New Jersey · Nonprofit
SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE
SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE (New Jersey) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $117,477 to it, the largest being ROHAUER COLLECTION FOUNDATION INC ($87,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $23k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $117k
- Net assets
- $27k
What Shark Research Institute does
Mission
Public education and research on sharks
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Whale shark research: to determine global movements of whale sharks, visual id tags and satellite tags were deployed on whale sharks in the caribbean sea, indian ocean and pacific ocean. Scientific papers on dna studies of whale sharks and satellite telemetry were submitted to scientific journals. Dna studies continued. Visual id tags and satellite tags were utilized to track whale sharks in the indian ocean and radio telemetry was used to track scalloped hammerhead sharks in the pacific ocean.
$2,729 spent20% of program spendingEducation: continuing to work with educators in the us, uk, honduras, india, mexico and tanzania, and provided them with teaching materials. The whale shark adoption program is included in this category. The training program for sport divers who wish to assist with research was expanded to include training on the use of new technology. Educational seminars were presented in costa rica, djibouti, two locations in mexico and at seminars / trade shows in the usa. Still photographs and video footage were provided to the media.
$4,664 spent34% of program spendingGlobal shark attack file: the gsaf is maintained to provide accurate information to physicians, medical personnel, the media and beach authorities. We provided onsite investigators for incidents that took place in australia, bahamas, south africa, and the usa. Case reports of incidents that took place in australia, bahamas, brazil, comoros, costa rica, cuba, egypt, japan, libya, malaysia, mauritius, new zealand, the philippines, reunion island, samoa, solomon islands, spain, st. Helena, uk and the usa were posted on the gsaf spreadsheet, which contains reports of more than 6,300 incidents from 725 b.c. To the present.
$983 spent7% of program spendingConservation: provided scientific data to the tanzanian authorities in support of protection for whale sharks in their waters. Continued the informational campaign to alert restaurants and their customers about the high mercury levels in shark fin soup, and the health risks that it presents. Sought support of member countries of cites for listing on cites appendices.
$5,527 spent40% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $13,903.
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 2022 to 2023, from $81k to $34k (−58%).
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 SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $25k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE’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
SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 59% · 2021 98% · 2022 63% · 2023 59% — 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.
Where its funders are
SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29k 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
SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,933 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,933 international nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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.
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 SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE: 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 SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE?
- SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE (New Jersey) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $117,477 to it, the largest being ROHAUER COLLECTION FOUNDATION INC ($87,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $117,477 in grants to SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE?
- ROHAUER COLLECTION FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $87,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHARK RESEARCH INSTITUTE 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.
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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 4 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