New Jersey · Nonprofit
OCEAN INC
OCEAN INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $203,782 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES ($70,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $204k
- Net assets
- $8.5M
What Ocean Inc does
Mission
Administration of federal head start program, weatherization programs, rental assistance programs and other assistance to low income families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Head start includes the head start child development program, which is a comprehensive preschool program for children ages 3-5 years old from disadvantaged families. Eligibility is based on income guidelines from the federal government, as well as the head start centers program, which is a is a comprehensive preschool program for low-income 3-5 year olds that provides services in five major areas: education, health, social services, parent involvement, and special needs. Head start programs not only enhance the growth and development of children, they promote family self-sufficiency and develop community partnerships. O.c.e.a.n., inc. Currently operates head start programs at five locations throughout ocean county in brick, berkeley, barnegat, toms river, and manchester.
$5,448,131 spent41% of program spendingWeatherization programs include the liheap and usf (low income home energy assistance and universal service fund) - designed to address the needs of cost-burdened, low-income ocean county residents, unable to afford the added expense of repairing or replacing items in their home that if repaired or replaced, could help them reduce or eliminate high energy bills. Eligibility is based on income guidelines from the federal government. Program services include, energy audits, broken glass repair, weather-stripping and/or caulking of doors/windows, insulating attics and crawlspaces, replacement of doors and windows, skirting mobile homes, hot water heater jackets, furnace repair or replacement, hot water heater repair or replacement.
$3,347,583 spentof which $166,989 as grants25% of program spendingThe community services block grant consists of many programs administered by ocean, inc. And its subrecipients and include but are not limited to, substance abuse counseling and treatment, providing affordable housing, food, and scholarships to low-income individuals, stem training in the woodbine school district, provide technological enhancements to low income individuals, providing summer day camps, providing on the job training, providing intensive case management, and providing a senior isolation transportation program.
$1,603,134 spentof which $645,871 as grants12% of program spendingOther programs include home energy assistance programs, affordable housing, first-time homebuyers, and more.
$2,994,857 spentof which $191,000 as grants$1,274,021 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,393,705.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $21M to $23M (+10%).
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 91% · 2018 89% · 2019 87% · 2020 85% · 2021 89% · 2022 81% · 2023 86% · 2024 83% · 2025 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Tamica Mickle
President/CEO
Board chair
Anita Woolery
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $24k → $10k.
1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 OCEAN 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.
How concentrated its funding is
OCEAN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
49% 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 OCEAN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 85% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 64% · 2022 44% · 2023 52% — 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
60% of OCEAN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
53% of OCEAN INC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $183 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Government funding OCEAN INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $61.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$61.0M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$469k
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 OCEAN 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 Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 3 related entities
- Macedoniaocean Housing LLC · disregarded
- Mo Limited Partner LLC · disregarded
- Macedoniaocean Senior Housing Urban Renewal Associates LP · partnership
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OCEAN INC: 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 OCEAN INC?
- OCEAN INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $203,782 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES ($70,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OCEAN INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $203,782 in grants to OCEAN INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OCEAN INC?
- UNITED WAY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OCEAN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 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