National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
EIN 94-3370994 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 76 grants · $4.4m
Who it funds most
51 of its 163 grantees were funded in more than one year.
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202502629349300805
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
A year with no bar has no grants on file yet: its returns may not be loaded. It is not a year without giving.
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $15.5m | — | $35.1m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $9.6m | — | $22.7m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns6 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202502629349300805 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202422499349300807 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202302349349301700 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202231589349300728 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202142729349301514 | IRS batch file |
| 2017 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 201900459349300310 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation made 261 grants across 2017–2024, totalling $22.2m as filed.
- Grants
- 261
- Total, as filed
- $22.2m
- Years
- 2017–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| MOTE MARINE LABORATORY | 4 | $2.9m |
| CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION | 4 | $2.1m |
| GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 5 | $1.5m |
| OCEAN EXPLORATION TRUST | 3 | $1.2m |
| MISSISSIPPI AQUARIUM | 2 | $781.0k |
| LEHIGH UNIVERSITY | 2 | $686.2k |
| TEMPLE UNIVERSITY | 2 | $583.6k |
| UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS | 2 | $549.5k |
| AUDUBON NATURE INSTITUTE | 2 | $507.0k |
| REEF RENEWAL USA INC | 2 | $505.3k |
| MOODY GARDENS | 2 | $423.9k |
| JOHNSTON APPLIED MARINE SCIENCE | 2 | $392.3k |
| UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY | 2 | $379.4k |
| SEAFOOD NUTRITION PARTNERSHIP | 5 | $375.0k |
| HI DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES | 2 | $344.9k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 32 | $2.1m |
| 2020 | 31 | $1.5m |
| 2021 | 30 | $1.9m |
| 2022 | 45 | $4.1m |
| 2023 | 63 | $6.9m |
| 2024 | 60 | $5.6m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-943370994. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified