Ucc Whale Center
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To Support work in providing education training and advocacy for the protection of the Oceans and Ocean related issues in cooperation with the International Ocean Institute USA and organizations with similar objectives. The facilitation of communication between the United Religions Initiative and other religious governmental and private spheres as to the developments of spiritual wellness and environmental concerns.
- Income
- $61,202
- Spending
- $63,292
- Reserves
- 1.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $31,100, president ceo
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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 (3)
- Coastal Resiliency programs the development of an Ap for community assessment planning community engagement planning and evaluation. We have also partnered with the University of Central Florida to develop a Blue Community Certificate program for leadership development capacity building and implementation of the Blue Community Ap. The City of Key West has begun the assessment process in 2024 - An estimated 350 people benefited directly and 24,000 indirectly
- Global Education Programs. In 2024 We provided global education programs for the UN SIDS4 Conference in Antiqua Barbuda UN Climate Week in New York City and SOCAP in San Francisco
- Education and Resource provision for the United Religions Initiative Global Healing program Environmental Network and youth programs for the Flagship Schooner Wolf Preservation Society
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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)(3) charitable organization.
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? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, 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 June 2001.
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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