2025-04-01T15:54:04-07:00 2024-12-31 472626541 Cook & Company A Prof Actcy Corporation One Sansome St Ste 3500 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2024-01-01 821309235 Upwell Turtles UPWE 8312915123 99 Pacific Street 375E Monterey CA 93940 George L Shillinger Executive Director 2025-04-01 true true Douglas Cook PhDMPACPA P01521705 4156211112 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z George L Shillinger 1200884 false X www.upwell.org X 2017 CA To protect and recover endangered populations of turtles by reducing threats at sea. 4 3 16 8 0 1397134 1154013 0 0 31824 46871 1428958 1200884 2051 42904 0 572795 635804 0 87675 687274 590796 1262120 1269504 166838 -68620 1176836 1191513 48498 131795 1128338 1059718 To protect and recover endangered populations of turtles by reducing threats at sea. false false 1056416 42904 Program activities in 2024: 1. Collaborated with scientists at the Phuket Marine Biological Center in Thailand to conduct satellite tracking of captive-reared, one-year-old leatherback sea turtles. This project achieved the first-ever satellite tagging of juvenile turtles from the endangered Thailand nesting subpopulation, and documented the world's only available movement data on one-year-old leatherbacks. 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Aircraft & Vessel 146578 146578 Field supplies 114429 113326 872 231 Other expenses 3996 1136 2860 State reg./compliance fees 1158 1158 586 26 464 96 1269504 1056416 125413 87675 209817 323380 200181 206263 533873 359118 8207 22502 0 0 0 174369 219599 14507 50063 59638 49050 35882 10588 0 0 0 0 0 1176836 1191513 48498 57956 73839 48498 131795 X 566032 647936 562306 411782 1128338 1059718 1176836 1191513 -68620 X false true X true false X 831777 1318190 1159788 1397134 1154013 5860902 0 0 831777 1318190 1159788 1397134 1154013 5860902 239838 5621064 0 0 20318 13853 34333 31824 46871 147199 6008101 118453 0.93560 0.96580 X Support Schedule: Other Income Explanation From time to time, miscellaneous amounts are received during the course of performing the organization's tax-exempt function. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false true false false false false true 247 false false 247 false false Part II-B, Line 1i - Other Activities Description Kayla Sargent spent 1.5 hours writing a letter of support for AB 2220 and AB 2648. Kayla Sargent spent 1 hour drafting a comment on CDFW's emergency regulation on crab trap retrieval. Kristin Reed spent 0.5 hours providing guidance on the letter of support for AB 2220 and AB 2648. Kristin Reed spent 0.5 hours providing guidance on the comment on CDFW's proposed emergency regulations on crab trap retrieval. George Shillinger spent 1 hour providing input and review of the comment on CDFW's proposed emergency regulations on crab trap retrieval. Part IV - Additional Information 59638 49050 10588 10588 1208285 7401 7401 1200884 1200884 1276905 7401 7401 1269504 1269504 true East Asia/Pacific 0 1 Grants to recipients Scholarship 10168 Europe/Iceland/Greenland 0 1 Program Services Mapping 29993 Europe/Iceland/Greenland 0 1 Program services Education & Communication 2743 3 3 42904 42904 Europe Computer Modeling 29993 wire Pacific Scholarship 10168 wire 2 false false false false false false Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside US Prior to disbursement of the funds, Upwell executed agreements with University of Western Australia and Mercator Ocean International outlining the terms of the engagements. Upwell Executive Director monitored progress of the PhD students receiving funds through these agreements through videoconference and written reports submitted at regular intervals. X X X X false false false false false false false false false George Shillinger Pres Executive Dir. 212040 1872 213912 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Operations Director reviews the Form 990 with the Executive Director via teleconference. She then emails a complete copy of the organization's Form 990 and schedules to the Board of Directors for their review in advance of filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All Directors and Key Employees are required to review the Conflict of Interest Policy and to sign a Conflict of Interest statement on an annual basis, making any disclosures as needed. Board or committee members with the exclusion of the involved person shall decide if a conflict of interest exists and vote on the transaction or arrangement involving the possible conflict of interest. Persons considered to have a conflict of interest will be prohibited from participating in deliberations or decisions regarding related party transactions. To this end, the Executive Director does not participate in deliberations or decisions by the Compensation Committee regarding the Executive Director's salary. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The organization purchased a copy of "Fair Pay for Northern California Nonprofits: The 2023 Compensation & Benefits Survey Report" produced by Nonprofit Compensation Associates, Inc. to inform a benchmarking report based on comparable data for similarly qualified persons at similar organizations. The organization purchases the compensation report in odd-numbered years to inform a new benchmarking report every 2 years. In intervening years, the salary range is informed by the last available benchmarking report with adjustments (based on merit and cost of living) in line with organizational budgetary capacity. The Operations Director worked with the Board Chair and Treasurer to update the 2024 salary for the Executive Director based upon the most recent benchmarking report, cost of living adjustments and merit increases, as appropriate. A memo was signed by the board members involved and filed as a record of the proceedings. The compensation review process was completed prior to the start of 2024 to enable review and approval of the following year's budget, inclusive of the compensation changes. This process occurred last in 2023. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b "The organization purchased a copy of ""Fair Pay for Northern California Nonprofits: The 2023 Compensation & Benefits Survey Report" produced by Nonprofit Compensation Associates, Inc. to inform a benchmarking report based on comparable data for similarly qualified persons at similar organizations. The organization purchases the compensation report in odd-numbered years to inform a new benchmarking report every 2 years. In intervening years, the salary range is informed by the last available benchmarking report with adjustments (based on merit and cost of living) in line with organizational budgetary capacity. The Executive Director worked with the Operations Director to set the compensation for key employees in 2024 based upon the benchmarking report, cost of living adjustments and merit increases, as appropriate. This process occurred last in 2023. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All governing documents, public filings, financial statements and conflict of interest policy are available for public inspection at Upwell's office in Monterey, California. Upwell's Form 990 and audited financial statements are also posted to Guidestar.org. Form 990, Part III, 4a - Program Service Accomplishments Cont'd from page 2: 2. Partnered with Two Oceans Aquarium in South Africa to satellite tag and track rehabilitated juvenile loggerhead sea turtles that had previously cold-stunned. This joint research demonstrated that early-stage loggerheads actively swim rather than passively drift, even in the fast-moving Agulhas Current, and collected valuable data on the movements and behaviors of rehabilitated turtles following their release. 3. Established a partnership with the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium and Sea Turtle Ecology Lab in Japan to satellite tag and track juvenile loggerhead sea turtles raised at the aquarium. The joint team analyzed the data to better understand use of the Kuroshio Current for trans-Pacific migration and fisheries-related threats in the East China Sea, a crucial feeding and post-nesting habitat for ~70% of North Pacific loggerheads.