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NEPTUNES NAVY INC

NEPTUNES NAVY INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,626,852 to it, the largest being CAPTAIN PAUL WATSON FOUNDATION ($2,626,852). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.8M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$2.6M
Net assets
$39k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 61%
01What it does

What Neptunes Navy Inc does

Mission

To defend life in the sea through a unique strategy of aggressive non-violence and to support, educate, and raise awareness regarding ocean conservation.we will focus on the protection and conservation of the ocean through education, documentation, research activities, and partnerships with other organizations, governments, and international institutions.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. - operation bloody fjords represents a resolute mission dedicated to safeguarding the cherished and remarkable lives of dolphins against a profoundly cruel mindset prevailing among certain communities deeply ingrained in the abhorrent practice of exterminating entire family pods of innocent and vulnerable, highly intelligent, and self-aware sentient beings.- operation paiakan is focused on saving 169 endangered fin whales from being slaughtered by hvalur hf, an icelandic whaling company operated by kristj n loftsson. Despite the global moratorium on commercial whaling established by the international whaling commission (iwc). Iceland continues to permit this. Operation paiakan has been established in response. Through the use of aggressive non- violence and direct intervention, the captain paul watson foundation intends to uphold international conservation law to save the lives of 169 fin whales.we are about to start in november 2023;- operation ocean killers will be a campaign in collaboration with sea shepherd france to pay a visit with our ships to the super trawler margris when it returns to plunder the bay of biscay, off the west coast of france to bring media attention to…

    $1,962,160 spent$8,600 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,962,160.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($243k) Expenses 100 ($192k) Net assets 100 ($51k)2023 Revenue 861 ($2.1M) Expenses 1085 ($2.1M) Net assets 116 ($59k)2024 Revenue 754 ($1.8M) Expenses 963 ($1.8M) Net assets 76 ($39k)
202220232024
Revenue (754)Expenses (963)Net assets (76)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $71k to $76k (+6%).

$69k
$71k
$76k
202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of NEPTUNES NAVY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (67% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 498 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$51k
’22
$4k
’23
−$20k
’24
0.3
months of
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.

202220232024
Listed333
Joined·+1+0
No longer listed·10
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $80k → $1.3M.

Funder
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of NEPTUNES NAVY INC’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.

Where its funders are

100% of NEPTUNES NAVY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
New York out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NEPTUNES NAVY INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 482 science & tech nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve0.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)175% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 482 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like NEPTUNES NAVY 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 New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
67%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Captain Paul Watson Foundation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds NEPTUNES NAVY INC?
NEPTUNES NAVY INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,626,852 to it, the largest being CAPTAIN PAUL WATSON FOUNDATION ($2,626,852). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NEPTUNES NAVY INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,626,852 in grants to NEPTUNES NAVY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NEPTUNES NAVY INC?
CAPTAIN PAUL WATSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,626,852 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NEPTUNES NAVY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 1 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