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US nonprofit · EIN 453689387 · Dauphin Isl, ALiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 453689387) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990EZ for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2014.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Benthic Ecology Meeting

Donations deductible
Revenue
$147k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$154k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$54k
year to 31 December 2025
Net assets
$54k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
4.4 years on average
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
7
reported in Part VI
Activity
C30
Environment
How am I connected?

Benthic Ecology Meeting's network

7 people2 organisationsi7 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Jarrett ByrnesBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Jennifer DykstraDei Chairper2024
2 yrs
Lee Smee PHDBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Mark ButlerPast Preside2019
7 yrs
Michael ChildressPresident2022
4 yrs
Sean PowersPresident El2024
2 yrs
Zachary DarnellCompany secretary2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Sean PowersPresident0$0
Chris PatrickPresident El0$0
Michael ChildressPast Preside0$0
Zachary DarnellSecretary0$0
April BlakeseeBoard Member0$0
Randi CannonBoard Member0$0
Jarrett ByrnesBoard Member0$0
Lee Smee PhDBoard Member0$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Benthic Ecology Meeting
EIN
453689387
Address
101 Bienville Blvd, Dauphin Isl, AL, 36528-4603
State
Alabama
Activity (NTEE)
C30 Environment
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Environment
Size band
3 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 October 2012
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)
Principal officer
Ladd Johnson (Form 990-N, tax year 2014)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsMark Butler
≥6years on the filingsLee Smee PHD
≥4years on the filingsMichael Childress
≥4years on the filingsZachary Darnell

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$54k
Net assets or fund balances
$54k

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$217k$210k$7k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.