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Ocean Conservancy INC

Public charityFed auditsIRS 990
Environment · WASHINGTON, DC · EIN 23-7245152

About

Ocean conservancy is working with you to protect the ocean from today's greatest global challenges. Together, we create evidence-based solutions for a healthy ocean and the wildlife and communities that depend on it.

Donations are tax-deductible
Category
Environment
Employees
181
Volunteers
573,635

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2024-06-30
Revenue
$49.2M
Expenses
$51.8M
Assets
$95.3M
Liabilities
$13.3M

Financial history

$51.9M$25.9M$0
161718192021222324
RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2024: $49.2M · Peak FY2022: $49.7M · Avg: $37.0M

Foreign activity (Schedule F)

Total spent abroad$3.9M
Foreign employees1
Foreign offices1
Foreign partnership interestNo
Foreign trust interestNo
RegionActivitySpent
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND)
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND)
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
NORTH AMERICA
NORTH AMERICA
SOUTH AMERICA
SOUTH AMERICA
SOUTH ASIA
SOUTH ASIA
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

501(h) election

This 501(c)(3) has NOT elected 501(h) — lobbying is permitted but limited under the vaguer "no substantial part of activities" test.

Political & Grant Activity

Campaign Spending
Lobbying
$813K
Grants Given
$2.9M
OCEAN CONSERVANCY INC
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Address

1300 19TH ST NW STE 800
Washington, DC, 20036-165

Governance

Voting board members15
Independent members14
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
Audit committeeYes
990 reviewed by boardYes

Compensation practices

Severance paymentsYes
Equity-based compNo
Supplemental retirement planNo
Used comp surveyYes
Board approved compYes
Initial contract exceptionNo

Financial detail (Schedule D)

Board-designated %0.0%
Permanent endowment %67.7%
Endowment held by related orgNo

Fundraising activity (Schedule G)

Uses professional fundraisersYes
Gross fundraising receipts$9.8M
Net to org$9.3M
Retained by contractors$508K
ChannelsMail · Phone · Email · In-person · Grant solicitation
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