2026-08-14T11:16:40-04:00 2025-09-30 844423518 MBO TAX & ACCOUNTING 3260 HARBOR VIEW DR LANGLEY WA 98260 990 2024-10-01 911334319 CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH CENT 3603785835 PO BOX 1577 FRIDAY HARBOR WA 98250 DARREN CROFT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3603785835 2026-08-05 true LORI CHRISTIAN EA P02150903 2064596627 2026-08-05 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z DARREN CROFT 2249624 false X WHALERESEARCH.COM X 1986 WA THE CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH (CWR) IS DEDICATED TO THE STUDY AND CONSERVATION OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWESTS KILLER WHALE POPULATIONS, WITH A PRIMARY FOCUS ON THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES. BUILDING ON HALF A CENTURY OF CONTINUOUS RESEARCH IN THE SALISH SEA, CWR ADVANCES UNDERSTANDING OF KILLER WHALE BEHAVIOR, HEALTH, AND ECOLOGY AND TRANSLATES SCIENCE INTO CONSERVATION ACTION - RESTORING CHINOOK SALMON, PROTECTING VITAL ECOSYSTEMS, AND INSPIRING PUBLIC STEWARDSHIP THROUGH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. 7 7 14 2 0 762168 1845895 193857 173519 126027 111621 0 1082052 2131035 0 0 293867 315508 0 24735 547161 482432 841028 797940 241024 1333095 3104737 4554684 28525 145377 3076212 4409307 X THE CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH (CWR) IS DEDICATED TO THE STUDY AND CONSERVATION OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWESTS KILLER WHALE POPULATIONS, WITH A PRIMARY FOCUS ON THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES. BUILDING ON HALF A CENTURY OF CONTINUOUS RESEARCH IN THE SALISH SEA, CWR ADVANCES UNDERSTANDING OF KILLER WHALE BEHAVIOR, HEALTH, AND ECOLOGY AND TRANSLATES SCIENCE INTO CONSERVATION ACTION - RESTORING CHINOOK SALMON, PROTECTING VITAL ECOSYSTEMS, AND INSPIRING PUBLIC STEWARDSHIP THROUGH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. false false 760622 173519 THE ORGANIZATIONS CORE ACTIVITY IS THE SYSTEMATIC DOCUMENTATION OF THE SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES (SRKW) THROUGH ITS ONGOING ORCA SURVEY. STAFF CONDUCTED 93 ENCOUNTERS DURING THE YEAR (46 WITH SRKW) DOCUMENTING 4 NEW BIRTHS AND 3 DEATHS, WITH THE POPULATION CURRENTLY NUMBERING 74 INDIVIDUALS. DATA GENERATED THROUGH ORCA SURVEY CONTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO FOUR PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND HAS BEEN USED IN RESEARCH THAT RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION, RESULTING IN 639 NEWS STORIES ACROSS 511 UNIQUE OUTLETS IN 33 COUNTRIES. THESE DATA SUPPORT BROADER CONSERVATION EFFORTS BY INFORMING MANAGEMENT DECISIONS AND ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF SRKW BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGY. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED THE CORE SURVEY PROGRAM BY TRANSLATING RESEARCH FINDINGS FOR PUBLIC AUDIENCES AND ENGAGING COMMUNITIES IN ORCA CONSERVATION. THE ORGANIZATION DELIVERED 15 GUEST EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS AND WELCOMED 9,656 VISITORS TO THE EDUCATION CENTER, GENERATING 262 NEW MEMBERSHIPS THROUGH PEER-TO-PEER SIGN-UPS. EIGHT STAFF MEMBERS WORKED IN THE EDUCATION CENTER OVER THE SUMMER, EDUCATING VISITORS ABOUT THE ENDANGERED SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES AND OTHER MARINE LIFE OF THE SALISH SEA. DIGITAL OUTREACH EXTENDED THE REACH OF SURVEY AND EDUCATION EFFORTS GLOBALLY. THE ORGANIZATIONS WEBSITE RECEIVED OVER 120,000 PAGE VIEWS AND MORE THAN 70,000 UNIQUE VISITORS FROM 70 COUNTRIES. SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, WITH A 267% INCREASE IN INSTAGRAM REACH AND A 200% INCREASE IN FACEBOOK REACH OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. IN ADDITION TO SURVEY AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS THAT SUPPORT LONG-TERM ORCA RECOVERY, INCLUDING ADVANCING DISCUSSIONS FOR A LARGE-SCALE RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT WITH THE LOWER ELWHA KLALLAM TRIBE TO IMPROVE SALMON HABITAT. STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN TREE PLANTING WITH THE CLALLAM CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND HOSTED A VOLUNTEER DAY WITH GREAT OLD BROADS FOR WILDERNESS AS PART OF COMMUNITY-BASED STEWARDSHIP AND OUTREACH. 760622 true true 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 true false false false false false false false false false 3 0 false 14 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 7 7 false false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true true false false false X NINE LIVES BOOKKEEPING 3609076104 781 FURMAN AVE LANGLEY WA 98260 X NICOLA BLOEDEL DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 HOWARD GARRETT DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 LODIE GILBERT DIRECTOR 40.00 X 0 0 0 BRIAN GREGORY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MELISSA MAGER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 APRIL SMITH BOARD CHAIR 5.00 X 0 0 0 JENNY WILSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DARREN CROFT EXECUTIVE DI 8.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 126678 48770 1670447 1152069 1845895 NOAA REVENUE 541700 108319 108319 PROMOTIONAL PRODUCT INCOME 541700 78804 78804 LESS COGS 541700 -13604 -13604 173519 30210 30210 200000 118589 81411 81411 81411 2131035 254930 30210 X 239734 239734 2862 2862 72912 72912 42000 42000 19500 19500 7400 3699 3701 84310 84310 29192 4457 24735 9538 9538 62403 62403 85404 85404 22629 22629 804 804 33827 33827 13632 5057 8575 BOAT EXPENSES 26481 26481 SUPPLIES - BIG SALMON RAN 12768 12768 TOOLS & EQUIPMENT 10383 10383 PHONE & INTERNET 5531 5531 16630 16323 307 797940 760622 12583 24735 1749468 238392 740525 45824 600 22595 150 150 4169075 616053 1308695 3553022 3104737 4554684 28525 145377 28525 145377 X 3076212 4409307 3076212 4409307 3104737 4554684 1333095 X false false X 1026523 752876 665415 762168 1845895 5052877 1026523 752876 665415 762168 1845895 5052877 5052877 30210 30210 5083087 173519 0.99410 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2424649 2424649 35223 35223 1709203 580830 1128373 3553022 CONTRACTED WORK 60278 PAYROLL LIABILITIES 54428 CREDIT CARDS 27482 SALES TAX PAYABLE 3189 145377 X 1 1152069 false false false FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION THE CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH (CWR) IS DEDICATED TO THE STUDY AND CONSERVATION OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWESTS KILLER WHALE POPULATIONS, WITH A PRIMARY FOCUS ON THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES. BUILDING ON HALF A CENTURY OF CONTINUOUS RESEARCH IN THE SALISH SEA, CWR ADVANCES UNDERSTANDING OF KILLER WHALE BEHAVIOR, HEALTH, AND ECOLOGY AND TRANSLATES SCIENCE INTO CONSERVATION ACTION - RESTORING CHINOOK SALMON, PROTECTING VITAL ECOSYSTEMS, AND INSPIRING PUBLIC STEWARDSHIP THROUGH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A THE ORGANIZATIONS CORE ACTIVITY IS THE SYSTEMATIC DOCUMENTATION OF THE SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES (SRKW) THROUGH ITS ONGOING ORCA SURVEY. STAFF CONDUCTED 93 ENCOUNTERS DURING THE YEAR (46 WITH SRKW) DOCUMENTING 4 NEW BIRTHS AND 3 DEATHS, WITH THE POPULATION CURRENTLY NUMBERING 74 INDIVIDUALS. DATA GENERATED THROUGH ORCA SURVEY CONTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO FOUR PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND HAS BEEN USED IN RESEARCH THAT RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION, RESULTING IN 639 NEWS STORIES ACROSS 511 UNIQUE OUTLETS IN 33 COUNTRIES. THESE DATA SUPPORT BROADER CONSERVATION EFFORTS BY INFORMING MANAGEMENT DECISIONS AND ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF SRKW BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGY. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED THE CORE SURVEY PROGRAM BY TRANSLATING RESEARCH FINDINGS FOR PUBLIC AUDIENCES AND ENGAGING COMMUNITIES IN ORCA CONSERVATION. THE ORGANIZATION DELIVERED 15 GUEST EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS AND WELCOMED 9,656 VISITORS TO THE EDUCATION CENTER, GENERATING 262 NEW MEMBERSHIPS THROUGH PEER-TO-PEER SIGN-UPS. EIGHT STAFF MEMBERS WORKED IN THE EDUCATION CENTER OVER THE SUMMER, EDUCATING VISITORS ABOUT THE ENDANGERED SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES AND OTHER MARINE LIFE OF THE SALISH SEA. DIGITAL OUTREACH EXTENDED THE REACH OF SURVEY AND EDUCATION EFFORTS GLOBALLY. THE ORGANIZATIONS WEBSITE RECEIVED OVER 120,000 PAGE VIEWS AND MORE THAN 70,000 UNIQUE VISITORS FROM 70 COUNTRIES. SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, WITH A 267% INCREASE IN INSTAGRAM REACH AND A 200% INCREASE IN FACEBOOK REACH OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. IN ADDITION TO SURVEY AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS THAT SUPPORT LONG-TERM ORCA RECOVERY, INCLUDING ADVANCING DISCUSSIONS FOR A LARGE-SCALE RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT WITH THE LOWER ELWHA KLALLAM TRIBE TO IMPROVE SALMON HABITAT. STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN TREE PLANTING WITH THE CLALLAM CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND HOSTED A VOLUNTEER DAY WITH GREAT OLD BROADS FOR WILDERNESS AS PART OF COMMUNITY-BASED STEWARDSHIP AND OUTREACH. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B FORM 990 PREPARED BY EA AND REVIEWED BY DIRECTOR. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C ANNUAL QUESTIONNAIRE DISTRIBUTED. QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED AND QUESTIONNAIRE SIGNED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONTRACT LABOR 53,018 0 0 CONSULTING 1,402 0 0 SUBCONTRACTED RESEARCH 29,890 0 0 TOTAL 84,310 0 0