Shark Allies
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 472097925
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Studio City, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8087786740
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Wildlife Preservation, Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $95,224
- Expenses
- $85,909
- Assets
- $57,394
- Liabilities
- $276
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEFANIE BRENDL (President & CEO)
- ERIKA WUNCH (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- STEFANIE BRENDL (President & CEO)
- ERIKA WUNCH (Vice President)
- LIZ SULLIVAN (Treasurer)
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
Shark allies specializes in issues that impact shark populations and solutions that will bring about recovery and protection of sharks and the habitats they live in. This is achieved via collaboration with many national and international conservation organizations and by fostering the development of many advocates and volunteers. More than 20,000 individuals are members and followers of our cause. Our awareness campaigns aim to educate the public about the role of sharks in the health of the ocean and encourage consumers to reduce their purchase of shark products. A big part of the awareness campaigns is the creation of visual media, such as public service announements and short documentaries that promote a positive image of sharks, t.v. Interviews, and magazine articles. Several times a year we conduct first-hand experiences, where we bring divers together with shark experts and scientists in shark diving locations. The long-term goal is to raise the public awareness of shark conserva
What it reported doing in 2025
Shark allies is dedicated to the protection and conservation of sharks and rays. Our focus is on taking action, on raising awareness and guiding initiatives that reduce the destructive overfishing of sharks on a global scale.
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
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
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: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.8%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 61.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.