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US nonprofit · EIN 833580499 · Washington, DCiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 833580499) - 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 tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).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 (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Inc's network

8 people1 organisationi8 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 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 in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure 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, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Ulrike Decoene ChairChairperson2022
4 yrs
Aminath ShaunaDirector2024
2 yrs
Jose Maria FigueresDirector2019
7 yrs
Lesley NdlovuTreasurer2023
3 yrs
Naoko IshiiDirector2024
2 yrs
Nathaniel MatthewsTreasurer (Thru 9/24)2024
2 yrs
Robert BlasiakDirector2024
2 yrs
Theodore P JanulisCompany secretary2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

7 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Ariane Steins-MeierDirector: Global Outreach and Engagementsince 2023
Ashleigh CirillaOperations Directorsince 2023
Chip CunliffeDirector Programme & Risk2023
Christopher CunliffeSenior Director: Innovation and Pipeline Developme2024
Karen AncillaiDirector: Development and Melsince 2023
Karen R SackPresident/CEOsince 2019
Norman GreeneFinancial Manager (Thru 8/24)2024

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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
Karen R SackPresident40$292k$11k
Ariane SteinsmeierDirector: Global Outreach and Engagement40$212k$18k
Christopher CunliffeSenior Director: Innovation and Pipeline Developme40$189k$30k
Karen AncillaiDirector: Development and Mel40$184k$7k
Ashleigh CirillaDirector: Operations40$166k$10k
Norman GreeneFinancial Manager (Thru 8/24)40$130k$579
Theodore P JanulisSecretary3$105k
Ulrike DecoeneChairperson3$0
Jose Maria FigueresDirector3$0
Lesley NdlovuTreasurer3$0
Aminath ShaunaDirector3$0
Robert BlasiakDirector3$0
Naoko IshiiDirector3$0
Nathaniel MatthewsTreasurer (Thru 9/24)3$0

About

Legal name
Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Inc
EIN
833580499
Address
2336 Wisconsin Ave Nw 32043, Washington, DC, 20007-1843
State
District of Columbia
Mission
Everything we do is designed to protect at least 30 percent of the ocean by 2030 and building ocean resilience by: engaging and activating by delivering ocean messages at key moments that matter; innovating change by building constituencies and reaching new audiences; investing in building ocean health and resilience. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
C30 Environment
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Environment
Size band
7 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2019
Principal officer
Karen R Sack (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 November 2019
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

≥7years on the filingsJose Maria Figueres
≥4years on the filingsUlrike Decoene
≥3years on the filingsLesley Ndlovu
≥3years on the filingsTheodore P Janulis

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$5.2m
Total liabilities
$1.9m
Net assets or fund balances
$3.2m
Contributions and grants received
$10.8m
Program service revenue
$453k
Grants and similar paid out
$5.2m
Employees
5
Volunteers
7

Filed finances

2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$11.3m$9.8m$1.5m
2024$11.3m$9.8m$1.5m

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

6 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Global Fishing Watch IncOnline transparency-related tools$673k
Ode Pb LLCCreative, technical and digital services for the coastal risk index$341k
The Stimson CenterProtocol for rapid corvi and assessment for toamasina and madagaskar$304k
Rare IncIncrease the financial resilience of coastal fishing communities$138k
Conservation InternationalMetrics and guardrails to ensure quality blue carbon projects and credits$85k
Acari LLCMicroprocessor network to mitigate invasive fish species$50k

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), corporate registrations (opendata.dc.gov). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: DC DLCP. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
District of Columbia
Entity type
Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
Status
Active - In Good Standing
Formed
5 February 2019
Registered agent
PSM Registered Agent LLC (city and state not held)