Ocean Research and Educational

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650821403
IRS 990-PF coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Big Pine Key, FL, USA
Phone
3057724664
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$344,662
Expenses
$155,299

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Ocean Research and Educational is a nonprofit. Location: Big Pine Key, FL. EIN 650821403. Tax year 2025 Form 990-PF reports $345K revenue and $155K expenses.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no charitable disbursements for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and the filing does not identify all grant recipients.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency: 0
  • Compliance: 50
  • Endowment Health: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Scored; rating input score 0

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: Limited
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: Filed self-dealing detail
  • Investments: Filed investments detail
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency: Grant recipient disclosure scored 0/100.