2023-05-01T10:32:22-07:00 2022-12-31 472626541 Cook & Company A Prof Actcy Corporation One Sansome St Ste 3500 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2022-01-01 821309235 Upwell Turtles UPWE 8312915123 99 Pacific Street 375E Monterey CA 93940 George L Shillinger Executive Director 2023-05-01 true George L Shillinger 999009999 true Douglas E Cook CPAMPA P01521705 4156211112 3 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z George L Shillinger 1194121 false X www.upwell.org X 2017 CA To protect and recover endangered populations of turtles by reducing threats at sea. 4 3 11 11 0 1318190 1159788 0 0 13853 34333 1332043 1194121 4100 3900 0 422517 464347 0 84826 568664 801837 995281 1270084 336762 -75963 1087594 991328 50131 29828 1037463 961500 To protect and recover endangered populations of turtles by reducing threats at sea. false false 1070033 Program activites in 2022: Expanded promising acoustic tracking methods for leatherback conservation research (building on Upwell's first-ever deployment of acoustic tags on leatherbacks at Pacuare Nature Reserve in April 2018) through new deployments of acoustic tags on leatherbacks nesting in Florida in partnership with Florida Atlantic University and Loggerhead Marinelife Center and foraging leatherbacks off the California coast in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 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RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false true false false false false false false true 30 30 false false Part II-B, Line 1i - Other Activities Description George Shillinger spent .25 hours presenting in a public forum to display Upwell's support for the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. Liz Gregg spent .25 hours to facilitate George's remarks in support for the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. Part IV - Additional Information 94508 39724 54784 54784 1195127 1006 1006 1194121 1194121 1271090 1006 1006 1270084 1270084 true East Asia/Pacific 0 1 P'ship with Uni. West Austr. Sea turtle doctoral student 13728 Europe/Iceland/Greenland 0 1 P'ship with Mercator Ocean Sea turtle active mvmt. model 60000 Sub Saharan Africa 0 0 Grant to WASTCON 3900 2 2 77628 77628 false false false false false false Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside US Grants are not monitored. X X X X X false false false false false false false false false George Shillinger Pres Executive Dir. 180768 180768 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A complete copy of the organization's Form 990 and schedules are emailed to the Board of Directors for their review in advance of filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All Directors and Key Employees are required to review the Conflict of Interest Policy and to sign a Conflict of Interest statement on an annual basis, making any disclosures as needed. Board or committee members (with the exclusion of the involved person) shall decide if a conflict of interest exists and vote on the transaction or arrangement involving the possible conflict of interest. Persons considered to have a conflict of interest will be prohibited from participating in deliberations or decisions regarding related party transactions. To this end, the Executive Director does not participate in deliberations or decisions by the Compensation Committee regarding the Executive Director's salary. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The organization purchased a copy of "Fair Pay for Northern California Nonprofits: The 2021 Compensation & Benefits Survey Report" produced by Nonprofit Compensation Associates, Inc. to inform a benchmarking report based on comparable data for similarly qualified persons at similar organizations. The Operations Director presented this to the Board Chair and Treasurer, who used it to establish compensation of the Executive Director for 2022. The organization purchases the compensation report in odd-numbered years to inform a new benchmarking report every 2 years. In intervening years, the salary range is informed by the last available benchmarking report with adjustments (based on merit and cost of living) in line with organizational budgetary capacity. This process ocurred last in 2021. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The organization purchased a copy of "Fair Pay for Northern California Nonprofits: The 2021 Compensation & Benefits Survey Report" produced by Nonprofit Compensation Associates, Inc. to inform a benchmarking report based on comparable data for similarly qualified persons at similar organizations. The Executive Director set the compensation for key employees in 2022 based upon the benchmarking report. The organization purchases the compensation report in odd-numbered years to inform a new benchmarking report every 2 years. In intervening years, the salary range is informed by the last available benchmarking report with adjustments (based on merit and cost of living) in line with organizational budgetary capacity. This process ocurred last in 2021. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All governing documents, public filings, financial statements and conflict of interest policy are available for public inspection at Upwell's office in Monterey, California. Upwell's Form 990 and audited financial statements are also posted to Guidestar.org. Form 990, Part III, 4a - Program Service Accomplishments (Cont'd from page 2) Advanced Lost Years technology and learning by tracking 30 juvenile sea turtles from three species (11 leatherbacks, 13 loggerheads, and 6 greens) with diverse Lotek micro-satellite tag types (some with solar charging and/or dive depth measurement capacities) in collaboration with Florida Atlantic University yielding findings on species-specific movement data and physiologically appropriate tag attachment techniques in addition to deployment of multiple tag types (including passive transponder and micro-satellite tags) on 30 captive-reared green turtles of different age classes in partnership with Cayman Turtle Centre and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science to examine how juvenile turtles' age and size may influence their risk of early mortality or likelihood of reaching optimal foraging habitats. Accelerated technologies to characterize leatherback body condition through development of a three-dimensional digital model created with the Digital Life Project at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst using data collected by our wildlife veterinarian and field partners at Loggerhead Marinelife Center and FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute.