on multiple communities in Colorado. 1031 79961 2. Plastic Pollution Monitoring Program Funded by Scientific Cultural Facilities District This educational outreach program engages students and educators from 6 counties along the Front Range of Colorado in field research and innovative conservation thinking. Ocean First Institute science educators work with teachers in middle and high schools to construct lessons about water quality and pollution, take students out into the field to collect water and sediment samples, analyze the samples and conceptualize potential solutions. This program culminates in student solutions summit, where students share what they have learned with their communities. 271614 103176 3. Ocean First Discovery Center Courses Ocean First Institute (OFI) scientists continue to partner with educational institutions and scientific organizations to conduct ongoing marine science research all over the world. This current and ongoing research informs OFI's educational outreach and inspires innovation and conservation in local communities. Our research is a centerpiece to our goal to bring the reef to the Rockies and inspire a new generation of environmental scientists and stewards.OFI focuses on educational outreach to primarily middle and high school students. We customize marine science education programs to individual schools and classrooms. We also offer after school and summer programming to supplement and enhance K12 science student learning. Our goal is to introduce the wonders of the ocean to students who would otherwise never have the chance to experience and learn about them through hands-on, high quality marine science education programs. 272645 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X Dawn M McComb-Kobza 3039567885 3015 Bluff Street Boulder CO 80306 Graham Casden Founder/Board Chair 2.00 X 0 0 0 Brooke Beadle-Anderson Board Vice-Chair 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jacquie McKenna Board Secretary 1.00 X 0 0 0 Todd Sanford Board Treasurer 1.00 X 0 0 0 Zuhirah Khaldun-Diarra Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Ari Frielaender Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Renee Andrews Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mishka Firth Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 280040 97225 280040 Program Revenue 611110 162604 162604 162604 52 52 100183 137483 -37300 -37300 -37300 1598 0 1598 1598 29060 3528 25532 25532 432526 188136 0 -35650 84814 84814 155851 155851 19528 19528 68 68 144 144 13448 13448 6767 6767 12937 12937 Marine Lab 43491 43491 Grant Expense 28046 28046 Web Development 15454 15454 Software 7667 7667 15500 9588 4912 1000 403715 272645 130070 1000 58309 28581 7 207 60 60 4496 29686 36685 9615 25632 27070 44636 60246 133140 145850 56000 54320 56000 54320 X 0 0 0 0 77140 91530 77140 91530 133140 145850 28811 -14421 0 X 0 0 0 X 87736 125997 170957 294250 280040 958980 103739 41375 43193 43503 193263 425073 191475 167372 214150 337753 473303 1384053 97225 97225 0 97225 97225 1286828 11 36 61 87 52 247 11 36 61 87 52 247 191486 167408 214211 337840 473355 1384300 0.92960 0.99980 0.00020 0.00020 X Part III, line 12 Realized capital loss of $37,300 from the sale of 1,555 shares of Coupang Inc on 8/4/2022 and 4,064 shares of shares of Coupang Inc on 6/28/2023. 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