10K Grant Recipient Great Charity Challenge 2020
A Big Thank You to all the sponsors and supporters of the Great Charity Challenge, and Anne Caroline and her team for the fantastic job of making this such a wonderful event! More information about all winners and photos of the event can be found at the Great Charity Challenge website and Facebook page.
The Foundation is named after Taras, the son of Poseidon, who, when Taras was shipwrecked, rescued him by sending a dolphin, which Taras rode to traverse the sea to the south of Italy. Brought ashore, Taras founded the city of Tarentum, today known as Taranto.
Watch our 20-Year Anniversary Video for an overview of our programs and accomplishments. Check out our volunteer and internship opportunities, including becoming a dolphin naturalist on dolphin tours with our partner Palm Beach and Jupiter Dolphin Tours. And don’t forget to Sign up for our Newsletter.
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22.208628571429Protect Wild Dolphins
We explore the life history, behavior, habitat use, social lives, and communication of wild dolphins. In addition to gathering critical baseline data, we shed light on how the health of these top predators, and the conditions of the natural resources they depend upon, directly and indirectly, impact our own health and well-being.$7,773.02 donated of $35,000.00 goal -
18.125125Drones and Dolphins
We are developing a process combining drone technology with artificial intelligence to provide us with a fast monitoring and identification system. And because dolphins spent most of their time below the surface, we are also experimenting with an underwater ROV so we can expand our observations into the underwater world.$1,450.01 donated of $8,000.00 goal -
18Stop Ocean Littering
For more than twenty years, we have used our dolphin research to illustrate how ocean litter, especially plastics, threatens marine life and our own health. Hundreds of thousands of animals, including dolphins and sea birds, die every year due to the ingestion of marine litter they mistook for food, or entanglement in fishing lines or ghost nets.$2,250.00 donated of $12,500.00 goal -
8.3333333333333Edu-Tainment
The Meet the Scientist Lecture Series promotes the pursuit of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and the communication and overall relationship between scientists and the people of the communities in which they live and work.$250.00 donated of $3,000.00 goal -
45.121951219512Meet the Scientist Lecture Series
This program promotes the dialogue between scientists and the people of the communities in which they live and work. Hosted at Jupiter High School, it has attracted world-class speakers and an average audience of 280 people. Now in its 13th season, this lecture series is one of the most successful programs of its kind in Florida.$1,850.00 donated of $4,100.00 goal
Upcoming events
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Ocean of Notes Concert 2020
Due to the continuing impact of COVID-19, our 2020 Ocean of Notes Concert will, for the first time, be a…
Ocean of Notes Concert Series
We created this series to celebrate the acoustic world of the seas, and to connect with the community, share what we have learned, keep everyone informed about our programs and progress, and come together for a wonderful event of live music performances that is affordable for entire families to participate. Your help enables us to provide comp tickets to Florida Outreach Center for the Blind and other people in need.
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Team members of the Taras Oceanographic Foundation, a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, and its flagship program, the Palm Beach Dolphin Project write about a broad scope of issues relevant to the well-being of dolphins, people and the oceans.
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