2025-05-13T11:44:27-05:00 2024-12-31 390859910 BAKER TILLY ADVISORY GROUP LP 225 S 6TH ST 2300 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402 990 2024-01-01 660970417 REEFS UNKNOWN INC REEF 3407767235 8168 CROWN BAY MARINA 505-448 CHARLOTTE AMALIE VI 00802 VIKTOR BRANDTNERIS PRESIDENT 3407767235 2025-05-08 1 1 KAREN A GRIES P00078514 6128764500 2025-05-08 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z VIKTOR BRANDTNERIS 8168 CROWN BAY MARINA 505-448 CHARLOTTE AMALIE VI 00802 507852 0 X WWW.REEFSUNKNOWN.ORG X 2021 VI TO PERFORM SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH ON THE MARINE ENVIRONMENTS OF SENSITIVE AND LESSER KNOWN DEEP CORAL REEFS, AND IMPLEMENT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THESE UNUSUAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS. 5 5 0 5 0 0 467906 457540 0 0 30464 50312 0 0 498370 507852 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21058 20944 21058 20944 477312 486908 1001243 1493656 0 0 1001243 1493656 X TO PERFORM SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH ON THE MARINE ENVIRONMENTS OF SENSITIVE AND LESSER KNOWN DEEP CORAL REEFS, AND IMPLEMENT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THESE UNUSUAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS. 0 0 6744 0 0 VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) EXPLORATION OF DEEP MESOPHOTIC CORAL REEFS:ALTHOUGH THE PUBLIC IS FAMILIAR WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THESE REEFS AS RICH FISHING GROUNDS, FEW HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THEY ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE. USING SCUBA EQUIPMENT AND A SPECIAL VIRTUAL REALITY CAMERA, REEFS UNKNOWN WILL CREATE VR VIDEOS FOR EDUCATIONAL USE TO SHOW THIS REMARKABLE AND UNFAMILIAR ECOSYSTEM TO STUDENTS OF VARIOUS AGES. THE DIVES WILL BE CONDUCTED PRIMARILY BY FOUNDERS VIKTOR BRANDTNERIS AND SARAH HEIDMANN. WE COLLABORATED WITH PARTNERS IN THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS TO CREATE 3D MODELS OF CORAL REEFS AND HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS IN BVI WATERS. THOSE MODELS ARE BEING USED BOTH FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AS WELL AS IN VIRTUAL REALITY AS OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDERS. 0 0 0 USVI DEEP LETTUCE CORAL REEF STUDY:REEFS UNKNOWN ALSO WILL RESEARCH DEEP LETTUCE CORAL REEFS, WHICH ARE FOUND BY THE DROP OFFS IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AT DEPTHS BETWEEN 190 TO 240 FEET. THESE VERY DEEP REEFS ARE GREATLY THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN IMPACTS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL INVOLVE DIVING THESE REEFS TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CORALS AND THEN USING THE EXPLORATIONAL DIVES TO PRODUCE MEDIA USED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, THUS INCREASING AWARENESS OF THIS VULNERABLE ECOSYSTEM. THE DEEP LETTUCE CORAL REEF STUDY WILL UTILIZE APPROXIMATELY 25% OF THE ORGANIZATION'S RESOURCES, AND ABOUT 50% OF THE PRINCIPALS' TIME. MR. BRANDTNERIS AND MS. HEIDMANN WILL CONDUCT THE DIVES BUT WILL COLLABORATE WITH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND WITH MEDIA OUTLETS TO SHARE THEIR PRODUCTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. THIS PROJECT WILL BE FINANCED BY PRIVATE DONATIONS. THE USVI DEEP LETTUCE CORAL REEF STUDY WILL ADVANCE SCHOLARSHIP AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT A VARIETY OF CORAL REEFS THAT ARE HIGHLY THREATENED. 0 0 0 EASTERN PACIFIC REEF MONITORING:REEFS IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC ARE SHALLOWER THAN THE CARIBBEAN MESOPHOTIC REEFS, YET, DUE TO THE HIGH LEVELS OF ACIDITY AND LARGE TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS IN THESE WATERS, THEIR STUDY CAN YIELD IMPORTANT INSIGHT INTO THE FUTURE OF OTHER CORAL REEFS GIVEN THE GLOBAL WARMING AND INCREASED ACIDITY IN OUR OCEANS. MR. BRANDTNERIS HAS BEEN STUDYING THESE REEFS WITH COLLEAGUE DR. TYLER SMITH FOR TEN YEARS AND ANTICIPATES OBTAINING FUNDING FROM PRIVATE DONATIONS TO CARRY OUT TWO FIELD EXPEDITIONS, ONE TO THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS AND ONE TO PACIFIC PANAMA. THE COST OF THESE EXPEDITIONS WILL AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF OVERALL EXPENSES. THE EASTERN PACIFIC REEF MONITORING WILL LIKELY AMOUNT TO 40% PERCENT OF MR. BRANDTNERIS' TIME. THIS ACTIVITY DIRECTLY FURTHERS REEFS UNKNOWN'S EXEMPT PURPOSES BY INCREASING SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF ALL CORAL REEFS. 6744 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X SARAH HEIDMANN 3407767235 8168 CROWN BAY MARINA 505-448 CHARLOTTE AMALIE VI 00802 X VIKTOR BRANDTNERIS PRESIDENT 20.00 X X 0 0 0 SARAH HEIDMANN VICE PRESIDENT & BOARD CHAIR 10.00 X X 0 0 0 ANDREW HEMMERT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KRISTIN RASMUSSEN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SARA DENT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 457540 457540 50312 50312 507852 0 0 50312 13488 6744 6744 2514 2514 4942 4942 20944 6744 14200 0 987030 1272149 20045 4484 14213 15561 205946 1001243 1493656 0 0 X 1001243 1493656 1001243 1493656 1001243 1493656 486908 5505 0 X 0 0 0 X 14500 515372 467906 457540 1455318 14500 515372 467906 457540 1455318 432768 1022550 4302 30464 50312 85078 1540396 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 20045 4484 15561 15561 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT HAS AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY. 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