Nonprofit · EIN 93-0792021
SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY
Tax-exempt · WOODBRIDGE, VA 22195
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $15,110,537 | $11,893,506 | $3,217,031 | $8,400,675 | $309,198 | $8,091,477 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $9,235,946 | $13,026,169 | -$3,790,223 | $5,186,710 | $317,822 | $4,868,888 |
| December 31, 2021 | 990 | $11,000,824 | $8,083,366 | $2,917,458 | $9,672,611 | $807,302 | $8,865,309 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $14,995,001
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Royalties
- $70
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $81,420
- Other revenue
- $115,536
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,116,753
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $735,937
- Other salaries and wages
- $364,744
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,217,431
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $255,465
- Accounting fees
- $262,462
- Occupancy
- $41,187
- Travel
- $520,826
- Depreciation
- $651,592
- Program services (functional)
- $10,214,641
- Management and general (functional)
- $907,953
- Fundraising (functional)
- $770,912
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $5,186,710
- Total assets, end of year
- $8,400,675
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $309,198
- Net assets, end of year
- $8,091,477
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $5,080,423
- Publicly traded securities
- $42,125
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $8,049,277
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $42,200
- Gross receipts
- $15,241,367
- Employees
- 11
- Volunteers
- 110
- Year formed
- 1981
- State of legal domicile
- WA
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, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROGER FISK | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - UNTIL 9/2024 Officer | 40 | $220,349 | $2,235 |
| JULIAN ESCUTIA | MEXICO COUNTRY DIRECTOR Key employee | 40 | $185,000 | $12,000 |
| OCTAVIO CARRANZA | DIRECTOR OF SHIP OPERATIONS Key employee | 40 | $166,243 | $110 |
| MIMI CHANG | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer | 40 | $150,000 | $0 |
| AMBER SHUMARD | SENIOR GIFTS OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $140,000 | $0 |
| MICHAELA GONDELLA | DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $113,000 | $0 |
| PRITAM SINGH | PRESIDENT AND CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES COSTA | SECRETARY, INTERIM TREASURER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GEORGE NEUGENT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GLENN PLATT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDA PRANSKY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DIANA REISS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROGER FISK | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - AS OF 8/2023 Officer | 40 | $184,318 | $465 |
| PRITAM SINGH | CHAIR AND PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $155,000 | $0 |
| MIMI CHANG CHIEF | OPERATING OFFICER - AS OF 1/2023 Officer | 40 | $151,862 | $0 |
| CHARLES LINDSEY | CEO - UNTIL 2/2023 Officer | 40 | $41,924 | $23 |
| JAMES COSTA | SECRETARY, INTERIM TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GEORGE NEUGENT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROGER PAYNE | BOARD MEMBER - UNTIL 6/2023 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GLENN PLATT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDA PRANSKY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DIANA REISS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2021: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAUL WATSON | FORMER PRESIDENT; ADVISOR Former | 40 | $249,985 | $39,809 |
| PETER HAMMARSTEDT | DIRECTOR OF CAMPAIGNS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $135,102 | $9,380 |
| DAVID HANCE | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $122,843 | $11,245 |
| FARRAH SMITH | MAJOR GIFT OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $124,233 | $9,042 |
| CHARLES LINDSEY | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - UNTIL 05/2022 Officer | 40 | $67,917 | $21 |
| ALEX CORNELISSEN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $60,000 | $0 |
| PRITAM SINGH | CHAIR AND VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES COSTA | SECRETARY, INTERIM TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE GALESI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GEORGE NEUGENT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CLEMENTINE PALLANCA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROGER PAYNE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DIANA REISS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANNA VARN | BOARD MEMBER - UNTIL 01/2021 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 7750, WOODBRIDGE, VA 22195-7750
- In care of
- % SEA SHEPHERD
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- PRITAM SINGH, PO BOX 8628, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22306
- Signed the 990
- PRITAM SINGH, PRESIDENT AND CEO
- Phone
- (212) 220-2302
- Website
- WWW.SEASHEPHERD.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CBIZ ADVISORS LLC
Mission
MARINE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TO END THE DESTRUCTION OF HABITAT AND SLAUGHTER OF WILDLIFE IN THE WORLD'S OCEANS IN ORDER TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT ECOSYSTEMS AND SPECIES.
Program accomplishments
- CONSERVATION CAMPAIGNS:DURING 2024, 4 SHIPS (SEAHORSE, MARTIN SHEEN, BOB BARKER AND MARTIN SHEEN) WERE IN OPERATION TO SUPPORT THE VARIOUS CAMPAIGNS.OPERATION MILAGRO: IT WAS OUR 11TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES TO PROTECT THE WORLD'S MOST ENDANGERED MARINE MAMMAL, THE VAQUITA PORPOISE, ALONG WITH THE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER TOTOABA. THE TOTOABA IS VALUABLE AND IN HIGH DEMAND BY CARTELS FROM MEXICO AND ASIA. WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MEXICAN NAVY, SSCS VESSELS WERE ON THE FRONT LINES, TO STAND AGAINST THE CARTELS AND PREVENT THIS SPECIES FROM TOTAL EXTINCTION.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)OPERATION ANTARCTICA: SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY HAS PARTNERED WITH SEA SHEPHERD GLOBAL TO CHALLENGE THE KRILL INDUSTRY TRAWLERS AND ITS DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOITATION OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN.OPERATION FAROE: CAMPAIGN AIMS TO EXPOSE AND END THE TRADITIONAL GRINDADRPTHE MASS KILLING OF PILOT WHALES AND OTHER SMALL CETACEANS. SINCE 2014, THE CAMPAIGN HAS FOCUSED ON DOCUMENTING THE HUNTS, RAISING GLOBAL AWARENESS, AND CHALLENGING THEIR LEGALITY UNDER EU CONSERVATION LAWS. DESPITE RESISTANCE, SEA SHEPHERD'S EFFORTS HAVE BROUGHT INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE AND CONTINUE TO PRESSURE FOR CHANGE THROUGH NON-VIOLENT INTERVENTION AND ADVOCACY.BAJOS DEL NORTE CAMPAIGN: IS A COLLABORATIVE MARINE CONSERVATION EFFORT FOCUSED ON PROTECTING A CRITICAL REEF SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. PARTNERING WITH THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL AGENCIES, THE CAMPAIGN INVOLVES SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, MONITORING, AND ENFORCEMENT TO SAFEGUARD BIODIVERSITY IN THIS ECOLOGICALLY RICH AREA. THE MISSION AIMS TO COMBAT ILLEGAL FISHING, PRESERVE CORAL REEF HEALTH, AND SUPPORT THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF MARINE LIFE THROUGH DIRECT ACTION AND DATA-DRIVEN CONSERVATION.ULLOA CAMPAIGN: SEA SHEPHERD'S ULLOA CAMPAIGN WAS A PLANNED INITIATIVE AIMED AT PROTECTING MARINE BIODIVERSITY IN THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA, WITH A FOCUS ON THE ULLOA ARCHIPELAGO REGION. ALTHOUGH THE CAMPAIGN NEVER FORMALLY LAUNCHED, EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS WERE MADE TO SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, MONITOR ILLEGAL FISHING, AND CONDUCT ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES. THE GROUNDWORK LAID FOR ULLOA REFLECTS SEA SHEPHERD'S CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO SAFEGUARDING MEXICO'S MARINE ECOSYSTEMS.OPERATION REVILLAGIGEDO: SEA SHEPHERD'S VESSEL MARTIN SHEEN HAS RETURNED TO THE LARGEST MARINE PROTECTED AREA IN NORTH AMERICA TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE AROUND WHALES AND INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO PROTECT THEM.PANAMA: SEA SHEPHERD HAS CONCLUDED ITS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE MARINE PROTECTION ALLIANCE (MPA). WHILE THE INITIATIVE DID NOT CONTINUE LONG-TERM, SOME EFFORTS IN PANAMAWERE REALIZED, INCLUDING EARLY OPERATIONS AND GROUNDWORK. THE CLOSURE REFLECTS A STRATEGIC DECISION TO FOCUS RESOURCES ON CORE CONSERVATION CAMPAIGNS.Expenses $10,214,641 · grants $1,116,753 · revenue $81,421
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 | Not 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
- 93-0792021
- 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
- 1982
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Animal-related (D013)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $8,400,675
- Income (IRS master file)
- $15,241,367
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $15,110,537 | $11,893,506 | $8,400,675 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $9,235,946 | $13,026,169 | $5,186,710 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $13,803,795 | $14,042,499 | $9,062,569 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | $11,000,824 | $8,083,366 | $9,672,611 | XML |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | 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 93-0792021).
Questions about SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY
- What is the EIN of SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY is 93-0792021.
- Is SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1982.
- Are donations to SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY 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 SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names PRITAM SINGH.
- Who are the officers and directors of SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 12 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $220,349 (ROGER FISK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - UNTIL 9/2024).
- How much revenue does SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $15,110,537, expenses of $11,893,506 and total assets of $8,400,675 at year end.
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