BOSTON FISHERIES FOUNDATION INC
EIN 46-0758956 · Community Foundations (T31)
What they do
THE BOSTON FISHERIES FOUNDATION is A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION CREATED TO: (1) SUPPORT and EXPAND SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES, WHICH IN TURN SUSTAIN THE NEW ENGLAND ECONOMY; (2) EDUCATE THE MEDIA and THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ROLE PLAYED BY FISHERMAN IN PRESERVING OUR WILD OCEAN STOCKS THROUGH HARVESTING and MANAGEMENT; (3) EDUCATE THE MEDIA and THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE BENEFITS of SUSTAINABLY HARVESTED SEAFOOD AS HIGH-QUALITY NUTRITION WHOSE PRODUCTION PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT FROM DEFORESTATION, GLOBAL WARMING, and OTHER NEGATIVE IMPACTS; (4) FACILITATE PUBLIC AWARENESS of OUR HISTORY and THE IMPORTANCE of WILD HARVESTS to THE PROUD TRADITIONS of AN INDEPENDENT NEW ENGLAND; and (5) DEVELOP A MARITIME FISHERIES MUSEUM to HONOR OUR HERITAGE.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (8)
ANGELA SANFILLIPODIRECTOR
CHRIS BASILEPRESIDENT
CHRIS EDLEMANDIRECTOR
JOE ZANTIDIRECTOR
KATE BALZARINISECRETARY
MATT KINGDIRECTOR
ROBERT NAGLEVICE PRESIDENT
VINCENT NAGLETREASURER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2014
- Location
- 306 NORTHERN AVENUE, BOSTON, MA 02210-2324
- County
- Suffolk
- In care of
- % ROBERT NAGLE
- Primary officer
- VINCENT NAGLE, TREASURER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- MAHONEY FIORENTINO & CO PC
- NTEE classification
- Community Foundations (T31)
- IRS tax category
- Community Foundations
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes