Funding search · EIN 237245152 · Washington, DC

Ocean Conservancy

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

187
grants reported
$9.0M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educationconservationoutreachcommunityoceanremovalmarinedebris

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska3 grants · $997,000
  • Pacific Environment and Resources Center1 grant · $560,000
  • Kawerak2 grants · $506,000
  • Global Resilient Cities Network2 grants · $475,280
  • Environmental Defense Fund3 grants · $446,000
  • Arizona State University1 grant · $243,632
  • University of South Florida1 grant · $237,518
  • Global Resilient Cities Network3 grants · $237,280
  • Native American Rights Fund2 grants · $223,000
  • Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska3 grants · $198,780

Giving over time

$1.3M
2021
$2.8M
2022
$2.3M
2023
$2.6M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 187 grants.

  • $865,000

    Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska · Anchorage, AK · 2023

    Fish conservation

  • $560,000

    Pacific Environment and Resources Center · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    Decarbonizing international shipping

  • $375,000

    Global Resilient Cities Network · New York, NY · 2022

    Conservation education

  • $253,000

    Kawerak · Nome, AK · 2024

    Environmental monitoring

  • $253,000

    Kawerak · Nome, AK · 2024

    Environmental monitoring

  • $243,632

    Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2022

    Fisheries modeling research and analysis

  • $237,518

    University of South Florida · Tampa, FL · 2022

    Research

  • $218,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    Protecting mesopelagic

  • $218,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    Protecting mesopelagic

  • $184,882

    University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2022

    Urban Ocean Circularity Assessment Protocol working group

  • $150,000

    Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2022

    North Bering Sea Fisheries

  • $143,145

    Florida International University Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    Conservation science

  • $120,466

    Debris Free Global Inc Dba Debris Free Oceans · Miami, FL · 2022

    Conservation education

  • $106,502

    Big Blue & You · Miami, FL · 2022

    Conservation education

  • $100,280

    Global Resilient Cities Network · New York, NY · 2023

    Ocean conservation

  • $100,280

    Global Resilient Cities Network · New York, NY · 2022

    Urban Ocean Partnership and Program support

  • $97,894

    Asociacion Interamericanca Para La Defensa Del Ambiente (Aida) · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Ocean conservation

  • $96,200

    Yakutat Tlinglt Tribe · Yakutat, AK · 2023

    Ocean conservation

  • $85,000

    Aleut Community of St Paul Island Tribal Government of St Paul · Anchorage, AK · 2021

    Tribal conservation & management in the Pribilof Islands marine ecosystem

  • $82,900

    Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska · Juneau, AK · 2023

    Ocean conservation

  • $82,283

    Yakutat Tlinglt Tribe · Yakutat, AK · 2022

    Ecological & cultural conservation

  • $80,000

    Ocean Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021

    Sea Grass Grow 2022

  • $76,103

    University of Georgia Research Foundation · Athens, GA · 2024

    Preventing ocean plastics research

  • $76,103

    University of Georgia Research Foundation · Athens, GA · 2024

    Preventing ocean plastics research

  • $75,000

    Alaska Conservation Foundation · Anchorage, AK · 2023

    Community outreach/education

  • $75,000

    Puget Soundkeeper Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2023

    International coastal cleanup

  • $75,000

    Asociacion Interamericanca Para La Defensa Del Ambiente (Aida) · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Decarbonizing international shipping in Latin America

  • $75,000

    Bering Sea Fishermen'S Association · Achorage, AK · 2022

    Tribal conservation & management

  • $73,000

    Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2021

    North Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area implementation support

  • $70,500

    Native Peoples Action Community Fund · Achorage, AK · 2023

    Community outreach/education

  • $68,500

    Global Resilient Cities Network · New York, NY · 2024

    Urban ocean waste management

  • $68,500

    Global Resilient Cities Network · New York, NY · 2024

    Urban ocean waste management

  • $66,000

    Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska · Anchorage, AK · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $66,000

    Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska · Anchorage, AK · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $65,000

    Conservation Action Fund Sponsored By Environmental Groups · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    CA Plastics Ballot Initiative

  • $64,129

    Aleut Community of St Paul Island Tribal Government · Anchorage, AK · 2022

    Tribal conservation & management

  • $62,501

    Trusteees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    Oil & gas decommissioning research

  • $62,501

    Trusteees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    Oil & gas decommissioning research

  • $57,940

    Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska · Juneau, AK · 2024

    Marine debris removal, outreach & education

  • $57,940

    Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska · Juneau, AK · 2024

    Marine debris removal, outreach & education

  • $50,050

    Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission · Bethel, AK · 2024

    Community outreach & fisheries management

  • $50,050

    Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission · Bethel, AK · 2024

    Community outreach & fisheries management

  • $50,000

    Native Peoples Action Community Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2024

    Fisheries management

  • $50,000

    Native Peoples Action Community Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2024

    Fisheries management

  • $50,000

    Black in Marine Science · Spokane, WA · 2023

    Ocean conservation

  • $49,238

    University of Georgia Research Foundation · Athens, GA · 2021

    Circularity Assessment Protocol

  • $46,200

    Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation · Kennebunk, ME · 2024

    Ghost gear removal

  • $46,200

    Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation · Kennebunk, ME · 2024

    Ghost gear removal

  • $45,000

    Bering Sea Fishermen'S Association · Anchorage, AK · 2021

    Tribal conservation & management in the Artic-Yukon-Kuskokwim ecosystem

  • $41,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2021

    Support of generating education materials about ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)

  • $40,000

    Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Community outreach/education

  • $40,000

    Eastern Woodlands Protectors · Wilmington, NC · 2023

    Ocean conservation

  • $40,000

    Green the Church · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Community outreach/education

  • $40,000

    Knik Tribe · Wasilla, AK · 2023

    Community outreach/education

  • $40,000

    Alaska Conservation Foundation · Anchorage, AK · 2022

    Arctic Safe Shipping Network in the Bering Strait support

  • $40,000

    Black in Marine Science · Spokane, WA · 2022

    General support

  • $40,000

    Ndponics · Lexington, VA · 2021

    East Coast Indigenous Landscapes Partnership Expansion Strategy support

  • $38,749

    Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2023

    Fish conservation

  • $36,000

    Dream in Green · Miami, FL · 2023

    Community outreach/education

  • $35,000

    Aleut Community of St Paul Island Tribal Government of St Paul · Anchorage, AK · 2023

    Ocean conservation

  • $35,000

    Aleut Community of St Paul Island Tribal Government of St Paul · Anchorage, AK · 2022

    Tribal conservation & management

  • $35,000

    Dream in Green · Miami, FL · 2021

    Circularity Assessment Protocol

  • $30,000

    Aina Momona · Kaunakakai, HI · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $30,000

    Aina Momona · Kaunakakai, HI · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $30,000

    Alaska Marine Conservation Council · Anchorage, AK · 2024

    Fisheries management

  • $30,000

    Alaska Marine Conservation Council · Anchorage, AK · 2024

    Fisheries management

  • $30,000

    Aleut Community of St Paul Island Tribal Government of St Paul · Anchorage, AK · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $30,000

    Aleut Community of St Paul Island Tribal Government of St Paul · Anchorage, AK · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $30,000

    Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $30,000

    Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $30,000

    Native Village of Eyak Traditional Council · Cordova, AK · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $30,000

    Native Village of Eyak Traditional Council · Cordova, AK · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $30,000

    People'S Economic and Environmental Resiliency Group Inc Dba Peer Grou · Miami, FL · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $30,000

    People'S Economic and Environmental Resiliency Group Inc Dba Peer Grou · Miami, FL · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $30,000

    Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $30,000

    Sea Mammal Education Learning Technology Society (Smelts) · Sedro Woolley, WA · 2021

    Ghost gear retrieval

  • $29,990

    University of Florida Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and · Gainesville, FL · 2021

    Support for continued monitoring of Tampa Bay seagrass and primary producers

  • $27,338

    Yakutat Tlingit Tribe · Yakutat, AK · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $27,338

    Yakutat Tlingit Tribe · Yakutat, AK · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $26,500

    Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2022

    Ghost gear retrieval

  • $25,012

    Native Village of Paimiut · Anchorage, AK · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $25,012

    Native Village of Paimiut · Anchorage, AK · 2024

    Community outreach & education

  • $25,000

    Native Conservancy · Cordova, AK · 2023

    Ocean science

  • $25,000

    Green 20 · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Renewable Energy Alaska Project · Anchorage, AK · 2022

    Alaska Marine Energy Landscape Analysis project

  • $25,000

    Aqqaluk Trust · Kotzebue, AK · 2021

    Support of ongoing work to create methods that digitally rematriate cultural knowledge to Indigenous peoples

  • $25,000

    Global Resilient Cities Network (Grcn) · New York, NY · 2021

    Urban Ocean Cities support

  • $22,055

    Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation · Kennebunk, ME · 2022

    Derelict fishing gear and large debris removal

  • $22,055

    Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation · Kennebunk, ME · 2021

    Derelict fishing gear and large debris removal

  • $20,000

    Black Surf Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    Ocean conservation

  • $20,000

    Diving With a Purpose & Development Group Inc Dba Dwp · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Community outreach/education

  • $20,000

    Green 20 · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Indigenous People'S Council for Marine Mammals · Acnchorage, AK · 2023

    Ocean conservation

  • $20,000

    Minorities in Aquaculture · Easton, MD · 2023

    Ocean conservation

  • $20,000

    Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023

    Ocean conservation

  • $20,000

    Oceanalaska Marine Science Center · Wrangell, AK · 2023

    Community outreach/education

  • $20,000

    University of Miami Dba Office of Research Administration · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Community outreach/education

  • $20,000

    Bridge the Gap Outreach Center · Suffolk, VA · 2022

    Conservation education

  • $20,000

    Climate Resilient Communities · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    Conservation education

  • $20,000

    Diving With a Purpose & Development Group Inc Dba Dwp · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Conservation education

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