2025-07-18T14:50:36-05:00 2024-12-31 813761286 BREDE GROUP LLC 2540 LONG HOLLOW PIKE HENDERSONVILLE TN 37075 990EZ 2024-01-01 883817814 BARRIER FREE DIVERS BARR 7033098601 22 N END STREET KEY LARGO FL 33037 ROSEMARY CIOTTI PRESIDENT 7033098601 2025-07-08 1 0 P00513725 2402771997 2025-07-17 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X X BARRIERFREEDIVERS.ORG X X 32810 X 32610 0 0 200 32810 16637 16637 16173 14028 0 30201 14028 30201 14028 30201 0 0 14028 30201 X BARRIER FREE DIVERS EXISTS PRIMARILY TO INTRODUCE CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AGES 10-18 TO MARINE SCIENCES, CONSERVATION, OCEAN STEWARDSHIP AND SCUBA DIVING. OUR CAMPERS WITH DISABILITIES ARE INTRODUCED TO TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCEAN SCIENCES WITH IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PURSUING CAREERS IN THESE FIELDS BY MARINE BIOLOGISTS WHO TEACH AND WORK IN THESE FIELDS. BARRIER FREE DIVERS IN KEY LARGO, FLORIDA HOLDS A CAMP CALLED CAMP OPEN S.E.A.S. (SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND ADAPTIVE SCUBA) FOR ONE WEEK EACH SUMMER. TYPICALLY, 6 CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENT(S) ATTEND. WE PROVIDE HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS, FAMILY STYLE DINNERS, SCUBA INSTRUCTION, INDIVIDUALIZED DIVING TEAMS, BOAT AND DIVING GEAR AS WELL AS CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. OUR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IS GIVEN BY MARINE BIOLOGISTS AND CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL TEACHERS. CLASSROOM AND LABS INCLUDE CORAL FRAGMENTING, CORAL PROPAGATION, CORAL OUT-PLANTING, FISH ID, SEA TURTLE REHABILITATION, MANATEE NUTRITION AND HABITAT, MARINE INVERTEBRATES, AND IN 2025 WE WILL ADD SHARK RESEARCH ON A RESEARCH VESSEL. OUR CAMP PARTICIPANTS EARN A PADI CERTIFICATION IN CORAL PRESERVATION THAT THEY CAN TAKE BACK TO THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR POSSIBLE CLASSROOM CREDITS. BARRIER FREE DIVERS WORKS DIRECTLY WITH OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION, MOTE LABS, MARINE LAB, REEF.ORG, AND MARATHON TURTLE HOSPITAL TO PROVIDE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION FOR THE CAMPERS.NO CHILD IS TURNED AWAY WHO HAS MEDICAL CLEARANCE AND CAN BE CERTIFIED TO SCUBA DIVE. 0 14992 BARRIER FREE DIVERS PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY SCUBA IN A POOL FOR ANYONE WITH A DISABILITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEARN AND HAS A SIGNED MEDICAL CLEARANCE FROM HIS OR HER DOCTOR. THERE IS NO COST TO PARTICIPANTS. BARRIER FREE DIVERS ALSO PROVIDES NO-COST ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WITH DISABILITIES WHO WOULD LIKE TO BECOME SCUBA CERTIFIED. BARRIER FREE DIVERS FACILITATES THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS WITH ADAPTIVE TRAINED DIVE PROFESSIONALS, AS WELL AS OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND FUNDING FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS. 0 0 14992 ROSEMARY CIOTTI PRESIDENT 8.00 0 0 0 KATHERINE PEARSON VICE PRESIDENT 8.00 0 0 0 TANIA SANTIAGO PEREZ OFFICER 2.00 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FL ROSEMARY CIOTTI 900 N STAFFORD ST 2322 ARLINGTON VA 22203 7033098601 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE 0 NONE 0 1 X 2469 16245 32610 51324 2469 16245 32610 51324 51324 200 200 51524 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, SECTION A THIS ORGANIZATION WAS CREATED IN 2022. CALENDAR YEAR 2022 QUALIFIED AS A SHORT YEAR FOR PURPOSES OF CALCULATING THE 5-YEAR PUBLIC SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 4 - OTHER INVESTMENT INCOME DESCRIPTION: INVESTMENT INCOME. AMOUNT: 200. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: WEBSITE AND COMMUNICATIONS. AMOUNT: 524. DESCRIPTION: LIABILITY INSURANCE. AMOUNT: 1,050. DESCRIPTION: BANK FEES. AMOUNT: 10. DESCRIPTION: STATE REGISTRATIONS. AMOUNT: 61. DESCRIPTION: DIRECT PROGRAM EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 14,992. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 16,637. FORM 990-EZ, PAGE 1, LINE B AMENDED RETURN THIS FORM 990-EZ IS BEING FILED AS AN AMENDED RETURN. BARRIER FREE DIVERS INITIALLY FILED A 2024 FORM 990-N BECAUSE IT MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR THIS SHORT FORM FILING. BARRIER FREE DIVERS ELECTS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE TAXING AUTHORITIES AND PUBLICALLY BY FILING FORM 990-EZ. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.