Texas · Nonprofit
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $914,323 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ($914,323). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $10k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $914k
- Net assets
- $12k
What Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association does
Mission
to provide on-demand information about the Gulfs coastal and open ocean waters that is accurate, reliable and benefits people, ecosystems and the economy.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Ocean animal on the Move is a project, conducted in partnership with Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) and the Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (MBON) and U.S. IOOS, focuses on animal tracking and the data stewardship that goes along with it. Ocean Animals on the Move: Using Technology to Track Marine Life and Understand Environmental Change involved the development of three lessons for students in grades 8-12. The goal is to understand the purpose and process of animal tracking and the data stewardship practices needed to apply the information to real-world challenges.
$4,953 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $4,953.
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 2021 to 2022, from $221k to $10k (−95%).
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 Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Kirsten Larsen
Chair
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $356k → $267k.
From the IRS filings of Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association’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
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 1 state 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
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,119 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,119 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association: 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 Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association?
- Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $914,323 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ($914,323). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $914,323 in grants to Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association?
- NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES is the largest funder on record, with $914,323 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Region Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2019–2023), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing