The Foundation thanks the individuals and families whose generosity protected America's marine sanctuaries this year. Listed by giving level, then alphabetically.

Blue Whale Circle

$100,000+

Anonymous (3)
Eleanor & James Whitfield
The Pacific Reef Trust
Margaret Ann Lockhart Family Fund

Humpback Society

$25,000 – $99,999

Anonymous (6)
David & Sarah Chen
Coastal Stewardship Fund
The Marlow Family Foundation
Robert Greenfield
Patricia Yamamoto

Sea Turtle Stewards

$5,000 – $24,999

Anonymous (14)
The Anderson Family
Linda & Mark Bellamy
The Castelli Group
Diane Eckhardt
James Fitzgerald
Sarah & Tom Goodwin
Helen Hayworth
Marcus Iverson
Karen & Phil Johansson
Lopez Family Trust
Margaret Murphy
Northshore Conservation Society
Rebecca O'Brien
Pacific Heritage Fund
Quinn & Riley Patterson
David Rosenberg
Sarah Sundstrom
The Thackeray Family

Sanctuary Friends

$1,000 – $4,999

And 412 additional donors at this level — thank you.

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Volunteers

3,247 hours of sanctuary stewardship

Volunteers logged thousands of hours this year on beach cleanups, photo monitoring, citizen science, and education programs. Their work shows up in every metric we report.

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Maya R.

Florida Keys

180 hrs · reef monitoring
Daniel K.

Monterey Bay

142 hrs · photo monitoring
Priya S.

Thunder Bay

120 hrs · shipwreck docent
Marcus T.

Olympic Coast

98 hrs · beach cleanup lead
Elena V.

Channel Islands

86 hrs · classroom programs
James O.

Hawaiian Islands

72 hrs · whale survey