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Screen a listVermilion Sea Institute
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$388krevenue
FY2024 · +27% in 3 yrs3staff
8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin1.3%
Months of reserve0.9mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+11.0%
Middle half of peersMedianVermilion Sea Institute
Where the money goes FY2024 · $383k spent
Programs$356k93%Management and general$13k3%Fundraising$13k4%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 64% of revenue stopped after FY2020
Patagoniaorg gave about $58k a year for two years, 64% of revenue in FY2020.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$57k in FY2022 and −$138k in FY2023. Cash covers 0.9 months, under the peer median of 6.7.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 11% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort12funders
$34ka year, last 3 years
73%from its largest funder
Funder’18’19’20’21’22’23PatagoniaorgStopped after FY2020$15k$100k–Paul and June Rossetti FoundationOn and off$25kGlobalgiving Foundation IncSince FY2021$8k$5k$9kRichard H Lewis Family FoundationOn and off$6kDiffenbaugh FoundationSince FY2021$1k$1k$1kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$85k$112k$68k$26k$51k$512
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped