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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: March 2025 Expires: March 2027

Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center

Standards Not Met
Standards Not Met
6 14 16 17 18
((85) 843-347​
8740 Gulf Boulevard
Navarre, FL, 32566
https://navarrebeachseaturtles.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center does not meet the following 5 Standards for Charity Accountability:

Standard 6 (Board Policy on Effectiveness)
Have a board policy of assessing, no less than every two years, the organization's performance and effectiveness and of determining future actions required to achieve its mission.

NBSTCC does not meet this Standard because:

  • The organization's effectiveness assessment policy does not specify that this assessment will take place at least once every two years.

Standard 14 (Budget)
Have a board-approved annual budget for its current fiscal year, outlining projected expenses for major program activities, fund raising, and administration.

NBSTCC does not meet this Standard because:

  • The organization did not produce a budget for 2024.

Standard 16 (Annual Report)
Have an annual report available to all, on request, that includes: (a) the organization's mission statement, (b) a summary of the past year's program service accomplishments, (c) a roster of the officers and members of the board of directors, (d) financial information that includes (i) total income in the past fiscal year, (ii) expenses in the same program, fund raising and administrative categories as in the financial statements, and (iii) ending net assets.

NBSTCC does not meet this Standard because:

  • The organization states it does not have an annual report covering activities conducted in 2022.

Standard 17 (Web Site Disclosures)
Include on any charity websites that solicit contributions, the same information that is recommended for annual reports, as well as the mailing address of the charity and electronic access to its most recent IRS Form 990.

NBSTCC does not meet this Standard because the organization’s website, https://navarrebeachseaturtles.org/, does not include all of the recommended information for those charity websites that solicit for donations. Specifically, it does not include:

  • Electronic access to the organization’s 2022 IRS Form 990.
  • The organization's 2022 financial information.

Standard 18 (Privacy for Written Appeals & Internet Privacy)
Address privacy concerns of donors by (a) providing in written appeals, at least annually, a means (e.g., such as a check off box) for both new and continuing donors to inform the charity if they do not want their name and address shared outside the organization, (b) providing a clear, prominent and easily accessible privacy policy on any of its websites that tells visitors (i) what information, if any, is being collected about them by the charity and how this information will be used, (ii) how to contact the charity to review personal information collected and request corrections, (iii) how to inform the charity (e.g., a check off box) that the visitor does not wish his/her personal information to be shared outside the organization, and (iv) what security measures the charity has in place to protect personal information.

NBSTCC does not meet this Standard because:

The BBB Wise Giving Alliance requested but did not receive complete information from the organization and is unable to verify the organization's compliance with the following Standard(s) for Charity Accountability: 3, 7, 13

Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center meets the remaining 12 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to support and promote the conservation and protection of endangered sea turtles through community education and partnered research."

Year, State Incorporated:
2012, FL

Navarre Beach Sea Turtles Conservation Center (NBSTCC) reports it offers animal exhibitions, videos, and interpretive education exhibits for visitors. The organization works with scientists and other organizations to conduct research and conservation efforts for Loggerhead sea turtles and Diamondback Terrapins. NBSTCC’s Sea Turtle Stranding and Rescue initiative educates pier personnel and fishermen to provide first responders on fishing piers with the necessary resources to effectively respond to sea turtle injuries and strandings. The organization hosts monthly trash clean-up events called Trash-Bash and a monofilament recycling program that gathers fishing lines to prevent marine mammal entanglements.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center's program expenses were:

Program services: $322,177

Total Program Expenses: $322,177

Chief Executive
Cathy Holmes, Executive Director

Compensation*
$24,000

Chair of the Board
Becky Harger

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired

Board Size
6

Paid Staff Size
9

"2023 compensation as reported by the organization, includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Special events

Fundraising costs were 1% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $174,770.00, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Source of Funds
Contributions and grants $80,020
In-kind contributions $50,000
Gift shop sales, net $191,615
Admissions $248,648
Special events, net $19,770
Educational programs $1,950
Other income $331
Interest inome $730
Total Income $593,064

Programs: 76% Fundraising: 1% Administrative: 23%

Total Income $593,064
Total expenses: $422,781
  Program expenses $322,177
  Fundraising expenses $2,146
  Administrative expenses $98,458
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $170,283
Beginning Net Assets $404,211
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $574,494
Total Liabilities $33,162
Total Assets $607,656

Note: According to NBSTCC's 2022 CPA-reviewed financial statements, the organization received in-kind contributions totaling $50,000 in the form of rent.

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance