Grants awarded
Who does The Ocean Foundation fund?
The Ocean Foundation has awarded $6.2 million across 159 grants to 86 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $20,600, with most between $12,240 and $50,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $25,555 versus $19,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$6.2M
Typical grant
$21K
Grantees
86
Grants
159
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| C Conservacion Conciencia INC | $814K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Brick City Tv LLC | $693K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
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$349K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| U University of Oregon | $249K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Playa Viva LLC | $229K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Deep Green Wilderness | $222K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$180K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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$175K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Marine Debris Foundation
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$171K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| O Oregon State University-Research Office | $153K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance INC
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$150K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| C Coastal Cordination Prgm | $134K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Harte Research Inst | $125K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$120K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Netcentric Campaigns INC
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$100K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| R Race to Zero Films LLC | $91K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Havenworth Coastal Conservation | $88K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Marine Conservation Biology Institute
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$87K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | WA | |
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$83K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | PR | |
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$81K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| A Anchor Coalition INC | $65K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| S Sustainable Travel Interntl | $62K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| W World Wide Wallace LLC | $60K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Ecolibrium INC | $56K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Smelts Sea Mammal Education Learning Training Society
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$55K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | WA | |
L S U Foundation
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation INC
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$50K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | FL | |
Earth Echo International INC
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$50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Parliamentarians for Global Action
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$50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Only One INC
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$50K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Trustees of Reservations
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$50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MA | |
| D Don Hanson Foundation INC | $46K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | GA | |
Smithsonian Institution
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$43K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | DC | |
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
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$42K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
| U Univ of Hawaii | $38K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$35K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
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$35K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | GU | |
| H Helix Science LLC | $35K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
The Story of Stuff Project
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$30K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| A Aleli Environmental | $30K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PR | |
Wildcoast
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$30K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
National Academy of Sciences
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$30K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
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$29K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Hawaii Marine Mammal Alliance INC
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$26K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | HI | |
Natural Resources Defense Council INC
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$25K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
Student-Led Sustainable Initiatives INC Plan - Post-Landfill Action Network
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$25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NH | |
| H Hawaii Local 2030 Hub | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | HI | |
Clean Water Fund
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$25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
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$25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| E East Carolina University | $25K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A Attagene INC | $24K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$24K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Occidential Arts and Ecology Center
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$22K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Algalita Marine Research and Education
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$20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
North American Association for Environmental Education
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$20K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation
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$20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | ME | |
University of Miami
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$20K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | FL | |
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$20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
| N North Pacific Wildlife Consulting | $18K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Remote Ecologist INC
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$18K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
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$18K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
Restore America's Estuaries
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$18K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | VA | |
| M Marinlink INC | $18K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | — |
| E Ecodeo LLC | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Council on Sustainable Fashion and Design of Grenada | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
| C Coolant Climate INC | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
One Eleuthera Foundation
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$15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Whale Lagoon Film LLC | $14K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$13K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
Florida State University Research Foundation INC
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$13K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | FL | |
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$12K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | OR | |
| U University of North Carolina Atwilmington | $11K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Auburn University Foundation
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | AL | |
President and Fellows of Harvard College
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
The International Center for Dialogue & Peacebuilding
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| U University of Alaska | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | AK | |
| U University of South Alabama | $9K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | AL | |
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$9K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
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$8K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| O Ocean County Vocational Technical School | $8K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Save the Bay INC
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$7K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | RI | |
The Marine Mammal Center
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$7K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| S Sawfish Conservation Society INC | $7K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | FL | |
| U Univ PR Mayaguez Campus | $6K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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