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Screen a listMonterey Bay Aquarium Foundation
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$208Mrevenue
FY2024 · +82% in 3 yrs658staff
8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpending
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin40.7%
Months of reserve5.1mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+10.8%
Middle half of peersMedianMonterey Bay Aquarium
Where the money goes FY2024 · $124M spent
Programs$100M81%Management and general$16M13%Fundraising$7.3M6%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Government grants fell 98% in FY2022
$10M in FY2021, $240k in FY2022.
990 Part VIIIIn its favor2
Strong governance
17 of 18 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIGrowing faster than peers
Revenue up 11% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort436funders
$21Ma year, last 3 years
29%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23The David and Lucile Packard FoundationSince FY2018$6.1M$6.4M$5.7M$6.5M$5.9M$6.0MThe Schmidt Family FoundationSince FY2019$30k$6.0M$3.0M$3.0M$3.0MThe Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic InnovationStopped after FY2019$2.0M$1.0M–Susie and Gideon Yu FoundationOn and off$200k$500k$700k$1.5MEsb Charitable FoundationOn and off$2.5MWalton Family Foundation IncStopped after FY2021$760k$650k–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$13M$16M$13M$21M$3.6M$8.8M$9.9M325 other fundersUp to $1.0M a year each$1.8M$2.2M$995k$2.9M$3.2M$3.1M$4.5M
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped