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US nonprofit · EIN 800708997 · Park City, UTiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 800708997) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.State registers Colorado Secretary of State (17 October 2026).Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Ocearch

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.4m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$1.3m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$415k
$60k liabilities
Net assets
$355k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
10
6.0 years on average
Staff
7
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Chris Fischer
Left since last filing
3
30% of the board
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Ocearch's network

10 peoplei10 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

10 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 10 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Chris Fischer ChairChairman2018
8 yrs
Alex ThomasCompany secretary2022
4 yrs
Anthony HsiehDirector2024
2 yrs
Bill KulczyckiDirector2018
8 yrs
Greg Schildwachter PH D (also filed as Greg Schildwachter Ph D)Director2018
8 yrs
Heather BartonTreasurer2022
4 yrs
John TegnerDirector2022
4 yrs
Michael AltmanDirector2018
8 yrs
Peter BordesExecutive Dir.2018
8 yrs
Riccardo PavoncelliDirector2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Heather BartonTreasurer37.26$90k
Alex ThomasSecretary40$51k
Chris FischerChairman0$0
Michael AltmanDirector0$0
Greg Schildwachter PH DDirector0$0
Bill KulczyckiDirector0$0
Anthony HsiehDirector0$0
John TegnerDirector0$0
Peter BordesExecutive Dir.0$0
Riccardo PavoncelliDirector0$0

Colorado roster

13 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20253026683). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.
NameTitle as filed
Alex ThomasSecretary
Barton HeatherTreasurer
Anthony HsiehDirector
John TegnerDirector
Kulczycki BillDirector
Schildwachter GregDirector
Bordes PeterVice Chairman
Ricardo PavoncelliDirector
Fischer ChrisChairman
Barton Heather
Chris FischerChairman
Rob StricklandDirector
Altman MichaelDirector

About

Legal name
Ocearch
EIN
800708997
Address
Po Box 681058, Park City, UT, 84068-1058
State
Utah
Mission
(as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
D30 Animal-related
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Animal-Related
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2011
Principal officer
Chris Fischer (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2012
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsChris Fischer
≥8years on the filingsBill Kulczycki
≥8years on the filingsGreg Schildwachter PH D
≥8years on the filingsMichael Altman

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$415k
Total liabilities
$60k
Net assets or fund balances
$355k
Contributions and grants received
$1.4m
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
7

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$1.1m$882k$207k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.