Saltwater Classroom

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832687170
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Camden, ME, USA
Phone
2075422766
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$115,407
Expenses
$96,155
Assets
$68,613
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alexandra Doudera (President / Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Alexandra Doudera (President / Executive Director)
  • Nathan Doudera (Treasurer)
  • Olivia Dawson (Director)

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

Saltwater Classroom's exempt purpose is to advance ocean literacy, marine science education, and environmental stewardship through educational programming, community engagement, and experiential learning opportunities. The organization develops and delivers programs that connect students, educators, and the broader public with coastal and marine environments, while also supporting conservation awareness, youth leadership, and hands-on initiatives that promote long-term protection of ocean ecosystems.

What it reported doing in 2025

Annual gathering to promote ocean education, share program progress, engage the community, and support the organization's mission through increased awareness and participation. The organization's annual gathering serves both programmatic and fundraising purposes, including community engagement, education, and awareness of ocean conservation initiatives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.5%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 59.3%; rating input score 59

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.7%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 40.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 42.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.5% of revenue deployed · 59.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $57K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.