Form 990 for tax year 2023

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 November 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) 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.

Total revenue

$1,602,803 →changed to $1,752,688

Total expenses

$3,401,960 →changed to $3,377,835

Contributions and grants received

$1,602,515 →changed to $1,715,600

Grants paid

$0 →changed to $923,046

Program service revenue

$0 →changed to $36,800

Total assets, end of year

$2,341,497 →changed to $2,516,189

Total liabilities, end of year

$115,828 →changed to $116,511

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,225,669 →changed to $2,399,678

Program services expenses

$2,521,266 →changed to $2,495,926

Management and general expenses

$401,218 →changed to $401,557

Fundraising expenses

$479,476 →changed to $480,352

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,521,266 →changed to $2,495,926

Totals

Total revenue

$1,752,688

Total expenses

$3,377,835

Contributions and grants received

$1,715,600

Grants paid

$923,046

Program service revenue

$36,800

Investment income

$288

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,516,189

Total liabilities, end of year

$116,511

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,399,678

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,495,926

Management and general expenses

$401,557

Fundraising expenses

$480,352

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,495,926

Program services were 73.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• Outreach Education Mission Blue channels and partners share inspiring Hope Spot stories which are amplified by major news outlets, in-person speaking engagements, and the organizations growing global online community. Mission Blue communications have garnered a reach of more than 85 million annually, created over 1.5 million engagements and increased our audience to over 1 million unique followers. The monthly newsletter boasts over 50,000 subscribers. In 2014, Mission Blue was granted consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. The Netflix documentary, Mission Blue, ranks 3 in nature documentaries and is available to 170 million subscribers in 190 countries.

  Expenses $657,074

• Expeditions - Exploration is at the core of all Mission Blue Hope Spot expeditions. Since 2010, we have led 30 expeditions to explore and document Hope Spots around the world. By conducting expeditions to Hope Spots, the organization generates global awareness, foster meaningful partnerships, and build community support for marine conservation. The organization works with local partners, stakeholders, and government representatives to build awareness and action around the value of Marine Protected Areas and the urgent need for ocean protection.

  Expenses $69,387

• Hope Spots/Community Engagement - The past 10 years have brought a groundswell of support from every corner of the blue planet with the Hope Spot community growing faster than ever before. In the last 5 years we have increased Hope Spots from 33 to 151. In addition, more than 100 communities have been empowered by providing a global platform to give voice to their goals and achievements in ocean conservation. A third-party Scientific Advisory Council maintains oversight for processes and criteria.

  Expenses $651,740

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — 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

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

• SeaLegacy Foundation Inc

  $125,000

  General support

• Seattle Aquarium Society

  $50,000

  Rewilding

• Marina Megafauna Foundation

  $30,000

  General support

• Innoceana

  $18,000

  Champion Grant

• Mother of Coral

  $17,880

  Champion Grant

• Migramar

  $7,000

  Champion Grant

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

9 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202531329349302293

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