CONNECTOCEAN CONSERVATION AND OUTREACH INC
EIN 85-2131191 · Human Service Organizations (P20)
What they do
SWIM SAFE COSTA RICA - WATER SAFETY and DROWNING PREVENTIONCONNECTOCEAN CONSERVATION and OUTREACH ESTABLISHED SWIM SAFE COSTA RICA, A NATIONAL WATER SAFETY INITIATIVE AIMED AT PREVENTING DROWNING and PROMOTING WATER SAFETY AWARENESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.-LIFEGUARD TRAINING and CERTIFICATION: FROM MARCH 2019 to NOVEMBER 2024, WE TRAINED and CERTIFIED 243 LIFEGUARDS IN COSTA RICA and 120 LIFEGUARDS IN THE BAHAMAS SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCING THE CAPACITY for LIFESAVING INTERVENTIONS ON THE BEACHES IN THESE COASTAL COMMUNITIES.-NIPPER SURF LIFESAVING CLINICS: OVER 700 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN THESE EDUCATIONAL CLINICS, TEACHING THEM ESSENTIAL WATER SAFETY SKILLS and FOSTERING DROWNING PREVENTION AWARENESS. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.-LEARN to SWIM CLASSES: WE DELIVERED OVER 600 SWIM LESSONS, INTEGRATING OCEAN STEWARDSHIP EDUCATION to EMPOWER LOCAL COMMUNITIES to UNDERSTAND and PROTECT MARINE ECOSYSTEMS.-FREE SURF LIFESAVING WORKSHOPS: PROVIDED to AN ADDITIONAL 550 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EQUIPPING THEM WIT
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ERIC MADEJADEPUTY DIRECTOR
ERNST VAN DER POLLEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
SARAH TRAVERSCONSERVATION DIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2021
- Location
- 1250 BELLEVIEW DR, FORT COLLINS, CO 80526
- County
- Larimer
- In care of
- SARAH TRAVERS
- Primary officer
- SARAH TRAVERS, COMPLIANCE OFFICER
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- JPC INTERNATION TAX ADVISORS PA
- NTEE classification
- Human Service Organizations (P20)
- IRS tax category
- Human Service Organizations