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Ocean Conservancy

Name: Ocean Conservancy grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education conservation outreach community ocean removal marine debris

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

13 grants matching “cleanup” · $202,500

$75,000
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2023
International coastal cleanup
$10,000
Mariposa Dr Foundation · Ithaca, NY · 2023
International coastal cleanup
$7,500
Friends of Padre · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
International coastal cleanup
$20,000
The Resistance · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022
Coastal cleanup event
$10,000
Sitka Sound Science Center · Sitka, AK · 2022
Coastal cleanup event
$10,000
Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies · Homer, AK · 2022
Coastal cleanup event
$10,000
Takshanuk Watershed Council · Haines, AK · 2022
Coastal cleanup event
$10,000
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2022
Coastal cleanup event
$10,000
Save Our Shores · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Coastal cleanup event
$10,000
Scuba Dogs Society · Guaynabo, PR · 2022
Coastal cleanup event
$10,000
Friends of the Environment · Del Ray Beach, FL · 2022
Coastal cleanup event
$10,000
Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Coastal cleanup event
$10,000
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper · Buffalo, NY · 2021
ICC cleanup event & data collection

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

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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