Louisiana · Nonprofit
Gulf Offshore Research Institute
Gulf Offshore Research Institute (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being THE FONDREN FOUNDATION ($125,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $67k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $19k
What Gulf Offshore Research Institute does
Mission
Creating alternative uses for offshore oil and gas platforms.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Submitted final report on offshore macroalgae production with funding from Bigelow Laboratory, subgrant from USDA.
$19,072 spentof which $34,583 as grants91% of program spendingPrepared and submitted proposals to DOE and NOAA for Federal grant funding.
$1,795 spentof which $17,600 as grants9% of program spendingPerformed research on the repurposing of offshore platfroms, including the Arena Offshore South Pass 83 platform.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,867.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $10k to $122k (+1072%).
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 Offshore Research Institute’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Kent Satterlee
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $25k → $63k.
From the IRS filings of Gulf Offshore Research Institute’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
Gulf Offshore Research Institute leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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
Gulf Offshore Research Institute draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, 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 Offshore Research Institute has grown faster than half of the 21,859 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Gulf Offshore Research Institute
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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
31% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 Offshore Research Institute: 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 Offshore Research Institute?
- Gulf Offshore Research Institute (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being THE FONDREN FOUNDATION ($125,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Gulf Offshore Research Institute have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $150,000 in grants to Gulf Offshore Research Institute, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Gulf Offshore Research Institute?
- THE FONDREN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Gulf Offshore Research Institute find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 2018–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing