Washington · Nonprofit
ORCA RELIEF CITIZENS ALLIANCE
ORCA RELIEF CITIZENS ALLIANCE (Washington) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $292,311 to it, the largest being THE SATTERBERG FOUNDATION INC ($130,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $68k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $292k
- Net assets
- $-23541
What Orca Relief Citizens Alliance does
Mission
To reduce the mortality rates, and recover the population health of the endangered southern resident orca whales through research, education and policy advocacy.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Orca relief worked throughout the year to engage the public and influence the washington department of fish & wildlife process as new protection guidelines were developed for the critically endangered southern resident orca whales. This process resulted in strong public support for protecting the srkws through strict wdfw licensing guidelines for the whale-watching industry that went into effect in january 2021.
$51,813 spentof which $67,685 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $51,813.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2022 to 2023, from $525 to $19k (+3435%).
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 ORCA RELIEF CITIZENS ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Janet Thomas
Executive director
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $45k → $55k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 ORCA RELIEF CITIZENS ALLIANCE’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
ORCA RELIEF CITIZENS ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 75% · 2021 60% · 2022 58% · 2023 55% — 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
96% of ORCA RELIEF CITIZENS ALLIANCE's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
ORCA RELIEF CITIZENS ALLIANCE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,812 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,812 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like ORCA RELIEF CITIZENS ALLIANCE
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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ORCA RELIEF CITIZENS ALLIANCE: 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 ORCA RELIEF CITIZENS ALLIANCE?
- ORCA RELIEF CITIZENS ALLIANCE (Washington) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $292,311 to it, the largest being THE SATTERBERG FOUNDATION INC ($130,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ORCA RELIEF CITIZENS ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $292,311 in grants to ORCA RELIEF CITIZENS ALLIANCE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ORCA RELIEF CITIZENS ALLIANCE?
- THE SATTERBERG FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $130,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ORCA RELIEF CITIZENS ALLIANCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2019–2023), and the filings of 7 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