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Nonprofit · EIN 94-2665367

OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE

Tax-exempt · SAUSALITO, CA 94965

Financials

$582K$206K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$582,457$205,993$376,464$4,250,469$13,284$4,237,185
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$582,455
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$0
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$0
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Program services (functional)
$166,175
Management and general (functional)
$36,992
Fundraising (functional)
$2,826

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$3,870,703
Total assets, end of year
$4,250,469
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,284
Net assets, end of year
$4,237,185
Publicly traded securities
$1,789
Gross receipts
$582,457
Employees
0
Year formed
1979
State of legal domicile
CA

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.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Mary T CrowleyDirector
Trustee or director
25$0
ann nicholsDirector
Trustee or director
0.5$0
conrad gannDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
John grant crowleyDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
ryan yerkeyDirector
Trustee or director
12$0
ann rundleDirector
Trustee or director
2$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1709 BROADWAY, SAUSALITO, CA 94965-0000
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Mary T Crowley, 1709 Broadway, Sausalito, CA 94965
Signed the 990
Mary T Crowley, Director
Phone
(415) 332-4681
Return prepared by
Goranson Tax and Consulting Inc

Mission

The mission of the institute is preservation of the maritime arts and sciences, ocean environment and island cultures. Over the last couple of years, a primary program has involved solutions.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE WAS FOUNDED IN 1979 AND WAS ENGAGED IN LOCAL AND GLOBAL SAIL-TRAINING PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS NAUTICAL HISTORY PROGRAMS IN DIVERSE AREAS RANGING FROM THE SAUSALITO WATERFRONT TO WORKING WITH THE POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY IN THE PACIFIC. IN 2009 ,WHEN OVI DID OUR FIRST MAJOR MONTH-LONG EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH PACIFIC SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE , OUR MAIN FOCUS HAS BECOME ENACTING SOLUTIONS TO OCEAN CLEANUP AND RESTORATION. THE TOXIC PLASTIC PROLIFERATION BESIEGING OUR GLOBAL OCEAN HAS TO BE CURTAILED TO RESTORE OCEAN HEALTH.DURING 2024, OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE HAS PUT MAJOR EMPHASIS ON COMPLETING THE DESIGN PHASE AND WORKING ON FUNDING TWO CUSTOM DESIGNED SAILING CARGO CLEANUP SHIPS. OVI IS WORKING TO COMPLETE DESIGN AND FUNDRAISING SO CONSTRUCTION CAN BEGIN IN 2026.FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF EFFECTIVELY REMOVING PLASTICS FROM OUR OCEAN.OUR PRIMARY WORK OVER THE PAST 16 YEARS HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR THE ESCALATING PROBLEM OF PLASTICS IN OUR GLOBAL OCEAN, INCLUDING EFFECTIVE CLEANUP MISSIONS. OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SHIP OPERATIONS AND PROJECT OVERSIGHT FOR THE PAST 42 YEARS INVOLVING OCEAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS AND OCEAN RESTORATION. OUR OCEAN CLEANUP EFFORTS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AREA, (NORTH PACIFIC GYRE) HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN REMOVING PLASTIC CONSUMER DEBRIS AND PLASTIC GHOSTNETS FROM THIS REGION. WE HAVE FOUND BY USING BOTH SAILING SHIPS AND MOTOR VESSELS, THAT USING WINDPOWER MAKES THE EXPEDITIONS MUCH MORE ECOLOGICAL AND ALLOWS US MORE REASONABLE PRICING TO DO THE MASSIVE REMOVAL OF PLASTICS NECESSARY FOR OCEAN REMEDIATION/CLEANUP. OVI CONTINUES TO BELIEVE IN USING OUR GPS SATELLITE TRACKERS FOR VESSELS OF OPPORTUNITY TO TAG GHOSTNETS AND OTHER LARGE DEBRIS ALLOWING FOR EXTREMELY EFFICIENT CLEANUP. WE HAVE PROVEN THAT OUR METHODS WORK AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SCALING UP OUR EFFORTS WITH ADDITIONAL VESSELS. OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE HAS EFFECTIVELY REMOVED ALMOST 1,000,000 POUNDS OF PLASTIC DEBRIS FROM OUR OCEAN DURING OUR CLEANUP OPERATIONS. IN 2025/26 AND BEYOND WE EXPECT TO BE CONTINUING OUR CLEANUPS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC GYRE DURING THE SUMMER SEASONS AND ADDING CLEANUPS IN THE PANAMA/COSTA RICA/COLUMBIA AND GALAPAGOS ISLAND AREAS AS WELL AS THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA AND GLOBALLY. WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE CONTINUING SUCCESS IN FULFILLING OUR COMMITMENT THAT 100% OF THE PLASTIC WE REMOVE FROM THE OCEAN IS UPCYCLED/RECYCLED/REPURPOSED . WE ARE COMMITTED TO INSURING NONE OF THE PLASTIC ENDS UP BACK IN THE OCEAN OR IN A LANDFILL.IN 2024, IN ADDITION TO OUR DIRECT REMOVAL WORK OF COLLECTING DERELICT FISHING GEAR AND CONSUMER DEBRIS AS WELL AS DORIES, SKIFFS AND SMALL VESSELS FOUND IN THE GYRE AREAS. WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING PLASTICS OUT OF OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, RIVERS, BEACHES, OCEANS, ETC. OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE EDUCATES THROUGH LECTURES, FILM, ATTENDING & PARTICIPATING IN VARIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCEAN CONFERENCES/EVENTS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND COLLABORATION WITH VARIOUS OTHER NON-PROFITS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. WE WORK WITH A NETWORK OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY. WE OFFER INFORMATION AND COLLABORATION WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS. EDUCATING THE PUBLIC THOUGH LECTURES, EVENTS, SOCIAL MEDIA, INFORMATIVE FILM & VIDEO PUBLICATIONS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY OCEAN FOR OUR OWN HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF OUR PLANET.OVI'S EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED BOTH ON STOPPING THE FLOW OF PLASTICS INTO THE OCEAN AND TO ENCOURAGE MORE CLEAN UPS, IN PARKS, RIVERS, BEACHES, AT SEA,AND MID-OCEAN. WE NEED TO CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF DISPOSABLE PLASTICS THAT ARE UTILIZED IN OUR WORLD AND ULTIMATELY END UP IN OUR OCEAN. WE NEED TO LIMIT WAYS OF USING PLASTIC FOR THINGS WE KEEP AND DO NOT DISPOSE OF SUCH AS RAILROAD TIES, CONSTRUCTION, INSULATION BOARDS, ETC. AND STOP THE PROLIFERATION OF THROW AWAY PLASTIC KNIVES, FORKS, PLATES, CUPS, BAGS, ETC.AND THE DESTRUCTIVE NETS THAT LAST FOR DECADES.OUR OCEAN IS BECOMING CLOGGED WITH OUR GARBAGE, MOST SPECIFICALLY PLASTIC GARBAGE/DEBRIS. AT THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON OCEANS IN JUNE OF 2017, THE PLASTIC DEBRIS IN OUR OCEAN WAS CONSIDERED THE MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE FACING US TODAY. THE HEALTH OF OUR OCEANS ARE DETERIORATING AND OCEAN CREATURES RANGING FROM FISH TO SEA TURTLES TO PORPOISES TO WHALES ARE BEING KILLED BY OUR PLASTIC GARBAGE. WE ARE CURRENTLY FOCUSING PARTICULARLY ON THE AREA OF GHOST NETS AND ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH TEAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AND ELSEWHERE. THE OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE THINK TANK CONTINUES TO WORK ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOST EFFICIENT METHODS OF OCEAN CLEAN UP EQUIPMENT FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF OCEAN PLASTICS. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR FILM FOOTAGE AND PROJECTS ON OUR DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECTS AND FILM CLIPS USED FOR LECTURES AND GENERAL EDUCATION. WE GIVE PRESENTATIONS RANGING FROM GROUPS SUCH AS THE SOCIETY OF WOMEN GEOGRAPHERS TO SCHOOL GROUPS AT ALL LEVELS TO YACHT CLUBS AND AT A RANGE OF OCEAN EVENTS. WE WORK WITH AND COLLABORATE WITH EXPERTS AROUND THE WORLD TO ADVOCATE FOR SUCCESSFUL AT SEA CLEANUPS. OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE ACTS AS THE FISCAL SPONSOR FOR THE ADRIATIC MARITIME INSTITUTE WHICH IS DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF MARITIME HERITAGE THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF USING TRADITIONAL WATERCRAFT AS A PLATFORM FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.AS WE CONTINUE OUR LOCAL WORK ON PRESERVING THE MARITIME HISTORY OF SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA WHERE WE ARE BASED AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD SUCH AS THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, ETC.
    Expenses $166,175

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 yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
94-2665367
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1980
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$4,250,469
Income (IRS master file)
$582,457

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024–––IRS
990December 2023$478,925$241,250$3,870,703IRS
990December 2022$770,667$483,329$3,634,028IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 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.

Questions about OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE

What is the EIN of OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE?
The employer identification number (EIN) of OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE is 94-2665367.
Is OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1980.
Are donations to OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE 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 OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE 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 OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE 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 OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Mary T Crowley.
Who are the officers and directors of OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 6 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
How much revenue does OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $582,457, expenses of $205,993 and total assets of $4,250,469 at year end.

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