Public Charity

GULF OF MEXICO ALLIANCE

GULF OF MEXICO ALLIANCE, of OCEAN SPRINGS, MS, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $5.3M in revenue, $5.0M in expenses, $10.9M in total assets. 5 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $632K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 272968791 OCEAN SPRINGS, MS Environmental Education NTEE: C60 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.3M
Total Expenses$5.0M
Total Assets$10.9M
Grant Records5
Funding Total$632K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE ALLIANCE'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION, RESTORATION, ENHANCEMENT, UNDERSTANDING, AWARENESS AND WISE USE OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE GULF OF AMERICA THROUGH ALIGNED AND COOPERATIVE EFFORTS INVOLVING RESEARCH, PLANNING, MANAGEMENT, INFORMATION AND RESOURCE SHARING AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.

Where $100 goes at Gulf of Mexico Alliance

How Gulf of Mexico Alliance divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$96 Programs the work itself
$4 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $96 for programs

$88
Gulf of america alliance
92% of program spending
$8
Gulf of mexico research initiative
8% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Brian Lezina
CHAIR Chris Blakenship
BOARD MEMBER Chris Wells
TREASURER/BUSINESS ADMINST Constance Thrift
BOARD MEMBER Cory Horan
BOARD MEMBER Gareth Leonard

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Research & Policy
$609,022 3 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$22,500 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.3M $5.0M $10.9M
2024 $4.5M $4.8M $10.4M
2023 $2.4M $2.9M $10.7M
2022 $1.7M $3.2M $11.0M
2021 $2.2M $5.0M $13.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.2M to $5.3M (+146%), with total assets most recently reported at $10.9M.

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