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The Coral Reef Alliance

Our research has demonstrated that corals can adapt to the effects of environmental stressors if immediate threats are reduced and if we protect healthy, ecologically connected networks of reefs.

$813k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$311k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$1.6MYouth Development$432kEducation$22kArts & Culture$14k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $527,556, the rows itemized in this filing. The $813,429 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $285,873 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $206k
  • $250k+1 grant · $311k
$206,393
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KA HONOA MONOMOA (MOLOKAI HAWAII)$311,163
KIPUKA OLAWALU (LAHAINA HAWAII)$206,393
PAELOKO LEARNING CENTER PROJECT$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 46% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $4k → 8%UC SAN DIEGO: $648 → 11%CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY MONTEREY BAY: $18k → 12%MAUI BIOREMEDIATION GROUP (MAKAWAO HAWAII): $15k → 9%AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $4k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: $40k → 15%OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY: $18k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $115k → 9%RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY: $432k → 8%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $9k → 7%ROATAN MARINE PARK INTERNATIONAL: $7k → 19%MAUI NUI COMMUNITY MANAGED MALAKAI AREA: $10k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $89k → 9%RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY: $421k → 8%KA HONOA MONOMOA (MOLOKAI HAWAII): $311k → 9%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY: $32k → 8%TREECOVERY (WAILUKU HAWAII): $15k → 9%KA HONOA MONOMOA (MOLOKAI HAWAII): $207k → 9%PAELOKO LEARNING CENTER PROJECT: $10k → 9%KIPUKA OLAWALU (LAHAINA HAWAII): $206k → 9%KIPUKA OLAWALU (LAHAINA HAWAII): $72k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
OR
NJ
CA
VA
MD
HI
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $281k on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Central America and the Caribbean$281k · 100% · 7 grants

Stated purpose: SEE PART V

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 4 repeat orgs$169k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
10

Total granted

$1.9M
$159k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+29%

Still filing today

50%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’21’22’24’25
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RT
    RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $852k
  • KI
    KHM INTERNATIONAL
    2× · 2024–2025 · $519k · revenue 0% · 48% of their budget
  • TR
    The Reorganized Olowalu Cultural Reserve dba Kipuka Olowalu
    2× · 2024–2025 · $278k · revenue 0% · 37% of their budget

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Miamigraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $40k · revenue +29%
  • RU
    RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $32k
  • UC
    UNIVERSITY CORPORATION AT MONTEREY BAYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $18k · revenue +66%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Na Mamo o Kawa

to rehabilitate, curate, and steward the natural and cultural resources of Kawa to honor the past, benefit the present, and preserve for the future generations of Ka'u, the Island of Hawaii and all humankind.

Environment
2
Kaiaulu Initiatives

Kaiaulu initiatives is regreening and rebuilding lahaina one tree and one person at a time through education, training, community networking & sustainability while incorporating hawaiian cultural practices.

Environment
3
The Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner
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4
Pohaku Pelemaka

Our mission is to protect, perpetuate, and enhance: the intrinsic qualities of the lower puna area, native hawaiian wellbeing, and the transmission of intergenerational knowledge and practices in partnership with county, state, government,…

Human Services
5
Na Koa Manu Conservation Inc

To further the protection and recovery of native hawaiian birds and plants through on the ground management, forest restoration, and public outreach and education. this is carried out by supporting conservation research and management…

Animals
6
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
7
Hoomalu Ke Kai

The Organization's primary exempt purpose is to protect the marine ecosystem of the island of Kaua'i, in the state of Hawaii, as well as create awareness and motivation in the community for taking care of the ocean and its inhabitants.

Environment
8
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust

Hawaiian islands land trust dba hawai'i land trust (hilt) is hawai'i's statewide land trust that is both a hawai'i 501(c)3 nonprofit, and a nationally accredited land trust. hilt's mission is to protect and steward the lands that sustain…

Environment
9
Ka Makani Kaili Koa

Operating exclusively for charitable, educational, scientific, and literary purposes, the organization preserves and advances Native Hawaiian culture through education, leadership, and STREAMY integration: Sciences, Technologies, Reading,…

Arts & Culture
10
Hanalei River Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Malama Kua Aina
Environment
12
Pacific Bird Conservation

To ensure the continued existence of pacific island birds that are under threat from introduced species and habitat loss.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kauahea Inc; the most unlike its peers is Treecovery Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 17 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY: $852,161 · OtherRUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $204,744 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON+6 more: $84,315 · Other+6 moreKHM INTERNATIONAL: $518,619 · EnvironmentKHM INTERNATIONALThe Reorganized Olowalu Cultural Reserve dba Kipuka Olowalu: $278,293 · EnvironmentThe Reorganized Olowalu Cultural Reserve dba K…+3 more: $32,000 · EnvironmentUniversity of Miami: $40,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY CORPORATION AT MONTEREY BAY: $18,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $4,013 · EducationAmerican Museum of Natural History: $3,764 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,141,220Environment$828,912Education$62,013Arts & Culture$3,764

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKHM INTERNATIONAL: $518,619 over 2y, 48% of budgetThe Reorganized Olowalu Cultural Reserve dba Kipuka Olowalu: $278,293 over 2y, 37% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY CORPORATION AT MONTEREY BAY: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREECOVERY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetMAUI NUI COMMUNITY MANAGED MAKAI AREA LEARNING NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $4,013 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $3,764 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Nature ConservancyAmazonsmile Foundation
The Nature ConservancyVA13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Nature Conservancy · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Coral Reef Alliance funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Coral Reef Alliance. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 17 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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