California · Nonprofit
ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES
ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES (California) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,810,059 to it, the largest being THE ROSALINDE AND ARTHUR GILBERT FOUNDATION ($1,611,875). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $7.8M
- Net assets
- $37M
What Altasea at the Port of Los Angeles does
Mission
Altasea at the Port of Los Angeles is dedicated to accelerating scientific collaboration, advancing an emerging blue economy through business innovation and job creation, and inspiring the next generation, all for a more sustainable, just and equitable world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Business: altasea nurtures new and existing commercial ocean-related products, services, and jobs through our blue sustainable economy alliance (bluesea). Among our more than 40 active business leaders are ecowave power, pacific6, rcam, blue robotics, and holdfast aquafarms.
$2,759,166 spentof which $300,000 as grants$878,829 earned by the program62% of program spendingScience: we bring the world's finest marine scientists and engineers together to conduct breakthrough research and discover solutions to food and energy supply, climate change, and ocean exploration. Today more than 30 leading universities are involved with altasea including the university of california, los angeles; university of southern california; scripps institution of oceanography at the university of california, san diego; cal tech's jet propulsion laboratory; and the umbrella organization southern california marine institute.
$108,000 spent2% of program spendingEducation: altasea is pioneering programs that immerse children and adults in the ocean's critical role for the future of our planet. In addition to the los angeles unified school district (including inglewood and lawndale), 15+ community-based organizations work with altasea including: boys and girls clubs of the la harbor, santa monica college, wilmington's strength based community change (sbcc), and the watts entrepreneur education center. Altasea ocean pathways program (asop) is the only program of its kind in california that aims to expand formal and informal ocean stem learning from a young age to develop a skilled workforce for this emerging sector in the global ocean economy. Altasea works closely with 14+ colleges through their blue economy climate action pathways program to develop workforce development curriculums to ensure their students have access to the new jobs in these sectors.
$66,222 spent1% of program spendingCampus redevelopment and other program services: altasea is dedicated to igniting engagement & excitement in persons of all ages & backgrounds with programs that communicate about the ocean and its importance to our lives.
$1,493,463 spent$95,396 earned by the program34% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,426,851.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $19M to $35M (+82%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 5% · 2019 0% · 2021 12% · 2022 35% · 2023 59% · 2024 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (52% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Terry Tamminen
President/CEO
Board chair
Gregory Thorpe
Board chair/director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $561k → $1.3M.
12 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 68% · 2019 36% · 2020 32% · 2021 59% · 2022 28% · 2023 21% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
41% of ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
59% of ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $953k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 149 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 149 science & tech nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $604k on record.
- Department of Commerce$604k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES?
- ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES (California) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,810,059 to it, the largest being THE ROSALINDE AND ARTHUR GILBERT FOUNDATION ($1,611,875). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $7,810,059 in grants to ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES?
- THE ROSALINDE AND ARTHUR GILBERT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,611,875 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 45 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing