Arts & Culture
Wave Foundation Inc
NEWPORT, KY
Total revenue
$916K
Total expenses
$969K
Net assets
$3.1M
Grants received
$1.2M
48 grants
EIN
611325992
Tax year
2024
Mission
WAVE Foundation inspires and fosters environmental stewards of aquatic life through education, conservation, and volunteerism.
Programs
2 programs
Conservation programs - Provides funding for conservation projects locally, nationally, and internationally. Also includes merchandise sales which include animal art, animal adoptions, shark tooth necklaces, coin drops and Kentucky wild cards. Funds raised from the sales of these items help to support our conservation effort.
Volunteer programs - Recruit, on-board, train and schedule volunteers to provide education to Newport Aquarium guests as well as the Greater Cincinnati area. Volunteer programs include exhibit interpreters, dive services, summer naturalist teem programming, outreach education specialists, husbandry aids and episodic volunteers to support our fundraising efforts.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
16 listed
Tricia Watts
Executive Director
$127K
60 hrs/wk
Julie Uffman
Business Manager
$40K
30 hrs/wk
Jeff Weisker
Chair
—
1 hrs/wk
Jacob Purcell
Treasurer
—
1 hrs/wk
Greg Flasch
Vice Chair
—
1 hrs/wk
Jennifer Gothard
Secretary
—
1 hrs/wk
Marcus Laifook
Member
—
1 hrs/wk
Stepahanie Koch Snyder
Member
—
1 hrs/wk
Zach Weber
Member
—
1 hrs/wk
Dudley Taft
Lifetime Member
—
1 hrs/wk
Kim Snyder
Member
—
1 hrs/wk
Khalid Kareem
Member
—
1 hrs/wk
Anthony Serelakis
Member
—
1 hrs/wk
Yashna Patel
Member
—
1 hrs/wk
Tabitha Tolliver
Member
—
1 hrs/wk
Todd Klesch
Member
—
1 hrs/wk
Grants received
Showing 48 of 48
Funded by
$1.2M from 26 funders · 48 grants · 2017–2024
$268K · 3 grants · 2020–2023
$250K · 3 grants · 2018–2023
$115K · 5 grants · 2017–2022
$105K · 3 grants · 2018–2024
$80K · 4 grants · 2020–2023
$50K · 1 grant · 2021
$40K · 4 grants · 2020–2023
$35K · 3 grants · 2019–2021