2024-05-15T17:58:56-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 464753799 TEXAS FLOATING CLASSROOM INC TEXA 3617174176 PO Box 2286 Aransas Pass TX 78335 Whitney Curry Executive Director 3617174176 2024-05-15 Whitney Curry 999009999 1 0 11 0 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X www.texasfloatingclassroom.com X X 157633 X 8868 148765 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157633 0 0 0 63325 23827 1448 62964 151564 6069 5766 0 11835 5766 11835 0 0 0 0 5766 11835 0 0 5766 11835 Marine Science Education Matagorda Manana program provided 10 full days of Marine Science education to students in Matagorda County including Marine Science Cruises into Tres Palacios Bay and Shoreside Citizen Science lessons as well as 3 full days of Traveling Bay Touch Tank visits to Palacios 5th and 7th graders in Palacios. 528 students and 37 teachers served. 35600 35600 Traveling Bay Touch Tank program for Victoria Texas ISD provided visits to all public schools in the district, including 14 elementary schools, 4 middles schools and 2 high schools, allowing students to interact with live marine specimens collected from their watershed (San Antonio Bay). All specimens were returned to the bay. 31 full day visits served 3985 students and 170 teachers. 31000 31000 Estuary October program provided 23 Marine Science Cruises aboard the Research Vessel Archimedes into San Antonio Bay out of Seadrift, Texas as well as related shoreside lessons for students in the watershed for San Antonio Bay. 477 students and 43 teachers served. 13800 13800 Other program services: In addition to the programs listed in lines 28, 29 and 30, Texas Floating Classroom, Inc. conducted 105 Marine Science Cruises aboard the Research Vessel Archimedes into Corpus Christi Bay, Aransas Bay, San Antonio Bay, Lavaca Bay and Tres Palacios Bay, serving a total of 2,310 students and 263 teachers. Our Traveling Bay program also visited an additional 32 schools, parks, libraries and museums with our Touch Tanks, allowing 6,960 students and 266 adults to interact with live fish, crabs, shrimp and other specimens collected from (and returned to) local bays in their watersheds. The Traveling Bay educational team traveled a total of 16,846 miles throughout the year so that students who were not able to participate in Marine Science Cruises would be able to view, touch, and learn about the marine organisms that inhabit the bays into which the rainwater that falls on their communities flows, therby connecting these future stewards of our environment to the organisms that are affected by their actions. 63302 63302 143702 Whitney Curry Executive Director/Captain/Educator 30 12000 0 0 Bryan Curry Director/Captain/Educator 25 12000 0 0 Dr Russ Miget Director/Curriculum developer 5 0 0 0 Brenda Bennett Director 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TX Whitney Curry PO Box 2286 Aransas Pass TX 78335 3617174176 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 150 3560 0 100 8868 12678 39900 6200 32350 64575 148765 291790 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40050 9760 32350 64675 157633 304468 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 304468 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 40050 9760 32350 64675 157633 304468 1 1 0 0 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 $18,594.04 - Program materials and supplies $16,039.66 - Travel expenses $10,359.90 - Insurance $10,108.40 - Boat fuel $6,500.00 - Purchase of 1978 MacGregor catamaran sailboat (in disrepair) for eventual expansion of program to include sailing lessons $1,362.00 - Haul-out and boatyard fees for above sailboat through 12/31/2023