Clean Ocean Action Inc.

“Reviewed by each board of trustee member.”

“The board of trustees meets and monitors compliance.”

“The board of trustees reviews and approves compensation for the executive director using comparable data and approval is documented contemporaneously.”

“The executive director and board of trustees reviews and approves compensation of officers using comparable data and approval is documented contemporaneously.”

“Form 990 and form 1023 are available on the organization's website.”

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“Clean ocean action, inc.(coa)is the only full time coalition dedicated to improving the marine waters of the new york/new jersey region. Founded in 1984, coa brings together and empowers over 115 organizations, hundreds of businesses and thousands of citizens to protect nature's most important resource: the ocean. The professional staff includes phd's, an attorney and several with master's degrees. The small and effective team applies research, education, and citizen action to reduce sources of pollution and impacts from climate change with fact-based campaigns to implement environmentally-sound solutions. Coa also engages meaningful and authentic efforts to ensure environmental justice. Accomplishments: significant improvements to marine water quality by reducing sources of pollution, plastics, and climate change, including: ended ocean dumping of eight ocean dumpsites off the coast of nj blocked fossil fuel ocean industrialization, including seven liquefied natural gas facilities and oil and gas drilling passed the nation's strongest state law prohibiting offshore oil and gas activities with support from 99% of nj legislature passed the nation's strongest fertilizer control law to protect nj's coastal waterways reduced sources of raw sewage, protecting swimmers from sewage established the region's largest enviromental litter reduction event, beach sweeps, collected nearly 7.5 million pieces of trash from nj beaches, and created a database for regional litter and plastic reduction efforts reduced the use of plastics in communities, businesses, and by individuals conducted a statewide assessment of microplastics along the entire nj coast successfully led campaign to pass laws to reduce single-use plastic abuse improved the management of dredge material created a coastal watershed protection program, called rally for the waterways created a municipal pollution reduction certification program, called blue star education programs coa created the beach sweeps - the region's longest running largest bi- annual volunteer citizen science event for all ages that puts feet on the beach and hands in the sand to reduce marine debris and collect a legacy of information that is used to identify sources of marine debris, monitor trends and promote solutions. Coa also developed "watershed mindfulness" programs to engage people in pollution reduction at the local level, as well as coordinating diverse and engaging educational programs for all ages (youth - seniors), to reduce pollution, climate change and plastics. Research programs coa conducts research to identify plastics, pathogens, and chemical pollution sources by engaging citizen science with rigorous oversight by the phd staff scientist. Research is coordinated with state and federal agencies, as well as with outside scientists to ensure quality. Water quality monitoring is also conducted in coa's new in-house lab. Campaigns are implemented along with municipal engagement to reduce the sources of pollution and impacts discovered through research. Citizen action coa acts as a watchdog by responding to and investigating calls from citizens about polluting activities. Action campaigns, meetings and rallies to inform the public and record testimony, and petitions and letter-writing campaigns are prepared with scientific, technical, and legal expertise to ensure protection of marine water quality from pollution, including from pathogens, chemicals, and marine debris.”