Puerto Rico · Nonprofit
CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC
CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC (Puerto Rico) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $107,853 to it, the largest being SOUTHEAST COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING REGIONAL ASSOCIATION ($107,853). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.8M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $108k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System Inc does
Mission
As part of its mission as a Regional Coastal Observing System under the IOOS/NOAA program (https://ioos.noaa.gov/), CARICOOS (http://www.caricoos.org/) collects and distributes decision supporting data and products to diverse sectors in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Island including federal and state agencies, marine observers ranging from beachgoers to ship operators and others. Data and forecasts originated and distributed by CARICOOS include waves, winds, currents, storm surge, beach pathogens as well as other biological, chemical and physical properties of the ocean.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization program services consist in provide data and forecast from a variety of sources, including satelites, ocean instruments and numerical models to the public under an integrated view of past, present and forecasted ocean conditions in the US Caribbean region. Data are provided online by a number of organizations including NOAA, NASA, ONR, Universities and others to whom credit is given.
$3,178,495 spentof which $4,578,195 as grants100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,178,495.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2024 to 2025, from $803k to $2.8M (+243%).
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: 2019 95% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 73% · 2023 84% · 2024 87% · 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (68% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM 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.
Where its funders are
CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Puerto Rico, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 234 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 234 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $23.7M on record.
- Department of Commerce$23.7M
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 CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM 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 Puerto Rico
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM 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 CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC?
- CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC (Puerto Rico) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $107,853 to it, the largest being SOUTHEAST COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING REGIONAL ASSOCIATION ($107,853). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $107,853 in grants to CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC?
- SOUTHEAST COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING REGIONAL ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $107,853 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CARIBBEAN COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Puerto Rico. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 1 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