2024-02-14T15:58:38-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 010927185 GET INSPIRED GETI 7142065147 6192 Santa Rita Ave Garden Grove CA 92845 Nancy Caruso President 7142065147 2024-02-13 Nancy Caruso 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Nancy Caruso 6192 Santa Rita Ave Garden Grove CA 92845 354895 0 X X 2009 CA We seek to inspire stewardship and curiosity for the natural world through the exploration and hands-on application of science. 7 6 1 350 0 0 228316 354895 0 0 117 0 0 0 228433 354895 0 0 0 0 90546 126124 0 0 0 95839 105404 186385 231528 42048 123367 598592 738993 0 0 598592 738993 We seek to inspire stewardship and curiosity for the natural world through the exploration and hands-on application of science. 0 0 116390 0 0 Abalone restoration project - We conducted 25 abalone surveys with 22 community volunteers. We had 7 schools growing abalone including 885 students . We presented our programs to 335 people in the community including civic and hobby groups. We partnered with the Ocean Institute to create public outreach reaching 10,000 people and also partnered on research projects. We recently submitted a joint petition with other Orange County NGOs to change the regulations in our local Marine Protected Areas to allow for easier permitting for research, monitoring, education, and restoration. We have begun surveying tidepools with high urchin density to watch for a "spillover effect" in adjacent kelp forests. 14536 0 0 White Seabass restocking Project - We taught 230 students (6th grade through college level) how to grow white seabass in their classrooms. We released the 285 seabass from classrooms into the Pacific Ocean In June and December to restock the wild populations. We worked in these classrooms throughout the school year teaching ocean chemistry, aquaculture and fish pathology. We also started up a cord grass restoration project using nitrate rich wastewater from a middle school white seabass system. 23980 0 0 Aquaponics programs- We have six aquaponics systems in schools in Orange County providing learning for 275 students in their classrooms. Rooftop aquaponics system at Santa Monica High School is still being constructed and is running with the inclusion of the Team marine students from their environmental science class. 48734 0 0 Pismo clam restoration project- We had another successful spawn of pismo clams! This is only the 2nd time in history that it has been done (both by us). We surveyed 18 sites in Orange County with more than 250 volunteers from the community, to continue our effort to census the clams left on our beaches. We presented these findings at the California Estuarine Research Society conference. We are working with 2 interns to study the effects of sand movement on the clams during the El nino year. 48734 0 0 203640 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 CA X Nancy L Caruso 7142065147 6192 Santa Rita Ave Garden Grove CA 92845 Nancy L Caruso President 44.00 0 X X 102847 0 0 Tom Caruso Treasurer/Secretary 0 0 X X 0 0 0 Steve Doucette Director 0 0 X X 0 0 0 Cheryl Martynec Director 0 0 X 0 0 0 Gail Bebee Director 0 0 X 0 0 0 Travis Garwick Director 0 0 X 0 0 0 Barbara Baxter Director 0 0 X 0 0 0 102847 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 354895 0 354895 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 354895 0 0 0 102842 90501 12341 23282 20492 2790 11237 11237 503 503 Abalone Project 59524 59036 488 0 Aquaponics Project 11340 11340 0 0 Pismo Clam Project Expense 19731 19731 0 0 White Seabass Project 1926 1926 0 0 1143 614 529 231528 203640 27888 0 320495 738993 278097 598592 738993 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 598592 738993 0 0 598592 738993 598592 738993 X 123367 0 0 0 0 17034 X 0 0 0 X 181116 214671 190722 228316 354895 1169720 181116 214671 190722 228316 354895 1169720 74891 1094829 978 147 117 1242 1170962 0.93498 0.94860 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 President Nancy Caruso and Secretary Treasurer Tom Caruso are a married couple. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Our Directors are provided with a copy of the prepared federal return. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Our Board of Directors must approve all compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All documents are available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Federal withholding carryover