California · Nonprofit
MARINE PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK
MARINE PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $818,750 to it, the largest being RESOURCES LEGACY FUND ($588,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $541k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $819k
- Net assets
- $116k
What Marine Protected Area Collaborative Network does
Mission
The mission of the mpa collaborative network is to empower diverse communities to engage in marine protected area stewardship for a healthy ocean.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
1.facilitate the organization of 14 county-based collaboratives for the purpose of more effective education and outreach of california's 124 marine protected areas a.diverse stakeholders are gathered in each of california's coastal counties to determine locally appropriate messages and methods for educating the public about marine protected areas and ocean health in general b.ceo, staff, and collaborative members, including agency representatives, non-profits, academic institutions, fishing associations, ocean businesses, tribal members, and educators c.meetings are held in each coastal county, as well as catalina island, and virtually d.30 percent of total time is allocated to supporting the 14 mpa collaboratives e.the activity is funded by a grant from the ocean protection council as well as two private funders and is 30 percent of overall expenses f.the activity is directly related to our purpose of environmental education, focused on increasing awareness of marine protected areas 2. Provide marine protected area education for enforcement purposes a. Includes training officers, district attorneys, judges, commissioners, etc. To ensure compliance of marine protected area…
$518,571 spentof which $6,870 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $518,571.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $244k to $121k (−50%).
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 MARINE PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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
Calla Allison
CEO
Board chair
Michael Sutton
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of MARINE PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK’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
MARINE PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% 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
72% 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 PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK.
“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
84% of MARINE PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK's grant income comes from California funders.
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
MARINE PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MARINE PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK
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
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MARINE PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK: 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 MARINE PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK?
- MARINE PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $818,750 to it, the largest being RESOURCES LEGACY FUND ($588,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARINE PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $818,750 in grants to MARINE PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARINE PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK?
- RESOURCES LEGACY FUND is the largest funder on record, with $588,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARINE PROTECTED AREA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 3 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