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OCEAN VISIONS INC

EIN 84-2130219 LEESBURG, VA

Revenue 2024
$8,313,870
Expenses 2024
$3,600,559

Program services were 93.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
U21
Classification
1280
Street
1019-B EDWARDS FERRY RD 1024

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OCEAN VISIONS DEVELOPS AND ADVANCES SOLUTIONS TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THE OCEAN. WE MOBILIZE AND SUPPORT INVENTORS, SCIENTISTS, POLICY MAKERS AND OTHERS TO INVENT AND ADVANCE INNOVATIVE OCEAN-BASED SOLUTIONS THAT REDUCE STRESSORS, RESTORE OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS, AND REVERSE DISRUPTION. WE FOCUS ON CRITICAL ARENAS OF NEEDED ACTIONS THAT ARE UNDERINVESTED, AND WE CATALYSE EFFORTS TO DEVELOP, TEST, AND ULTIMATELY SCALE INNOVATIONS TO THE MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES TO THE HEALTH OF THE OCEAN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEVELOP INNOVATIVE AND DURABLE SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX CHALLENGES FACING OUR OCEAN.

  • OCEAN VISIONS IS A SCIENCE-BASED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION. WE WORK WITH AND ACROSS DIVERSE SECTORS AND DISCIPLINES TO IDENTIFY, CO-DESIGN, EVALUATE AND SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF BOLD OCEAN-BASED SOLUTIONS TO COUNTER AND REVERSE DANGEROUS IMPACTS TO THE OCEAN. WE PROVIDE DIVERSE FORMS OF SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, TESTING AND APPLICATION OF SOLUTIONS, AND FOR CREATION OF THE ENABLING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL FRAMEWORKS NEEDED FOR THEIR SUCCESS. OUR WORK IS GROUNDED IN ROBUST SCIENCE, AND WE CONTINUALLY SEEK TO IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CHALLENGES.

    Expenses $3,372,104 · Grants $885,336

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.

  • PAUL BUNJE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EMANUELE DI LORENZO

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NANCY KOWLTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FIORENZA MICHELI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIE PULLEN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRAD ACK

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $316,410
    From this org
    $287,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,077
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $262,333
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,475
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,602
    Filer's total
    $316,410

  • DAVID KOWEEK

    CHIEF SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $178,053
    From this org
    $172,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,703
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,850
    Bonus
    $9,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,773
    Nontaxable benefits
    $930
    Filer's total
    $178,053

  • NIKHIL NEELAKANTAN

    SR PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $123,480
    From this org
    $119,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,880
    Hours/week
    40

  • JESSICA KEITH

    SR COMMUNICATIONS DIR( FRO

    Total calculated
    $125,497
    From this org
    $121,264
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,233
    Hours/week
    40

  • COURTNEY MCGEACHY

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $164,558
    From this org
    $142,949
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,609
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,949
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,313
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,296
    Filer's total
    $164,558

  • LEONARDO VALENZUELA PEREZ

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $152,823
    From this org
    $136,355
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,468
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,355
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,881
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,587
    Filer's total
    $152,823

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
    $8,313,870
    Expenses
    $3,600,559
    Contributions
    $8,075,247
    Grants paid
    $885,336
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,574,949
    Expenses
    $2,480,224
    Contributions
    $3,404,286
    Grants paid
    $295,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,044,937
    Expenses
    $1,453,989
    Contributions
    $2,995,003
    Grants paid
    $115,000

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
    $2,291,104
    Expenses
    $413,491
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,405,679

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $957,061
    Expenses
    $463,048
    Assets (EOY)
    $528,145

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $210,896
    Expenses
    $176,764
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,132

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2018

Tax period
1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019
Principal officer
BRAD ACK
Mailing address
311 FERST DRIVE NEATLANTA GA 30332
Website
www.oceanvisions.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared as related by

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.