The Ocean Foundation

As the only community foundation for the ocean, The Ocean Foundation’s mission is to support, strengthen, and promote those organisations dedicated to reversing the trend of destruction of ocean environments around the world. It focuses its collective expertise on emerging threats in order to generate cutting edge solutions and better strategies for implementation.

Since the ocean covers 71% of the earth, its community is global. It has grantees, partners and projects on every continent, and it engages with donors and governments involved in ocean conservation around the world. The Ocean Foundation’s board of directors is comprised of individuals with significant experience in marine conservation philanthropy as well as esteemed professionals in ocean conservation. It also has a growing international advisory board of scientists, policy makers, educational specialists and other top experts.

The Ocean Foundation uses a well-established business model - the community foundation - to serve donors and partners who are passionate about the future of our coasts and ocean. This model enables The Ocean Foundation to increase the capacity of conservation organisations, host various projects and funds, and effectively connect regional and community-based non-profits with the support that they need. By raising millions of dollars each year from individuals, corporate donors, private foundations, and governments, it succeeds in promoting healthy ocean ecosystems that benefit the human communities depending on them.