Grants paid by Global Fishing Watch Inc
EIN 81-5461345 · Washington, DC · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE C32
Global Fishing Watch Inc of Washington, DC (EIN 81-5461345) reported 19 grants paid totaling $3,532,478 to 11 recipients in tax years 2020–2025, on Form 990, Schedule I. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants paid
$3,532,478
19 grants
Recipients
11
distinct organizations
Tax years
2020–2025
5 filings in the corpus
By tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount paid | Approved for future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | $375,000 | — |
| 2022 | 3 | $140,250 | — |
| 2023 | 3 | $718,704 | — |
| 2024 | 5 | $1,283,802 | — |
| 2025 | 4 | $1,014,722 | — |
Top recipients
The 11 recipients receiving the most from Global Fishing Watch Inc, by grants paid, out of 11 distinct recipients.
| Recipient | Match | Location | Grants | Total paid | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skytruth Inc 54-2059475 | A | Shepherdstown, WV | 3 | $1,853,806 | 2025 |
| University of California -Santa Barbara 95-6006145 | A | Santa Barbara, CA | 3 | $610,728 | 2025 |
| Duke University 56-1902501 | A | Durham, NC | 2 | $377,913 | 2024 |
| Oceana Inc 51-0401308 | A | Washington, DC | 1 | $200,000 | 2020 |
| Nature Conservancy 53-0242652 | A | Arlington, VA | 2 | $152,320 | 2025 |
| International Monitoring Control and Surveillance Network for Fisheries 82-4614872 | A | Long Beach, CA | 3 | $128,211 | 2024 |
| The Center for Advanced Defense Studies Inc 73-1681366 | A | Washington, DC | 1 | $93,500 | 2022 |
| U of California Santa Cruz 94-1539563 | A | Santa Cruz, CA | 1 | $75,000 | 2020 |
| Oceans Unite 83-3580499 | A | New York, NY | 1 | $20,000 | 2020 |
| Allen Institute for Ai 27-5430153 | A | Seattle, CA | 1 | $11,000 | 2022 |
| Key Marine Consulting LLC 27-0936436 | A | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | $10,000 | 2025 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Every grant
All 19 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Skytruth Inc Shepherdstown, WV | A | $663,464 | paid | TO ASSIST WITH OPEN OCEAN PROJECT | 202601889349301620 |
| 2025 | University of California -Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | A | $263,698 | paid | QUANTIFYING OCEAN-BASED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS | 202601889349301620 |
| 2025 | Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA | A | $77,560 | paid | FISHERIES TRANSPARENCY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN | 202601889349301620 |
| 2025 | Key Marine Consulting LLC Phoenix, AZ | A | $10,000 | paid | ASSIST WITH CROSS-POLLINATING GLOBAL FISHING WATCH AND INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT DEMERSAL FISHING LOCATION DATA TO UNDERSTAND FISHING BEHAVIOR AND FLEET SIZE IN SUPPORT OF CATCH LIMIT POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER POLICY CONSIDERATIONS | 202601889349301620 |
| 2024 | Skytruth Inc Shepherdstown, WV | A | $692,718 | paid | TO ADVANCE THE OPEN OCEAN PROJECT BY MAPPING AND MONITORING THE OCEAN AND CLIMATE IMPACTS OF OFFSHORE FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION, EXPANSION, AND TRANSPORT. | 202542799349300414 |
| 2024 | University of California -Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | A | $267,030 | paid | QUANTIFYING OCEAN-BASED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS | 202542799349300414 |
| 2024 | Duke University Durham, NC | A | $218,861 | paid | THIS PROJECT PLANS TO IDENTIFY TEN FISHING NATIONS ALONG WITH THEIR FISHING FLEET THAT WILL BE DECIDED BASED ON THEIR SIZE, THE IMPACTS OF THEIR FLEETS PRIMARY GEAR TYPE, IF THE FLAG STATE IS USED AS A CORPORATE SAFE HAVEN FOR OFFSHORE CORPORATIONS, THEIR RFMO MEMBER STATE STATUS, OR OTHER RESEARCH CRITERIA. | 202542799349300414 |
| 2024 | Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA | A | $74,760 | paid | TO ADOPT NEW TRANSPARENCY MEASURES AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL, THROUGH THE GENERAL FISHERIES COMMISSION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN (GFCM), AND TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF EXISTING MEASURES. | 202542799349300414 |
| 2024 | International Monitoring Control and Surveillance Network for Fisheries Long Beach, CA | A | $30,433 | paid | ESTABLISH THE JOINT ANALYTICAL CELL AS A SCALABLE MODEL TO HELP COUNTRIES HARNESS DATA AND TECHNOLOGY TO STRENGTHEN GLOBAL FISHERIES GOVERNANCE. | 202542799349300414 |
| 2023 | Skytruth Inc Shepherdstown, WV | A | $497,624 | paid | TO ADVANCE THE OPEN OCEAN PROJECT BY MAPPING AND MONITORING THE OCEAN AND CLIMATE IMPACTS OF OFFSHORE FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION, EXPANSION, AND TRANSPORT. | 202412789349300826 |
| 2023 | Duke University Durham, NC | A | $159,052 | paid | RESEARCH TO SECURE A SAFE PLACE FOR SMALL SCALE FISHERIES IN AN INCREASINGLY CROWDED OCEAN. | 202412789349300826 |
| 2023 | International Monitoring Control and Surveillance Network for Fisheries Long Beach, CA | A | $62,028 | paid | SMALL PORT INSPECTION STRENGTHENING | 202412789349300826 |
| 2022 | The Center for Advanced Defense Studies Inc Washington, DC | A | $93,500 | paid | ESTABLISHING THE JOINT ANALYTICAL CELL | 202342509349300624 |
| 2022 | International Monitoring Control and Surveillance Network for Fisheries Long Beach, CA | A | $35,750 | paid | SMALL PORT INSPECTION STRENGTHENING | 202342509349300624 |
| 2022 | Allen Institute for Ai Seattle, CA | A | $11,000 | paid | XVIEW WINNER | 202342509349300624 |
| 2020 | Oceana Inc Washington, DC | A | $200,000 | paid | Transparency in Latin America & US | 202143149349304234 |
| 2020 | U of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | A | $80,000 | paid | Big data fisheries research | 202143149349304234 |
| 2020 | U of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA | A | $75,000 | paid | Global analysis AIS transmissions | 202143149349304234 |
| 2020 | Oceans Unite New York, NY | A | $20,000 | paid | Transparency program outreach | 202143149349304234 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Source filings
Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.
| Form | Tax year | Period end | Filed | Schema | IRS OBJECT_ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | 2025 | 2025-12-31 | not stated | 2025v4.2 | 202601889349301620 |
| 990 | 2024 | 2024-12-31 | not stated | 2024v5.2 | 202542799349300414 |
| 990 | 2023 | 2023-12-31 | not stated | 2023v5.1 | 202412789349300826 |
| 990 | 2022 | 2022-12-31 | not stated | 2022v5.0 | 202342509349300624 |
| 990 | 2020 | 2020-12-31 | not stated | 2020v4.0 | 202143149349304234 |
Derived from IRS Form 990 e-file XML; recipient identities from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The same rows as Parquet: manifest; as JSON: /api/funders/815461345.json.
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