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SUSTAINABLE OCEAN ALLIANCE INC

EIN 82-4972091 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

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Revenue 2024
$4,897,663
Expenses 2024
$7,799,010

Program services were 70.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C32
Classification
1200
Street
1160 BATTERY ST STE 100

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 100). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUSTAINABLE OCEAN ALLIANCE EMPOWERS THE NEXT GENERATION TO BECOME LEADERS IN PRESERVING THE HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR OCEAN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • THE OCEAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM SUPPORTS OCEAN LEADERS WHO ARE ACTIVELY RAISING AWARENESS OF OCEAN CHALLENGES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, CREATING OCEAN SOLUTIONS, AND INFLUENCING OTHERS TO TAKE OCEAN ACTION. YOUNG OCEAN LEADERS ARE MEMBERS OF THE SOA COMMUNITY WHO ARE UNDER 35 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED A CONCRETE COMMITMENT TO UN SDG14: LIFE BELOW WATER. OVERALL, SOA'S GLOBAL NETWORK OF YOUNG OCEAN LEADERS ARE SPEARHEADING PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS THE CAUSES OF OCEAN HARM SUCH AS UNSUSTAINABLE FISHING, MARINE POLLUTION, AND HABITAT DESTRUCTION IN OVER 150 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE.

    Expenses $2,295,593 · Grants $142,798

  • THE OCEAN SOLUTIONS PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND MENTORSHIP TO PROJECT LEADERS WHO ARE UNDER 36 AND ADDRESSING CRITICAL OCEAN ISSUES WITH GRASSROOTS, COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES. THE OCEAN SOLUTION PROGRAM ALSO INVESTS IN EARLY STAGE STARTUP COMPANIES DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO SUSTAIN AND RESTORE THE HEALTH OF OUR OCEAN.

    Expenses $1,824,395 · Grants $237,643 · Revenue $81,000

  • PROGRAM MARKETING: STRATEGIC PROMOTION AND COMMUNICATION AIMED SPECIFICALLY TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT TO SAVE OUR OCEAN. THIS INCLUDES EDUCATION PROGRAMS, PROGRAM LAUNCHES, AND TARGETED MARKETING TO DRIVE PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT.

    Expenses $845,046

  • ECOPRENEUR NETWORK : A PROGRAM OF LIFETIME SUPPORT THAT ASSEMBLES THE WORLD'S MOST AMBITIOUS OCEAN VENTURES, AND AMPLIFIES THEIR EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE TRANSFORMATIVE PLANETARY IMPACT.

    Expenses $499,776 · Grants $1,000 · Revenue $90,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Daniela Fernandez

    PRESIDENT / CEO

    Total calculated
    $394,523
    From this org
    $361,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,323
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $361,200
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,036
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,287
    Filer's total
    $394,523
  • Kim Kolt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Trond Wuellner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eva Zlotnicka

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Brekke

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jitendra Kavathekar

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christina Ochoa

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Dudenhoeffer

    CHIEF IMPACT & INV. OFFICE

    Total calculated
    $278,170
    From this org
    $227,040
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,130
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,040
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,930
    Filer's total
    $278,170
  • Melissa Murray

    DIR OF FINANCE & OPERATION

    Total calculated
    $229,125
    From this org
    $190,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,125
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,725
    Filer's total
    $229,125
  • Brandon Levy

    HEAD OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $191,644
    From this org
    $170,280
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,364
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,280
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,217
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,147
    Filer's total
    $191,644
  • Taylor Garrett

    ASSOCIATE DIR. OF GRANT

    Total calculated
    $174,747
    From this org
    $123,840
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,907
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,840
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,430
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,477
    Filer's total
    $174,747
  • Kimberly Vallee

    ADO. OF CEO (UNTIL 08/24)

    Total calculated
    $167,750
    From this org
    $140,285
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,465
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $80,285
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $60,000
    Deferred
    $7,560
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,905
    Filer's total
    $167,750

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,897,663
    Expenses
    $7,799,010
    Contributions
    $4,696,895
    Grants paid
    $381,441
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,330,549
    Expenses
    $7,098,498
    Contributions
    $4,786,743
    Grants paid
    $658,250
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $12,744,319
    Expenses
    $5,907,210
    Contributions
    $12,640,033
    Grants paid
    $310,899

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,228,934
    Expenses
    $4,015,592
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,770,789
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,662,343
    Expenses
    $2,853,303
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,662,452
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,715,855
    Expenses
    $1,480,959
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,664,239
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,793,331
    Expenses
    $55,031
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,738,300

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

  • 2023 TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS

  • BLUE LATITUDES LLC

    $15,000

    2023 OCEAN SOLUTIONS GRANT

  • GLASS HALF FULL

    $15,000

    2023 OCEAN SOLUTIONS GRANT

  • NOBLE OCEAN FARMS LLC

    $12,500

    2022 OCEAN SOLUTIONS GRANT

  • FISHERMAN FRESH

    $12,000

    2023 OCEAN SOLUTIONS GRANT

  • NOBLE OCEAN FARMS

    $10,000

    2023 OCEAN SOLUTIONS GRANT

  • 2023 OCEAN SOLUTIONS GRANT

  • REELER INC

    $10,000

    2022 OCEAN SOLUTIONS GRANT

  • 2023 OCEAN SOLUTIONS GRANT

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    $8,560

    2023 OCEAN SOLUTIONS GRANT

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

  • SOA SEABIRD VENTURES LLC

    IMPACT INVESTING · CA · general or managing partner

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.