Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
OCEANA ACTION INC
OCEANA ACTION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,440 to it, the largest being Harbor Lights Foundation ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $0
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $322k
What Oceana Action Inc does
Mission
Oceana action, inc. (oa) promotes the design and effective implementation of policies at both the national and international levels aimed at protecting and restoring marine fisheries and other living marine resources and the ecosystems in which they exist; and to engage the public in marine ecosystem efforts.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Oa's mission is to promote the design and effective implementation of policies at both the national and international levels aimed at protecting and restoring marine fisheries and other living marine resources and the ecosystems in which they exist; and to engage the public in marine ecosystem advocacy efforts.
$6,689 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $6,689.
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 2020 to 2021, from $584k to $313k (−46%).
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 OCEANA ACTION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Sam Waterston
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $360 → $50k.
From the IRS filings of OCEANA ACTION 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
OCEANA ACTION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
OCEANA ACTION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
OCEANA ACTION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,152 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like OCEANA ACTION 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 27 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OCEANA ACTION 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 OCEANA ACTION INC?
- OCEANA ACTION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,440 to it, the largest being Harbor Lights Foundation ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OCEANA ACTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $51,440 in grants to OCEANA ACTION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OCEANA ACTION INC?
- Harbor Lights Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OCEANA ACTION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2 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