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OCEANIC GLOBAL FOUNDATION CORP

OCEANIC GLOBAL FOUNDATION CORP (New York) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $228,158 to it, the largest being The Barry and Mimi Sternlicht Foundation ($115,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.7M
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$228k
Net assets
$388k
4/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Oceanic Global Foundation Corp does

Mission

Oceanic global inspires us to care deeply for the ocean and provides solutions to protect it. The international non-profit sheds light on humanity's essential relationship to the ocean and empowers individuals, communities, and industries to create positive change. Oceanic global creates educational experiences, consults on sustainable operations, and engages local communities to generate measurable impact for our collective wellbeing.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The education & campaigns program advances ocean literacy and community engagement through resources, events, and initiatives that translate complex ocean issues into accessible action. Oceanic global has produced educational content, led global convenings including serving as the official nonprofit partner for united nations world oceans day and explored solutions related to plastic pollution, overfishing, and the blue economy. These efforts engaged thousands of people worldwide and fostered greater connection, understanding, and collective responsibility for protecting our blue planet.

    $978,069 spent$70,159 earned by the program
    68% of program spending
  2. The blue standard is oceanic global's industry solutions program that helps businesses adopt measurable sustainability practices through consulting, advisory support, and third-party verification. Blue works with partners across hospitality, tourism, consumer goods, and other sectors to eliminate single-use plastics, implement circular systems, and communicate verified impact. Through tailored frameworks and open-source tools, blue empowered organizations of all sizes to advance accountability and contribute to protecting our blue planet.

    $59,827 spent$77,600 earned by the program
    4% of program spending
  3. Volunteer hubsoceanic global hubs are regional volunteer-based extensions of the oceanic global team, designed to drive localized impact on a global scale. Hub leadership receives guidance from our headquarters in carrying out the broader oceanic global mission by hosting events, implementing the blue standard and other industry solutions amongst local stakeholders. Primarily situated in coastal cities, the hubs also work with local decision-makers to support conservation efforts and to help set new precedents for environmental stewardship within their regions.

    $89,619 spent$43,402 earned by the program
    6% of program spending
  4. Community grantsthe oceanic global grants program enables partners to collaborate on philanthropic initiatives by allocating funding toward specific regions & focus areas vital to conservation. The grants place power back into the hands of those most impacted to help them protect the ecosystems and communities they depend on, as well as to honor and learn from their knowledge.

    $308,208 spentof which $145,000 as grants
    21% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,435,723.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($87k) Expenses 100 ($656k) Net assets -255 ($-586502)2018 Revenue 157 ($137k) Expenses 7 ($44k) Net assets -215 ($-493981)2019 Revenue 281 ($245k) Expenses 43 ($281k) Net assets -230 ($-530362)2020 Revenue 569 ($495k) Expenses 53 ($350k) Net assets -167 ($-384803)2021 Revenue 1548 ($1.3M) Expenses 115 ($753k) Net assets 100 ($230k)2022 Revenue 1547 ($1.3M) Expenses 184 ($1.2M) Net assets 161 ($370k)2023 Revenue 1877 ($1.6M) Expenses 223 ($1.5M) Net assets 234 ($540k)2024 Revenue 1956 ($1.7M) Expenses 283 ($1.9M) Net assets 169 ($388k)
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Revenue (1956)Expenses (283)Net assets (169)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 $1.6M to $994k (−38%).

$189k
$281k
$247k
$400k
$875k
$997k
$1.6M
$994k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

87% of OCEANIC GLOBAL FOUNDATION CORP’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,293 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$569k
’17
$93k
’18
−$36k
’19
$146k
’20
$595k
’21
$140k
’22
$170k
’23
−$152k
’24
4.9
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.

Chief executive

Lea D'Auriol

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed4444810
Joined·+0+0+1+4+2
No longer listed·00100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $16k → $66k.

3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 OCEANIC GLOBAL FOUNDATION CORP’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

OCEANIC GLOBAL FOUNDATION CORP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

38% 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 OCEANIC GLOBAL FOUNDATION CORP.

50%
largest funder
91%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 54% · 2020 77% · 2021 78% · 2022 100% · 2023 34% — 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

40% of OCEANIC GLOBAL FOUNDATION CORP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

OCEANIC GLOBAL FOUNDATION CORP draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.

DE
FL

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

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $87k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

OCEANIC GLOBAL FOUNDATION CORP has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−9% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve4.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)53% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 20%Fundraising 3%

Governance

8
board members
50%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

49%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds OCEANIC GLOBAL FOUNDATION CORP?
OCEANIC GLOBAL FOUNDATION CORP (New York) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $228,158 to it, the largest being The Barry and Mimi Sternlicht Foundation ($115,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does OCEANIC GLOBAL FOUNDATION CORP have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $228,158 in grants to OCEANIC GLOBAL FOUNDATION CORP, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of OCEANIC GLOBAL FOUNDATION CORP?
The Barry and Mimi Sternlicht Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $115,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like OCEANIC GLOBAL FOUNDATION CORP 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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