Global Fishing Watch Inc
1025 Connecticut Ave NW Ste 200, Washington, DC · IRS data through FY2025
Revenue, expenses and net assets
Revenue Expenses Net assets
| Tax year | Revenue | Expenses | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $19,122,848 | $23,046,908 | $62,660,793 |
| FY2024 | $19,594,410 | $19,860,765 | $67,194,762 |
| FY2023 | $69,478,777 | $13,167,862 | $67,506,680 |
| FY2022 | $8,706,351 | $11,621,612 | $10,765,142 |
| FY2021 | $8,894,996 | $8,961,454 | $13,680,403 |
| FY2020 | $8,636,468 | $6,428,121 | $7,616,485 |
| FY2019 | $5,314,622 | $4,694,191 | $5,408,138 |
| FY2018 | $6,411,048 | $2,388,292 | $4,787,707 |
| FY2017 | $1,619,585 | $854,634 | $764,951 |
Form 990 filings
The returns filed by Global Fishing Watch Inc (EIN 81-5461345), including Form 990 PDFs and e-file data by year, are available in ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer. The figures on this page come from IRS data files built from those returns.
Where the revenue came from
| Source | Amount | % of revenue |
|---|---|---|
| Contributions & grants | $17,254,279 | 90% |
| Program service revenue | $200,227 | 1% |
| Other revenue | $1,668,342 | 9% |
Where the money was spent
| Category | Amount | % of expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Program services | $18,679,083 | 81% |
| Management & general | $3,809,548 | 17% |
| Fundraising | $558,277 | 2% |
What the numbers show
- Contributions & grants made up 90% of total revenue in FY2025.
- Program services accounted for 81% of functional expenses, management & general 17%, and fundraising 2%.
- 81% of functional expenses went to program services in FY2025. That is higher than 48.6% of 37 Environment organizations in DC.
- Net assets covered about 32.6 months of expenses at the end of the reporting year. That puts it in the 87th percentile among 203 Environment organizations in DC.
- Total revenue was higher than 88.3% of 206 Environment organizations in DC.
- Total revenue rose from $1,619,585 in FY2017 to $19,122,848 in FY2025. Revenue increased in 4 and decreased in 4 of 8 year-over-year comparisons.
- Expenses exceeded revenue in 4 of 9 reported years (FY2021, FY2022, FY2024, FY2025).
- The highest revenue on record here is $69,478,777 in FY2023.
- Net assets grew from $764,951 to $62,660,793 between FY2017 and FY2025.
- Contributions and grants made up 100% of revenue in FY2017 and 90% in FY2025.
- Listed in the IRS Publication 78 data as eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (public charity).
Figures compared against other organizations of the same NTEE program area in the same state. See the methodology page for how these are calculated and the guide to reading nonprofit financials for their limits.
About this organization
ADVANCING OCEAN GOVERNANCE VIA TRANSPARENCY OF DATA AND OCEAN MANAGEMENT TOOLS.
IRS status
| Ruling year | 2017 |
| Subsection | 501(c)(3) |
| Classification | Public charity |
| Program area (NTEE) | C32 — Environment (in DC) |
| Donations | Listed in the IRS Publication 78 data as eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (public charity). |
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Source: Internal Revenue Service — Exempt Organizations Business Master File (downloaded November 4, 2026), Statistics of Income extracts, Form 990 e-file data, Publication 78 and the Automatic Revocation list. Figures are as reported by the organization; IRS processing may adjust them. This is not a charity rating and not tax advice. Confirm deductibility in IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search.
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