Nonprofit · EIN 81-5461345
GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC
Also known as ADAM RIVER
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20036
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $19,122,848 | $23,046,908 | -$3,924,060 | $64,061,957 | $1,401,164 | $62,660,793 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $19,594,410 | $19,860,765 | -$266,355 | $69,085,365 | $1,890,603 | $67,194,762 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $69,478,777 | $13,167,862 | $56,310,915 | $68,778,087 | $1,271,407 | $67,506,680 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $17,254,279
- of which government grants
- $968,087
- Program service revenue
- $200,227
- Investment income
- $1,396,110
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $510,372
- Other revenue
- $272,232
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,459,253
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $1,295,907
- Other salaries and wages
- $9,137,100
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $12,676,005
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $56,315
- Accounting fees
- $49,927
- Occupancy
- $11,472
- Travel
- $1,805,893
- Depreciation
- $870
- Program services (functional)
- $18,679,083
- Management and general (functional)
- $3,809,548
- Fundraising (functional)
- $558,277
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $69,085,365
- Total assets, end of year
- $64,061,957
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,401,164
- Net assets, end of year
- $62,660,793
- Publicly traded securities
- $3,492,797
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $31,618,510
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $31,042,283
- Gross receipts
- $72,908,958
- Employees
- 45
- Volunteers
- 10
- Year formed
- 2017
- State of legal domicile
- DE
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHONY LONG | CEO Officer | 40 | $248,443 | $20,284 |
| PAUL WOODS | CIO Officer | 40 | $226,364 | $36,666 |
| MARINE LAURENT | COO Officer | 40 | $243,322 | $15,339 |
| PAOLO DOMONDON | CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER Officer | 40 | $245,143 | $10,758 |
| SARAH BLADEN SR DIRECTOR | COM. AND PARTNERSHIPS Officer | 40 | $220,825 | $28,763 |
| ENRIQUE TUYA | CTO Officer | 40 | $208,568 | $0 |
| DAVID KROODSMA | CHIEF SCIENTIST Highest-paid employee | 40 | $199,364 | $7,188 |
| ABRAHAM FICHMAN DIR | ACCOUNTING & TREASURY Highest-paid employee | 40 | $168,527 | $24,610 |
| CHARLES KILGOUR DIR | ANALYSIS & CAPACITY BUILDING Highest-paid employee | 40 | $173,575 | $8,679 |
| TIMOTHY HOCHBERG | HEAD, MACHINE LEARNING Highest-paid employee | 40 | $171,691 | $9,167 |
| ANNA SANDERS | DIR. OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $159,130 | $21,340 |
| BRIAN SULLIVAN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MELISSA WRIGHT | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HEATHER STEVENS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREW SHARPLESS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
6 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JENNIFER ALLEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN AMOS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARIA DAMANAKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER RAYNOR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ENRIC SALA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JACQUELINE SAVITZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARINE LAURENT | COO Officer | 40 | $232,798 | $13,348 |
| ANTHONY LONG | CEO Officer | 40 | $226,054 | $16,342 |
| SARAH BLADEN | SR.DIR, COM. AND PARTNERSH Officer | 40 | $195,478 | $19,647 |
| PAOLO DOMONDON | CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER Officer | 40 | $189,762 | $8,721 |
| DAVID KROODSMA | CHIEF SCIENTIST Highest-paid employee | 40 | $191,391 | $6,120 |
| PAUL WOODS | CIO Officer | 40 | $162,335 | $30,850 |
| TIMOTHY HOCHBERG | HEAD, MACHINE LEARNING Highest-paid employee | 40 | $157,679 | $23,871 |
| KIMBERLY VOSBURGH | DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATION Highest-paid employee | 40 | $152,763 | $23,094 |
| FERNANDO SERRANO PAOLO | RS ML ENGINEER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $151,743 | $22,996 |
| CHARLES KILGOUR DIRECTOR | ANALYSIS AND CAPACITY BUILDING Highest-paid employee | 40 | $157,676 | $15,768 |
| BRIAN SULLIVAN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MELISSA WRIGHT | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HEATHER STEVENS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREW SHARPLESS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER ALLEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN AMOS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARIA DAMANAKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ENRIC SALA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JACQUELINE SAVITZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALEX WILSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ENRIQUE TUYA | CTO Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHONY LONG | CEO Officer | 40 | $217,866 | $19,252 |
| MARINE LAURENT | COO Officer | 40 | $208,592 | $12,605 |
| PAUL WOODS | CIO Officer | 40 | $186,144 | $24,597 |
| PAOLO DOMONDON | CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER Officer | 40 | $204,039 | $0 |
| ADAM REYER | DIRECTOR, GRANTS & BUSINESS AFAIRS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $165,508 | $35,463 |
| SARAH BLADEN | SR.DIR, COM. AND PARTNERSHIPS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $180,889 | $18,540 |
| DAVID KROODSMA | DIRECTOR, RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $179,825 | $8,337 |
| CHARLES KILGOUR DIRECTOR | ANALYSIS AND CAPACITY BUILDING Highest-paid employee | 40 | $152,268 | $6,983 |
| ANNA SANDERS | DIRECTOR, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $146,237 | $7,962 |
| BRIAN SULLIVAN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTOPHER COSTELLO | VICE CHAIR UNTIL 03/2023 Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MELISSA WRIGHT | VICE CHAIR AS OF 03/2023 Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HEATHER STEVENS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREW SHARPLESS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER ALLEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN AMOS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARIA DAMANAKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ENRIC SALA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JACQUELINE SAVITZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALEX WILSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ENRIQUE TUYA | CTO Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1025 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 200, WASHINGTON, DC 20036-5425
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- ANTHONY LONG, 1025 CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW 200, WASHINGTON, DC 20036
- Signed the 990
- ANTHONY LONG, CEO
- Phone
- (202) 800-2928
- Return prepared by
- CBIZ ADVISORS LLC
Mission
GLOBAL FISHING WATCH ADVANCES OCEAN GOVERNANCE THROUGH INCREASED TRANSPARENCY OF HUMAN ACTIVITY AT SEA. BY CREATING AND PUBLICLY SHARING MAP VISUALIZATIONS, DATA AND ANALYSIS TOOLS, WE ENABLE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DRIVE A TRANSFORMATION IN HOW WE MANAGE OUR OCEANS.
Program accomplishments
- GLOBAL FISHING WATCH IS AN INTERNATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOUNDED ON THE BELIEF THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THE OCEAN, OUR GLOBAL COMMONS, SHOULD BE COMMON KNOWLEDGE. OUR PURPOSE IS TO CREATE AND PUBLICLY SHARE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HUMAN ACTIVITY AT SEA TO ENABLE SUSTAINABLE USE OF OUR OCEAN. WE CREATE KNOWLEDGE USING CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO TURN BIG DATA INTO ACTIONABLE INFORMATION. WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION PUBLICLY TO ACCELERATE SCIENCE AND DRIVE FAIRER, SMARTER POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT REWARD GOOD BEHAVIOR AND PROTECT BIODIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS. AND WE PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND TRANSPARENCY AROUND OCEAN DATA TO ENABLE A NEW ERA OF OCEAN GOVERNANCE.BY 2030, WE AIM TO EMPOWER INSTITUTIONS AND PEOPLE TO: REDUCE ILLEGAL, UNREGULATED AND UNREPORTED (IUU) FISHING AND DESTRUCTIVE FISHING PRACTICESIMPROVE EFFECTIVE DESIGNATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (MPAS) AND OTHER EFFECTIVE AREA-BASED CONSERVATION MEASURES (OECMS). BETTER ENFORCE AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF 1 MILLION SMALL-SCALE FISHERSTHREE INTERLINKED STRATEGIC PRIORITIES GUIDE OUR WORK:MAP ALL HUMAN ACTIVITY AT SEA: WE AIM TO PUBLICLY MONITOR AND MAP ALL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AT SEA, INCLUDING ALL INDUSTRIAL FISHING VESSELS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SMALL-SCALE FISHING BOATS, ALL LARGE NON-FISHING VESSELS, AND FIXED INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS AQUACULTURE AND OIL RIGS. IN 2025, WE ACHIEVED OUR GOAL OF MAPPING 100% OF THE INDUSTRIAL FISHING FLEET. USING NEW OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGERY, WE HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF VESSELS WE CAN DETECT. WE ALSO COMPLETED PROCESSING A FULL YEAR OF HIGHER-RESOLUTION OPTICAL IMAGERY OF GLOBAL COASTAL WATERS, PROVIDED BY OUR PARTNER PLANET. THIS ENABLES US TO DETECT SEVERAL TIMES MORE VESSELS THAN BEFORE, OFFERING UNPRECEDENTED INSIGHT INTO ACTIVITY IN COASTAL WATERS THE MOST BIODIVERSE AND HEAVILY USED PART OF THE OCEAN.Expenses $9,484,938 · grants $373,777 · revenue $105,952
- ENGAGE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TO USE OPEN DATA AND ADOPT TRANSPARENCY: WE ARE ENGAGING SELECTED COUNTRIES TO ADOPT TRANSPARENCY AS A CORE PRINCIPLE AND TO SHARE THEIR VESSEL AND OCEAN DATA MORE WIDELY. INCREASED TRANSPARENCY, COMBINED WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY, IS ENABLING STRONGER ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND POLICY SHIFTS, HELPING THESE COUNTRIES ADDRESS THREATS TO THE OCEAN AND BECOME INTERNATIONAL ADVOCATES FOR TRANSPARENCY. AS OF THE END OF 2025, MORE THAN 20 GOVERNMENTS ARE USING OUR TECHNOLOGY AND DATA. OF THESE, 12 HAVE TAKEN THE SIGNIFICANT STEP OF PUBLICLY SHARING THEIR VESSEL TRACKING DATA VIA OUR MAP, AND MANY ARE USING OUR TOOLS TO GENERATE INSIGHTS THAT STRENGTHEN MARINE PROTECTION ANDExpenses $6,460,649 · grants $1,085,476 · revenue $49,900
- ADVANCE TRANSPARENCY IN INTERNATIONAL POLICIES AND FORUMS: UN AGENCIES, REGIONAL BODIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ALSO NEED TO EMBRACE TRANSPARENCY PRINCIPLES FOR THE OCEAN. IN 2025, WE SECURED EXPLICIT RECOGNITION OF THE ROLE OF TRANSPARENCY AND TECHNOLOGY IN ENDING ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED AND UNREGULATED (IUU) FISHING IN THE UN OCEAN CONFERENCE'S NICE OCEAN ACTION PLAN. THIS BUILDS ON OUR SUCCESS IN EMBEDDING TRANSPARENCY, OPEN DATA AND TECHNOLOGY AS CORE PILLARS OF OCEAN GOVERNANCE IN THE 2025 UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND 2024 UN SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES RESOLUTIONS.MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GLOBAL FISHING WATCH'S ONGOING PROGRAMS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.GLOBALFISHINGWATCH.ORG.Expenses $2,733,496 · revenue $44,375
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 81-5461345
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2017
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C32)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $64,061,957
- Income (IRS master file)
- $72,908,958
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $19,122,848 | $23,046,908 | $64,061,957 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $19,594,410 | $19,860,765 | $69,085,365 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $69,478,777 | $13,167,862 | $68,778,087 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $8,706,351 | $11,621,612 | $11,921,504 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 81-5461345).
Questions about GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC
- What is the EIN of GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC is 81-5461345.
- Is GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2017.
- Are donations to GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names ANTHONY LONG.
- Who are the officers and directors of GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 21 people; 11 received compensation from the organization, the highest $248,443 (ANTHONY LONG, CEO).
- How much revenue does GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $19,122,848, expenses of $23,046,908 and total assets of $64,061,957 at year end.
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