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Who funds Oceana?

Washington, District of Columbia · EIN 510401308

127 private foundations reported grants to Oceana in Washington, District of Columbia totaling $15.4 million across 137 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc, with $6.5 million.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Funders of Oceana that accept applications

If your organization does similar work, these foundations are prospects: they already fund work like Oceana's and say in their IRS filings that they accept applications.

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Foundations that fund Oceana

The 100 largest of 127 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc
New York · 2024
To protect the ocean1$6.5 million
The Marisla Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
General support1$2.3 million
Sue & Edgar Wachenheim Foundation
New York · 2024
General support1$1.0 million
The Notsew Orm Sands Foundation
Texas · 2024 · accepts applications
General support1$1.0 million
Walton Family Foundation Inc
Arkansas · 2024
To support sustainable fisheries management in Mexico.4$850,000
Head & Heart Foundation Tr 12319
Delaware · 2025
General support1$350,000
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
Environment and Science2$301,250
The Merlin Foundation
Colorado · 2023
General purpose1$250,000
The Summit Charitable Foundation Inc
District of Columbia · 2024
General program support for oceana's work in belize, 2023-20263$240,000
Druckenmiller Foundation
New York · 2023
General use1$200,000
CB Laub Family Foundation
Maryland · 2024 · accepts applications
Marine conservation1$200,000
The DMK Foundation
California · 2024
To restore and protect ocean abudance1$200,000
The Gaudio Family Foundation
New York · 2024
To support oceana's work in the uk1$150,000
The Krupp Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
To support general operations1$100,000
The Tiffany & Co Foundation
New Jersey · 2024 · accepts applications
Support for the continued growth of the clean regattas program and other sailing programs to protect caribbean coral reefs and marine ecosystems.1$100,000
Alexander Foundation Inc
New York · 2024
General support1$100,000
The Harriet E Pfleger Foundation
California · 2024
General fund1$100,000
The Kristina & William Catto Foundation
Maryland · 2024
General mission1$80,000
Ivorybill Foundation Inc
New York · 2024
Unrestricted1$75,000
Beagle Charitable Foundation
California · 2024
General charitable purposes1$75,000
The Overbrook Foundation
New York · 2024
Belize Oil and Gas Constitutional Reform Campaign1$60,000
The M & T Fantastic Family Foundation
California · 2024
Cash donation1$60,000
Kitchings Family Foundation
Florida · 2025
General operating1$50,000
Elbaz Family Foundation
California · 2024
To protect and restore the world's oceans on a global scale.1$50,000
The Brunckhorst Foundation
New York · 2024
General Purpose unless otherwise stated1$50,000
The Fine and Greenwald Foundation
Florida · 2024
Environmental1$50,000
The Lance R Wachenheim Foundation
New York · 2025
General support1$50,000
Motulsky-Nacht Family Foundation
New York · 2025
To further donee's exempt purpose1$50,000
Brutten Family Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
Working to protect and restore our oceans, oceana is the largest international advocacy organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation.1$50,000
Scott and Jessica McClintock Foundation
Nevada · 2025
General & Unrestricted1$36,000
The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
Sustainable environmental stewardship1$33,000
WK Russell Family Foundation
California · 2024
General purpose charitable donation1$32,000
The C F Roe Slade Foundation
New York · 2024
Unrestricted1$30,000
Deborah Buck Foundation
New York · 2024
To preserve ocean life1$30,000
Gwydion Fund for Wild Nature
New York · 2025
General1$30,000
Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation
California · 2024
To carry out specific charitable, educational, and cultural projects1$30,000
Metta Enlightenment Foundation Inc
New York · 2023
General use2$25,000
Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts
New Jersey · 2024 · accepts applications
GENERAL PURPOSES - Environmental1$25,000
John H and Regina K Scully Foundation
California · 2024
General Support1$25,000
Better Natures Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
General purpose1$25,000
Lafetra Foundation
California · 2024
General support1$25,000
The Zemeckis Charitable Foundation
California · 2024
501(c)(3)1$25,000
Aria Foundation
Illinois · 2024
General operating purposes1$22,000
Harrington Family Foundation
California · 2024
Ocean conservation1$20,000
Lilly Endowment Inc
Indiana · 2025 · accepts applications
Employee matching gift(s)1$20,000
Peter R Gimbel and Elga Andersen-Gimbel Memorial Trust
New York · 2025
To help activities of var public char inst which are exempt under 501 (c)(3)1$15,000
Naida S Wharton Foundation
New York · 2024
For charitable use1$15,000
MRB Foundation Inc
Wisconsin · 2025
Environmental1$15,000
The McConnell Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
Unrestricted funds1$10,800
The Hanauer Family Foundation
California · 2024
Unrestricted general operating support1$10,305
Joy Foundation
Colorado · 2024
General support1$10,200
Morris & Jeannette Kessel Fund
New York · 2024
Preservation & restoration of oceans1$10,000
Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Charity1$10,000
Frumkin Falco Fam Fdn-Bal
New Jersey · 2025
Unrestricted general1$10,000
O'Neill Family Charitable Trust
New York · 2024
General support1$10,000
Boger Family Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2023
Exempt purposes1$10,000
The Pattee Foundation Inc
Tennessee · 2024 · accepts applications
Unrestricted - general support1$10,000
Hollyjolly Foundation Inc
New York · 2024
General purpose grant1$10,000
Ruth Brown Foundation
Utah · 2025
Environmental1$10,000
Click Family Foundation
Arizona · 2024 · accepts applications
Program support1$10,000
Sharon & Bob Ford Foundation
New York · 2025
General support4$10,000
George R Wiley Foundation
California · 2025
Furtherance of exempt purpose1$10,000
The Horn Foundation
California · 2024
General1$10,000
Sol R Rubin and Neddy Rubin Foundation
California · 2025
Environmental conservation1$10,000
McNeill Charitable Foundation Inc
Texas · 2025 · accepts applications
General operating1$5,300
The Zelman Family Fund
California · 2025
Annual fund1$5,000
New England Biolabs Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
Securing current and future protections for belizes marine environment1$5,000
Seltzer Family Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2025
Unrestricted donation1$5,000
Leo Model Foundation Inc
Pennsylvania · 2024
Advocate for policy change in government & corporations to preserve ocean life, in particular noise and plastic pollution1$5,000
The Apatow-Mann Family Foundation Inc
California · 2024
Providing services to protect habitats1$5,000
The Kappler Marrack Foundation
Delaware · 2024
General & Unrestricted1$5,000
Macgillivray Family Foundation
California · 2025 · accepts applications
General support1$5,000
MG O'Neil Foundation
Ohio · 2024 · accepts applications
General support1$5,000
Allinson Lamb Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
Unrestricted support of organization's charitable objectives/ research/ benefiting those in need1$5,000
The Wilson Family Foundation
North Carolina · 2025
Charitable contribution1$5,000
Courage Sans Peur Foundation
Nevada · 2024
Environment1$5,000
The M and M Foundation
California · 2024
Unrestricted1$5,000
Thornburg Foundation
New Mexico · 2024
Shark protection program1$5,000
Humphreys Family Foundation
Oregon · 2024
General purposes1$5,000
Brotman Foundation of California
California · 2024 · accepts applications
Public support of organization mission1$5,000
Amazonsmile Foundation
Washington · 2023
General support1$4,914
Ruth Winkelman Wender Foundation
Delaware · 2024
General operations1$4,000
Burt Family Foundation Inc
Connecticut · 2025
General purposes1$4,000
Koonce Family Foundation
Texas · 2025
Unrestricted general1$4,000
The Hanley Foundation
District of Columbia · 2025
To fulfill the charitable purpose1$3,250
The Robins Family Foundation Inc
New York · 2025 · accepts applications
Organizational support1$3,000
The Randolph Foundation
New York · 2024 · accepts applications
General Support1$2,625
Franklin Philanthropic Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Unrestricted1$2,539
McCullough Foundation
New York · 2024
For operations1$2,500
Elliott Badgley Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2025
General Purpose1$2,500
Reynolds Charitable Foundation Trust
Maryland · 2025
General operations1$2,500
The Mark and Anna Weinstein Family Foundation
California · 2025
international advocacy organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation. Oceana is rebuilding abundant and biodiverse oceans by winning science-based policies in countries that control one-quarter of the worlds wild fish catch.1$2,500
Louise A and Walter H Sullivan Foundation
California · 2025 · accepts applications
General support1$2,300
Raymond E & Marie V Fontaine Family Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2025
Environmental1$2,000
Becton Family Foundation
Florida · 2025
For support of sailors for the sea programs1$2,000
Janet Stone Jones Foundation
Connecticut · 2025
General support1$2,000
Dr Joy to the World Inc
New York · 2025
Charitable gift1$2,000
The van Metre Family Foundation Inc
Virginia · 2024 · accepts applications
Environmental support1$2,000
S S Family Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2025 · accepts applications
Gift to the general fund1$2,000
The Gant Family Foundation
New York · 2024
See statement #91$2,000

Amounts are grants paid as each foundation reported them. Names are matched across filings, so a grant written under a different name for the same organization may be missing.

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Questions people ask

Who funds Oceana?

The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc, The Marisla Foundation, Sue & Edgar Wachenheim Foundation, The Notsew Orm Sands Foundation and Walton Family Foundation Inc, and 122 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does Oceana get from foundations?

$15.4 million in 137 reported grants from 127 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

The Marisla Foundation, The Notsew Orm Sands Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, CB Laub Family Foundation and The Tiffany & Co Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.

Other funded organizations in Washington