Impact Report 2025
The work the Foundation funded, the partnerships it built, and the places it protected — measured in sea turtles, sanctuary acreage, students reached, and shipwrecks documented.
The headline measures of the Foundation's 2025 fiscal year.
Where the work happens
Foundation-funded projects layered onto the National Marine Sanctuary System. Filter by program area, sanctuary, or fiscal year.
Embedded directly from the Foundation's ArcGIS StoryMaps account — no third-party site visit needed. Open the story map in a new tab .
The Foundation organizes its work around three mission areas. Each translates donor support into action on the water.
Habitat restoration, derelict-fishing-gear removal, and species recovery work alongside NOAA sanctuary staff and local partners — from coral nurseries in the Florida Keys to kelp restoration on the West Coast.
12 active restoration projects
Learn more →Research grants, AUV deployments, and citizen-science programs that produce the evidence base sanctuary managers need — and the stories that move policy.
24 research grants funded
Learn more →Classroom curricula, teacher fellowships, sanctuary photo ambassadors, and the Blue Beacon Series — building the next generation of ocean stewards.
85,000+ students reached
Learn more →Sanctuary
7,100 sq mi of coral-reef habitat under active restoration
Sanctuary
Five whale species protected under the year-round vessel-strike reduction zone
Sanctuary
100+ shipwrecks documented and protected in the Great Lakes
Sanctuary
1,200+ humpback whales monitored each winter season
What's next
Every project on this page exists because someone gave. Your contribution funds the next year of protection, science, and education across the National Marine Sanctuary System.
