501(c)(3)
The Computational Marine Ethology Research Institute has been granted non-profit corporation status as of January 24th, 2018.
Direct details of our non-profit status can be found under the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search.
Specifically, COMERI has secured formal IRS nonprofit 501(c)(3) status as a public charity:
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determination date: December 03, 2018
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effective date January 24, 2018
Therefore, donors can deduct contributions made to COMERI as per IRC Section 170.
The formal 1023 package was submitted to the IRS on May 20th, 2018. This complete package, along with the supplemental correspondence letter, can be found under under the following link: IRS 501(c)(3) (password protected)
For more information on 501(c)(3) entities, please refer to the IRS.