Hawaii · Nonprofit
WORLDOPT INSTITUTE INC
WORLDOPT INSTITUTE INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $231,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($231,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $58k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $231k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Worldopt Institute Inc does
Mission
Developing and improving optimal use of human and environmental resources. Promoting preservation of wildlife, threatened species and the environment. Educating the public regarding dolphins, whales, tigers, natural ecosystems, (see schedule o)
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Part iii line 4a: dolphin campaign engaging education initiatives that guide local, national and international dolphin and ocean eco-system efforts. Includes presenting science of dolphin and whale intelligence. Advanced nature of dolphin sonar and communication capabilities. Dolphin campaign and marine life conservation actions engaged in hawaii, japan and other regions.
$55,732 spent26% of program spendingPart iii, line 4b: ocean plastics: ocean plastics includes north pacific marine debris and ocean ghost nets. Presentations about harmful impacts of plastic marine debris and ghost nets upon marine life of all forms. Consumption of plastics by seabirds, marine mammals, fish and other marine life is a focus. Includes educational initiative featuring removal of plastic marine debris from ocean. Cooperative efforts engaged in south korea, japan, canada and other countries in conjunction with the united states national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa) and the united nations environment program (unep)
$58,274 spent28% of program spendingPart iii 4c: ocean acoustic pollution: advancing understanding of impacts that undersea noise pollution has upon dolphins, whales, and numerous other forms of marine life. Includes commercial applications of underwater internet of things.
$18,621 spent9% of program spendingPart iii, line 4d sustainable communities promoting the needs for environmentally sustainable communities, optimizing human resources and advancing problem solving pertaining to ecological issues. Video pieces, images, slide shows and materials presented via in-person presentations and internet based online media. Outreach: promoting and distributing information featuring whales, seals and wildlife located in the sea of japan and russia's east coast and the world. Includes information of value to other seal and wildlife rescue centers in the world. Terrestrial wildlife conservation in initiative includes challenges being faced by tigers and their habitats. Educational outreach includes website development and hosting of information on web and via social media.
$78,090 spent37% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $210,717.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $1.0M to $2.0M (+98%).
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.
12% of WORLDOPT INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $66k → $15k.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 WORLDOPT INSTITUTE INC’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
100% of WORLDOPT INSTITUTE INC'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $231k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
WORLDOPT INSTITUTE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,152 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like WORLDOPT INSTITUTE INC
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 Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 WORLDOPT INSTITUTE INC: 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 WORLDOPT INSTITUTE INC?
- WORLDOPT INSTITUTE INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $231,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($231,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WORLDOPT INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $231,000 in grants to WORLDOPT INSTITUTE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLDOPT INSTITUTE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $231,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLDOPT INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Hawaii. 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 2018–2024), 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