Fiscal Sponsorships
- Fiscal Sponsorship - the legal infrastructure of a 501(c)(3) entity, with appropriate legal incorporation, IRS exemption, and charitable registration.
- Financial Services - oversight of all revenues and expenditures, monthly financial reports, budgetary tracking, payment of all invoices, audit and governmental reporting, all tax returns, and training in budget preparation and financial management.
- Other Support - an array of administrative services, from liability insurance to grant and contract management, designed to serve your needs.
TOF maintains full discretion and control over all funds that it raises; our Fiscal Sponsorship Funds are not separate entities. Fees for these services are a flat 10% of a project budget. If you are interested in bringing your project to The Ocean Foundation as a fiscally sponsored project, please contact TOF President Mark J. Spalding for more information and to begin the process.
Our current
portfolio of fiscal sponsorships:
Cuba
Marine Research and Conservation - The
primary focus of this project is to conduct a
comprehensive coastal
assessment of marine habitats in Cuba's
territorial waters.
This
will
be used to catalog, synthesize and map data
collected to describe the
principal habitats (marine and estuarine areas,
mangrove forests,
seagrass beds, coral reefs, etc.) and species
of special concern
particularly sea turtles and sharks. Once
this is done, the
project
will be able to provide information to inform
the management and
conservation of the region's ecosystems and
biodiversity, including
creation of protected areas, fisheries
management, petroleum
development, water quality, etc., to
appropriate Cuban agencies - donate
now!
Laguna
San Ignacio
Ecosystem Science Program - Working to develop
and implement a multi-year, sustained
ecosystem science program that will continue to
provide wildlife and
land managers and developers with information
on the status and
trends
of the Laguna San Ignacio Wetlands Complex - donate
now!
Surfers Without
Borders - A
humanitarian aid project dedicated to creating
projects that teach
environmental awareness, reduce ocean
pollution, promote sustainable
development, and foster good relations between
surfers and coastal
communities around the world - donate
now!
Lateral
Line Fund - Established by Lateral Line
Inc. to donate a
portion of the company's proceeds in the name
of marine
conservation.
This fund supports projects related to oceans,
bays
and
tributaries, fisheries research, and related
conservation
projects/initiatives - donate
now!
Ocean
Conservation Research - This project
promotes and supports marine
biological and
technological
research based on conservation
priorities. OCR is initially
focused
on
understanding the scope of, and exploring
solutions to, the growing
problem of human generated noise pollution and
its impact on marine
animals - donate
now!
Aves Marinas - A program working with fisher communities
in
Baja California reduce bycatch and other
harmful interactions with
endangered
Albatross
populations in the Sea of Cortez - donate
now!
earthOCEAN -
The Ocean
Foundation has partnered with this unique media
production company to do documentary project on
the plight of the
highly endangered Vaquita porpoise in the Sea
of Cortez.
earthOCEAN uses cutting-edge digital
technologies to communicate
science, environmental, wildlife, news and
current affairs topics to
the public in a way that inspires and informs -
donate now!
Eastern Pacific
Hawksbill Initiative - Dedicated to
spearheading local and
regional efforts to
investigate, promote conservation, and raise
awareness of hawksbill
sea
turtles in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, one of
the world's most
endangered sea turtle populations. This program
is the first ever
field effort designed to specifically
seek out and study hawksbills in this region of
the world - donate
now!
ProCaguama
- A coalition of local fishermen, housewives,
professionals, children
and research concerned with the conservation of
the endangered
loggerhead sea turtle living in the waters off
of Baja California
Sur
- donate
now!
Sonar and
Whales - The goal of this project is to
propose, write,
publish and promote a book focused on the
environmental and cetacean
species endangerment issues surrounding the
military use of
underwater
sonar - donate
now!
Striper Wars
- Mark's Sugg's documentary account of Dick
Russell's highly acclaimed book Striper
Wars, which vividly
describes
the process that led to the successful comeback
of the striped bass,
a
fish on the edge of extinction, and the new
threats this species
faces
today - donate
now!
Blue
Climate
Solutions - A program dedicated
to
advancing policy
that promotes the roles coastal and ocean
ecosystems play as
natural carbon sinks, including the
conservation of ecosystems
such as seagrass meadows, mangrove swamps, and salt
marshes. We also seek to promote marine
science that further
explores the role natural ocean ecosystems play
in mitigating the
effect of climate change -
donate now!
1Planet1Ocean - A project of
TOF's resident Ocean
Doctor, Dr. David E. Guggenheim, 1planet1ocean
is a project created to
explore, restore
and sustain the oceans through strong
international partnerships,
offering solutions to the problems our oceans
face. The Ocean
Doctor's current initiative is his 50
Years -
50 States - 50 Speeches expedition - donate
now!
Blue Legacy
International - a
global campaign that recognizes that the
beauty, power, and life-sustaining essence of
our water planet is in
danger. It also recognizes that we, as
individuals and communities,
have the power to protect and heal our most
valuable resource.
Inspired
and led by famed environmental spokeswoman
Alexandra Cousteau, Blue
Legacy International will leverage traditional
and emerging media
platforms to
reach the broadest audience possible, across
cultures and geographic
regions - donate
now!
Deep
Surface - Through a new
multimedia artistic perspective, this
concert/performance
seeks to remind the audience about the Sea's
importance to humanity,
the essential role it plays in our planet's
existence, and the
necessity of its preservation - donate
now!
"Slime, Sex, and Drugs in the Sea: And Why You Should Care" - A book project by Dr. Ellen Prager. This book will examine some of the ocean’s strangest creatures, explore the role each plays in the ocean ecosystem, and examine how the great diversity of life in the sea supports the planet, human life, and society. This Project will include production of the book, as well as a promotional campaign to include media, public and educational presentations.
The
Ocean Project - An international network of
aquariums, zoos,
museums, and conservation organizations working
to create an
understanding among their visitors and members
of the significance of
the ocean and the role each person plays in
conserving our blue
planet
for the future. TOP's two most significant
endeavors are their
sponsorship of World Ocean Day and their
ongoing Seas The Day
initiative - donate
now!
Ocean
Connectors - Home
to one of the busiest
border crossings in the
world, San Diego serves as an international hub
in an ever globalizing
world.
The development of locally focused values
together with a sense of
global
awareness is crucial to creating a conservation
ethic in today’s
youth. Ocean
Connectors crosses borders and cultural
boundaries to create links and
a shared
sense of stewardship between students in San
Diego and Mexico -
donate now!
Ocean
Revolution
- An
international program designed to connect,
inspire, and empower a new wave of young
leaders to find creative
solutions to protect the world's oceans. High
school students from
all
over travel to meet marine experts, participate
in hands-on field
experiences, and return to their home school to
establish ocean
awareness programs. Ocean Revolution goes
beyond and supplements
formal
education to provide the guidance, networking
and mentoring for those
who wish to delve deeper and learn from
like-minded individuals - donate
now!
SEEtheWild
- This program
connects travelers with wildlife conservation
sites that directly
benefit from the visit and
provide an authentic wildlife-viewing
experience. SEEtheWild
does this by partnering with leading tour
operators to offer
unforgettable experiences that directly benefit
animals and the
organizations protecting them. Originally
SEE Turtles, we have
recently expanded our program to include other
wildlife adventure
travel as well - donate
now!
"The Vertebrates Conceit" - A book project by Wendy Williams. This book discusses the scientific speculation that cephalopods – creatures that separated from humans on the evolutionary time line more than a billion years ago – may share with us some high-level traits of intelligence. This type of intelligence has traditionally been associated only with vertebrate species, but new science is showing otherwise. A second theme of the book is a plea for the protection of the oceans, since we have little idea of ocean ecology and know next to nothing about the life that survives deeper than roughly 100 feet below the ocean’s surface.
Marine Ecosystem Services Partnership - A growing body of literature on the economic value of marine ecosystems has developed, yet these data and literature are not easily available to policy makers and marine managers. We propose to develop and maintain a “virtual center” to make our expanding library of economic valuations of marine ecosystems, especially coral reef values, available to policy makers, environmental managers, and stakeholders involved in the use and management of marine ecosystems - donate now!