International Seafood Sustainabilit Association Inc
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What it says it does
INTERNATIONAL SEAFOOD SUSTAINABILITY TRADE ASSOCIATION (ISSTA) IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION. ITS MAIN PURPOSES ARE TO INFORM AND EDUCATE ITS MEMBERS ON EMERGING POLICIES AND PRACTICES TO BENEFIT MARINE ECOSYSTEMS ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS AND TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE FISHING PRACTICES AND FISHERIES, BOTH WILD AND FARMED, THROUGH A VARIETY OF CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING DISSEMINATION TO THE INDUSTRY OF THE RESULTS OF THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH BY WORLDWIDE CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE INTERNATIONAL SEAFOOD SUSTAINABILITY FOUNDATION (ISSF), ENCOURAGE ADHERENCE TO SUCH SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES, AND CONDUCT A BROAD RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES CONCERNING THE IMPORTANCE AND BENEFITS TO THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY, BEGINNING WITH THE TUNA INDUSTRY, OF DEVELOPING INDUSTRY ADHERENCE TO SEAFOOD SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA.
- Income
- $3.4 million
- Spending
- $3.4 million
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $577,807, president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $218,797 spent. TRANSPARENCY & COMPLIANCE - THE INTERNATIONAL SEAFOOD SUSTAINABILITY ASSOCIATION (ISSA) IS A TRADE ASSOCIATION THAT PROMOTES THE COMMON BUSINESS INTERESTS OF ITS MEMBERS BY FACILITATING THE CONSERVATION OF GLOBAL TUNA STOCKS AND THEIR ECOSYSTEM. ISSA'S MEMBERS ARE TUNA PROCESSORS AND MARKETERS THAT, BY VIRTUE OF THEIR ISSA MEMBERSHIP, AGREE TO FOLLOW THE CONSERVATION MEASURES IMPLEMENTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL SEAFOOD SUSTAINABILITY FOUNDATION (ISSF). ISSF IS AN AFFILIATED SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. ISSF PARTICIPATING COMPANIES ARE AUDITED AT LEAST ANNUALLY BY AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY TO ASSESS THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH ALL ISSF CONSERVATION MEASURES, INCLUDING THOSE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO COMBATING IUU (ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, AND UNREGULATED) FISHING.
- $61,912 spent. MARKET OUTREACH - ISSA PROMOTED INTERACTION AND ENGAGED IN EDUCATION OF KEY RETAILERS IN NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, UK AND AFRICA TO PROMOTE FISHING BEST PRACTICES BY ELEVATING THE VOICE OF THE MARKET THROUGH PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS AND TO HAVE KEY RETAILERS INCORPORATE ISSF CONSERVATION MEASURES INTO THEIR SOURCING CONSIDERATIONS.
- $227,620 spent. COMMUNICATION/EDUCATION - ISSA SUPPORTED AND COMMUNICATED THE MISSION, OBJECTIVES, AND APPROACH OF ISSF TO THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
- $2.5 million spent. UNALLOCATED PAYMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL SEAFOOD SUSTAINABITY FOUNDATION: ISSA SUPPORTS THE PROGRAMS OF ISSF AS IT RELATES TO SCIENCE; POLICY, OUTREACH, AND ADVOCACY; GLOBAL TUNA FLEET TRANSPARENCY & COMPLIANCE; AND COMMUNICATION/EDUCATION.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2009.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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