Oceana Action Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311814181
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2028333900
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$17,000
Assets
$345,310
Liabilities
$23,622

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEITH ADDIS (PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW F SHARPLESS (CEO THRU 7/24)
  • JAMES F SIMON (CEO AS OF 7/24)

People named in this filing

  • SAM WATERSTON (CHAIR)
  • KEITH ADDIS (PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES SANDLER (SECRETARY)

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

Oceana action, inc. (oa) promotes the design and effective implementation of policies at both the national and international levels aimed at protecting and restoring marine fisheries and other living marine resources and the ecosystems in which they exist; and to engage the public in marine ecosystem efforts.

What it reported doing in 2024

Oa's mission is to promote the design and effective implementation of policies at both the national and international levels aimed at protecting and restoring marine fisheries and other living marine resources and the ecosystems in which they exist; and to engage the public in marine ecosystem advocacy efforts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 15
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 39.3%; rating input score 39

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 20.31; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.