Mote Marine Laboratory

Organization Overview

Mote Marine Laboratory is located in Sarasota, FL. The organization was established in 1977. According to its NTEE Classification (U99) the organization is classified as: Science & Technology N.E.C., under the broad grouping of Science & Technology and related organizations. As of 09/2021, Mote Marine Laboratory employed 291 individuals. This organization is an independent organization and not affiliated with a larger national or regional group of organizations. Mote Marine Laboratory is a 501(c)(3) and as such, is described as a "Charitable or Religous organization or a private foundation" by the IRS.

For the year ending 09/2021, Mote Marine Laboratory generated $43.9m in total revenue. This represents relatively stable growth, over the past 6 years the organization has increased revenue by an average of 8.8% each year. All expenses for the organization totaled $27.3m during the year ending 09/2021. While expenses have increased by 4.5% per year over the past 6 years. They've been increasing with an increasing level of total revenue. You can explore the organizations financials more deeply in the financial statements section below.

Since 2014, Mote Marine Laboratory has awarded 49 individual grants totaling $583,588. If you would like to learn more about the grant giving history of this organization, scroll down to the grant profile section of this page.

Mission & Program ActivityExcerpts From the 990 Filing

TAX YEAR

2021

Describe the Organization's Mission:

Part 3 - Line 1

ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF THE SEA THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

Describe the Organization's Program Activity:

Part 3 - Line 4a

SEE SCHEDULE O:


SEE SCHEDULE O:


SEE SCHEDULE O:


PROTECT OUR REEFSFLORIDA'S CORAL REEF IS THE THIRD-LARGEST BARRIER CORAL REEF SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. IT PROVIDES ESSENTIAL ECOLOGICAL SERVICES, PROTECTS COASTLINES FROM MAJOR STORM IMPACTS AND IS CRUCIAL TO FLORIDA'S ECONOMY, WITH AN ASSET VALUE OF $8.5 BILLION.SADLY, THIS NATURAL TREASURE HAS DECLINED DRASTICALLY OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES DUE TO MAJOR CORAL DISEASE OUTBREAKS, LOCAL TO REGIONAL HUMAN IMPACTS, HEAT-DRIVEN CORAL BLEACHING, AND LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE THAT IS STRESSING CORALS IN FLORIDA AND AROUND THE WORLD.MOTE MARINE LABORATORY'S PROTECT OUR REEFS PROGRAM FOCUSES ON ADDRESSING THESE AND OTHER CHALLENGES BY SUPPORTING CORAL REEF RESEARCH, RESTORATION, CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION IN FLORIDA. THE PROTECT OUR REEFS (POR) SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATE (MOTEREEFPLATE.COM) WAS APPROVED BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE IN JULY 2003 AND IS ADMINISTERED BY MOTE AND AVAILABLE TO FLORIDA-LICENSED DRIVERS. EACH PLATE SALE PROVIDES $25 FOR REEF RESEARCH, RESTORATION, CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION IN FLORIDA, INCLUDING A SPECIAL PROTECT OUR REEFS GRANTS PROGRAM. 37.5% OF REVENUES SUPPORT GRANTS AND AN ADDITIONAL 37.5% OF REVENUES SUPPORTS MOTE'S CORAL REEF RESEARCH AND RESTORATION. IN GENERAL, POR GRANT PRIORITIES ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OUTLINED BY A NUMBER OF FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES, AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS, ALONG WITH VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL, LOCAL COMMUNITY AND NON-PROFIT ADVISORY GROUPS, WITH RESPECT TO CORAL REEF RESEARCH AND OTHER RELATED CORAL REEF PROGRAM PRIORITIES. BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO STRATEGICALLY FOCUS THE POR PLATE'S LIMITED RESOURCES ON CRITICAL CHALLENGES CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS ARE CURRENTLY FACING, PRIORITY FOR FUNDING IN ALL CATEGORIES OF POR PROPOSALS (RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION) WILL BE ON CORAL REEF RESTORATION PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE RESEARCH OF NEW RESTORATION METHODS THAT FURTHER THE ENHANCEMENT OF CORAL GENETIC DIVERSITY AND RESILIENCY IN THE RESTORATION OF CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS. EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROPOSALS DIRECTLY RELATED TO SCIENCE-BASED RESTORATION OF CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED. OTHER QUALITY PROPOSALS WILL BE GIVEN CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, BUT THE PRIORITY FOCUS WILL BE ON PROJECTS THAT SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE CAPABILITIES OF CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM RESOURCE MANAGERS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY USE SCIENCE-BASED INFORMATION IN PROMOTING AND IMPLEMENTING RESTORATION AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE USE OF THESE ECOSYSTEMS. PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO PROJECTS WHOSE DELIVERABLES ASSOCIATED ARE CLEARLY DEFINED AND ALIGNED WITH CORAL REEF RESTORATION ACTIONS. THE POR WILL ACCEPT CREATIVE PROPOSALS THAT ADDRESS NOVEL CORAL REEF RESTORATION IDEAS AND CONCEPTS THAT MAY REQUIRE INITIAL SUPPORT TO TEST THEIR MERIT. THE POR ENCOURAGES SCIENTISTS THAT MEET THE "YOUNG-INVESTIGATOR" CRITERIA TO NOTE THAT ON THEIR APPLICATION. MOTE AQUACULTURE RESEARCH PARK FACILITY OPERATIONSMOTE HAS A 200-ACRE, STATE-OF-THE-ART AQUACULTURE RESEARCH FACILITY SUPPORTING THE CONSERVATION OF THE WORLD'S FISHERIES AND SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD PRODUCTION. MOTE AQUACULTURE RESEARCH PARK INCLUDES MORE THAN 125,000 SQUARE FEET OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES DEDICATED TO MOTE'S MARINE AND FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE RESEARCH PROGRAM AND SUPPORTING THE WORK OF RELATED MOTE PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT, MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND ECOTOXICOLOGY.AT THE PARK, MOTE SCIENTISTS STUDY THE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, SPAWNING, HEALTH, NUTRITION, GENETICS, MICROBIOLOGY AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF SALTWATER FISH SPECIES, SUCH AS COMMON SNOOK, POMPANO, RED DRUM, FLOUNDER AND ALMACO JACK FOR RESTOCKING PROGRAMS AND FOR SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD PRODUCTION AND/OR UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON FISH. MOTE'S SALTWATER AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS RECYCLE 100 PERCENT OF THEIR WATER AND DEMONSTRATE INNOVATIVE FISH-FARMING TECHNOLOGIES TO INFORM THE AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY AND HELP U.S.-BASED PRODUCERS MEET THE GROWING, GLOBAL DEMAND FOR SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD. THE PARK OPERATES A PROTOTYPE MARINE AQUAPONICS GREENHOUSE WHERE EDIBLE SEA PURSLANE IS GROWN IN HIGH-NUTRIENT, PART-SALT WATER TOGETHER WITH THE POPULAR SPORTFISH RED DRUM, OR REDFISH. WITH THE PLANET'S LIMITED FRESHWATER RESOURCES, ONE OF THE ONLY WAYS TO EXPAND FOOD PRODUCTION IS THROUGH SEAFOOD AND SEA VEGETABLE PRODUCTION; THIS NECESSITATES RESEARCH TO FIND THE BEST CANDIDATE SPECIES AND DEVELOP EFFICIENT, ECO-FRIENDLY SYSTEMS. MOTE SCIENTISTS ALSO INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FISH FEED FOR AQUACULTURE, GIVEN THAT MANY WILD FISHERIES TAPPED FOR COMMERCIAL "FISH MEAL" HAVE PLATEAUED OR DECLINED. MOTE AQUACULTURE RESEARCH PARK IS ALSO THE HOME BASE FOR MAJOR STUDIES OF OIL-SPILL IMPACTS ON FISH HEALTH, IMMUNE SYSTEM AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS. THESE CONTROLLED, EXPOSURE STUDIES BEGAN IN THE WAKE OF THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL AND ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF RAPID HEALTH-DIAGNOSTIC TESTS BASED ON SUB-LETHAL RESPONSES THAT WILL BETTER PREDICT SHORT- AND LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF OIL EXPOSURE IN GULF OF MEXICO FISHES. MOTE'S MARINE & FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE RESEARCH PROGRAM COLLABORATES WITH MOTE'S ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY FOR FORENSICS ON THESE IMPORTANT STUDIES, WITHIN THE MULTI-INSTITUTION CONSORTIUM C-IMAGE FOCUSED ON DEEPWATER HORIZON.FLORIDA RED TIDE MITIGATION & TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FACILITY -TO FIGHT THE IMPACTS OF FLORIDA RED TIDE (BLOOMS OF KARENIA BREVIS ALGAE) EFFECTIVELY WHILE CAUSING NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL HARM THAN RED TIDE ITSELF, SCIENTISTS MUST TEST RED TIDE MITIGATION COMPOUNDS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN THE ENVIRONMENT. LONG BEFORE THAT, THEY MUST TEST THEM IN THE LAB AND THEN IN LARGE "MESOCOSM OR "RACEWAY" TANKS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A PREVIEW OF THE POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. IN 2021, MOTE COMPLETED A CUTTING-EDGE FACILITY TO DO JUST THAT, AS PART OF THE FLORIDA RED TIDE MITIGATION & TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE LED BY MOTE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC). THE FACILITY, OCCUPYING 28,800 SQUARE FEET OF THE MOTE AQUACULTURE RESEARCH PARK, CAN HOLD ALMOST 150,000 GALLONS OF TREATED AND RECIRCULATED SEAWATER. ITS SIX LABS INCLUDE A CULTURE ROOM FOR GROWING ALGAE, A CHEMISTRY LAB, AND LARGE SYSTEMS OF LONG TANKS CALLED RACEWAYS AND 5- OR 10-FOOT MESOCOSMS WHERE SCIENTISTS CAN CREATE MINI VERSIONS OF SARASOTA BAY, THE GULF OF MEXICO OR OTHER RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTS BY MAINTAINING SHELLFISH, SEAWEED, SPONGES, SEDIMENTS AND OTHER ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS THAT COULD BE SENSITIVE TO MITIGATION EFFORTS. USE OF THE FACILITY AND ITS UNPRECEDENTED QUANTITIES OF KARENIA BREVIS CULTURE ARE FREE FOR SCIENTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHOSE PROJECTS ARE PART OF THE INITIATIVE. IN 2021, INITIATIVE SCIENTISTS ADVANCED MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES TO LARGER SCALE TESTING AND IMPROVED RED TIDE DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR FASTER RESPONSE.MOTE'S INTERNATIONAL CORAL GENE BANK - CORAL REEFS ARE EXPERIENCING UNPRECEDENTED DIE-OFFS WORLDWIDE, AND IT'S CRITICAL TO RESTORE THEM WITH RESILIENT AND GENETICALLY DIVERSE CORALS THAT HAVE THE BEST CHANCES TO SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE. HOWEVER, SCIENTISTS CAN ONLY DO THAT IF OUR NATIVE CORALS DON'T DISAPPEAR FIRST. TO PROTECT THE LIVING TREASURE OF CORAL GENETIC DIVERSITY, MOTE CREATED A UNIQUE, LARGE-SCALE, LAND-BASED, LIVING CORAL GENE BANK FOR 1,650 CORALS OF 14 SPECIES AND NEARLY 2,000 GENETIC TYPES OF CORALS, THE LARGEST SINGLE DIVERSE COLLECTION IN THE WORLD. MOTE'S INTERNATIONAL CORAL GENE BANK AT THE MOTE AQUACULTURE RESEARCH PARK FACILITY CONTAINS FOUR SEPARATE LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS, SO IF ONE SYSTEM FAILS, CORALS SUPPORTED BY OTHER SYSTEMS WILL BE PRESERVED. THESE SYSTEMS HAVE ROOM FOR UP TO 500 MATURE PARENT CORALS OR 15,000 SMALL CORAL FRAGMENTS. THE FACILITY PROVIDES PRECISION CONTROL OF TEMPERATURE, CHEMISTRY, WATER LEVEL, LIGHTING AND MORE, TO KEEP THE CORALS HAPPY AND HEALTHY. MOTE'S GENE BANK ALSO PRODUCED NEW CORAL OFFSPRING THROUGH ITS DEDICATED LABORATORY FOR CONTROLLED, YEAR-ROUND, CORAL SEXUAL REPRODUCTION-A KEY STEP TO INFUSE FRESH GENETIC DIVERSITY INTO THE SCIENCE-BASED CORAL REEF RESTORATION MOTE IS SPEARHEADING. OUR GENE BANK VISION BEGAN WITH A FOCUS ON CORALS ENDEMIC TO FLORIDA AND U.S. JURISDICTIONS OF THE CARIBBEAN, AND IT IS NOW EXPANDING TO INCLUDE CORAL GENETIC DIVERSITY FROM REEFS AROUND WORLD.


Get More from Intellispect for FreeCreate a free account to get more data, nonprofit salaries, advanced search and more.

Outside Vendors & Contractors

Vendor Name (Service)Compensation
Tvs Florida Inc
Architectural Services
$2,200,696
Hire Quest Llc
Temporary Staffing
$121,563
Shutts & Bowen Llp
Legal Services
$116,898
Acomb Ostendorf And Associates Llc
Project Mgmt And Design
$337,717
The Whiting-turner Contracting Company
Preconstruction Schematic Design
$269,586
View All Vendors

Financial Statements

Statement of Revenue
Federated campaigns$0
Membership dues$0
Fundraising events$274,256
Related organizations$524,748
Government grants $2,318,259
All other contributions, gifts, grants, and similar amounts not included above$16,665,771
Noncash contributions included in lines 1a–1f $74,328
Total Revenue from Contributions, Gifts, Grants & Similar$19,783,034
Total Program Service Revenue$23,580,920
Investment income $27,735
Tax Exempt Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Net Rental Income $0
Net Gain/Loss on Asset Sales $1,740
Net Income from Fundraising Events $22,555
Net Income from Gaming Activities $0
Net Income from Sales of Inventory $533,195
Miscellaneous Revenue$0
Total Revenue $43,949,179

Grants Awarded

Over the last fiscal year, Mote Marine Laboratory has awarded $37,518 in support to 4 organizations.

Grant RecipientAmount

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

Org PageRecipient Profile

Tallahassee, FL

PURPOSE: PROTECT OUR REEFS GRANT

$14,923

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA

PURPOSE: PROTECT OUR REEFS GRANT

$7,710

ISLAMORADA CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION EDUCATION

Org PageRecipient Profile

Islamorada, FL

PURPOSE: PROTECT OUR REEFS GRANT

$7,453

SCUBANAUTS INTERNATIONAL INC

Org PageRecipient Profile

Dunedin, FL

PURPOSE: PROTECT OUR REEFS GRANT

$7,432
View Grant Profile

Grants Recieved

Over the last fiscal year, we have identified 7 grants that Mote Marine Laboratory has recieved totaling $83,750.

Awarding OrganizationAmount
New Amsterdam Charitable Foundation

Sarasota, FL

PURPOSE: GRANT

$42,650
Ruth Rogers Hoyt Foundation Inc

Atlanta, GA

PURPOSE: FOR MARINE SCIENCES

$15,000
The Pruitt Foundation Inc

Chantilly, VA

PURPOSE: FURTHERANCE OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES

$7,500
Robert E Dods Family Foundation

Longboat Key, FL

PURPOSE: GENERAL OPERATIONS

$7,500
$5,000
Robert O Law Foundation Inc

Ft Lauderdale, FL

PURPOSE: GRANT

$3,600
View Grant Recipient Profile

Endowment Analysis

Beg. Balance$623,172
Earnings$3,472
Other Expense$313
Ending Balance$626,331

Create an account to unlock the data you need.

or