Oceans and Robotics Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832908958
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Marina, CA, USA
Phone
8316337033
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$65,025
Expenses
$44,028
Assets
$80,734
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Charles Geoffrey Wheat (Chief Executive Officer/President)

People named in this filing

  • Charles Geoffrey Wheat (Chief Executive Officer/President)
  • Russell McDuff (Secretary)
  • C Michael Pinto (Chief Financial Officier)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide ocean-related educational experiences. Current focus is on the Seafloor Science and Remotely Operated Vehicle Camp, a week-long, STEM-based summer day camp (www.ssrovcamp.org) and remotely bringing a classroom to the sea with an internet-controlled remotely operated underwater vehicle.

What it reported doing in 2025

We support the Seafloor Science and Remotely Operated Vehicle summer day camp, which is a hands-on STEM-based camp that exposes campers to the wonders of the seafloor and inspires a range of discoveries in our unique underwater world. 180 campers and interns were involved in 8 camps in 2024. Camps included 3 age groups (incoming 3-5, 6-9, and 10-11 grades).

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.7%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.3%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.83; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.