AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BLUE VENTURES INC: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BLUE VENTURES INC (EIN 86-1782827)
Tax period: 2023-07-01 to 2024-06-30
Filed: 2024-11-13
IRS object ID: 202423189349309337
Schema version: 2023v5.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-11-13T15:55:53-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	541029635	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THOMPSON GREENSPON	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4035 RIDGE TOP RD SUITE 700	AddressLine1Txt
City	FAIRFAX	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22030	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	861782827	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BLUE VENTURES INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	AMER	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7035254000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2311 WILSON BLVD 500	AddressLine1Txt
City	ARLINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22201	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	PETER EVERETT	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7035254000	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-11-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (1)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	TRACY M MOREY CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01521539	PTIN
Phone	7033858888	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2024-10-15 13:58:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	PETER EVERETT	PrincipalOfficerNm

Foreign Address ForeignAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	118 BOUNDSTONE ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	FARNHAM	CityNm
Province Or State	SURREY	ProvinceOrStateNm
Country	UK	CountryCd
Foreign Postal	GU104AU	ForeignPostalCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,104,600	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2020	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DE	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACHES FOR CATALYZING AND SUSTAINING LOCALLY LED MARINE CONSERVATION.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	7	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	7	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$565,000	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,104,000	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$0	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$600	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$565,000	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,104,600	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$450,000	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,150,000	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$19,565	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$8,903	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$469,565	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,158,903	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$95,435	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$54,303	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$550,652	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$46,325	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$455,217	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$5,923	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$95,435	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$40,402	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACHES FOR CATALYZING AND SUSTAINING LOCALLY LED MARINE CONSERVATION.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,150,000	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$1,150,000	GrantAmt
Desc	TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACHES FOR CATALYZING AND SUSTAINING LOCALLY LED MARINE CONSERVATION.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,150,000	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	7	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	0	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	0	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	PETER EVERETT	PersonNm
Phone	7035254000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2311 WILSON BLVD	AddressLine1Txt
City	ARLINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22201	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
SHAWN PEABODY
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PETER EVERETT
PRESIDENT, TREASURER, AND SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MEGHAN JEANS
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
EMILY KATHRYN BARNES
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ABBAS HASAN
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
STEVE BOX
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RICHARD SAVILL
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$1,104,000	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,104,000	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$600	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$600	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,104,600	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$600	ExclusionAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,150,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,150,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,913	TotalAmt
Management And General	$7,913	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$105	TotalAmt
Management And General	$105	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$885	TotalAmt
Management And General	$885	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,158,903	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,150,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,903	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$550,652	BOYAmt
EOY	$46,325	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$550,652	BOYAmt
EOY	$46,325	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$445	BOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$450,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,151	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,772	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,772	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$455,217	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,923	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$95,435	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,402	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$95,435	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,402	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$550,652	BOYAmt
EOY	$46,325	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$54,303	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	-$730	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$565,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,104,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,669,000	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$565,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,104,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,669,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,449,720	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$219,280	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$1,669,000	TotalSupportAmt
First5 Years170	Yes (X)	First5Years170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$0	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	DUE TO BLUE VENTURES CONSERVATION	Desc
Amt	$4,772	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$4,772	TotalLiabilityAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	OfficesOfficesCnt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND)	0	0	FUNDRAISING
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND)	0	0	GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS LOCATED IN REGION.	$1,150,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	0	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$1,150,000	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$1,150,000	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND)	RegionTxt
Purpose Of Grant	MARINE CONSERVATION	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant	$1,150,000	CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	WIRE TRANSFER	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Non Cash Assistance	$0	NonCashAssistanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	Yes (1)	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART I, LINE 2:	A GRANT AGREEMENT IS SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES, WHICH LAYS OUT THE EXPECTATION THAT PROGRESS REPORTS ARE TO BE PROVIDED BY THE GRANTEE TO DEMONSTRATE USE OF FUNDS AT LEAST SIX MONTHS AFTER COMMENCEMENT AND ANNUALLY, ALLOWING MANAGEMENT TO MONITOR PROGRESS.
PART IV, LINE 1	THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY TO A FOREIGN CORPORATION WAS IN THE FORM OF GRANTS, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE COMPLETION OF FORM 926.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2	PETER EVERETT, STEVE BOX, AND RICHARD SAVILL HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B	AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BLUE VENTURES DOES NOT HAVE COMMITEES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	A DRAFT OF THE 990 IS SHARED WITH BOARD MEMBERS TO ALLOW FOR THEIR REVIEW AND OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE SUGGESTIONS, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, PRIOR TO FINAL VERSION BEING APPROVED AND SUBMITTED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY COVERS ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES AND ALL OFFICERS, AND IS MONITORED BY DECLARATIONS MADE AT THE START OF EACH MEETING WHICH ARE MINUTED AS APPROPRIATE. THE ENTIRE BOARD REVIEWS EACH TRANSACTION TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD FOR POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. IF POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL CONFLICTS (PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE) ARE IDENTIFIED, THE INTERESTED PERSON WILL LEAVE THE MEETING DURING WHICH THE CONFLICT WILL BE DELIBERATED OR VOTED UPON. IF APPROPRIATE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD WILL APPOINT A DISINTERESTED PERSON OR COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT. THE IDENTIFIED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND APPROPRIATE RECUSALS ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE MINUTES OF EACH BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEETING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BLUE VENTURES DOES NOT MAKE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.