SEA OF CLOUDS
EIN 82-1980331 · Alliances & Advocacy - Environment (C01)
What they do
(1) to RECOGNIZE and COMMEMORATE LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIAS (LOS ANGELES COUNTY) EARLY SURFING HISTORY, THE SITE of THE 1938 NATIONAL SURFING and PADDLEBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT. THIS CONTEST, VIEWED BY 40,000 SPECTATORS, WAS ONE of THE SPORTS FIRST ORGANIZED CONTESTS IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. to RECOGNIZE THIS COMMUNITY HISTORY, SEA of CLOUDS RESEARCHED, PREPARED, and DOCUMENTED A CALIFORNIA POINT of HISTORICAL INTEREST NOMINATION WITH THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE of HISTORIC PRESERVATION. NOMINATION WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE HISTORICAL RESOURCES COMMISSION AT THEIR QUATERLY MEETING IN APRIL, 2023.(2) to EXPAND CALIFORNIAS STATE MARINE CONSERVATION PROGRAM to INCLUDE AREAS of SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, and RECREATIONAL VALUE. THROUGH SEA of CLOUDS ADVOCACY: (1) THE CALIFORNIA FISH and GAME COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED WITHIN THEIR 10-YEAR WORKPLAN (2022-2032) to INCORPORATE SUCH MARITIME HERITAGE CONSERVATION INTO THE STATES MARINE PROTECTED AREA NETWORK DESIGN, and (
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MICHAEL BLUMEXECUTIVE DIR.
BRET LEECETREASURER
JACOB RAUZONSECRETARY
STEPHEN MAHRTRUSTEE
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2017
- Location
- 1111 6TH AVE 300, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101
- County
- San Diego
- In care of
- MICHAEL BLUM
- Primary officer
- MICHAEL BLUM, Executive Director
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- LWA LLP
- NTEE classification
- Alliances & Advocacy - Environment (C01)
- IRS tax category
- Alliances & Advocacy - Environment