Ocean Conservation Research
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 260719608
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Lagunitas, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4154647220
- Rating
- 45
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $189,995
- Expenses
- $122,567
- Assets
- $67,428
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- Michael Stocker (Director)
- Daniela Huson (VP Communications)
- Jason Roberts (Volunteer IT Manager)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Ocean Conservation Research is focused on understanding the energy and noise impacts of the industrialization of the ocean and its consequences on marine life We engage in marine biological and technological research based on conservation priorities We use the products of this research to inform the policies and practice of the public industry and lawmakers so that we may all become stewards of the sea
What it reported doing in 2024
Sounds of the Bay Voyages taking under-served students out on San Francisco Bay to explore through hydrophones zooplankton trawls benthic sampling and water quality testing introducing them to scientific methodology as ways of appreciating where they live
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 13
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 11%; rating input score 11
- Program expense ratio: 17.1%; rating input score 17
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 35.5%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 70.5%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -26.5% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 11% of revenue deployed · 17.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $21K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 11/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.