I AM WATER OCEAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
EIN 47-3972790 · Natural Resources Conservation & Protection (C30)
What they do
VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT OCCUR IN SOUTH AFRICA WHERE THE FOUNDATION GRANTS MONEY to A SOUTH AFRICAN ENTITY (I AM WATER TRUST) to HELP RUN THESE PROGRAMS and THEIR OPERATING COSTS, YOUTH WORKSHOP PROGRAMS and FUNDRAISERS.OUR MAIN GOAL is to GET PEOPLE IN THE OCEAN SO THEY CAN EXPERIENCE IT FIRST HAND. THROUGH OUR WORKSHOPS WITH UNDERPRIVILEGED COASTAL COMMUNITIES WE AIM to INSPIRE AN APPRECIATION for THE OCEAN WILDERNESS AS WE HELP YOUTH OVERCOME DEEP CULTURAL FEARS of THE OCEAN. BY INTRODUCING YOUTH to THEIR OCEANS IN A HEALTHY and SAFE MANNER WE ARE ABLE to COMBINE A CONSERVATION MESSAGE AS WE WORK to DEVELOP THE PEOPLE AS WELL. CONSERVATION and HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED. OUR YOUTH WORKSHOPS GOAL is to GIVE YOUTH A STARTING POINT WITH WHICH to CONNECT WITH THEIR OCEAN WILDERNESS SO THEY CAN THEN TAKE CARE of IT.WE ALSO TAKE HIGH LEVEL INFLUENCERS ON FUNDRAISING TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD for A WEEK of OCEAN CONSERVATION DISCUSSIONS and LARGE MARINE ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS. THE FUND
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (4)
GREG LONGDIRECTOR
HANLI PRINSLOOCEO & PRES
JEN WILLIGDIRECTOR
PETER MARSHALLSEC & TREASURER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2015
- Location
- 733 ROUTE 35 NORTH A, OCEAN, NJ 07712-0000
- County
- Monmouth
- In care of
- PETER MARSHALL
- Primary officer
- PETER MARSHALL, President
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- ADEPTUS ADVISORS GROUP LLC
- NTEE classification
- Natural Resources Conservation & Protection (C30)
- IRS tax category
- Natural Resources Conservation & Protection