2019-08-13T15:22:46-07:00 2018-09-30 946336308 Kenneth P Silverstone CPA 128 Bretano Way Greenbrae CA 94904 990 2017-10-01 201660757 UNDERCURRENT INC UNDE 4154613014 4 MLISS LANE SAN RAFAEL CA 94901 KENNETH L SMITH President/Dir 2019-08-12 true Kenneth P Silverstone P01414797 4154575566 X 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z KENNETH L SMITH 4 MLISS LANE SAN RAFAEL CA 94901 3944683 false false X WWW.UNDERCURRENT.ORG X CA The Undercurrent Board of Directors has expanded the purpose of this corporation: 1. To inform scuba divers about health and safety issues and diving opportunities, while supporting conservation projects important to divers.2. To support wild animal, land, ocean, and other environmental protection programs by identifying those organizations with effective projects and financial needs, seeking sources for support, and helping them fund specific projects. 1 2 1 0 1581561 3739942 203247 204667 61 74 0 1784869 3944683 1466392 3959267 0 75870 62952 0 3180 148847 157894 1691109 4180113 93760 -235430 330880 95450 0 330880 95450 EDUCATION and Supporting wild animal, land, ocean, and other environmental protection programs. false false 4173952 3959267 3944683 IN THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATING SCUBA DIVERS ABOUT HEALTH, TRAVEL AND SAFETY ISSUES WORLDWIDE, THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHED 10 ONLINE NEWSLETTERS TO SUBSCRIBERS, OPERATED A FREE WEB SITE AND SENT OUT 20,000 EMAILS (15,000 TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST).THE NEWSLETTER IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY FOR 11 MONTHS BEGINNING IN JANUARY. THE PUBLICATION IS THE ONLY AD-FREE SCUBA DIVING MAGAZINE FOR DIVERS. UNDERCURRENT PROVIDES SUBSCRIBERS WITH READER REPORTS, EQUIPMENT REVIEWS, DIVING BOOKS AND GUIDES AND OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION REGARDING HEALTH, TRAVEL AND SAFETY ISSUES SPECIFIC TO SCUBA DIVING WORLDWIDE.THE WEB SITE "UNDERCURRENT.ORG" IS DIVIDED INTO TWO AREAS. PUBLIC, AND MEMBERS. THE PUBLIC AREA PROVIDES A SEASONAL PLANNER, TRAVEL INDEX, EQUIPMENT INDEX, HEALTH AND SAFETY ARTICLES, AND OTHER RELATED INFORMATION, ALL AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE.The Undercurrent Board of Directors has expanded the purpose of this corporation: 1. To inform scuba divers about health and safety issues and diving opportunities, while supporting conservation projects important to divers.2. To support wild animal, land, ocean, and other environmental protection programs by identifying those organizations with effective projects and financial needs, seeking sources for support, and helping them fund specific projects.Grants to the Tikki Hywood Foundation in Harare, Zimbabwe, support their extended effort to protect wild pangolins, the most poached mammal in the world, by rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing animals retrieved from illegal tradeGrants to the Namibia Nature Foundation fund their Cross-Border and National Counter Wildlife Crime Support Program, which coordinates and supports the protection of wild animals in several African nations, including Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Zambia.Grants to the South African Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary aids their program to protect 50 wild rhinos. They are developing the existing rehabilitation center into a secure stronghold to accommodate 100 black and white rhinos as a viable and secure breeding population. Grants to the Kenya Wildlife Service enhance the effectiveness of KWS by helping them hire an experienced conservation manager, as well as analyze KWS performanc, and increase its effectiveness in protecting wild animals. Grants to the Stichting Wildlife Justice Commission, based in the Hague, enhance its capacity to conduct investigations in Asia and Africa into the illegal trafficking of African wildlife and body parts and enforce applicable laws. Grants to the Natural Resource Conservation Network (Uganda) helps them implement their partnership with the Uganda Wildlife Authority in wildlife crime law enforcement. NRCN prosecutors are licensed to practice as advocates in both the Supreme Court of Uganda and subordinate judiciaries to privately prosecute wildlife criminal cases. Grants to The Natural Resource Conservation Network (NRCN) combat wildlife trafficking in Uganda by increasing the investigative capacity of wildlife law enforcement, and in the long run, deter potential poachers and traffickers. NRCN has uncovered complicity among several errant officers in the Uganda Wildlife Authority, Uganda Peoples Defense Force, and the Ugandan Police.Grant to Assoc Genese Congo to put on a stage play for youth and teenagers promoting wildlife conservation and protection. 4173952 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 8 0 true 1 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 1 2 false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false CA X KENNETH L SMITH 4154613014 4 MLISS LANE SAN RAFAEL CA 94901 KENNETH L SMITH President/Dir 40.00 0.00 X X 56000 0 0 NEIL OSTERGAARD Secretary/Dir 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL H SMITH V.P. and Dir. 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 56000 0 false false false 0 3739942 3739942 BOOK COMMISSIONS 197 197 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 133 133 NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS 204337 204337 204667 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3944683 204741 2250 2250 0 3957017 3957017 0 56000 50400 2800 2800 0 0 0 2556 2547 3 6 4396 4381 5 10 0 24 24 5437 5419 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 1567 1562 2 3 0 0 0 2372 2364 3 5 0 0 0 0 1137 1133 1 3 0 WEB EXPENSE 60656 60450 67 139 EDITORIAL 53459 53277 59 123 BANK CHARGES 12824 12780 14 30 INSURANCE 6642 6619 7 16 13776 13729 14 33 4180113 4173952 2981 3180 328911 92732 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22666 19949 1969 2717 0 0 0 0 1 330880 95450 0 0 X 330880 95450 330880 95450 330880 95450 -235430 X false false false X 9076 11911 234743 1581561 3739692 5576983 210 425 1301 827 227 2990 219918 210151 203954 202420 204337 1040780 0 0 229204 222487 439998 1784808 3944256 6620753 0 0 6620753 64 57 68 61 74 324 0 64 57 68 61 74 324 0 1917 1701 794 103 4515 231185 224245 440860 1784869 3944433 6625592 0.99930 0.99810 0.00000 0.00010 X 22666 19949 2717 2717 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN WILDLIFE 3957017 WIRE TRANS 13 false false false false false false Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Draft of Form 990 Provided to all Board Members,for review, prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available All financial information, required by law to be provided to the public, is available upon written request.