Nonprofit · EIN 66-0842495
CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC
Also known as CARICOOS
Tax-exempt · LAJAS, PR 00667
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $4,801,853 | $3,230,024 | $1,571,829 | $2,756,619 | $692,032 | $2,064,587 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $2,994,380 | $3,007,970 | -$13,590 | $803,300 | $310,542 | $492,758 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $3,261,158 | $3,222,758 | $38,400 | $1,008,281 | $501,933 | $506,348 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $4,801,853
- of which government grants
- $4,578,195
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $343,800
- Other salaries and wages
- $400,090
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $926,491
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $3,038
- Accounting fees
- $28,700
- Travel
- $28,502
- Depreciation
- $172,583
- Program services (functional)
- $3,178,495
- Management and general (functional)
- $51,529
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $803,300
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,756,619
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $692,032
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,064,587
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,781,079
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,064,587
- Gross receipts
- $4,801,853
- Employees
- 13
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 2009
- State of legal domicile
- PR
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JULIO MORELL | EXECUTIVE OFFICER / DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $166,850 |
| PATRICIA CHARDON MALDONADO | DEPUTY AND TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $119,350 |
| ABDIEL ALVARADO | TREASURER Key employee | 40 | $57,600 |
| ROY WATLINGTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| BENITO PINTO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| RUPERTO CHAPARRO | PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| ISRAEL MATOS | VICECHAIRMAN/VICEPRESIDENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| CARLOS FARCHETTE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| GRACIELA GARCIA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| ERNESTO DIAZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| ADA MONZON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| EUGENIO PINEIRO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MARK SABINO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MARJORIE SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| CRISTA VON HILLEBRANDT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
3 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEX CRUZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| ROBERTO CORTES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| SYLVIA RODRIGUEZ ABUDO | CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JULIO MORELL | EXECUTIVE OFFICER / DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $150,224 |
| PATRICIA CHARDON MALDONADO | DEPUTY AND TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $107,475 |
| ABDIEL ALVARADO | TREASURER Key employee | 40 | $56,475 |
| ROY WATLINGTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| BENITO PINTO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| RUPERTO CHAPARRO | PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| ISRAEL MATOS | VICECHAIRMAN/VICEPRESIDENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| CARLOS FARCHETTE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| GRACIELA GARCIA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| ERNESTO DIAZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| ADA MONZON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| EUGENIO PINEIRO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MARK SABINO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MARJORIE SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| CRISTA VON HILLEBRANDT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| ALEX CRUZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| ROBERTO CORTES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| SYLVIA RODRIGUEZ ABUDO | CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JULIO MORELL | EXECUTIVE OFFICER / DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $140,177 |
| PATRICIA CHARDON MALDONADO | DEPUTY AND TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $97,316 |
| EDWIN VELEZ | TREASURER Officer | 15 | $12,188 |
| RUPERTO CHAPARRO | PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| ISRAEL MATOS | VICECHAIRMAN/VICEPRESIDENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| ROY WATLINGTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| CARLOS FARCHETTE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| GRACIELA GARCIA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| ERNESTO DIAZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| ADA MONZON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| BENITO PINTO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| EUGENIO PINEIRO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MARK SABINO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MARJORIE SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| CRISTA VON HILLEBRANDT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| ALEX CRUZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| ROBERTO CORTES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| LUIS RAUL TORRES MELENDEZ | CHAIRMAN OF THE SOUTH COAST/ DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| SYLVIA RODRIGUEZ ABUDO | CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MIGUEL F CANALS | CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 3446, LAJAS, PR 00667-3446
- Mailing address (990-N for 2018)
- PO BOX 3446, LAJAS PR 00667
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- CPA CRISTIAN VERA MERCADO, PO BOX 1080, MAYAGUEZ, PR 00681
- Principal officer (990-N for 2018)
- Ruperto Chaparro, PO BOX 3446, LAJAS PR 00667
- Signed the 990
- RUPERTO CHAPARRO, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (787) 237-5321
- Website
- WWW.CARICOOS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- Rodriguez Rivera & Toro PSC
Mission
As part of its mission as a Regional Coastal Observing System under the IOOS/NOAA program (https://ioos.noaa.gov/), CARICOOS (http://www.caricoos.org/) collects and distributes decision supporting data and products to diverse sectors in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Island including federal and state agencies, marine observers ranging from beachgoers to ship operators and others. Data and forecasts originated and distributed by CARICOOS include waves, winds, currents, storm surge, beach pathogens as well as other biological, chemical and physical properties of the ocean.
Program accomplishments
- The organization program services consist in provide data and forecast from a variety of sources, including satelites, ocean instruments and numerical models to the public under an integrated view of past, present and forecasted ocean conditions in the US Caribbean region. Data are provided online by a number of organizations including NOAA, NASA, ONR, Universities and others to whom credit is given.Expenses $3,178,495 · grants $4,578,195
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 66-0842495
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2017
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Science and technology (U21)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $803,300
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,994,380
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $4,801,853 | $3,230,024 | $2,756,619 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $2,994,380 | $3,007,970 | $803,300 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $3,261,158 | $3,222,758 | $1,008,281 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $2,140,257 | $1,867,386 | $778,017 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2018 Officer: Ruperto Chaparro | December 31, 2018 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 66-0842495).
Questions about CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC
- What is the EIN of CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC is 66-0842495.
- Is CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2017.
- Are donations to CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names CPA CRISTIAN VERA MERCADO.
- Who are the officers and directors of CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 18 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $166,850 (JULIO MORELL, EXECUTIVE OFFICER / DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $4,801,853, expenses of $3,230,024 and total assets of $2,756,619 at year end.
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