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“The complete form 990 is prepared by the treasurer and reviewed by the chair and vice chair of the board, board of directors (for review and comment) and legal counsel.”

“All board members sign a conflict of interest statement before joining the board.”

“The articles of incorporation are publicly available from the secretary of the state of washington. The articles and by-laws are available to members on the web site and the general public upon request.”

“The algae foundations mission is to promote the power of algae to transform human society and the environment upon which it depends and to facilitate a future in which algae are a fundamental source of energy, nutrition, products and ecological services for sustainable societies globally. To accomplish its mission, the algae foundation engages in and funds educational outreach, research, development, and other activities; finds and supports the development of future leaders of the algae industry through scholarships, grants and other financial and organizational support; and facilitates communication among private, academic and public sector leaders, and the public generally, to increase broader literacy and awareness of the benefits of algae biomass cultivation and commercialization.”

“Algae academy tax return report - 2016 4/27/17 the algae academy is an initiative of the algae foundation and provides algae curriculum kits to elementary, middle, and high school classes. The purpose of the initiative is to educate and excite students on the power of algae as a sustainable solution for several of the dilemmas facing our global community. The curriculum meets stem education requirements. Our successes in 2016 include: "developed algae curriculum for middle school education and designed the kit organization. "pilot completed at aviara oaks middle school, serving 300 students in the carlsbad unified school district. "grew volunteer committee to include 8 additional members, including task leads. "developed phase 1 plan including curriculum improvements, kit fulfillment, and kit distribution. Our goals for 2017 include: "launching phase 1 of the project in april in san diego, california to serve 3,000 students. "growing our volunteer committee by 4 members. "developing a fundraising plan to include diverse revenue streams. "developing educator support tools to accompany the curriculum.”

“Through algal education students learn practical applications of farming and biotechnology to produce a sustainable resource for human consumption while developing the skills for the next generation of algal-based jobs. The two degree programs were supported through the development of six online courses supported by intensive, hands on, place bound, laboratory exercises. Atec through its many subcommittees are developing the online classes, laboratory exercises, laboratory and lecture text materials. Atec recruited 18 national leaders in algal education, cultivation, biotechnology, commercialization, and new product development who collectively have more than 200 years of algal-based experience. The atec team members include professionals from the following organizations: algae foundation, algae biomass organization, cal-cab, university of california, san diego, national renewable energy lab, university of texas, austin, arizona state university, university of southern maine, santa fe community college, austin community college, rutgers university extension, solano community college, and lynn-benton community college. Our members are dedicated, to all matters dealing with algal education, have dedicated themselves to the development of community college education and algal- based aquaculture extension learning modules. The two lead organizations for the algal farming and biotechnology degrees are santa fe community college (nm) and austin community college (tx), respectively. The degree programs were initiated for the farming degree in september, 2016 and the biotechnology is on schedule to start in september 2017. Atec has recruited the national commercial leaders from algal farming and biotechnology companies to serve on the atec industrial advisory board. The advisory board is assisting with the establishment of work and skill standards to align the program to efficiently serve as a bioeconomy workforce development program.”

“Our community college student by community college and university-based educators levine, i.a. 2013. Algae foundation. Plenary lecture. 7th algae biomass summit. Orlando, fl. September 30 october 3, 2013. Levine, i.a., j. Murdock, l. Laurens. 2014. Technical standards 6.0. Plenary lecture. 8th algae biomass summit. San diego, ca. September 29 october 2, 2014. Levine, i.a. 2015. The algae foundation and formation of algae technology educational consortium (atec). Plenary lecture. 9th algae biomass summit. Washington, d.c. September 30 october 2, 2015. Levine, i.a. 2016. Algae technology educational consortium, training the next generation of algal-based professionals. Community college program at bio 2016. San francisco, ca. June 6, 2016. Levine, i.a. 2016. Atec. International seaweed symposium 2016. Book of abstracts. Page 27: or-01-06. Copenhagen, denmark. June 19-24, 2016. Levine, i.a. 2016. Algae foundation algae technology educational consortium (atec). 6th international conference on algal biomass, biofuels and bioproducts. San diego, ca. June 27-29, 2016. Levine, i. A. 2016. Growing a bioeconomy workforce, panel discussion. Bioenergy 2016: mobilizing the bioeconomy through innovation. Washington, d.c. July 12-14, 2016. Levine, i.a. 2016. The algae foundation report & update. Plenary lecture. 10th algae biomass summit. Phoenix, az. October 24-26, 2016. Levine, i.a. 2016. Land based, marine gracilaria farming in new mexico. 10th algae biomass summit. Phoenix, az. October 24-26, 2016. Levine, i.a. 2016. Algaes role in mitigating global climate change. Global sustainable development summit: towards united nations sustainable development goals. Guwahati, assam, india. December 5-6, 2016. Book of abstracts: 58 levine, i.a. 2016. Algal-based stem education initiatives for a sustainable future. International conference on green trends in environmental sustainability: creating innovative solutions for a sustainable future. Hyderabad, andrah pradesh. December 16-17, 2016. Book of abstracts: 19. Levine, i.a. 2016. Sustainable microalgae cultivation for biofuels and biotechnology. Advances in life sciences symposium. Indian institute of science education and research kolkata. Mohanpur, west bengal. January 13-15, 2017. Book of abstracts: 6. Nalley, j.o., t. Cannis, and i. A. Levine. 2016. Promoting the power of algae in k-12 classrooms: an algae foundation initiative. International society for applied phycology newsletter. 2-2016: 4-8. Http://www.appliedphycologysoc.org/newsletter/isap_newsletter_october_2016. Pdf levine, i.a. 2017. The algae foundation and algal-based education initiatives. J. Applied phycology: submitted.”