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Category: Conservation and Environmental Education

Santa Cruz, CA

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Physical Address:: Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Web URL:: www.saveourshores.org
Leadership:: Laura Kasa, Chief Executive

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Forms 990	2010, 2009, and 2008 Forms 990 filed with the IRS
Mission Objectives	Mission Statement is available
Impact Statement	Impact Statement from nonprofit is available

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Fiscal Year Starting: Jan 01, 2009
Fiscal Year Ending: Dec 31, 2009

Revenue
Total Revenue	$454,538

Expenses
Total Expenses	$457,853

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Basic Organization Information

Physical Address:: Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Web URL:: www.saveourshores.org
NTEE Category:: C Environmental Quality Protection, Beautification; C30 Natural Resource Conservation and Protection; W Public, Society Benefit; W01 Alliance/Advocacy Organizations; None
Year Founded:: 1982
Ruling Year:: 1982

Mission Statement

Caring for the marine environment through ocean awareness, advocacy, and citizen action.

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Impact Statement from Nonprofit

We connect people to the ocean. We show them how their actions affect the marine environment, and offer choices to make a positive impact.

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Financial Data

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Financial Health Dashboard: Highlights key financial trends and ratios for a selected nonprofit organization over a period of up to five years.
Peer Comparison Dashboard: Compares the organization's financials with up to five peer nonprofits that you select.
Graphical Analysis: Provides multi-year graphs and an interpretive guide in a format ready to present to your clients.
Printable PDF Report: Provides a complete analysis of the organization for your records. The full report tells you what to look for and why it matters.
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Annual Reports

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Organizational Statistics

Chief Executive

Laura Kasa

Term:

Since Mar 2006

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Officers for Fiscal Year

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Program: Beach and River Cleanups

Budget:: $70,000
Category:: Environment
Population Served:: General Public/Unspecified

Program Description:

Save Our Shores hosts beach and river cleanups to help show the community their impact on the ocean. We give a presentation about plastic pollution and then send volunteers out to clean the beaches. We track the trash we find, which allows us to spot trends in trash and work on stopping it at its source. We host hundreds of cleanups a year, educating thousands of volunteers and picking up over 30,000 pounds of trash per year!

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Program: Plastic Pollution Education Presentations

Budget:: $70,000
Category:: Education
Population Served:: Children and Youth (infants - 19 years.)

Program Description:

Save Our Shores gives interactive classroom presentations to youth K-12 in schools along the Monterey Bay. We offer fun hands-on experiences and sometimes a even a fieldtrip to a local beach for a beach activity and cleanup. We give hundreds of presentations every year educating thousands of children of all ages to be better stewards for our oceans.

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Funding Needs

Save Our Shores relies on community support, grants, and corporate sponsorships to run its programs.

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Request for In-Kind Contributions

Save Our Shores often needs in-kind contributions, ranging from donations for our annual fundraising event, to supplies for our programs, to specialty areas such as graphic design.