Organizations working on nesting beaches, rehabilitation, and coastal policy in the United States. Ratings and program ratios come from the most recent financial documents each organization has filed with us.
5 organizations
Sanibel Turtle Watch
Sanibel, FL · EIN 65-0244913 · Founded 1994
Verified since 2022
3.7 / 4 accountability1,412 donors hereListed 4 years
We have walked the same twelve miles of beach every morning from May through October since 1994. Volunteers mark the nests, relocate the ones that sit below the tide line, and stay with them through the hatch. Donations pay for permits, stakes and screening, and the two trucks that get us down the island before sunrise. Overhead here is thin. Most of us are retired and none of the patrol is paid.
Nest patrolVolunteer programBeach lighting
86% of expenses go to programs · $48,213 raised here this year
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Padre Dunes Turtle Patrol
Corpus Christi, TX · EIN 74-3118206 · Founded 2007
Verified since 2024
3.2 / 4 accountability288 donors hereListed 2 years
Nest patrol and hatchling releases on north Padre. Kemp's ridley mostly, a few greens. Donations cover ATV fuel, incubation boxes, and the two summer intern stipends.
Nest patrolHatchling release
79% of expenses go to programs · $9,744 raised here this year
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Blue Current Turtle Fund
Beaufort, SC · EIN 88-4720315 · Founded 2023
Verified since 2025
2.9 / 4 accountability46 donors hereListed 1 year
Blue Current Turtle Fund supports nesting beach monitoring and hatchling releases on the South Carolina and Georgia coast. We are a small operation, two staff and a seasonal crew, and we work under permit with the state DNR. Our first two years of filings are on file here.
Nest patrolRescueHatchling release
76% of expenses go to programs · $4,127 raised here this year
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Cape Fear Sea Turtle Hospital
Surf City, NC · EIN 56-2093477 · Founded 1999
Verified since 2021
3.9 / 4 accountability3,764 donors hereListed 5 years
Cape Fear Sea Turtle Hospital admits sick and injured sea turtles from the North Carolina coast — cold-stunned juveniles in January, boat strike and entanglement cases through the summer, and turtles carrying fibropapilloma tumors. We keep 24 rehabilitation tanks and a small surgical suite, and we return around 60 patients to the ocean in a normal year. Gifts fund veterinary care, tank filtration, and transport for turtles driven down to us from other states. Our most recent Form 990 and audited financials are posted under Financials.
RehabilitationVeterinary carePublic education
91% of expenses go to programs · $212,587 raised here this year
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Loggerhead Coast Alliance
Jekyll Island, GA · EIN 27-1550984 · Founded 2011
Verified since 2023
3.4 / 4 accountability927 donors hereListed 3 years
we do nest surveys on the south end of the island plus the lighting ordinance work with the county, which honestly is most of what actually saves hatchlings. also run the school program in glynn county, 40ish classroom visits a year. small budget, three paid staff, everything else is volunteers. any amount helps. we are usually short in the fall once nesting season ends and the donations dry up.
Nest surveysPolicySchools
82% of expenses go to programs · $31,408 raised here this year
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