MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION (EIN 94-2487469)
Tax period: 2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Filed: 2019-11-05
IRS object ID: 201903099349301240
Schema version: 2018v3.1
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 C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-11-05T19:51:36-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2018-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GRANT THORNTON LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	101 CALIFORNIA STREET SUITE 2700	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAN FRANCISCO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94111	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	942487469	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% JOHN DAVIS	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	MONT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8316484800	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	886 Cannery Row	AddressLine1Txt
City	Monterey	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	93940	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TROY GRANDE	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8316484800	PhoneNum
Signature	2019-10-31	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	QI WEN LIANG	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01270238	PTIN
Phone	4159863900	PhoneNum
Preparation	2019-10-30	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	65.229.9.138	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Federal Original Submission Id	94336920193095000001	FederalOriginalSubmissionId
Federal Original Submission Id	2019-11-05	FederalOriginalSubmissionIdDt
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	48C18CAFE3C076D77EFDA4A28EEA087709B0C379	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	48C18CAFE3C076D77EFDA4A28EEA087709B0C379	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-03-31 21:24:44Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Julie Packard	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	886 Cannery Row	AddressLine1Txt
City	Monterey	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	93940	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$366,279,595	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.montereybayaquarium.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1978	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE MISSION OF THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM IS TO INSPIRE CONSERVATION OF THE OCEAN. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR FURTHER DETAIL.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	17	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	16	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	726	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	1572	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$233,221	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$40,375,810	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$58,258,026	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$49,947,497	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$54,578,000	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$7,613,000	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$11,858,052	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$3,445,430	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$182,058	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$101,381,737	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$124,876,136	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$761,132	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$290,580	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$45,436,875	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$46,769,739	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$219,606	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$267,615	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$5,620,168	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$46,446,074	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$49,277,567	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$92,863,687	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$96,605,501	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$8,518,050	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$28,270,635	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$474,966,162	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$485,041,278	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$20,491,315	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$23,393,799	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$454,474,847	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$461,647,479	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE MISSION OF THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM IS TO INSPIRE CONSERVATION OF THE OCEAN. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR FURTHER DETAIL.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$50,283,297	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$25,676	GrantAmt
Revenue	$54,578,000	RevenueAmt
Desc	Animal care and aquarium experience - See Schedule O	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$18,278,264	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$61,811	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	Education and Outreach - See Schedule O	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$12,930,045	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$203,093	GrantAmt
Revenue	$473,272	RevenueAmt
Desc	Conservation and Science - See Schedule O	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$81,491,606	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (true)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	Yes (true)	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	241	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	726	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	17	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	16	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JOHN DAVIS	PersonNm
Phone	8316484800	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	886 CANNERY ROW	AddressLine1Txt
City	Monterey	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	93940	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (33 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
Stephen C Neal
Chairman	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dr Peter S Bing
Chair Emeritus	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Julie Packard
Executive Director	28.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$318,210	$0	$39,931
Tegan Acton
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Susan Bell
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Margaret Caldwell
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Samantha Campbell
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Caroline Getty
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MRC Greenwood
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William Landreth
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joan Lane
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael Mantell
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Connie Martinez
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gideon Yu
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Pietro Parravano
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Chris Scholin
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mark Wan
Trustee	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Troy A Grande
CFO & TREASURER	40.0	1.0		Yes (X)	$263,806	$0	$58,153
Cynthia Vernon
Chief Operating Officer	40.0	1.0		Yes (X)	$263,560	$0	$52,132
Barbara Wright
Secretary	1.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Cristina Fekeci
Chief Development Officer	40.0	0.0			$312,666	$0	$41,289	Yes (X)
Marian Martha Hahn
Chief Marketing Officer	40.0	0.0			$219,705	$0	$34,396	Yes (X)
Margaret Spring
VP Con & Sci Chief Cnsrv Off	40.0	0.0			$208,454	$0	$44,870	Yes (X)
Teresa Jeanine Merry
Chief Human Resources Officers	40.0	0.0			$191,838	$0	$54,019	Yes (X)
Charles Aslanian
VP of Facility Operations	40.0	0.0			$162,539	$0	$43,749	Yes (X)
David Rosenberg
VP of Guest Experience	40.0	0.0			$161,320	$0	$17,424	Yes (X)
Kevin Kearns
VP of Exhibitions THRU 11/2018	40.0	0.0			$183,309	$0	$44,651	Yes (X)
Rita Bell
VP of Education	40.0	0.0			$149,666	$0	$27,321		Yes (X)
Jennifer Dianto Kemmerly
Dir,Global Fisheries&Aquacultr	40.0	0.0			$176,421	$0	$30,456		Yes (X)
Nancy Enterline
VP of Development	40.0	0.0			$167,384	$0	$54,436		Yes (X)
Mary C Mullen
VP of Gift Planning	40.0	0.0			$165,261	$0	$29,946		Yes (X)
Jon Hoesch
VP of Husbandry	40.0	0.0			$147,815	$0	$35,219		Yes (X)
Randall Hamilton
Former VP of Husbandry	0.0	0.0			$299,628	$0	$22,352			Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$3,391,582	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$630,344	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	57	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (true)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Blach Construction Company
2020 FORTUNE DRIVE SUITE 100	SAN JOSE	CA	95131	Construction	$12,901,588
Impacts Research and Development
3720 FALCON RIDGE DRIVE	MEDINA	OH	44256	Advertising	$4,685,625
Dasher Technologies Inc
675 Campbell Technology Pkwy Suite	CAMPBELL	CA	95008	IT	$1,245,161
Bogard Construction Inc
350 CORAL STREET STE A-106	SANTA CRUZ	CA	95060	Construction	$4,344,847
Hub Strategy and Communication Inc
39 Mesa 212	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94129	Marketing	$1,156,873

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	73	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$13,858,188	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$3,661,749	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$22,844	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$40,715,245	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$6,136,655	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$58,258,026	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
ADMISSION FEES	611600	$47,775,716	$47,775,716	$0	$0
OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE	900099	$6,802,284	$6,802,284	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$54,578,000	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,922,701	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$117,536	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$4,040,237	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$206,918	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$206,918	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$206,918	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$91,448	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$115,470	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$248,806,198	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$240,781,389	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$89,458	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$8,024,809	SecuritiesAmt
Other	-$89,458	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,935,351	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$259,309	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$7,676,042	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$34,480	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$3,661,749	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$532,612	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$498,132	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$498,132	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	LICENSING REVENUE	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$473,272	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$473,272	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$473,272	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$124,876,136	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$55,051,272	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$233,221	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$11,333,617	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$219,845	TotalAmt
Program Services	$219,845	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$45,059	TotalAmt
Program Services	$45,059	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,676	TotalAmt
Program Services	$25,676	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,716,021	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,461,713	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$827,302	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$427,006	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$32,983,660	TotalAmt
Program Services	$28,441,110	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,659,382	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,883,168	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,738,884	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,355,233	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$221,139	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$162,512	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,788,613	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,825,005	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$599,284	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$364,324	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,542,561	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,162,344	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$228,999	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$151,218	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$155,918	TotalAmt
Program Services	$115,779	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,598	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$16,541	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$235,009	TotalAmt
Management And General	$235,009	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$210,977	TotalAmt
Program Services	$210,977	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$267,615	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$267,615	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$286,230	TotalAmt
Management And General	$286,230	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,865,721	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,872,641	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,786,533	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,206,547	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,140,036	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,119,225	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,751	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,060	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,367,511	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,738,802	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$96,759	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$531,950	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,384,917	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,052,340	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$235,178	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$97,399	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,753	TotalAmt
Program Services	$21,405	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$4,348	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,388,572	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,844,024	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$273,417	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$271,131	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,348,315	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,978,293	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$233,775	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$136,247	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$278,700	TotalAmt
Program Services	$243,788	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$28,121	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,791	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,607,040	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,989,989	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,567,090	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$49,961	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$563,060	TotalAmt
Program Services	$546,110	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,085	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,865	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	SPONSORSHIP AND GIFTS	Desc
Total	$419,808	TotalAmt
Program Services	$222,248	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$162,075	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$35,485	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$96,605,501	TotalAmt
Program Services	$81,491,606	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,493,727	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,620,168	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,038,931	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,026,554	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$28,115,040	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,006,640	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,178,960	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,605,950	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,809,417	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,310,201	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$555,145	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,388,503	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$313,496,416	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$162,803,331	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$135,553,492	BOYAmt
EOY	$150,693,085	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,883,247	BOYAmt
EOY	$68,476,506	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$250,109,077	BOYAmt
EOY	$224,639,451	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,722,853	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,894,388	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$474,966,162	BOYAmt
EOY	$485,041,278	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,464,811	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,480,228	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,896,046	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,789,909	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$130,458	BOYAmt
EOY	$123,662	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,491,315	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,393,799	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$377,486,453	BOYAmt
EOY	$397,107,260	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$59,536,394	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,218,752	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,452,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$26,321,467	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$454,474,847	BOYAmt
EOY	$461,647,479	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$474,966,162	BOYAmt
EOY	$485,041,278	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$28,270,635	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$21,155,426	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$57,423	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	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 Minus4 Years	$47,916,874	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$29,085,009	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$78,487,795	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$40,375,810	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$58,283,026	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$254,148,514	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$47,916,874	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$29,085,009	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$78,487,795	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$40,375,810	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$58,283,026	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$254,148,514	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$43,748,863	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$210,399,651	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$6,399,701	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6,676,470	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,665,009	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,928,617	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,129,619	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$30,799,416	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$34,480	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$34,480	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$284,982,410	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$243,134,272	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.73829	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.67805	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

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 C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$7,321	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$203,656	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$210,977	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$95,840,193	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$96,051,170	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,000,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$250,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx		TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp
Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx		TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$1,000,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$4,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$6,000,000	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$141,513	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$338,355	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$209,661	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$210,977	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$900,506	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$250,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$1,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$1,500,000	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$0	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$0	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$105	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$7,321	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$7,426	TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$239,831,456	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$10,625,727	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$10,238,996	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$6,990,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$233,228,187	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$196,825,806	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$15,723,311	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$33,455,339	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$6,173,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$239,831,456	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$127,401,810	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$65,084,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$9,173,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$4,833,004	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$196,825,806	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$131,038,945	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,009,663	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$422,798	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$4,224,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$127,401,810	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$113,049,854	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$16,050,939	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$5,831,152	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,893,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$131,038,945	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.86250	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.11290	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.02460	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$24,797,822	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$24,797,822	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$166,337,427	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$92,730,001	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$73,607,426	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,444,439	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,918,660	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$525,779	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$29,123,308	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$23,878,128	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$5,245,180	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$90,793,420	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$44,276,542	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$46,516,878	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$150,693,085	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Financial Derivatives		FinancialDerivativesGrp
Closely Held Equity Interests		CloselyHeldEquityInterestsGrp

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
EQUITY FUND	$109,530,296	F
BOND FUNDS	$34,352,955	F
HEDGE FUNDS	$31,172,391	F
NONMARKETABLE INVESTMENTS	$44,590,764	F
CD INVESTMENTS	$4,993,045	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$224,639,451	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	GIFT ANNUITY PAYMENT LIABILITY	Desc
Amt	$123,662	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$123,662	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

INTENDED USE OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS

SCHEDULE D, PART V, LINE 4: THE EARNINGS OF THE AQUARIUM'S ENDOWMENT FUNDS SUPPORT EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND THE MISSION OF THE AQUARIUM.

FIN 48 (ASC 740) FOOTNOTE

SCHEDULE D, PART X, LINE 2: THE FOLLOWING FOOTNOTE APPEARED IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR BOTH MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION AND MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM SUPPORT SERVICES ("MBASS"), A RELATED ORGANIZATION: THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION AND MBASS FOLLOW GUIDANCE THAT CLARIFIES THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN, INCLUDING ISSUES RELATING TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECOGNITION AND MEASUREMENT. THIS GUIDANCE PROVIDES THAT THE TAX EFFECTS FROM AN UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION CAN ONLY BE RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IF THE POSITION IS 'MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT' TO BE SUSTAINED IF THE POSITION WERE TO BE CHALLENGED BY A TAXING AUTHORITY. THE ASSESSMENT OF THE TAX POSITION IS BASED SOLELY ON THE TECHNICAL MERITS OF THE POSITION, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE TAX POSITION MAY BE CHALLENGED. THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION AND MBASS ARE EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THOUGH EACH ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO TAX ON INCOME UNRELATED TO ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE, UNLESS THAT INCOME IS OTHERWISE EXCLUDED BY THE CODE. THEY ARE ALSO EXEMPT FROM CALIFORNIA STATE FRANCHISE TAXES UNDER SECTION 23701(D) OF THE CALIFORNIA REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE. THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION AND MBASS HAVE PROCESSES PRESENTLY IN PLACE TO ENSURE THE MAINTENANCE OF EACH ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPT STATUS, TO IDENTIFY AND REPORT UNRELATED INCOME; TO DETERMINE THE ORGANIZATION'S FILING AND TAX OBLIGATIONS IN JURISDICTIONS FOR WHICH IT HAS NEXUS; AND TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED TAX POSITIONS. THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION AND MBASS HAVE BOTH DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (9 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia and the Pacific	Program Services	Conferences & Fish Tag	$294,153
Middle East and North Africa	Program Services	Conferences	$2,958
Sub-Saharan Africa	Program Services	Conferences	$6,402
North America	Program Services	Conferences	$150,011
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Program Services	Conferences	$3,585
Central America and the Caribbean	Program Services	Conferences	$29,016
South America	Program Services	Conferences	$25,676
Central America and the Caribbean	Investments		$31,172,391
North America	Grantmaking		$25,676

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent	$31,709,868	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$31,709,868	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	North America	RegionTxt
Purpose Of Grant	Migratory movement, Ecology & Conservation of Rays in Gulf of California	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant	$25,676	CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	WIRE	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt

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

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING USE OF GRANT FUNDS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 2: THE AQUARIUM REQUIRES POTENTIAL GRANT RECIPIENTS TO SUBMIT FORMAL APPLICATIONS WHICH ARE REVIEWED BY THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE AQUARIUM'S MISSION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE ANNUAL BUDGET. FURTHERMORE, THE AQUARIUM REQUIRES A WRITTEN REPORT FROM THE GRANTEE PROVIDING DETAIL ABOUT HOW FUNDS WERE USED TO ACCOMPLISH THE GRANT OBJECTIVES. REPORTS ARE REVIEWED BY THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR COMPLIANCE WITH GRANT CONDITIONS.

PURPOSES OF GRANTS

SCHEDULE F, PART II, COLUMN D GRANT OF $25,676 - MIGRATORY MOVEMENT, ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION OF RAYS IN GULF OF CALIFORNIA

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt
Feldstein Co LLC
5757 West Century Blvd Suite 300	Los Angeles	CA	90045	Consulting MARKETING	false	$156,000	-$156,000
S D A Teleservices
400 N Michigan Ave Suite 1650	Chicago	IL	60611	Telemarket	false	$111,615	$120,252	$231,867

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$231,867	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$267,615	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	-$35,748	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AZ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	DE	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	HI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ID	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	LA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NE	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ND	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TX	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WY	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Award Dinner	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$3,696,229	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$3,661,749	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$34,480	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$13,859	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$280,891	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$109,602	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$6,884	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$121,376	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Other Events Total	0	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Total	$3,696,229	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$3,661,749	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$34,480	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$13,859	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$280,891	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$109,602	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$6,884	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$121,376	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$532,612	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$498,132	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Recipient Table RecipientTable (6 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
MONTEREY BAY FISHERIES TRUST
256 FIGUE ST 1	MONTEREY	CA	939402478	471978379	501(c)(3)	$38,644	Grants funded for
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
7700 SANDHOLDT ROAD	MOSS LANDING	CA	95039	770150580	501(c)(3)	$47,301	Research impact of plastic pollution on Bay
CA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH
6300 ST UNI STE 332	LONG BEACH	CA	90815	931150363	115	$41,940	Support rapid response team white shark tagging
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
A3210 ANIMAL HEA DIAG CTR	ITHACA	NY	59714	150532082	501(C)(3)	$25,000	White Shark genome project
UC SANTA CRUZ
1156 HIGH STREET	SANTA CRUZ	CA	95064	941539563	115	$25,000	Fund research and tag mobula rays in Gulf of CA
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE
7700 SANDHOLDT ROAD	MOSS LANDING	CA	95039	770150580	501(C)(3)	$41,960	Support Research for AMI2 project

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	5	Total501c3OrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (2 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
FELLOWSHIP	2	$34,909
SCHOLARSHIP	11	$10,150

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS IN THE UNITED STATES	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	SCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2: THE AQUARIUM REQUIRES POTENTIAL GRANT RECIPIENTS TO SUBMIT FORMAL APPLICATIONS WHICH ARE REVIEWED BY THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE AQUARIUM'S MISSION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE ANNUAL BUDGET. FURTHERMORE, THE AQUARIUM REQUIRES A WRITTEN REPORT FROM THE GRANTEE PROVIDING DETAIL ABOUT HOW FUNDS WERE USED TO ACCOMPLISH THE GRANT OBJECTIVES. REPORTS ARE REVIEWED BY THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR COMPLIANCE WITH GRANT CONDITIONS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Idemnification Gross Up Pmts	Yes (X)	IdemnificationGrossUpPmtsInd
Club Dues Or Fees	Yes (X)	ClubDuesOrFeesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	Yes (true)	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (16 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Julie Packard
Executive Director	$313,782	$0	$382	$0	$4,046	$0	$27,500	$0	$12,431	$0	$358,141	$0	$0	$0
Troy A Grande
CFO & TREASURER	$261,907	$0	$764	$0	$1,135	$0	$27,000	$0	$31,153	$0	$321,959	$0	$0	$0
Cynthia Vernon
Chief Operating Officer	$260,614	$0	$764	$0	$2,182	$0	$26,772	$0	$25,360	$0	$315,692	$0	$0	$0
Cristina Fekeci
Chief Development Officer	$297,928	$0	$12,293	$0	$2,445	$0	$27,500	$0	$13,789	$0	$353,955	$0	$0	$0
Marian Martha Hahn
Chief Marketing Officer	$216,947	$0	$2,293	$0	$465	$0	$21,860	$0	$12,536	$0	$254,101	$0	$0	$0
Margaret Spring
VP Con & Sci Chief Cnsrv Off	$206,402	$0	$754	$0	$1,298	$0	$21,315	$0	$23,555	$0	$253,324	$0	$0	$0
Teresa Jeanine Merry
Chief Human Resources Officers	$189,443	$0	$754	$0	$1,641	$0	$20,002	$0	$34,017	$0	$245,857	$0	$0	$0
Charles Aslanian
VP of Facility Operations	$160,825	$0	$754	$0	$960	$0	$17,149	$0	$26,600	$0	$206,288	$0	$0	$0
David Rosenberg
VP of Guest Experience	$160,368	$0	$754	$0	$198	$0	$16,037	$0	$1,387	$0	$178,744	$0	$0	$0
Kevin Kearns
VP of Exhibitions THRU 11/2018	$131,039	$0	$0	$0	$52,270	$0	$14,918	$0	$29,733	$0	$227,960	$0	$0	$0
Rita Bell
VP of Education	$146,949	$0	$754	$0	$1,963	$0	$14,916	$0	$12,405	$0	$176,987	$0	$0	$0
Jennifer Dianto Kemmerly
Dir,Global Fisheries&Aquacultr	$175,128	$0	$754	$0	$539	$0	$18,173	$0	$12,283	$0	$206,877	$0	$0	$0
Nancy Enterline
VP of Development	$166,024	$0	$754	$0	$606	$0	$17,802	$0	$36,634	$0	$221,820	$0	$0	$0
Mary C Mullen
VP of Gift Planning	$162,741	$0	$754	$0	$1,766	$0	$16,575	$0	$13,371	$0	$195,207	$0	$0	$0
Jon Hoesch
VP of Husbandry	$146,535	$0	$754	$0	$526	$0	$15,229	$0	$19,990	$0	$183,034	$0	$0	$0
Randall Hamilton
Former VP of Husbandry	$0	$0	$9,612	$0	$290,016	$0	$0	$0	$22,352	$0	$321,980	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

GROSS-UP PAYMENTS AND HEALTH CLUB DUES:

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A AS PART OF THE AQUARIUM'S WELLNESS PROGRAM, ALL EMPLOYEES (INCLUDING THE LISTED EMPLOYEES IN PART VII, SECTION A) ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A MONTHLY SUBSIDY OF $25 FOR FITNESS CENTER DUES IF THE EMPLOYEE MEETS CERTAIN WELLNESS PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. SINCE THIS TYPE OF SUBSIDY IS CONSIDERED A TAXABLE FRINGE BENEFIT, THE AQUARIUM GROSSES-UP THESE SUBSIDIES TO COVER THE EMPLOYEE'S TAXES. SUCH PAYMENTS WERE TREATED AS TAXABLE INCOME ON THE EMPLOYEE'S FORM W-2 AND REPORTED AS COMPENSATION ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III). ADDITIONALLY, CERTAIN EMPLOYEES RECEIVED TAX GROSS-UP PAYMENTS FOR SMALL APPRECIATION GIFTS RECEIVED DURING THE COURSE OF THE 2018 CALENDAR YEAR. SUCH PAYMENTS WERE TREATED AS TAXABLE INCOME ON THE EMPLOYEE'S FORM W-2 AND REPORTED AS COMPENSATION ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(II).

SEVERANCE PAYMENTS

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 4A An employee listed separated from employment and received a severance. Due to a confidentiality agreement we are not disclosing the employee name and amount, however the payment is properly disclosed in schedule J column B(iii). KEVIN KEARNS, VP OF EXHIBITIONS, ENDED EMPLOYMENT ON 11/1/2018. HE RECEIVED SEVERANCE PAYMENTS IN 2018 OF $40,317.

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Works Of Art		WorksOfArtGrp
Art Historical Treasures		ArtHistoricalTreasuresGrp
Art Fractional Interest		ArtFractionalInterestGrp
Books And Publications		BooksAndPublicationsGrp
Clothing And Household Goods		ClothingAndHouseholdGoodsGrp
Cars And Other Vehicles		CarsAndOtherVehiclesGrp
Boats And Planes		BoatsAndPlanesGrp
Intellectual Property		IntellectualPropertyGrp

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	76	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$6,091,285	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities Closely Held Stock		SecuritiesCloselyHeldStockGrp
Secur Prtnrshp Trust Intrsts		SecurPrtnrshpTrustIntrstsGrp
Securities Miscellaneous		SecuritiesMiscellaneousGrp
Qualified Contrib Hist Struct		QualifiedContribHistStructGrp
Qualified Contrib Other		QualifiedContribOtherGrp
Real Estate Residential		RealEstateResidentialGrp
Real Estate Commercial		RealEstateCommercialGrp
Real Estate Other		RealEstateOtherGrp
Collectibles		CollectiblesGrp

Food Inventory FoodInventoryGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	30	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$45,370	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	COST	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Drugs And Medical Supplies		DrugsAndMedicalSuppliesGrp
Taxidermy		TaxidermyGrp
Historical Artifacts		HistoricalArtifactsGrp
Scientific Specimens		ScientificSpecimensGrp
Archaeological Artifacts		ArchaeologicalArtifactsGrp
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (12 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Organization's Mission	Form 990, Part I, Line 1 and Form 990, Part III, line 1: Millions of people draw inspiration from the Aquarium and look to us to advocate for ocean wildlife. In 2018, we stepped up our role as a global player taking on the biggest threats to ocean health: unsustainable fisheries and aquaculture, plastic pollution and climate change. 2018 Highlights: - We welcomed 1,970,670 visitors in 2018 with inspiring exhibits and programs. - Our new Bechtel Family Center for Ocean Education and Leadership represents new hope for the future of the ocean. - We brought ocean issues to the Global Climate Action Summit and committed to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2025. - Partnering with Red Lobster and advising top international seafood producers, we're advancing global seafood sustainability. - Our new Juli Plant Grainger Animal Care Center let us expand on nearly 35 years of exceptional animal care. - New research began to unravel longstanding mysteries about the White Shark Cafe. - We tackled ocean plastic pollution through groundbreaking research and new policy victories. - Our underwater Explorers scuba program for children celebrated 40,000 participants and 17 years of inspiration.
Program Service Accomplishment Description	Form 990, Part III, Line 4a Animal Care and Aquarium Experience: Animal care and aquarium experience costs of $50,283,297 include the cost of operating and maintaining the Aquariums living exhibit galleries. Inspiring Our Visitors It all begins at the Aquarium with our living exhibits. From the oddly endearing sunfish to the heartwarming appeal of a sea otter, marine animals inspire us to care about them and remind us why it's so important to protect their ocean homes. Strengthening the Heart of Our Animal Care Our new Juli Plant Grainger Animal Care Center, which opened in November, meets two of our most important goals: expanding animal health care and providing educational opportunities for aspiring veterinarians. We now have triple the space of our previous veterinary facility. The center houses a diagnostic laboratory, two animal hospital wards, office space for veterinary staff, students, volunteers and interns, and improved medical storage and equipment sterilization capacities. The center allows us to: - Efficiently employ new diagnostic equipment to examine and treat animals. - Address the specific needs of rescued wildlife, including sea otters, sea turtles and other animals that are more likely to strand in our region as the ocean continues to warm. - Effectively quarantine sick birds and other air-breathing animals to prevent the spread of disease. - Create a learning environment where our aquarists can expand their knowledge of animal health issues. - Contribute to the field of conservation medicine by providing formal training opportunities for veterinary students and graduates, especially those from communities underrepresented in the profession today. Penguin Playground African penguins Monty, Poppy and Bixby all hatched in the Aquariums penguin colony in 2018 - Monty and Poppy in January, Bixby in July. Visitors could see the chicks on exhibit for about a month before we moved them behind the scenes to gain weight and learn swimming skills before rejoining the flock in our Splash Zone. Two other hatchlings remain in our penguin colony: Rey (June 2014) and Amigo (August 2016). Two male hatchlings, Pebble and Tola, were transferred to the colony at Dallas World Aquarium, and a female, Maq, is now at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. All of our birds are part of a species survival plan for threatened African penguins. The program, managed by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), maintains the genetic health of more than 800 African penguins housed at 50 AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums. SOS for African Penguins Curator of Aviculture Aimee Greenebaum worked with our African penguins for more than a decade before seeing one in the wild. In the fall, she traveled to South Africa to help rehabilitate sick and injured penguins and feed rescued, undernourished chicks. Aimee, like others on her team before her, spent several weeks with the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, the leading conservation organization working to recover this endangered species. Duties included feeding and cleaning up after dozens of penguins each day. The reward for this messy and difficult work is the opportunity to release healthy birds back into the wild. The wild African penguin population has fallen by more than 97 percent in the past century. One factor is overfishing, which has left Africas only penguin species with less food. Climate change may also be warming local waters, forcing penguins to swim miles farther to find fish in colder water. The effort exhausts many penguins - some fatally. They are vulnerable to other threats, too, such as oil spills and plastic pollution. Aimee is pleased that she and her team could travel to South Africa to help with rescue and recovery efforts for the birds wild kin, and gain valuable experience in treating sick birds. Breakthroughs in Culturing Comb Jellies Thanks to the imagination and perseverance of our jelly team, we continued exhibiting several stunning comb jelly species, including the spotted comb jelly, Leucothea pulchra - one of the most beautiful and fragile of its kind. Also, mesmerizing visitors in our Drifters gallery are a steady supply of sea gooseberries, Pleurobrachia bachei and Hormiphora californensis, the common Northern comb jelly, Bolinopsis infundibulum and warty comb jelly, Mnemiopsis leidyi. Comb jellies captivate because they languidly move through liquid space while refracting light to dazzling effect, generating flashing patterns of rainbow light. Our team can reliably produce generations of healthy comb jellies, thanks to improved and streamlined methods to culture these challenging ctenophores. New Seabirds, New Stories We welcomed two new seabirds into our rescued flock: Alika, a young Laysan albatross, and Sula, a red-footed booby. The two birds join 11-year-old Makana, a Laysan albatross who has become a superstar ambassador for seabirds and other marine life facing grave threats from ocean plastic pollution. Her daily program at the Kelp Forest exhibit helps us share with visitors whats at stake from this growing crisis. Alika, just over a year old, joined Makana as only the second Laysan albatross at an accredited zoo or aquarium in the United States. Alikas name means "protector"guardian" in Hawaiian. Like Makana, she was injured as a chick, unable to survive in the wild and in need of a permanent home. Alika is a companion for Makana, and visitors will often see both on behind-the-scenes tours. Our rescued seabirds help visitors connect with ocean conservation issues such as plastic pollution and marine debris. Sula, whose age is unknown, was injured by a fishing hook and unable to survive on her own. Her name comes from the scientific name for the red-footed booby, Sula sula. Staff at SeaWorld San Diego rescued her and nursed her back to health. But after several release attempts, it was determined that Sula couldnt be returned to the wild. We offered her a permanent home. Her story is an example of how another ocean pollution problem, forgotten fishing gear, can harm seabirds and other ocean animals. Our team is now training Sula to become more comfortable around people, and she may eventually take part in public programs and interact with guests.
Program Service Accomplishment Description	Form 990, Part III, Line 4b Education and Outreach: Education and Outreach costs of $18,278,264 include the cost of education programs for both teachers and students, and Aquarium Adventures programs to deepen guest experiences. Building for the Future Our Bechtel Family Center for Ocean Education and Leadership will help us deliver the most robust suite of ecosystem-based education and youth development programs of any aquarium in the nation. We hope to nurture a rising generation of stewards who will ensure a healthy future for the ocean - and us all. The Bechtel Education Center greatly deepens our commitment to preparing new generations of ocean conservation leaders. It expands our fundamental promise to provide California students, teens and teachers with free educational opportunities that foster a greater understanding of our ocean planet and a commitment to protect it. It also enables us to reach more schools in underserved communities and invite their students and teachers to the Aquarium so they can experience the power of science. Each year since opening our doors in 1984, we have hosted 80,000 schoolchildren from across California for free school field trips. About 300 teens a year develop their knowledge and leadership skills as they engage in environmental research, service learning and conservation action. More than 1,500 teachers develop their skills in ecosystem-based approaches to science education as they engage in our professional development programs. The new $42 million center makes it possible to expand these programs, sharing the wonders of the ocean with schoolchildren and teachers in new and exciting ways. By 2023, we expect that 90 percent of visiting students will take part in hands-on, inquiry-based classes led by our educators. The center will enable us to host twice as many teens in leadership programs and twice as many teachers in professional development programs - all provided free of charge. A Look Inside Our New Center - Located just a few blocks from the Aquarium on Cannery Row - 26,000 square feet and four stories - Four learning labs with live animal displays - Collaborative learning spaces for teens and teachers - Multipurpose room for large gatherings and student lunches - Rooftop garden and meeting space - Public exhibit space - Designed to meet U.S. Green Building Councils LEED gold standards for sustainability, including solar panels and passive solar energy, a living roof and water conservation features Empowering the Next Ocean Leaders Every day, our team of educators strives to have a transformative impact on the young people who take part in our teen programs. Its central to our commitment to shape new generations of ocean conservation leaders, and its the vision behind our new Bechtel Education Center. This is especially true of our four in-depth programs for teens. We design supportive and challenging learning experiences to build their environmental identities and their confidence. That's why our Teen Conservation Leaders program includes opportunities for public speaking, social media sharing and community organizing. And were very proud that they're already making a difference in the world: as conservation leaders, educators and ocean advocates. Supporting Teachers - Our Most Valued Partners At the heart of our education strategy is a focus on teachers, who can help define children's attitudes about science and influence a generation of students over the course of their careers. Weve designed professional development programs so teachers grow more comfortable and competent with science content, processes and teaching strategies - especially as they relate to the ocean, conservation and ecosystem-based learning. With the opening of our Bechtel Education Center, we'll take this work to a new level. Over the next five years, we expect to reach 6,000 teachers and educators. We'll help them increase their understanding of ocean science and conservation, STEM education and culturally-responsive practices to reach California's increasingly diverse student population. One example from 2018 is our ongoing partnership with Pajaro Valley Unified School District to support its environmental literacy campaign. We've created a summer teacher institute to help the district train elementary school teachers to lead the way in implementing science learning at their schools. These educators are developing ways to use their local environment as the context for science learning, in collaboration with environmental education field trip providers in the region. In its first year, we helped the district prepare 28 teachers on 16 campuses for this leadership role - and we're looking at creating similar partnerships with other school districts. Our teacher institutes are also creating a network of educators who can collaborate and share the approaches that work well in their classrooms. Two elementary school teachers who met through the institute, Rebecca Cihak from Rocklin in the Sacramento Valley and Karen Levy from Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula, have partnered on a multi-year field project, in which their students collect and compare water quality data from their two school sites. By investigating the links between their watersheds, the students are learning how inland communities are connected to coastal ones. We look forward to seeing more collaborations like this flourish among teacher institute participants in the future. A Deeper Dive for Visiting Students We welcomed another 80,000 schoolchildren for free programs at the Aquarium in 2018 and extended programs for homeschooled students to once a week throughout the school year. We have expanded the programs we'll offer when our Bechtel Education Center opens and welcomes its first students in 2019. Our new offerings will reach audiences in new ways - meeting the evolving needs of 21st century students and teachers. One program called Feathered Families for preschool and kindergarten students combines our Soaring with Seabirds exhibit with interactive experiences in our learning labs. We developed Design for the Ocean, a new program for middle-school students that evolved out of the maker movement. Starting in the summer of 2019, students with an interest in engineering will have access to technology and an Ocean Innovation Lab program so they can design and build physical objects that solve ocean-related problems. In the coming year, we will also pilot Teen Researchers, an exciting new program that will help high school students develop research skills through hands-on scientific explorations. Programs will take advantage of a video lab and sophisticated software in the Bechtel Education Center, allowing educators to interact with students using iPads in real time. The 200-gallon live animal aquarium tanks in our new classrooms will incorporate interactive technology that emphasizes collaboration, critical thinking and problem-based learning. Students will also be able to experience life from the perspective of marine wildlife using VR headsets and 360-degree video, and analyze data from a new rooftop weather station. Our programs provide young people with challenges and opportunities to help them learn who they are and what careers they may want to pursue. Theyll build their conservation identities, allowing them to see themselves both as individuals and as members of a broader community that cares for and acts on behalf of the environment. Going Global with Social Media Social media lets us expand our mission beyond our walls, engage millions of people and bring the ocean into homes around the world. It's a powerful and effective way to help people know more, care more and do more on behalf of the ocean. Our team creates and shares around 4,000 posts per year across popular platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Periscope. Instagram is popular among users 1834 years old, and they're a very engaged audience. Were using the platform's new "Stories" feature to share in-depth background about our work, peeks behind the scenes and stories about conservation, policy and biology. Live streams on Facebook, Periscope, Instagram and YouTube continue to be one of the most engaging ways to bring our mission into the digital space. Live streams of animals and staff at the Acquarium - as well as our "wild" streams featuring tidepools, king tides, red crabs and other occurrences in Monterey Bay - Attract thousands of viewers from around the world. Thousands of our social media followers responded to invitations to take conservation action in a number of ways: opposing a federal effort to expand offshore oil and gas drilling, supporting a California ballot measure to protect natural resources, and urging passage of California's first-in-the-nation "Straws On request" bill.
Program Service Accomplishment Description	Form 990, Part III Line 4c Conservation and Science: Conservation and Science costs of $12,930,045 represent expenses for marine policy and advocacy efforts, the Seafood Watch program and field research. Acting for the Ocean From the air we breathe to the seafood we eat, our very survival depends on a healthy ocean. Through scientific research, policy advocacy and market strategies, the Aquarium inspires people, from the public to politicians, to take action on some of the biggest threats to ocean health. Tackling a Whale of an Issue Ocean plastic pollution is an enormous problem, almost impossible to visualize. To raise awareness, we built an 82-foot-long blue whale made entirely out of plastic waste. The colorful creature represents the fact that every nine minutes, plastic trash weighing as much as Earths largest animal (about 300,000 pounds) makes its way to the ocean. The plastic blue whale was created by San Francisco Bay Area artists Joel Dean Stockdill and Yustina Salnikova, plus a crew and dozens of volunteers. The artists developed a custom recycling process, manually fabricating panels out of discarded plastic bottles. We installed the life-sized whale on San Franciscos Crissy Field, within sight of the Golden Gate Bridge. During its five months there, thousands of people took selfies with it, and our social media followers let us know that they loved our creative approach to explaining this planetary problem. Meow Wolf, a public benefit arts and entertainment group, eventually purchased the whale and installed it on the campus of Santa Fe Community College to continue raising awareness about ocean plastic pollution. Changing the Way We Think About Plastic Lets face it: plastic is everywhere. We eat and drink from it, make clothes from it and buy products wrapped in it. Scientists estimate that around 9 million tons of plastic makes its way from land to sea every year. Thats like dumping a garbage truck full of plastic into the ocean every minute. Even when we dispose of plastic properly, it can blow out of garbage and recycling cans or off hauling trucks to become pollution. Wind, storm drains and rivers can then carry it to the ocean, even from areas hundreds of miles inland. The average American throws away 270 pounds of plastic every year, creating a stream of waste that can escape into the natural environment. As that plastic pollution builds up - and breaks up - it's harming marine wildlife from turtles to seabirds. If we dont make changes, the rate of ocean plastic pollution could double in just six years. Manufacturers are ramping up plastic production around the world, but our ability to recycle isnt keeping up. In fact, less than 10 percent of all plastic ever made has been recovered and turned into new products. Better waste management is an important part of the solution, but its a bit like mopping a flooding bathroom while the faucet is still on full blast. We have to turn down the tap while we clean up the mess. That's why the Aquarium is encouraging people to use less plastic in the first place. We're championing practices and policies to reduce plastic waste across the United States, California and our own backyard, collaborating with diverse partners and working from a foundation of science. Reducing Plastic in the Aquarium's Hometown The city of Monterey, among others across California, is leading the way to cut back on unnecessary disposable plastic. Over the past decade it has limited the use of polystyrene foam, plastic shopping bags and most recently - with the Aquarium's support - disposable plastic utensils, coffee cup lids and take-out containers. This new law, which took effect on Earth Day 2019, is cutting waste and helping protect Monterey Bay from plastic pollution. Monterey's policy also eliminates plastic straws, with an important exemption for those who need them. For some people, a straw is assistive technology they depend on to eat and drink. That's why we reached out to advocates of people with disabilities, and worked together to shape an inclusive straw policy. California Cuts Back on Unnecessary Straws In September, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the state's "Straws on Request" bill into law, requiring dine-in restaurants to provide straws only when customers ask for them. This reduces plastic waste throughout California while still ensuring access for those who need straws. We helped get the bill over the finish line, endorsing it in Sacramento and inviting our supporters to speak up. Nearly 2,000 Aquarium visitors, members and social media followers urged their state legislators to support the bill. When Gov. Brown approved Straws On Request, he issued a rare signing message focused on the growing global production of plastic and its impacts on ocean health. "One thing is clear," he stated. "We must finds ways to reduce and eventually eliminate single-use plastic products." With momentum on our side, the Aquarium is now working with partners across the country to turn back the tide of plastic pollution. U.S. Aquariums Slow the Flow of Plastic In 2016, we co-founded the Aquarium Conservation Partnership, an alliance of 20 leading aquariums across the United States, to raise a collective voice for ocean and freshwater conservation. First, partner aquariums eliminated single-use plastic straws and shopping bags from their operations, and committed to significantly reduce plastic beverage bottles, too. Collectively, we have removed 5 million plastic straws from the waste stream, and are working with our vendors to find sustainable alternatives to plastic packaging. Our aquarium partners are now using their leverage with consumers, businesses and decision-makers to reduce common sources of plastic pollution where they live. Through the Aquarium Conservation Partnership's "First Step" campaign, more than 160,000 consumers have pledged to reduce their plastic use, starting with straws, and over 600 local businesses have joined aquariums in changing their practices. By raising our voices for ocean and freshwater conservation, aquariums are building nationwide momentum for change. Taking Climate Action for the Ocean Climate change and ocean acidification are profoundly affecting ocean health and wildlife - and our own survival. Rising sea levels and intensifying storm events put coastal communities at increasing risk. Warmer, more acidic waters disrupt animal life cycles and the broader marine food web. Fortunately, the ocean is resilient and can recover if we take immediate action. The Aquarium is a part of an ambitious global climate movement. While the United Nations climate negotiations were taking place in December, Executive Director Julie Packard called on Americans to take action. "Major scientific reports all confirm that extreme weather events are getting worse as a result of man-made carbon pollution," Julie said in a video posted to social media. "But acting together with courage, we can protect our beautiful, blue living planet." Putting the ocean on the global climate change agenda We helped put the ocean front and center during an international climate gathering here in California. The Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, co-hosted by Gov. Jerry Brown, brought together investors, citizens, businesses and civic leaders from around the world to double down on their commitment to the Paris Agreement, the 2015 international climate change treaty. At first, the ocean-climate connection wasn't on the summit agenda - a glaring omission, given that the ocean is the heart of Earths climate system. Thanks to a push by the Aquarium team, along with our state and nonprofit partners, summit leaders added ocean health as a major theme. We also helped lead the development of a new "Ocean Climate Action Agenda" unveiled at the summit, a roadmap for ocean-centered climate action. Julie delivered opening remarks at the summits ocean plenary, followed by former Secretary of State John Kerry, who praised the Aquariums leadership on ocean conservation. In a separate event during the summit, Julie and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff urged high-profile business and civic leaders to lead the way toward a clean-energy future. Cultivating Ocean-Climate Leaders We work to inspire and cultivate climate leaders in California and beyond. In 2018, we organized high-profile events to honor todays climate champions and encourage others to step up. At our annual reception at Ocean Day California in Sacramento, we presented our 2018 California Ocean Champion Awards to Assemblymembers Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) and Mark Stone (D-Monterey). Garcia authored successful legislation to extend the states cap-and-trade program, keeping California on track to meet its ambitious 2030 climate goals. We honored Stone for his sustained commitment to protect Monterey Bay and act for ocean conservation throughout the state. Powering Up for Clean Energy The most important way to combat climate change, and reduce its harmf
Family or Business Relationships	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2: Julie Packard, Chris Scholin and Barbara Wright have a business relationship. Julie Packard and Meg Caldwell have a business relationship. Michael Mantell and Mark Wan have a business relationship.
Form 990 Review Process	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 11A: The Form 990 is prepared by Grant Thornton LLP based on audited financial statements and with the assistance of the Aquarium's finance and accounting staff. The draft of the 990 is reviewed by the Controller, CFO, Secretary and Legal Counsel, and Executive Director with revisions incorporated as needed. Upon acceptance of the final version, the 990 is shared first with the Audit Committee for its review and then distributed to the full board prior to filing.
Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflict of Interest Policy	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c: The Aquarium regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with its conflict of interest policies. Trustees and officers Conflict of Interest Policy - The Executive Director's office assures that all disclosures forms (and mitigation plans, if applicable) have been received by January 31 of each year from all trustees and officers, prepares a summary of disclosures, and forwards the completed forms and the summary to the Aquarium's Conflicts Review Panel, consisting of the Executive Director, Legal Counsel, Chief Human Resources Officer, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Controller and Director of Finance. Trustees and officers also acknowledge receipt and understanding of the Aquariums COI Policy in conjunction with providing the annual disclosures. Following review by the Panel, the Panels findings and the disclosures are provided to the Board's Audit Committee, which reviews the disclosures and makes a report to the Board at its March Board meeting. Both the Panel and the Audit Committee annually evaluate the effectiveness of the process. The CFO and Controller assure appropriate reporting to the external auditors and tax filings preparer. Trustees and officers have a continuing duty to make additional disclosures throughout the year if warranted. Employees Code of Ethical Conduct Policy - The Chief Human Resources Officer forwards the Code, which includes a section on conflicts of interest, to all managers in early January each year, and assures that each manager responds that they have read it and are in compliance by January 31. Managers are also required to disclose any interests which could give rise to conflict, and to assure that any staff in their areas with interests which could give rise to conflict has done the same. Disclosures (and mitigation plans, if applicable) are reviewed by the Executive Director, Chief Human Resources Officer and CFO by March. This team also evaluates the effectiveness of the process. The CFO assures appropriate reporting to the external auditors and tax filings preparer. Employees have a continuing duty to make additional disclosures throughout the year if warranted.
Process for Determining Compensation	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Lines 15: The Board of Trustees maintains a performance evaluation process for the Chief Executive Officer, referred to as the Executive Director, who is a member of the Board. The Boards Executive Compensation Committee, comprised of independent directors, reviews the CEO's performance with input from the other Board members, and recommends the compensation of the CEO to the Board. The Committee obtains and reviews market survey data from several independent organizations (in 2018 this was five national and regional firms, including one custom survey) containing data for comparable positions at comparable organizations. The Committee provides the performance review and comparable salary information to the Board and recommends the CEO's compensation. Based upon the performance review and comparable salary information, the independent members of the Board determine that the compensation is fair, just and reasonable and then approves total compensation for the CEO. The Board delegates to the Executive Compensation Committee the performance review and compensation approval of the Chief Financial Officer, who is not a member of the Board, and any other Officers or senior staff who are highly compensated. Based upon the performance review and comparable salary information, the Committee determines that the compensation is fair, just and reasonable and approves the Executive Director's recommendation of total compensation for the CFO and all other key employees. In each case, the review and approval is contemporaneously documented in the minutes of the Committee and the Board, respectively.
Documents Made Available to the Public	Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19: The Aquarium makes its audited financial statements and Form 990 for the most recent three years available to the public by posting on its website. The conflicts of interest policy and governing documents are provided upon request within two business days.
OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS	FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: UNREALIZED GAIN ON INTEREST IN CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST: 57,423
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