Public Charity

OCEAN INSTITUTE

OCEAN INSTITUTE is a Public Charity headquartered in DANA POINT, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $5.1M revenue, $5.8M expenses, $14.6M total assets. 53 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.1M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 330203488 DANA POINT, CA Religion-Related N.E.C. NTEE: X99 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.1M
Total Expenses$5.8M
Total Assets$14.6M
Grant Records53
Funding Total$1.1M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

THE OCEAN INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS "USING THE OCEAN AS OUR CLASSROOM, WE INSPIRE CHILDREN TO LEARN". OUR ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING OCEAN AND MARITIME HISTORY LEARNING EXPERIENCES THROUGH HIGH-TOUCH REAL-WORLD PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A FIERCE COMMITMENT TO "ACCESS TO ENRICHMENT AND THROUGH OUR ADOPT-A-CLASS AND STUDENT AID PROGRAMS WE REMOVE FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO ENSURE SUCH ACCESS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Alfred Park
TREASURER Brian Skleton
DIRECTOR Bryce Cullinane
DIRECTOR Claudia White
DIRECTOR Doug Cicione
VICE CHAIR James Iv Collie

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Top Grant Purposes

EDUCATION
$291,658 9 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$239,150 9 grants
PROGRAMS
$85,000 2 grants
RELIGION RELATED
$82,800 7 grants
GENERAL SUPPORT
$79,960 6 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.1M $5.8M $14.6M
2024 $5.7M $5.3M $14.7M
2023 $4.2M $5.2M $14.1M
2022 $4.0M $4.4M $14.9M
2020 $4.1M $3.9M $14.2M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $4.1M to $5.1M (+24%), with total assets most recently reported at $14.6M.

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