Washington · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH
FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,717 to it, the largest being THE ROSE FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITIES THE ENVIRONMENT ($43,546). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $488k
What Foundation for Marine Ecology & Telemetry Research does
Mission
Support the conservation of marine species and populations by developing, improving and using technologies to conduct scientific research into their biology, behavior and physiology to improve public knowledge of marine species and human affects on them.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program: soar surveys - marine mammal surveys, telemetry tagging, biopsy darting and data analyses
$273,060 spent$453,919 earned by the program17% of program spendingPROGRAM: ONR POPULATION STUDY - Cuviers Beaked Whales at Guadalupe Island, Mexico: A Comprehensive Assessment of Demographics and Behavior in an Undisturbed Area
$267,430 spent$313,928 earned by the program17% of program spendingPROGRAM: NMFS TAG DEVELOPMENT - Developing New Generation Consolidated Satellite Tags for Cetaceans
$265,239 spent$296,911 earned by the program17% of program spendingForm 990, part iii, line 4d, other program services: other program services various direct and analytical whale research projects.
$795,602 spent$869,507 earned by the program50% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,601,331.
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 2023 to 2024, from $629k to $1.2M (+85%).
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 81% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 3 of the last 9 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
2018 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $28k → $44k.
From the IRS filings of FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH’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
FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
61% 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 FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“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
FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $13.5M on record.
- Department of Defense$12.0M
- Department of Commerce$1.5M
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 FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% 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 FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH: 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 FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH?
- FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,717 to it, the largest being THE ROSE FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITIES THE ENVIRONMENT ($43,546). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $71,717 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH?
- THE ROSE FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITIES THE ENVIRONMENT is the largest funder on record, with $43,546 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY & TELEMETRY RESEARCH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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