New York · Nonprofit
AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC
AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC (New York) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,174,271 to it, the largest being EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INC ($800,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $746k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $195k
What Aquatic Life Institute Inc does
Mission
Ali's mission is to reduce the suffering of aquatic animals in the global food system through primary research, corporate & policy engagement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Public and corporate policy - ali engages with organizations and governments around the world on issues related to aquatic animal welfare. Ali provides data-driven feedback on policies focused on improving the welfare of farmed and wild caught aquatic animals. Ali also partners with corporations and retailers to introduce and/or strengthen aquatic animal welfare policies and procurement practices.
$264,566 spent51% of program spendingCoalitions - ali facilitates sharing of information and resources between 140+ aquatic animal alliance (aaa) members in 70+ countries. This includes promoting up-to-date research and resources, and meaningful relationship building for organizations working to improve the lives of aquatic animals.
$129,650 spent25% of program spendingCertifier campaign - ali aims to improve aquaculture certifier standards to establish what constitues a high-welfare aquatic animal product, and to ensure that products labeled as sustainable or responsible must include the most robust animal welfare considerations. Through ali's annual certification benchmark program, ali analyzes welfare requirements within the primary farming standards of global seafood certifiers and issues public ratings and individual recommendations for improvement.
$129,328 spent25% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $523,544.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $182k to $195k (+7%).
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.
100% of AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $160k → $1.2M.
7 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 48% — 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.
Where its funders are
AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $920k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC has grown faster than half of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC: 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 AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC?
- AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC (New York) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,174,271 to it, the largest being EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INC ($800,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $2,174,271 in grants to AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC?
- EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INC is the largest funder on record, with $800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AQUATIC LIFE INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 14 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing