Oregon · Nonprofit
SEE TURTLES
SEE TURTLES (Oregon) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $886,547 to it, the largest being J and K Berman Memorial Foundation ($468,030). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $713k
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $887k
- Net assets
- $105k
What See Turtles does
Mission
SEE Turtles connects people with sea turtles in meaningful, personal, and memorable ways. Our organization helps the sea turtle community connect, grow, and thrive by suppoting community-based conservation efforts. Our program provides funding, resources, and tools to protect endangered sea turtle species in the Global South.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Billion baby turtles: financial support for community organizations protecting sea tutrle nesting beaches around the world
$286,455 spentof which $270,980 as grants$287,584 earned by the program42% of program spendingSee Turtles conservation tours: volunteer trips offer people the opportunity to participate in hands-on sea turtle research and conservation efforts. These trips provide volunteer help to local organizations, genrate income for costal communities, and educate people on how to help protect sea turtles
$176,839 spentof which $1,551 as grants$223,963 earned by the program26% of program spendingGeneral programs: includes educational efforts to teach people about how to protect sea turtles
$101,956 spentof which $21,709 as grants$103,458 earned by the program15% of program spendingTo rare to wear: working to end the trade of illegal tortoisesheels around the world
$53,616 spentof which $27,035 as grants$55,175 earned by the program8% of program spendingSea turtles & plastic: provides support for coastal communitites to remove plastic waste from sea turtle habitats
$35,828 spentof which $23,847 as grants$29,028 earned by the program5% of program spendingSea turtle week: engages the sea turtle community and public to rais awareness about sea turtles and the threats they face
$13,595 spentof which $250 as grants$13,086 earned by the program2% of program spendingSea turtle inclusivity fund: support for disadvantaged communities to participate in turtle conservation
$10,300 spentof which $10,000 as grants$512 earned by the program2% of program spendingThe hatchery: helps incubate new sea turtle conservation efforts
$6,000 spentof which $6,000 as grants1% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $684,589.
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 $52k to $93k (+79%).
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: 2020 7% · 2021 3% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of SEE TURTLES’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $23k → $149k.
3 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 SEE TURTLES’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
SEE TURTLES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 84%; 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 65% · 2019 93% · 2020 75% · 2021 65% · 2022 59% · 2023 48% — 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
25% of SEE TURTLES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 18% 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
SEE TURTLES draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $66k 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.
Against its field
SEE TURTLES has grown faster than three-quarters of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding SEE TURTLES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $79k on record.
- Department of the Interior$79k
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 SEE TURTLES
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% 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 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SEE TURTLES: 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 SEE TURTLES?
- SEE TURTLES (Oregon) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $886,547 to it, the largest being J and K Berman Memorial Foundation ($468,030). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SEE TURTLES have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $886,547 in grants to SEE TURTLES, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SEE TURTLES?
- J and K Berman Memorial Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $468,030 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SEE TURTLES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 22 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