Washington · Nonprofit
SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research
SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research (Washington) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,538,051 to it, the largest being WILD LIVES FOUNDATION ($4,013,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $7.5M
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research does
Mission
To promote the health and welfare of marine wildlife in the Pacific Northwest.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Rehabilitation: SR3s SeaLife Rescue Center is the only marine wildlife specialty hospital in the Pacific Northwest. The Rescue Center provides specialized care to sick or injured marine animals who need time to heal before returning to their ocean home. By collecting marine mammal samples of data, SR3 contributes to increased health surveilance and advances marine conservation efforts.
$523,981 spent46% of program spendingResearch: SR3s research program helps address the root causes of marine animal health issues. By collecting critical health data from vulnerable marine animal populations, we inform conservation actions important to their survival. A major focus of this program is the endangered southern resident killer whales, conducting health assessments that drive better decisions on: fisheries management to preserve their precious food resources, actions to protect critical habitat, and policies to safeguard their survival.
$388,969 spent34% of program spendingResponse: SR3s expert first responders stand by ready every day to deliver emergency care for suffering marine animals - from injured seal pups to entangled humpback whales. Important data is also collected during rescue operations, helping reveal the cause of these animals suffering in order to drive vital conservation efforts, remediate negative human impacts, and protect more animals.
$141,637 spent12% of program spendingEducation and Outreach - SR3s community education programs address the root causes of marine health threats by arming people with the tools and knowledge they need to take action. Through outreach at community events and in-depth presentations for children and adults alike, we inspire people to protect the health of marine animals and our shared oceans on which all life depends.
$92,375 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,146,962.
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 $1.8M to $2.8M (+54%).
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: 2017 0% · 2019 7% · 2020 4% · 2021 8% · 2022 4% · 2023 10% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
Casey McLean
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $179k → $1.2M.
12 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 funders by total. 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
SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 67%; 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 39% · 2018 42% · 2019 66% · 2020 68% · 2021 66% · 2022 56% · 2023 56% — growing more concentrated.
“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
48% of SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
78% of SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $839k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $538k on record.
- Department of Commerce$538k
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 SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research
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.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research: 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 SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research?
- SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research (Washington) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,538,051 to it, the largest being WILD LIVES FOUNDATION ($4,013,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $7,538,051 in grants to SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research?
- WILD LIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,013,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 42 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing