California · Nonprofit
MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES
MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES (California) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,057,136 to it, the largest being DSCW KENNEDY FOUNDATION ($1,101,695). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 71
- Grants received
- $4.1M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles does
Mission
To inspire ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue, rehabilitation, education, and research.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Rehabilitation: the center rehabilitates sick and injured marine mammals at our hospital until they can be released back to the wild. Annually, we care for 250 to 500 sea lions, elephant seals, fur seals, and harbor seals. Since 1992, we've treated more than 11,000 marine mammals. As a partner in noaa's marine mammal health and stranding response program, mmcc has the unique opportunity to improve the health of stranded marine wildlife while learning more about species that would otherwise be inaccessible. Our experts develop treatment and husbandry protocols to deliver advanced care to animals in need and collaborates with scientists from around the country to conduct research that advances marine mammal and environmental health.
$2,550,337 spent94% of program spendingRescue and response: mmcc rescues and responds to marine mammals along the coast of los angeles county, including catalina island, and has witnessed an increase in the frequency and severity of recent stranding events. Causes of strandings include malnutrition, infectious disease, human interaction such as entanglement and gunshot wounds, algal toxins and other environmental threats. On average, our experts respond to 750 to 1,000 reports of marine mammals in distress each year. Mmcc is also a member of noaa's national large whale entanglement response network to help save the growing number of whales entangled in fishing gear that traverse our coastline.
$97,035 spent4% of program spendingEducation and community engagement: mmcc's education programs provide learning opportunities for k-12 students, community organizations, conservation partners, and the public. Our programs are designed to be inquiry-driven and learner-centric, emphasizing the important role that we all play in environmental stewardship. We create experiences that motivate, inspire and equip people to take concrete actions to protect the ocean and marine mammals. Mmcc's rehabilitation hospital is a unique training ground for veterinary and animal care professionals. Our programs combine hands-on practical experience, innovative medicine, and meaningful professional collaboration.
$77,809 spent$15,792 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,725,181.
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 2017 to 2018, from $2.5M to $1.5M (−38%).
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 2% · 2018 39% · 2019 12% · 2020 25% · 2021 5% · 2022 11% · 2023 35% · 2024 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
John Warner
CEO
Board chair
Elizabeth Kendrick Galowich
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $41k → $770k.
18 of 71 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 71 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
MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
46% 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 MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 65% · 2019 72% · 2020 65% · 2021 37% · 2022 32% · 2023 67% — growing more concentrated.
“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
38% of MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
67% of MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $710k arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES is better cushioned than half of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record.
- Department of Commerce$100k
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 MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES?
- MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES (California) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,057,136 to it, the largest being DSCW KENNEDY FOUNDATION ($1,101,695). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES have?
- IRS filings report 71 organizations giving $4,057,136 in grants to MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES?
- DSCW KENNEDY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,101,695 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 71 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