Maine · Nonprofit
TRITON RESEARCH INSTITUTE
TRITON RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Maine) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500,000 to it, the largest being THE 85 FUND ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $502k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $500k
- Net assets
- $501k
What Triton Research Institute does
Mission
Triton Research Institute is a nonprofit organization formed exclusively for charitable & educational purposes. Tritons educational activities are focused on modernizing & improving fisheries science, breaking down traditional notions of researchers & research subjects, & advancing the principle that the best available science is the knowledge learned at sea.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research activities: triton intends to further its exempt purposes by engaging in research focused on the promotion of domestic seafood resources & the preservation of fishing heritage. Triton will serve as a focal point for cooperative research that advances scientific pursuits that incorporate the experiential knowledge of fishermen derived from their work in domestic fisheries. Triton intends to actively increase opportunities for members of the domestic fishing industry to participate in research that promotes sustainable fisheries & coastal communities. Research activities were conducted nationwide by tritons staff & affiliates. This research activity is an effective method for furthering tritons exempt purpose by developing high-quality findings that will broaden public understanding of the state of domestic fisheries and the domestic fishing industry.
$870 spent$250,000 earned by the program50% of program spendingTriton intends to engage in educational activities, including compiling the findings of tritons in-house researchers & then publishing those reports for public consumption. Triton will also prepare & disseminate educational materials that aim to deepend public understanding of fisheries science. Educational activities were conducted nationwide by tritons staff & affiliates.
$870 spent$250,000 earned by the program50% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,740.
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.
Board chair
Anne Hawkins
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of TRITON 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.
Where its funders are
TRITON RESEARCH INSTITUTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
TRITON RESEARCH INSTITUTE receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TRITON 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 Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TRITON RESEARCH INSTITUTE?
- TRITON RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Maine) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500,000 to it, the largest being THE 85 FUND ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRITON RESEARCH INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500,000 in grants to TRITON RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
- Who is the largest funder of TRITON RESEARCH INSTITUTE?
- THE 85 FUND is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRITON RESEARCH INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 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