Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Oceana Inc
To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2020
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
52% of Oceana Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Tides Center, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Oceana Inc named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $479k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2020
- $479k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $180,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 2
- Total assets, FY2020
- $62M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 83% of the organizations Oceana Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $459k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 6 | $479k | 83% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $155k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $648k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $3.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Fishing Watch Inc | $3,648,707 | 2 | 9% |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies | $771,250 | 5 | 1% |
| Skytruth | $657,158 | 1 | 40% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $565,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Walden Woods Project | $200,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Surf Industry Members Association | $175,000 | 6 | 20% |
| American University | $101,979 | 3 | 0% |
| Bring on the Music Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Clean Coasts Clean Water Clean Streets Environmentalists Recyclers and Farmer | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Sima Environmental Fund | $40,000 | 1 | 7% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Fishing Watch Inc | $3,648,707 | 2 | 9% |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies | $771,250 | 5 | 1% |
| Skytruth | $657,158 | 1 | 40% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $565,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Walden Woods Project | $200,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Surf Industry Members Association | $175,000 | 6 | 20% |
| American University | $101,979 | 3 | 0% |
| Bring on the Music Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Clean Coasts Clean Water Clean Streets Environmentalists Recyclers and Farmer | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Sima Environmental Fund | $40,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Marine Sanctuary Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Green Corps Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Greenfaith Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shorefast US Fund | $7,540 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Oceana Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Oceana Inc
- How much does Oceana Inc give?
- Oceana Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $479,297, out of $1,115,958 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Oceana Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (76%), International (11%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Oceana Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Global Fishing Watch Inc ($3.6M), Center for Strategic and International Studies ($771k), Skytruth ($657k).
- Does Oceana Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Oceana Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Oceana Inc based?
- Oceana Inc is based in DC.
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