Washington · Nonprofit
TETIAROA SOCIETY
TETIAROA SOCIETY (Washington) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,354,399 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($535,250). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $723k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What Tetiaroa Society does
Mission
Tetiaroa Society is a charitable, nonprofit organization dedicated to education, conservation, and research activities related to tropical island socio-ecosystems, particularly that of tetiaroa atoll, french polynesia. The goals of the organization are: -to promote sustainability through an interdisciplinary study of science and technology, the humanities, and the arts and creative sciences; -to encourage the preservation of polynesian ecosystems, biodiversity, and culture; -to develop and test new technologies and approaches - particularly in relation to renewable energy, food, water security, and the control and impact of invasive species - that are appropriate for tropical islands in an era of rapid global change; and -to help island communities acieve sustainable development. Tetiaroa Society is committed to the preservation and restoration of tetiaroa island through a unique conservation plan that supports scientific innovation to create sustainable interdependence.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
"Tetiaroa Society helps support the operation of an ecostation, located on motu onetahi, one of the twelve islets of tetiaroa (33 miles north of tahiti, french polynesia), as a facility accessible to scientists, volunteers, cultural advisors, teachers and students from around the world. It also serves as a base for the society's community outreach, education, and conservation programs. The ecostation is a dynamic and powerful tool in our mission to create sustainable interdependence. Designed and built to lead platinum standards, the ecostation allows scientists and student to be inspired by tetiaroa's unique, natural environment while their work is integrated with it. The research conducted at the ecostation and on tetiaroa serves as a living case study, where the lessons learned can be implementedlocally and applied to places across the globe, creating a ripple effect of sustainability in action. Research and program activities conducted via the ecostation in 2023 were: tetiaroa atoll restoration program (tarp): this program aims to restore seabird populations and to establish tetiaroa as a sanctuary for seabirds, green sea turtles, coconut crabs, and translocated endangered…
$383,372 spentof which $337,354 as grants$4,436 earned by the program34% of program spending"the blue climate initiative (""bci"") is Tetiaroa Society's global effort to combat climate change with oceanrelated solutions. This initiative brings together scientists, community leaders, entrepreneurs, business leaders and influencers to accelerate oceanrelated solutions tothe greatest environmental crisis humankind has confronted: climate change.bci's work in 2023 included: organization and sponsorship of a global challenge entitled ""community awards for oceanrelated climate solution and then granting of awards and providing a supporting role for community programs in tanzania, the philippines, palau, peru, french polynesia, and the bahamas. Organization and sponsorship of a global $1 million "ocean innovation challenge" which encouraged, inspired, facilitated and supported the development of technological and entrepreneurial oceanrelated solutions to climate change. Organization and sponsorship of an education program in french polynesia regarding ocean protection and climate change. Work on various programs supporting ocean protection and innovative solutions to climate change.in 2023, bci sponsored a global summit on ocean related solutions to climate change which helped…
$760,366 spentof which $125,000 as grants66% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,143,738.
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 2019 to 2020, from $2.8M to $8.3M (+197%).
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.
76% of TETIAROA SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $40k → $75k.
9 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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 TETIAROA SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 19 of 20 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
TETIAROA SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
65% 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 TETIAROA SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 88% · 2019 92% · 2020 50% · 2021 87% · 2022 51% · 2023 27% — 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
50% of TETIAROA SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
65% of TETIAROA SOCIETY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $476k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $879k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
TETIAROA SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TETIAROA SOCIETY
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Tetiaroa Society Fp · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TETIAROA SOCIETY: 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 TETIAROA SOCIETY?
- TETIAROA SOCIETY (Washington) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,354,399 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($535,250). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TETIAROA SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,354,399 in grants to TETIAROA SOCIETY, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TETIAROA SOCIETY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $535,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TETIAROA SOCIETY 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.
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 20 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