2026-08-11T15:50:36-05:00 2025-09-30 581763570 JONES AND KOLB 3475 PIEDMONT ROAD NE SUITE 1500 ATLANTA GA 30305 990 2024-10-01 650785751 REEF BALL FOUNDATION INC REEF 7067144399 890 HILL STREET ATHENS GA 30606 KATHERINE KIRBO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 7067144399 2026-08-07 1 0 LAURA H HELLER P00744874 4042627920 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z KATHERINE KIRBO 890 HILL STREET ATHENS GA 30606 525421 0 X WWW.REEFBALLFOUNDATION.ORG X 1993 GA TO REHABILITATE OUR WORLD'S OCEANREEF ECOSYSTEMS AND TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL REEF SYSTEMS USING REEF BALL ARTIFICIAL REEF TECHNOLOGIES. REEF BALLS ARE ARTIFICIAL REEF MODULES PLACED IN THE OCEAN TO FORM REEF HABITATS. 13 11 3 300 0 0 46921 83700 400196 441721 0 0 0 0 447117 525421 0 0 0 0 249771 249175 0 0 26879 217519 275851 467290 525026 -20173 395 214504 219895 3246 8242 211258 211653 X TO REHABILITATE OUR WORLD'S OCEANREEF ECOSYSTEMS AND TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL REEF SYSTEMS USING REEF BALL ARTIFICIAL REEF TECHNOLOGIES. REEF BALLS ARE ARTIFICIAL REEF MODULES PLACED IN THE OCEAN TO FORM REEF HABITATS. 0 0 420040 441721 COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CAROLINAVIA CCA NC: "AFTER MONTHS OF PLANNING, WE'RE ALMOST READY TO BRING THE LIVING REEF ACTION CAMPAIGN TO LIFE! OUR LIVING REEF ACTION CAMPAIGN (LRAC) IS CCA NC'S BOLDEST STEP YET TOWARD RESTORING COASTAL HABITAT AND INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF OUR FISHERIES. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK-PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITIES, REFINING REEF-BUILDING TECHNIQUES, AND PREPARING TO BRING THIS CAMPAIGN TO LIFE ACROSS THE COAST. THIS ISN'T A ONE-TIME PROJECT-IT'S A LONG-TERM, HANDS-ON MOVEMENT TO REBUILD ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS, ENGAGE LOCAL YOUTH, AND MAKE CONSERVATION PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE IN NORTH CAROLINA. REEF BY REEF, PARTNER BY PARTNER, STUDENT BY STUDENT-LRAC IS ALREADY MAKING WAVES. THE BEST IS YET TO COME."TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFETEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT HABITAT BOAT, SRATX DEPLOYED THE REEF BALLS INTO TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. REEF BALLS ARE BEING USED IN FRESH WATER SUCH AS LAKE RALPH HALL, THE NEW LAKE FOR THE UPPER TRINITY REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT AS WELL AS FOR RESTORATION ALONG THE COAST IN TEXASMAYREAU ISLAND, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESTHE MAYREAU PROJECT IS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO RESTORE CORAL REEFS DEVASTATED BY CLIMATE CHANGE AND HURRICANE BERYL WORKING WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS WE ARE MAYREAU AND CLEAR CARIBBEAN AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES. HYBRID RESTORATION: THE INITIATIVE COMBINES STRUCTURAL MARINE HABITATS WITH ACTIVE CORAL PROPAGATION. LOCAL GROUPS ATTACH CORAL FRAGMENTS DIRECTLY TO THE REEF BALLS TO PROMOTE RAPID REEF REGENERATION. BILLION OYSTER PROJECT NEW YORKCONTINUATION OF OUR PROJECT WITH BILLION OYSTER PROJECT IN NEW YORK. INTIALLY, THE REEF BALL FOUNDATION COMPLETED A WEEK OF TRAINING CONSTRUCTING REEF BALLS WITH THE BILLION OYSTER PROJECT ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND IN NEW YORK. WE WORKED WITH STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS. WE ALSO EVALUATED SOME OF THE PRIOR REEF BALL PROJECTS IN THE AREA. BILLION OYSTER PROJECT CONTINUES TO BUILD AND DEPLOY REEF BALLS. ALSO DID MONITORINGS OF REEF BALLS. "AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF 20 MILLION OYSTERS, SEEDED TO HUNDREDS OF GABIONS AND REEF BALLS, OFF HUDSON RIVER PARK'S GANSEVOORT PENINSULA, THIS REEF BALL - TEEMING WITH LARGE OYSTERS - CAME INTO VIEW! "IT'S UNCOMMON TO SEE SO MANY LIVE OYSTERS AT SUCH A HIGH DENSITY," SAID JENNIFER ZHU, BILLION OYSTER PROJECT'S MARINE HABITAT RESOURCE SPECIALIST WHO PROVIDED SURFACE SUPPORT WITH NYHS DIVING ALUMNI THAT DAY." BILLION OYSTER PROJECT CONTINUES TO BUILD MORE REEF BALLS AND HAS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOR MONITORINGS AND BUILDS. TAMPA BAY WATCHTAMPA BAY WATCH CONTINUES TO CONSTRUCT AND DEPLOY REEF BALLS ALL ALONG THE COAST OF THE TAMPA AREA. FROM PROJECTS LIKE FANTASY ISLAND WHICH IS FOR BIRD HABITAT TO PROTECTING AND RESTORE THE SHORELINE OF MAC DIL AIRFORCE BASE. TO DATE THEY HAVE DEPLOYED OVER 17,000 REEF BALLS TO RESTORE HABITAT, IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND PREVENT EROSION.SOUTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM AND SOUTH CAROLINA DNRTHE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (SCDNR) AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM FREQUENTLY PARTNER ON REEF BALL PROJECTS TO ENHANCE MARINE HABITATS AND SUPPORT LOCAL FISHERIES. THESE REEF BALL PROJECTS ARE PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS. THE SOUTH CAROLINA DNR HAS THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT REEF BALLS PROJECTS AS WELL. BOTH IN FRESH WATER AND ALONG THE COAST. BIOLOGISTS WITH THE S.C. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAVE BEGUN A YEARS-LONG PROJECT TO IMPROVE IMPORTANT FISH HABITAT IN LAKE MURRAY. SCDNR IS ENHANCING LITTORAL HABITAT WITH CONCRETE REEF BALLS TO IMPROVE SPAWNING AND SURVIVAL OF JUVENILE FISHES. THE FIRST REEF BALLS WERE DEPLOYED BY BIOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS IN JANUARY.SARAWAK, MAYLASIATHE SARAWAK REEF BALL CONTINUES BE ONE OF LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL REEF BALL PROJECTS. VIA U.S. EMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR. "WE'RE CELEBRATING U.S.-MALAYSIA PARTNERSHIPS TO PRESERVE OUR OCEANS. LEARN HOW SARAWAK FORESTRY CORPORATION IS USING U.S.-PATENTED REEF BALLS TO BUILD ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ARTIFICIAL REEFS TO PRESERVE OCEAN BIODIVERSITY, DETER ILLEGAL TRAWLING, AND ENRICH MARINE RESOURCES." "THE SARAWAK ARTIFICIAL REEF PROJECT IS A CORNERSTONE OF A LONG-TERM CONSERVATION STRATEGY UNDER THE STATE'S "PEOPLE'S PROJECT" INITIATIVE, ACCORDING TO SARAWAK FORESTRY CORPORATION (SFC) GENERAL MANAGER ABANG ARBI ABANG AIMRAN. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE INITIATIVE IS A COMPREHENSIVE EFFORT TO PRESERVE MARINE BIODIVERSITY ACROSS SARAWAK WATERS.THROUGH THE DEPLOYMENT OF ECO-FRIENDLY ARTIFICIAL REEFS, ALSO KNOWN AS REEF BALLS, WE AIM TO PROTECT ENDANGERED MARINE SPECIES SUCH AS TURTLES, MARINE MAMMALS, CORAL REEFS, AND SEAGRASS BEDS," HE SAID. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THESE REEFS WILL HELP SAFEGUARD TRADITIONAL FISHING GROUNDS BY PREVENTING ILLEGAL TRAWLING WITHIN DESIGNATED PROTECTION ZONES. THIS INITIATIVE NOT ONLY RESTORES DEGRADED MARINE ECOSYSTEMS BUT ALSO STRENGTHENS BIODIVERSITY CONNECTIVITY ACROSS SARAWAK WATERS," ABANG ARBI SAID.KENTUCKY-NATIONAL FISH WILDLIFE FOUNDATIONFROM KENTUCKY DNR, "REEF BALLS DEPLOYED AT PAINTSVILLE LAKE! THIS WEEK, OUR FISHERIES DIVISION ADDED REEF BALLS TO PAINTSVILLE LAKE TO BOOST FISH HABITAT AND CREATE NEW FISHING HOTSPOTS. THESE DOME-SHAPED CONCRETE STRUCTURES MIMIC NATURAL COVER, OFFERING SHELTER FOR BAITFISH AND AMBUSH POINTS FOR PREDATORS LIKE BASS, CRAPPIE, AND CATFISH." KENTUCKY CONTINUES TO USE REEF BALLS FOR FRESHWATER HABITATS AND EVEN TO HELP CREATE A LAKE. SEE PHOTO. COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION IN MARYLANDOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CCA IN MARYLAND CONTINUES. CCA MARYLAND ORGANIZES REEF BALL PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES. IT IS ONE OF OUR MOST ROBUST PARTNERS FOR REEF BALL EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS AND OYSTER RESTORATION PROJECTS IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.CONFERENCES & OUTREACH: REEF BALL TEAM MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN PERSON AND ONLINE CONFERENCES AND EVENTS FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OUR WORKED APPEARED IN VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND MEDIA OUTLETS AROUND THE GLOBE. 420040 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 13 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GA X KATHY KIRBO 7067144399 890 HILL STREET ATHENS GA 30606 TODD BARBER BOARD CHAIR 40.00 X X 90440 0 13383 LARRY BEGGS VICE PRESIDENT 30.00 X X 0 0 0 KATHERINE KIRBO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 83059 0 0 JERRY BARBER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERIC KRASLE DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 J WADE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JIM STRACK DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DON BRAWLEY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARSHA PARDEE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAVIER DAJER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 DOUG HOLLINGSWORTH DIRECTOR 6.00 X 0 0 0 LORNA SLADE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 173499 0 13383 0 0 0 0 0 83700 83700 PROJECT INCOME 900099 441721 441721 441721 525421 441721 0 0 186882 121473 46721 18688 32947 21415 8237 3295 13383 8700 3345 1338 15963 10376 3991 1596 191 191 5200 5200 2400 1232 978 190 1456 946 364 146 1238 804 310 124 8115 5274 2029 812 631 631 455 455 2813 2813 PROJECT EXPENSE 233321 233321 REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE 12392 11192 1200 TELEPHONE 6049 3932 1512 605 MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT 851 553 213 85 739 739 525026 420040 78107 26879 214504 219895 52174 52174 0 0 214504 219895 3246 8242 3246 8242 X 211258 211653 211258 211653 214504 219895 395 0 X 0 0 0 X 76507 36472 37398 46921 83700 280998 646059 321923 226907 400196 441721 2036806 722566 358395 264305 447117 525421 2317804 0 17774 20000 37774 17774 20000 37774 2280030 722566 358395 264305 447117 525421 2317804 0.98370 0.96160 0.00000 0.01660 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 51726 51726 0 448 448 0 0 1 X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 REEF INNOVATIONS INC LARRY BEGGS IS PRESIDENT OF REEF INNOVATIONS INC & VP OF THE ORGANIZATION. 145595 REEF INNOVATIONS INC IS THE MANUFACTURER OF REEF BALLS FOR THE ORGANIZATION. 0 CARLA BAKOS CARLA BAKOS IS THE SPOUSE OF THE BOARD CHAIRMAN TODD BARBER. 46330 CARLA RECEIVES A SALARY AND BENEFITS FROM REEFBALL FOUNDATION AS AN EMPLOYEE. 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 JERRY BARBER IS TODD BARBER'S FATHER. TODD BARBER IS MARRIED TO CARLA BAKOS FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A COPY OF THE 990 IS INCLUDED IN THE BOARD BOOK MATERIALS, WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12 BOARD MEMBERS ARE ADVISED OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY WHEN THEY JOIN THE BOARD. BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT VOTE ON ISSUES WHERE THEY MAY HAVE OR BE PERCEIVED TO HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 COPIES OF THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS.