2024-08-07T13:25:30-07:00 2023-12-31 950858589 Hutchinson and Bloodgood LLP 579 Auto Center Drive Watsonville CA 95076 990 2023-01-01 942745941 SAVE OUR SHORES SAVE 8314625660 345 LAKE AVENUE A SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 ERICA DONNELLY-GREENAN Executive Dir. 2024-08-07 true true KIMBRA SAID CPA P01596055 8317242441 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z 345 LAKE AVENUE A SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 552280 false X saveourshores.org X 1978 CA THE ORGANIZATIONS MISSION IS TO STEWARD CLEAN SHORES, HEALTHY HABITATS, AND LIVING WATERS TO FOSTER A THRIVING MONTEREY BAY AND MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY. WE FOCUS ON THESE THREE AREAS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THEY ARE THE MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR A HEALTHY MARINE ECOSYSTEM. 12 12 7 5045 0 449793 368003 117133 184244 9 33 -1831 0 565104 552280 0 0 367349 463221 0 14656 93421 127555 460770 590776 104334 -38496 373961 350356 5103 11176 368858 339180 THE ORGANIZATIONS MISSION IS TO STEWARD CLEAN SHORES, HEALTHY HABITATS, AND LIVING WATERS TO FOSTER A THRIVING MONTEREY BAY AND MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY. WE FOCUS ON THESE THREE AREAS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THEY ARE THE MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR A HEALTHY MARINE ECOSYSTEM. false false 375324 184244 Save Our Shores engaged 9,797 individuals in its various outreach, education, and volunteer programs from January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023. Additionally, Save Our Shores reached 5,040 people through the implementation of targeted, topic-specific social media outreach campaigns.Public Outreach & Advocacy: Save Our Shores hosted or participated in 47 public outreach events, reaching 2,605 individuals. These events included both in person and virtual events such as Speaker Series, Pollution Prevention Outreach, Sanctuary Steward volunteer training, Coastal Cleanup Day site captain training, World Wetlands Day, Migration Festival, Midtown Fridays, Santa Cruz Climate Action Conference, State of the San Lorenzo River Symposium, Ocean Film Festival, National Trails Day, and more.Virtual Outreach Social Media Campaigns: Save Our Shores created and implemented one targeted social media campaign to provide outreach to the community on responsible beach visitor topics. The campaign ran at the start of summer, during the month of June, reminding beach visitors of responsible recreation practices, such as packing your trash to reduce litter. This campaign included images and post captions with responsible beach visitor messages which were posted on Facebook and Instagram, reaching 5,040 people, and gaining 485 engagements.Ocean/Marine Education: Save Our Shores engaged 1,812 students and 220 adults through our education programs. Many students were engaged multiple times through our three-part lesson sequences, and some students were engaged in up to 15 weeks of after school programming through our new Junior Sanctuary Stewards program, totaling 2,777 student engagements. SOS provided 44 educational presentations to 49 classes, 14 educational field trips with 28 classes, and 57 days of Junior Sanctuary Stewards after school programs with 4 cohorts of students across 3 schools. 247 students received Save Our Shores DIVE MPA virtual reality education program, 100% of these students were from an under-served school. 123 students enrolled and participated in the Junior Sanctuary Stewards after school program, 100% of these students were from an under-served school. Save Our Shores worked with youth in 26 schools from 9 school districts throughout the Central Coast region and 1 international school, 46% of schools that received education programming are under-served.Beach, River, and Inland Cleanups: Save Our Shores engaged community volunteers in cleanup activities throughout Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties, including Annual Coastal Cleanup Day in September. In total, the organization held 184 cleanups along beaches, rivers, and inland areas. 5,045 volunteers, including 1,823 youth, volunteered their time in cleanups. Altogether, these individuals logged over 11,000 volunteer-hours throughout the year at cleanup events and removed over 41,632 pounds of debris from the environment. 375324 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true true 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 true 0 0 true 7 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false false false false false true true false true true true false false false CA X ERICA DONNELLY-GREENAN 8314625660 345 LAKE AVENUE A SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 ERICA DONNELLY-GREENAN Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 104231 0 0 MICHAEL JONES Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TRISTAN KAAS Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CATHLEEN ECKHARDT Vice Chairman 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MARY CURTISS Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 NANCY CONNELLY Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LEANN COPRIVIZA Board Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DR JUSTIN CUMMINGS Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALEJANDRO GARCIA Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DR CHARLES LESTER Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DR FARIS SABBAH Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JANE SILBERSTEIN Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID TERRAZAS Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 104231 1 false false false 0 368003 368003 PROGRAM CONTRACTS 611710 184244 184244 184244 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 552280 184244 33 0 0 0 0 104231 52116 52115 0 289366 186065 103301 0 35364 21400 13964 34260 20732 13528 0 0 8000 8000 0 0 0 849 849 5503 5503 14033 14033 0 0 24861 19889 2486 2486 0 0 0 0 0 70 70 7998 7998 PROGRAM EXPENSES 46396 46396 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 8198 3280 4918 TELEPHONE/IT 4358 3486 436 436 CONSULTANTS 3483 3483 3806 459 14 3333 590776 375324 200796 14656 291578 175670 9064 71710 0 7774 32652 0 0 0 5328 4094 150 150 53894 53894 70 0 0 0 0 0 59997 66080 373961 350356 473 4432 4630 6744 5103 11176 X 358086 327419 10772 11761 368858 339180 373961 350356 -38496 8818 X true X false false false X 436928 371488 501331 449793 368003 2127543 0 0 436928 371488 501331 449793 368003 2127543 0 2127543 4 6 11 9 33 63 0 15079 15079 2142685 0.99290 0.98380 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 17691 17691 36203 36203 BENEFICIAL INT. IN ASSETS HELD BY OTHER 64885 DEPOSITS 1195 66080 ACCRUED PAYROLL LIABILITIES 6744 6744 X Part X : FIN48 Footnote MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED TAX POSITIONS AND CONCLUDED THEY TOOK NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS REQUIRING AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS ISSUED BY THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Save Our Shores Certified Public Accountant (CPA) prepares the organizations 990 based on required financial data submitted to her by the Finance Manager. Upon the CPAs completion of a draft 990, the Executive Director conducts the initial review and then provides a copy to the Board Treasurer who reviews it both individually and with the Finance Committee. The Treasurer may call a meeting of the Finance Committee with the express purpose of reviewing the 990 collectively, or may ask members of the Finance Committee to submit individual written comments. If, during this review process, questions or issues are raised regarding information in the 990, the Executive Director and Finance Manager reviews the backup data with the Treasurer or the full Finance Committee as appropriate. If it is determined that changes to the 990 are required, those changes are reviewed and discussed with the organizations CPA who will make revisions that the Executive Director, the Treasurer and the CAP agree should be made prior to finalization and submission of the 990. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Save Our Shores has a conflict of interest policy. Implementation of the policy is by Board review. If a potential conflict of interest is raised, the Executive Committee reviews the facts and circumstances of the situation and determines if a Director should recuse him/herself from specific governance issues and/or decision making processes. Conflicts of interest at the staff level are reviewed by the Executive Director, who may seek guidance from the Executive Committee and is responsible for making a final determination of appropriate action. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Save Our Shores stores all of its financial statements, policies and documents on a secure server. They are not published on our website, but information regarding how to request access to those documents is provided there. As a non-profit that respects and complies with best practices in transparency, we readily share any of these documents with the requesting party(ies).