REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION
EIN 65-0270064 · Recreation & Sports (N113)
What they do
REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION (REEF) WAS ESTABLISHED AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN 1990. REEF CONSERVES MARINE ENVIRONMENTS WORLDWIDE. OUR MISSION is to PROTECT BIODIVERSITY and OCEAN LIFE BY ACTIVELY ENGAGING and INSPIRING THE PUBLIC THROUGH CITIZEN SCIENCE, EDUCATION, and PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. REEF CONNECTS OCEAN ENTHUSIASTS and THE DIVE COMMUNITY WITH SCIENTISTS and RESOURCE MANAGERS THROUGH DATA COLLECTION ACTIVITIES and EDUCATION INITIATIVES. THE REEF CAMPUS IN KEY LARGO, FL SERVES AS A VISITORS CENTER for EDUCATION and OUTREACH to THE PUBLIC.
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Leadership and board
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ANNA DELOACHTRUSTEE
BYRON BISHOPTRUSTEE
CHUN WRIGHTTRUSTEE
JAMES P DALLE PAZZE ESQTREASURER
JANET CAMPVICE CHAIR
MARTA HILTON BONATZCHAIR
MARY MCCOMBIE PHDSECRETARY
NED DELOACHTRUSTEE/CO-F
SCOTT HEPPELL PHDTRUSTEE
TAMSEN DEWITTTRUSTEE
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1992
- Location
- PO BOX 370246, KEY LARGO, FL 33037
- County
- Monroe
- In care of
- JAMES P DALLE PAZZE ESQ
- Primary officer
- JAMES P DALLE PAZZE ESQ, TREASURER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- SULLIVAN & FENGLER
- NTEE classification
- Recreation & Sports (N113)
- IRS tax category
- Other Grantmaking and Giving Services