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World Ocean Observatory practices careful fiscal stewardship and pledges to use individual donor gifts, private foundation grant support, and corporate sponsor support responsibly, to best effect, and to highest impact. W2O respects the privacy of our partners, collaborators, supporters, and funders, and promises never to sell or distribute email addresses or other contact information. W2O is a registered 501c3 not-for-profit organization; mission supports environmental action, expansion of ocean literacy education, and sustainability commitments. W2O seeks support from corporate sponsors who have demonstrated commitments to the environment.

In conformance with IRS regulations, World Ocean Observatory acknowledges that the IRS tax classification as an organization described in Internal Revenue Service Code sections 501c3 and 509 (a)(1),(2),or (3) has not changed. EIN: 46-5693943 | guidestar.org/profile/46-5693943
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A contribution in any amount helps World Ocean Observatory to further advance global ocean communications. Through our free web-based resources and educational initiatives, W2O is informing measurably millions of individuals around the globe, changing the future by changing global perceptions of human impacts on the ocean while sharing the knowledge that the sea connects all things.
Corporate Giving
In 2025, W2O began a Corporate Giving program to connect the for-profit sector to philanthropy as a means to engage millions of individuals through ocean awareness, education, and action to change behavior on land and sea. Our Corporate Giving Strategy Document provides more details. We would love to connect with your similarly-aligned company
In 2024 W2O launched an Enabling Fund as a means to capitalize and accelerate our programs and educational services. Financial support from individual contributors is instrumental to our future, enabling our success into the next twenty years.
World Ocean Observatory is registered in the United States as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Through all programs, projects, and initiatives, W2O aims to expand strategies related to sharing resources and teaching tools on climate and ocean issues, conservation and solutions; to build our audience exponentially; to be a catalyst for transformative behavior for the future of the ocean; to foster optimism; to suggest solutions; and to share climate and ocean news far and wide.
The three primary mission values of W2O are: advocacy, education, and communication. W2O proudly subscribes to the tenets of the Donor Bill of Rights.
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