Florida · Nonprofit
GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC
GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC (Florida) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,539,182 to it, the largest being HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC ($827,459). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Guy Harvey Ocean Fund Inc does
Mission
The guy harvey foundation (ghf) collaborates with local and international organizations to conduct scientific research and host educational programs aimed at better understanding and conserving the ocean environment. (continued on schedule o) the ghf also funds inspired scientific research and innovative educational programs developed by universities, colleges, institutes, and nonprofit organizations that promise to bring new ideas and initiatives to marine conservation and that encourage conservations and best management practice for sustainable marine environment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education: the guy harvey foundation (ghf) offers scholarships to university students studying marine science and working to become future leaders of ocean conservation. Ghf, in conjunction with the guy harvey endowed scholarship program, offers four (4) 4-year florida university plan scholarships to graduating high school seniors who plan to attend nova southeastern university.
$957,190 spentof which $48,015 as grants55% of program spendingScience and research: the guy harvey foundation (ghf) research programs are dedicated to expanding the scientific knowledge necessary for effective conservation of fish populations and maintenance of fish biodiversity. The high-quality scientific information provided by ghf is critical to the universally recognized urgent need to develop and implement effective measures for the conservation and enhancement of fish resources worldwide. Research programs include: (1) satellite tagging shortfin mako sharks, (2) satellite and conventional tagging dolphinfish in the nw atlantic ocean, caribbean sea, and eastern tropical pacific, (3) tagging and tracking billfish in the eastern tropical pacific ocean, and (4) satellite tagging of whale sharks off the yucatn peninsula. (continued on schedule o)1. Satellite tagging shortfin mako sharks in the nw atlantic ocean and western caribbean / gulf of mexico. The guy harvey foundation and guy harvey research institute (ghri) at nova southeastern university deployed five satellite tracking tags (spot tags) on shortfin mako sharks in the nw atlantic ocean and western caribbean / gulf of mexico as part of a multiyear study to understand the migration…
$708,163 spentof which $62,687 as grants$194,696 earned by the program40% of program spendingThe guy harvey magazine editorial focuses on fishing, boating, adventure and eco-travel, scuba diving and living the coastal lifestyle through the lens of marine conservation. The magazine is published quarterly with the fall edition dedicated as the "education issue" which highlights the current ghf education initiatives.
$90,500 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,755,853.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.7M to $4.0M (+127%).
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: 2021 23% · 2022 46% · 2023 40% · 2024 47%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Jessica Harvey
CEO, secretary
Board chair
Steve Roden
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $126k → $332k.
11 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 funders by total. 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
GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
81% 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 GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 96% · 2019 58% · 2020 68% · 2021 39% · 2022 35% · 2023 62% — 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.
How long its funders stay
33% of GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
75% of GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $917k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.
- FEES - ROYALTIES $1.2M
- TRAVEL - IN STATE - LODGING $7k
- PROPERTY RENTAL - NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES $1k
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 GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Guy Harvey Ocean Fund Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC?
- GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC (Florida) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,539,182 to it, the largest being HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC ($827,459). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $2,539,182 in grants to GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC?
- HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $827,459 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 33 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