Public Charity

COMMERCIAL FISHERIES RESEARCH FOUNDATION

COMMERCIAL FISHERIES RESEARCH FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in SAUNDERSTOWN, RI. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.9M revenue, $4.0M expenses, $1.7M total assets. 7 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $133K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 861116341 SAUNDERSTOWN, RI Animal-Related N.E.C. NTEE: D99 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.9M
Total Expenses$4.0M
Total Assets$1.7M
Grant Records7
Funding Total$133K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE COMMERCIAL FISHERIES RESEARCH FOUNDATION IS TO SUPPORT AND CONDUCT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION THAT ASSISTS IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES THROUGH THE GENERATION OF BETTER INFORMATION AND EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE BENEFIT

Where $100 goes at Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation

How Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$85 Programs the work itself
$15 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 $85 for programs

$31
The black sea bass research fleet, shelf research, sea scallop programs, squid jigging and other projects are maintained and overseen by cfrf throughout the year
36% of program spending
$29
Cfrf in partnership with local fishermen are conducting pre
34% of program spending
$13
Sunrise wind trawl survey is a collaboration between cfrf and the university of massachusetts dartmouth school for marine science and technology and local fishermen
16% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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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

TREASURER Chris Lee
BOARD MEMBER Chris Roebuck
BOARD MEMBER Donald Fox
PRESIDENT Fred Mattera
BOARD MEMBER Jeff Grant
VICE-PRESIDENT John Kennedy

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Research & Policy
$55,862 2 grants
Environment & Conservation
$36,640 3 grants
General Support
$18,255 1 grant
Unspecified
$22,623 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.9M $4.0M $1.7M
2024 $4.9M $4.5M $1.8M
2023 $2.9M $2.1M $1.5M
2022 $1.8M $2.0M $608K
2021 $1.6M $1.4M $721K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.6M to $3.9M (+146%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.7M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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