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← OCEAN CONSERVANCY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by OCEAN CONSERVANCY INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 13 May 2026. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$48,811,949
Total expenses
$49,486,289
Contributions and grants received
$45,956,622
Grants paid
$1,618,417
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$36,654,443
Management and general expenses
$5,653,780
Fundraising expenses
$7,178,066
Program service expenses (Part III)
$36,654,443

Program services were 74.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • JANIS SEARLES JONES

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $750,028
    From this org
    $687,729
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,299
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $466,461
    Bonus
    $210,000
    Other
    $11,268
    Deferred
    $19,984
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,315
    Filer's total
    $750,028

  • JOHN SARGENT

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SANJAY A PINGLE

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DENISE GODREAU

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • W BOWMAN CUTTER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CLAIRE BERNARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERIN BROWNE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BONNIE M CRABTREE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • COLIN LE DUC

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 03/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAURA FRANCIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • IAN MCABEER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEFF ROSENTHAL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAUL SHANG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TY STIKLORIUS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TROY TEMPLETON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DENISE SHIFFMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KENNETH DONALDSON

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $291,185
    From this org
    $259,558
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,627
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $257,788
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,770
    Deferred
    $15,745
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,882
    Filer's total
    $291,185

  • JENNA DIPAOLO COLLEY

    CHIEF BRAND & COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $290,586
    From this org
    $250,940
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,646
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,601
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,339
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,646
    Filer's total
    $290,586

  • KATHERINE ANDREWS

    CHIEF CONSERVATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $328,747
    From this org
    $298,884
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,863
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $285,164
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $13,720
    Deferred
    $17,320
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,543
    Filer's total
    $328,747

  • ADRIENNE THOMAS-LOFTIN

    CHIEF PEOPLE & CULTURE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $223,539
    From this org
    $204,639
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,900
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,169
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $2,470
    Deferred
    $9,934
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,966
    Filer's total
    $223,539

  • SARAH BEIDERMAN

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $218,074
    From this org
    $193,227
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,847
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,356
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $1,371
    Deferred
    $11,584
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,263
    Filer's total
    $218,074

  • CHRIS DORSETT

    VP, CONSERVATION

    Total calculated
    $299,240
    From this org
    $242,866
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,374
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $241,076
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,790
    Deferred
    $15,059
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,315
    Filer's total
    $299,240

  • SCOTT HIGHLEYMAN

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $248,780
    From this org
    $203,283
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,497
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,223
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,060
    Deferred
    $12,593
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,904
    Filer's total
    $248,780

  • JEFFREY WATTERS

    VP, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $239,588
    From this org
    $203,218
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,370
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,838
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,380
    Deferred
    $12,346
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,024
    Filer's total
    $239,588

  • GEORGE LEONARD

    CHIEF SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $246,885
    From this org
    $208,153
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,732
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,853
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,300
    Deferred
    $12,548
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,184
    Filer's total
    $246,885

  • MALISSA LASH

    DEPUTY CHIEF OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $273,421
    From this org
    $220,024
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,397
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,416
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $1,608
    Deferred
    $12,468
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,929
    Filer's total
    $273,421

  • EMILY WOGLOM

    FORMER EVP (UNTIL 06/2024)

    Total calculated
    $322,255
    From this org
    $297,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,575
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,183
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $145,497
    Deferred
    $9,440
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,135
    Filer's total
    $322,255

  • SARAH HUMPHRIES

    FORMER CDO (UNTIL 04/2024)

    Total calculated
    $221,433
    From this org
    $206,278
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,155
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $105,688
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $100,590
    Deferred
    $6,427
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,728
    Filer's total
    $221,433

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
EMILY WOGLOM, FORMER EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT OF $144,612. SARAH HUMPHRIES, FORMER CHIEF OF DEVELOPMENT, RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT OF $100,000. PART I, LINE 7: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSIDERS THE CEO'S BONUS AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF TOTAL COMPENSATION. BOARD LEADERSHIP CONSIDERS A MULTITUDE OF ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE FACTORS WHEN DETERMINING THE CEO'S BONUS FOR A GIVEN YEAR, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE CURRENT AND PROJECTED FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE ORGANIZATION, CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES MET, PROGRAMMATIC METRICS, COMMUNICATIONS METRICS, STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION, STAFFING GOALS, CURRENT YEAR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, TOTAL CEO COMPENSATION PACKAGES FOR SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS, ETC.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
26 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640589349300139

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