2023-05-06T18:29:36-07:00 2022-12-31 990 2022-01-01 453034636 OCEAN ELDERS INC OCEA 3602004668 PO Box 1374 Hollister CA 95024 Gigi Brisson CEO 3602004668 2023-04-28 1 1 11 1 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X Gigi Brisson PO Box 443 New Castle NH 03854 489 0 X www.oceanelders.org X 2011 CA The primary mission is to protect and value the ocean and its wildlife. We include the protection of all wildlife, land and sea. Activities include a focus on the high seas, increasing the number and size marine protected areas, prevention of deep sea mining, and species protection, including coral reefs. 5 5 0 28 0 0 7418 389 0 0 140 100 0 0 7558 489 0 66000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38841 16348 38841 82348 -31283 -81859 961659 818512 0 0 961659 818512 X The primary mission is to protect and value the ocean and its wildlife. We include the protection of all wildlife, land and sea. Activities include a focus on the high seas, marine protected areas, prevention of deep sea mining, and species protection, including coral reefs around the world. 1 0 0 0 0 Regulations of high seas, with a particular focus on deep sea mining. Developed other avenues with other ocean organizations and several social media experts in an effort to educate the public of the long-term damages of deep sea mining. 0 0 0 Marine Protected Areas - efforts continue in the US and with other countries. 0 0 0 Species protection - we continue to work with other NGOs for the protection of sharks, rays, turtles, corals, tuna, whales, and their habitats as ecosystems are increasingly threatened by human activity. 66000 66000 0 Students on Ice is a registered charity in Canada, tax number 83664 8766 RR0001. It also is a registered US charity, listed as Polar Education Foundation, 501(c) 20 5853356. For over a decade, Ocean Elders has worked with Students on Ice (SOI), a Canadian organization focused on global youth programs, primarily via polar expeditions. Several Ocean Elders have participated in past expeditions and also sit on their board of directors and/or advisors. The pandemic prevented our participation over the last several years, but we contributed the funds which had been raised for this purpose to the organization this year and plan to participate in future expeditions. 66000 66000 0 66000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 CA NY X Lonnie Autry Jr 3602004668 PO Box 1374 Hollister CA 95024 X Sarah Woodberry Trauner Director 0 0 X 0 0 0 Jean Oelwang Director 0 0 X 0 0 0 Nikole Zoumberakis Director 0 0 X 0 0 0 Gigi Brisson CEO 20 0 X 0 0 0 Lonnie Autry Jr CFO 3 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 389 0 389 0 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 489 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 66000 66000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1804 0 1804 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1880 0 1880 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7856 0 7856 0 0 0 0 0 3500 0 3500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1213 0 1213 0 95 0 95 0 82348 66000 16348 0 10502 19123 856774 766294 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94383 33095 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 961659 818512 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 961659 818512 0 0 961659 818512 961659 818512 -81859 -61288 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 94252 592166 162962 7418 389 857187 94252 592166 162962 7418 389 857187 857187 385 756 432 140 100 1813 859000 0 0.99789 0.99817 X 1 North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States) 1 11 Program Services For over a decade, Ocean Elders has worked with Students on Ice (SOI), a Canadian organization focused on global youth programs, primarily via polar expeditions. Several Ocean Elders have participated in past expeditions and also sit on their board of directors and/or advisors. The pandemic prevented our participation over the last several years, but we contributed the funds which had been raised for this purpose to the organization this year and plan to participate in future expeditions. Students on Ice is a registered charity in Canada, tax number 83664 8766 RR0001. It also is a registered US charity, listed as Polar Education Foundation, 501(c) 20 5853356. 66000 1 11 66000 North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States) For over a decade, Ocean Elders has worked with Students on Ice (SOI), a Canadian organization focused on global youth programs, primarily via polar expeditions. Several Ocean Elders have participated in past expeditions and also sit on their board of directors and/or advisors. The pandemic prevented our participation over the last several years, but we contributed the funds which had been raised for this purpose to the organization this year and plan to participate in future expeditions. Students on Ice is a registered charity in Canada; tax number 83664 8766 RR0001. It also is a registered US charity, listed as Polar Education Foundation, 501(c) 20-5853356. 66000 wire transfer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 For over a decade, Ocean Elders has worked with Students on Ice (SOI), a Canadian organization focused on global youth programs, primarily via polar expeditions. Several Ocean Elders have participated in past expeditions and also sit on their board of directors and/or advisors. The pandemic prevented our participation over the last several years, but we contributed the funds which had been raised for this purpose to the organization this year and plan to participate in future expeditions. We have monitored the activities of this organization for over a decade and consider Students on Ice to be a friend of Ocean Elders with similar goals with respect to youth and the environment. Students on Ice is a registered charity in Canada, tax number 83664 8766 RR0001. It also is a registered US charity, listed as Polar Education Foundation, 501(c) 20-5853356. Form 990, Part III, Line 2 For over a decade, Ocean Elders has worked with Students on Ice (of Canada), https://soifoundation.org/en/, which brings global youth together. Funds were raised several years ago to participate in an upcoming voyage, but conflicting schedules and the pandemic prevented the participation. Given the increased stresses of the pandemic and rising costs, the targeted funds raised were donated to SOI this year, with the expectation of participation on a future voyage. Students on Ice is a registered charity in Canada, tax number 83664 8766 RR0001. It also is a registered US charity, listed as Polar Education Foundation, 501(c) 20-5853356. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Gigi Brisson and Lonnie Autry, Jr. are married. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990 and related schedules are created online and a draft of the full form is distributed via email along with a Conflict of Interest Form (COI) to all directors on the board. Directors are expected to review the filing and complete and return the COI form within a reasonable amount of time. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c A Conflict of Interest form (COI) is distributed every year along with a draft of the 990 filing, for their review. The COI forms are expected to be completed and returned promptly. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The 990 filing is submitted annually to Charity Navigator for public viewing. Other financial and organization documents can be provided upon request.